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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[...]