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There's nothing more unsatisfying about Overwatch than getting a Draw Well, that and getting a loot box containing nothing but sprays that you already have Seriously, Blizzard Balance those boxes out better! But now the game is phasing out the Draw system with a new complicated way of determining a winner, and it seems few[...]

Even when the dude loses on his own channel, he's having fun. Below are the complete list of winners, with the top winners being Uncharted 4 (5 awards) Overwatch (4 awards) taking home the biggest prizes for the evening with Video Game of The Year and ESports Game Of The Year, respectfully If you'd like to[...]

Meta Athena is an Korean Overwatch eSports team that has gotten some recognition over the past year, but not as much as some of the other major groups who have created teams for the game Until recently, that is, as the team has been pulling out what can only be described as the strangest of strategies that[...]

So, it is very likely that Bossland actually received far more than $8 million in connection with its sale of the Bossland Hacks." This is likely more of a notice that Blizzard is on to cheaters and working on ways to make sure Overwatch stays a clean game. In other Overwatch news, the latest character Orisa has received[...]

Overwatch is rolling out a new hero, Orisa. Sometimes learning how a character came about is as much fun as playing them Here Blizzard has put together a new behind-the-scenes video on how Orisa came to be. Orisa activates on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on March 21, 2017. https://youtu.be/znEHH68unzAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled:[...]

Yesterday we did a brief story about how the people farming in Overwatch due to the new lobby system was getting out of control, and at the end, I mentioned that the powers that be at Blizzard had to be watching and that allowing it was no mistake A few hours later, Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan hit[...]

Apparently in Overwatch, there's just no way to please the fans anymore, either by updates or by gameplay Today we're looking at two of the important stories coming out of the community this week revolving around nerfing and farming First, the nerfing, as we've learned that Ana is going to have her abilities messed with[...]

  During a discussion about Overwatch at GDC, the team was talking about embracing diversity with their latest hit Overwatch has been named Game of the Year by two separate gaming awards now, and there was a bit about Tracer's sexuality that came up during the DICE summit Tracer, being a known lesbian character, was one[...]

Unsurprisingly, Overwatch took home the Game of the Year title here as well as at DICE last week The Independent Games Festival awards also went out, those results are below, but the top award went to Quadrilateral Cowboy Uncharted 4 and Pokémon Go also took home titles. Inside got a decent bit of recognition at both award shows. The[...]

Overwatch, which has now won Game of the Year twice, recently got a few changes to game modes, a new character, and some buffing/de-buffing Well, one of those buffs was to Bastion The buff went into effect earlier this week and players were not fond of the changes. In fact, players were so vocal about their[...]

Overwatch has unveiled their newest hero, and as Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan had said, it's not who people thought it was going to be The rumor was that we'd be getting Doomfist and it would be voiced by Terry Crews… but then Blizzard released a few teasers and it was obvious they were going a different[...]

Without further ado, here is where you can pick up select ECCC 2017 Funko exclusives this weekend (I can confirm these are in stores now, as I stopped on my way to work this morning at my local Hot topic and got both the First Avenger Captain America and the Upside Down Stranger Things two-pack): Hot[...]

They're introducing the Game Browser for the Custom Game Mode in Overwatch The Game Browser will allow you to make your own ruleset, varying things from game mode, heroes abilities, health, movement speed, map rotation, damage, cooldown, ultimate abilities and more Then, once you've got those set, you can share it with friends, teammates or[...]

If you're one of the people playing Overwatch on PS4 (like I am), then you may have noticed the latest 2.05 patch really screwed up Capture The Flag The game has become buggy and prone to lag, freezing and crashing, even in high speeds And don't get me started on the invisibility bug that has[...]

It was originally assumed by many that the next hero for the Overwatch game was going to be Doomfist, but after Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan came out and said that the next character is not who we think it is, folks have been scrambling to figure out who it will be So either Efi or a[...]

