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Overwatch Launches a New Map Into PTR As They Visit Paris
How would you like a trip to Paris? Well, in the world of Overwatch, that is Blizzard just added a new map in the PTR that will take you to France The company didn't release any videos or grand photo galleries of the new map, just a teaser image, some posters, and a couple bits of[...]
Overwatch League Reveal the Uniforms For the Expansion Teams
The Overwatch League has slowly been rolling out all the new hotness from their eight expansion teams for the 2019 season, and now we get to see uniforms Technically, the uniforms have slowly been coming out over the past couple weeks as the organizers have been introducing the teams through previews Which has kind of been weird[...]
Blizzard Randomly Slashed Prices on Overwatch Permanently
A few different people caught onto the fact that Blizzard, seemingly out of the blue, decided to permanently discount Overwatch this week If you take a trip to their shop, you'll see that the company slashed the price of the game by 50%, making the regular version of Overwatch a mere $20 Meanwhile, the Legendary[...]
Overwatch Seasonal Event | Overwatch Lunar New Year 2019
Blizzard has officially kicked off the latest event in Overwatch today, as the 2019 Lunar event celebrates the Year of the Pig for the next few weeks As per previous events, you'll be able to get new sprays, animations, emots, and costumes Some of the new ones you can snag are Lü Bu Reaper, Guan Yu[...]
Funko London Toy Fair Warhammer 40k
Welcome to the Funko Round-Up! In this edition: we go over all of today's London Toy Fair reveals! Tons of gaming, anime, Batman, Disney, musicians, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, and so much more were revealed, and this round-up has it all! Let's dig in! #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align:[...]
Overwatch Reveals a Couple 2019 Lunar Skins on Social Media
As we get closer to the Overwatch 2019 Lunar event happening this week, the devs have decided to release images of some of the skins as the buildup Below are a couple of posts the team released on social media, showing off Reaper in Lu Bu gear, while Hanzo sports a longer beard than normal[...]
Blizzard Announces the Next Overwatch Event for the Chinese New Year
We nearly forgot about the Chinese New Year with everything going on, but Blizzard didn't, as they announced the next Overwatch event on the way The company made the brief announcement on their Twitter account yesterday, showing off Soldier 76 trying to work a drum in his own special way. Squeal with joy! Overwatch Lunar New Year returns[...]
Blizzard Issues a New Overwatch Contest With Ana's Bastet Challenge
Blizzard has loaded a new unique challenge inside Overwatch this week as players can now compete in Ana's Bastet Challenge Basically, it's a brand new skin and other features that you can achieve by completing the challenge from now until January 21st After three wins you get her player icon, after six you get a special pose,[...]
Blizzard Confirms Overwatch's Soldier 76 as Gay
credit//Blizzard In a new short story expanding the massive Overwatch universe, Blizzard has quietly revealed the existence of a second LGBTQ+ character in the game In the story "Bastet," Soldier 76 meets up with former sniper Ana after the explosion of the Overwatch headquarters in Switzerland Ana catches Jack (Soldier 76) looking at an image of himself[...]
Regarding Women, esports, and "Ellie"
StarCraft has Scarlett, Dead or Alive 4 had Mystik, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has several all-female teams, and the Overwatch League has Gegori But for every Scarlett, Gegori, or Mystik, there are hundreds of male pros While women slowly made inroads into esports, things still looked pretty grim Gegori was initially kept out of the Overwatch[...]
Overwatch Contender Player "Ellie" Confirmed as a False Identity
credit//Blizzard Overwatch Contender team Second Wind added a new player to their roster just before the new year, but the player in question quickly received negative attention from Overwatch esports fans A new player hit the top 10 ranks on the Overwatch NA server and was revealed to be a player known as "Ellie"[...]
Overwatch Team Second Wind Loses Female Player Due to Doxxing Threats
The Overwatch Contenders team Second Wind has announced that their female player, Ellie, has stepped down from the team just weeks after signing As reported by Variety, her decision to back out of the team comes in the wake of doxxing threats and harassment from members of the Overwatch community. Unfortunately, due to some unforeseen reactions, Ellie has opted to[...]
