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Still don't have all those Overwatch skins? Need a little boost to try and get everything you possibly can? Blizzard is giving you a chance to make it happen in the fastest way possible without giving you a total path to success Over the next few days, to wrap up the Anniversary event, Overwatch will[...]

A couple weeks ago I got some really cool news sent my way: J!nx (or Jinx, if you prefer) came out with a set of Overwatch clothing and gear to celebrate the game's anniversary Naturally, being a player, I couldn't resist — I asked what we could snag for review Below are some of the awesome[...]

Recently, Overwatch killed off their one-to-three-star match rating system in the latest PTR patch 1.12, which is basically setting up to remove it entirely from the game Most players didn't really notice or care, but the ones who did really, really cared So much so that they went to the forums to get answers The[...]

Today on the latest Developer Update video from Blizzard and Overwatch, Jeff Kaplan goes into greater detail over the request for new maps and story, as well as what you can expect to see in the new map teased yesterday: Horizon Lunar Colony. But that's not the only good news to come from the company[...]

The crew at Overwatch are putting together something new involving the Horizon Lunar Colony, and it doesn't look like it's going to be a happy chapter in the game's history Today on the Overwatch website, a set of final emails were released from Lucheng Interstellar, detailing newly found documents of the last set of transmissions[...]

Overwatch fans have not been happy with Reinhardt ever since the Anniversary event kicked off this week The latest patch apparently screwed up his overall hit power and swing with the hammer, and his only really registering after a full swing of the hammer in the middle of the screen Essentially nerfing him and making[...]

Time to add another level of controversy to the Overwatch eSports league onion Multiple reports have been coming from pro teams that they're not happy with the way the new league is being developed, and now we've learned from Blizzard today that they're launching a new program called "Overwatch Contenders," which is essentially a minor[...]

Did you enjoy all the events Overwatch did this year? The Olympics, Halloween, Christmas, Chinese New Year, etc Would you like them to do more? Sorry, that's not happening Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan took part in a moderator run subreddit interview that Blizzard will focus more on refining the events they already created and not produce[...]

With the one-year anniversary of Overwatch on the way, Blizzard has released details about the start of Competitive Season 5 Season 4 will wrap up on May 28, and with only couple days of breathing room, Season 5 will launch on May 31, PDT, the rewards for Season 4 being added on June 1. Provided you actually[...]

Overwatch has got some awesome things on the way to mark the game's one-year anniversary next week On Tuesday, three new maps will be available in 1-v-1 and 3-v-3, all three in variations of Dorado, Temple of Anubis, and Eichenwalde Including what appears to be Sombra's private workstation as a spawn area. Here's a sneak peek[...]

Dark Horse and Blizzard Entertainment have joined together to publish The Art of Overwatch, The Art of Overwatch Limited Edition, and Overwatch: Anthology, Volume 1 These are the latest additions to Dark Horse and Blizzard Entertainment's line of critically acclaimed publications, preceded by World of Warcraft Chronicle (volumes I and II) and a series of Overwatch[...]

If you're a Genji main, you might want to jump online and play the hell out of him before Blizzard finds a way to fix their latest "fix." Check out the

What would the purpose be of adding a new character if its just going to play the same as one already in the game? Well, the designers are doing a great job of keeping the game play for each new character unique and the upcoming addition of D.Va from Overwatch is no different She has[...]

There's been a lot of buzz over the distribution of the loot inside the Loot Boxes from Overwatch ever since the company had to disclose the probability amounts to the Chinese government (Keep in mind, those are the amounts for China, who knows what it is in other countries.) Metabomb were the first to get their hands[...]

It shouldn't come as a shock after the 30 million players annoucnement, but Activision Blizzard's First-Quarter earnings call, the company revealed that Overwatch has become the fastest growing franchise at Blizzard, and helped the company accumulate over one billion dollars in revenue since launch. credit//Blizzard You can check out the full results of the data here, but essentially the[...]