There has been a lot of talk over the last few months about the upcoming 24th playable character for Blizzard's hit video game Overwatch The assumption has been that the character would be the much anticipated Doomfist, a character that has been teased since the very first cartoon debuted at Blizzcon in 2014 The cartoon[...]

Will you answer it? This month we're unleashing the beasts of some of pop culture's most ferocious franchises!" And those franchises, named so far, are Overwatch, X-Men and Predator That's right, folks, X-Men licensing in Loot Crate again… it's all change! And in the Loot Crate DX crate? They have Kong Of Skull Island, Predator and Godzilla. Well,[...]

If you ever wanted to know what Overwatch might be like if it were given the GoldenEye 007 treatment, youtube user Noilleber has you covered While the graphics are not top-of-the-line circa 1997, the startup sequence should be familiar – the case files, the bullet sounds, the annoyingly repetitive soundtrack, the 4-way split-screen, and the blood[...]

Activision Blizzard has launched a series of Overwatch valentines featuring many of the series' characters Some of them are below, and you can check out more at on Overwatch twitter account You can tweet them at your chosen sweethearts, or print them out and do it old-school. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img[...]

Overwatch's two seasonal events Halloween Terror and Winter Wonderland drove new records in terms of player engagement World of Warcraft saw an increase in total play time for the quarter, surpassing that of the Q3 launch quarter and all non-launch quarters in the last four years So, more people are playing WoW for longer these[...]

The tweaks and changes in Overwatch have been coming in thick and fast recently It seems patches are hitting with a lot of regularity, and that is exciting, with the game's 'meta' changing frequently. And hey, alongside the new Bastion tweaks, two more characters are about to see some tuning Roadhog's dreaded hook is being nerfed[...]

Blizzard has released a new hero spotlight for Lúcio as he joins Heroes of the Storm from Overwatch The character is unique in that his abilities can be both offensive and defensive He plays one of two songs at all times One gives a speed buff while the other a healing buff[...]

Over the last week few weeks, talk of major buffs to Bastion in Overwatch have been floating around The character is a very basic tool in the game and right now is lacking a fair bit of versatility. However, we now have a good look at those changes, and they are even playabe Now in the[...]

Capture the Flag has been a fun distraction in Overwatch so far So much so, more than a handful have asked for the mode to continue on past the Year of the Rooster event with which it is associated. Thankful, it will have its place in Overwatch moving forward Confirmed by Jeff Kaplan in a a developer[...]

Brooklyn Nine-Nine actor Terry Crews is an avowed Blizzard fan and recently made an undeniable case for his desire to be Doomfist. For those not paying attention to the world of Overwatch, the character of Doomfist goes back to a reference made in the first animated Overwatch short that took off among fans[...]

Blizzard is teasing their next Heroes of the Storm playable character and this one comes from Overwatch Lúcio, the DJ turned hero that uses sound weapons, joins the Nexus and will be available to play starting February 6th on the PTR (public test realm). https://youtu.be/iQ_1HIvclmQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Heroes of the Storm[...]

As reported the other day, Overwatch's Bastion is seeing a bit of work done on him in the near future The hero who once menaced those who didn't know how to deal with him has now become a bit of a gimmicky pick as he has been well and truly figured out. Well, now we have[...]

Overwatch has really been a phenomenon since it was released last year It is one of the biggest new FPS multiplayer IPs in quite some time, and it doesn't seem it is going anywhere anytime soon. In fact, it's been announced that the game has now surpassed 25 million players The figure was tweeted out by[...]

When Overwatch launched, the wee robot was maligned by all He seemed ludicrously powerful, and reduced a lot of the game to one player just setting up shop to then just point and click things dead. Since then though, most players have figured out Bastion and he has somewhat fallen out of favour He's good for[...]

The other day it was revealed that a new Overwatch event is coming next week, based on the Chinese new year We saw skins for D.VA and Mei, but how about some more? Four new skins have been found in Chinese advertising and shared on the Overwatch subreddit, and they are for Reinhardt, Winston, Zenyatta and[...]