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The Overwatch events thus far have been quite fun little dressings for the game They don't change the title up all that much, but rather, give players a couple new skins to play with and loot boxes to work towards. Well, even though Winter Wonderland just finished, it seems we are already gearing up for the next[...]

And they keep referring to the PTR but you really have no idea what that is? Well, for those of you who say yes to that… Jeff Kaplan from the Overwatch development team is here to help The PTR, 'public test region' or 'public test realm' is a server set up with upcoming changes that[...]

And they come from all of the different universes that Blizzard has created: World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo and Overwatch Sometimes it's a bit overwhelming to see all the character and to know which ones you should try to get If that is what's happening to you, then you'll want to fire up your game[...]

In it, he says he plays a lot of Overwatch, as well as Hearthstone, saying Blizzard do "great stuff". However, he did end up going in on Deus Ex: Mankind Divided of all games too, largely for story issues He said: I think story is really neglected in modern games That's the criticism of the latest Deus[...]

The Terry Crews as Doomfist in Overwatch push has been going on for a while He's been at Blizzard recently, and it had been suggested long before that happened too He also recently sent a tweet out asking directly if people think he should have be in the role He's going in hard for it[...]

Here is a nice gift to get the year rolling for Overwatch. It's been announced that the game's newest map Oasis is now live in the game The map had been in the PC PTR servers since the end of November, but up until now, it had been relegated there However, now the location, which takes[...]

It was announced at Blizzcon back in November, but now we get our first look at the new map for Overwatch The city is called Oasis, an incredibly advanced city in the Arabian Desert The city was built by researchers and academics from around the region as a place of scientific progress – a monument[...]

Will you unravel the secrets surrounding this dark wanderer? Overwatch: Bring the battle for Sanctuary into the fight for the future with in-game sprays representing your favorite Diablo III classes—along with a new player icon modeled after the Lord of Terror! StarCraft II: Put the Lord of Terror to work for you with a Diablo-themed worker portrait. World of Warcraft: Strange[...]

Lucio is one of Overwatch's most popular heroes This isn't just because he is one of the most effective and fun healers to play (though that helps), but he is also just a super positive DJ with a passion for music That goes a long way. It seems he might be getting his own animated Overwatch[...]

The news about Tracer's sexuality has circulated for a few days now, ever since she was seen kissing her roommate Emily in the latest Overwatch comic, Reflections The Overwatch forums in particular have been abuzz with the news, with some pretty wild (and sometimes baffling (and sometimes awful))  arguments going around about the revelation. The comic[...]

Overwatch Game Director Jeff Kaplan sat down for 11 minute and did a year in review for the games inaugural year He breaks down the highs and lows, talks about adding Ana and Sambra to the game and then goes into some of the things we'll be seeing in 2017 Hinting at new maps, new[...]

A lot, and when I say that I mean most, players of Overwatch don't care about the lore It's designed so you don't have to engage with the characters you are playing with, or the locations you're in If you are just there to get as many eliminations as you can, or help others get[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool told you about the new Overwatch comic featuring the popular video game series' first openly gay character We won't spoil it here, but you can read the previous article if you want to know who it is Unfortunately, there were reports that the comic wasn't available in Russia, due to anti-gay laws[...]

Blizzard has released their new holiday themed comic for Overwatch today called Reflections by writer Michael Chu and artist Miki Montillo and in doing so outed one of their most popular characters. Over a year ago Blizzard confirmed that at least one of the heroes was gay, this story tells you which one[...]

Some Overwatch fans can feel pretty invested in the characters of the game In every patch the forum explodes into chaos over fans of a character usually claiming that their favorite character has been slighted one way or another. There was a bit of a hubbub over a cosmetic recently though When the Winter Wonderland event[...]

There has been a rumour going around for some time regarding Terry Crews in Overwatch It seemingly started with fans saying they'd like to see the actor as rumoured character Doomfist This fan casting then got to Crews and he seemed up to for the possibility. Well, this just got pushed into overdrive, as Crews has[...]

So, here is your PSA Overwatch fans. Blizzard have now lifted the curtain on the holiday event in Overwatch, Winter Wonderland is now live It was officially revealed in this new trailer, with a couple map reskins and skins for Lúcio, McCree, Mei, Pharah, Reaper, Roadhog, Sombra, Torbjörn, Tracer, Winston and Zenyatta. Oh, also, Symmetra's double ultimate[...]

We've been hearing a lot about a holiday Overwatch event for sometime, and judging by how the game has celebrated seasonal occasions, I'm sure just about everyone could have guessed there was one coming. However, we have some concrete information now The official Overwatch twitter sent out this tweet, inviting players to join in the even on[...]

Overwatch is close to getting a brand new map as announced at BlizzCon a few weeks ago In fact, it seems we are very, very close, and some will even be able to play it now. The new map Oasis, set in a science driven Arabian city, has been released on the PTR test servers[...]

The latest Man At Arms: Reforged jumps into the world of Blizzard Entertainments newest games series Overwatch The Stagemer brothers of Baltimore Knife & Sword take on making Genji's Dragonblade sword They say that the Dragonblade is the top requested build by their fans The build includes a sword making technique that was created back[...]

So, perhaps this isn't a surprise, but a nice bit of teasing. It looks like Overwatch might be celebrating the Holidays with an event, much like its Summer games and Halloween ones This comes from datamining of the latest patch in the PTR done by Reddit user Venxa They found a ton of audio files, and one[...]

Overwatch fan theories are part of the fandom now Making wild guesses about the story and gameplay fill the Reddit board on a daily basis This one is interesting though Posted on the aforementioned Reddit (via Polygon) it was posited that Pharah's father's identity might be laying in the skin names We already know her[...]

When the first animation for Overwatch was released over two years ago at Blizzcon 2014, it was a short that showed two agents of Overwatch, Winston and Tracer, trying to stop a heist at a museum by Reaper and Widowmaker The crowd was awed by the whole thing and I know the duel gun wielding,[...]

This one focuses on Symmetra from Overwatch and her recent redesign In the video he detailing the adjustments and improvements that are currently being tested, along with an overview of her brand new Ultimate ability He also comments on the release time line for Oasis, Overwatch's new Control Map, and teases an upcoming feature. https://youtu.be/elN-QGyToxMVideo can't be[...]

This is just a bit of a highlight for you. Overwatch is currently in its seconrd ever free weekend, and it is cureently free to play on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 This will run until Monday. On top of that, if you like what you play, the game has seen a massive discount a ton[...]

Now it's easy to see that the more popular the game is the more popular the Esports around it will be and Esports is big for Blizzard right now because of the recently announced Overwatch League The first of the two videos below show that Blizzard is enticing you to play the game, giving you[...]

Here is your Overwatch PSA, which I do so very much like to bring your way, and this is a big one. So, after the massive (and exasperating) ARG has gone by, and some time in the PTR, we are finally here Sombra has been released in Overwatch She's live now, and you can start using[...]

Its now wonder Blizzard has put so much time and effort into building the Esports market and is pushing the new Overwatch League. Putting the argument of whether this counts as a sport or the players as athletes aside… this is a fast growing global market that other companies are now trying to get involved with[...]

Play of the Game is one of my favorite features of Overwatch It's a really cool highlight system that is just so much fun to watch at the end of a match (provided you won.) However, it is hard to say it always gets it right though, focusing a lot on kills and ults, rather[...]

Blizzcon rolls into town and the largest gathering of World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, Diablo and Heroes of the Storm kicks off The 10th Blizzcon wrapped up last night with a live concert by Weird Al Yankovic and I have some final thoughts on the whole thing. First off, Blizzcon is a pretty amazing thing[...]