Her campaign used the incredibly popular Blizzard MOBA Overwatch in an ad, basically saying that her skills in political office would equal some awesome kills in Overwatch, and that all of this reflects positively on her ability to run a Presidency free of corruption. From what we were able to gather thanks to a quick Google search, Sim is running on[...]

The latest patch for Overwatch went into effect yesterday, and while we have a complete list of changes for you below from Blizzard, the two main highlights are that Soldier 76 got a slight nerf while Reinhardt got nerfed hard on an ability Specifically reducing his range on Earthshatter, which I think I've personally seen[...]

The Skill Rankings have been totaled and the Overwatch team has revealed the 32 countries (listed below) who will be participating in the Overwatch World Cup this summer The top 10 aren't really much of a shock, but when you get into the lower third you start to see some surprises, like Vietnam, Turkey, and Romania[...]

As a game, Overwatch has just entered a new echelon of gaming with a milestone they decided to celebrate today Game reps took to Twitter to announce the game currently has 30 million players online from both PC and console versions That the kind of membership record you only see in massive selling multiplayer shooters like[...]

If you're a D-Va player in Overwatch, this week is your week And we're not just talking about the awesome new skin she received as part of the Uprising event where she is dressed as Officer D-Va I mean… We can, because just look at this! But now Heroes Of The Storm are having another Overwatch-themed[...]

The latest edition to Blizzard MOBA, Heroes of the Storm, is the opportunistic mobile assassin from Overwatch, Genji A cybernetic ninja, Genji is the younger brother of Hanzo, who refused to join his families criminal empire… which lead to him being assaulted and left for dead He was pieced back together by Overwatch and given[...]

When we got the latest map for Overwatch called 'Oasis," we thought it was a godsend to break up the monotony from maps that everyone figured out and learned to camp on Well, until Oasis kinda became the same thing, now it's just an average map for us to experiment on with getting onto the[...]

I didn't believe it until I took the character for a spin in training, but it's true, there's a slight time differential on his ability where he takes longer to swing, and therefore, you get in fewer attacks while it's running. credit//Blizzard According to principal designer Geoff Goodman, who took to the Overwatch forums, he explained that[...]

For the past few weeks, ever since the new hero Orisa came out and beyond with new patch updates and features, Overwatch players have been complaining on both PC and console that it's becoming increasingly difficult for them to achieve a higher SR (skill ranking) with support players like Mercy, Zenyatta, Ana, Symmetra, and Lúcio[...]

Overwatch's Genji and the Hanamura map are making the jump to Blizzard's MOBA Heroes of the Storm, at least in beta. Genji is an Assassin class in Heroes and has a larger skill set than in Overwatch His increased mobility, basic shuriken spread attack, Deflect and Swift Strike abilities and Dragonblade ultimate are all present in some form[...]

Like most shooters, if you play Overwatch on PC you have much better aim and response time (as well as the ability to adjust your settings to what you want) than people who plan on PS4 or XB1 That's about to get a change when the next patch for the game comes out Lead engineer Tim[...]

NRG Esports just lost one of their finest MVPs and one of the most popular players in Overwatch this week. Brandon "Seagull" Larned has decided to leave the team to pursue more streaming of, you guess it, Overwatch One of the finest Genji players you'll ever see in the game, Larned had been streaming full time while[...]

Smurfing has been an issue with Overwatch since just a couple months after the game was released If you're not familiar with the term, it's when a high-level player starts a new account and pulverizes lower-ranked players so they can gloat about it To a lesser extent, when Seasons 2-4 started, high-ranked players would lose[...]

Jeff Kaplan, Vice President of Blizzard Entertainment and Game Director for Overwatch, can knock this off the bucket list In the same way Jimmy Fallon used to make Brian Williams rap, a Youtube user named Dinoflask has made Kaplan sing a parody of Smash Mouth's song All-Star that talks about being Platinum ranked in Overwatch[...]

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! Finally, after seeing dozens of leaks and the comic, we finally have something tangible and official from Blizzard themselves with the latest trailers and artwork from Overwatch's April event, Uprising! Along with over 100 new pieces of loot collectibles that you'll be scrambling to get, you'll be able to[...]