The Bleeding Cool Top 25 TV Influencers 2019 Countdown: #25-#21
In a multi-year broadcast deal, Overwatch League Season 2 is coming to "The Mouse" – airing on ESPN, ESPN2, Disney XD, ABC and streaming services – which means you'll have a little more time to upgrade your definition of "spectator sport." Credit: Peabody Awards  #22 Jordan Peele The Academy Award-wining writer/director (Get Out, Us) and one-half of comedy duo[...]
Overwatch is Handing Out Five Free Holiday Loot Boxes
The annual Overwatch tradition of the Winter Wonderland event isn't quite done, as players have a chance to get five free loot boxes today If you weren't already aware, if you log into the game between December 24th-25th, you are automatically awarded five free holiday loot boxes from the devs as their own little Christmas[...]
Watch Matthew Mercer Roasting by an Overwatch Christmas Fire
Last year, Overwatch got some weird attention from having Jeff Kaplan sit by a fire for hours, and now they've doubled-down with Matthew Mercer Right now, on the Overwatch Twitch channel, you can watch the voice of McCree sitting back in a cozy leather armchair next to a burning yule log, having a sip of[...]
BC Toy Spotting 37
Meeseek's boxes, Beast Kingdom Toy Story figure sets, Nendoroid Sully from Monsters Inc., My Hero Academia figures and toys, and the new NERF Rivals Overwatch Reaper pistol pack are all available now. #gallery-6 { margin: auto; } #gallery-6 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-6 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-6 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Walmarts have tons[...]
Watch Reaper and Tracer Duke it Out over Cookies in Latest Overwatch Video
Blizzard's Overwatch team has been having a ball with the Holiday Season this year, and nothing shows that more than the latest video posted to the game's YouTube channel Called "CookieWatch," the video uses stop motion to present the incredibly comedic battle between Reaper and Tracer over a plate of cookies left out for Santa. The[...]
Cookiewatch | Overwatch
Blizzard has released an adorable new stop-motion animation celebrating the holidays featuring both Reaper and Tracer again. credit//Blizzard Not so long ago, we got an endearing Overwatch short Except, unlike the impressive CGI ones that delve into the characters of the game,  it created a new fun, Toy Story-like universe where Tracer and Reaper statues came to[...]
Cookiewatch | Overwatch
The fine folks at Blizzard have created another Overwatch stop motion video, with Reaper and Tracer going at it again This time the two fight each other over some cookies left for Santa on Christmas Eve, but get a bit of a surprise in the middle of their fight Here's hoping this isn't the only[...]
Chinese Ethics Board Orders Bans on Several Games Including PUBG and Fortnite
That list includes games like Overwatch, League of Legends, Diablo, and World of Warcraft. credit//Epic Games If you look over the list, you'll see that aside from citing blood and gore, as well as "revealing female characters" as their reasoning, the majority of this list of games were made in the west Several posters have made note[...]
Blizzard Pulls Holiday Overwatch Map After Players Get Stuck at Spawn
A little bit of troubling news during the holiday event in Overwatch as Blizzard had to pull one of the maps after people got stuck Everyone was super thrilled to see a holiday version of Blizzard World be added as the Claifornia-esq positioned theme park got a shade of holiday cheer Sadly, only half the players[...]
The 2019 Overwatch League Schedule is Here
credit//Blizzard Blizzard has announced the Overwatch League's 2019 schedule which brings in eight new expansion teams, some away games, and a $5 million USD prize pool The away games will be hosted by Dallas Fuel, Atlanta Reign, and Los Angeles Valiant in their home cities, which allows the OWL to shake things up a bit The[...]
Overwatch Launches Winter Wonderland with New Updates
It's the update that crashed the server within hours of coming back, as Overwatch released the Winter Wonderland 2018 event today We have the official trailer for you here, as well as artwork from all the new skins and some of the added materials you can get from loot boxes until January 2nd We seriously[...]
From Dungeon Making to LEGO Playing: A Chat With Matthew Mercer
Following that up in the Fall with McCree from Overwatch getting his own animated short at BlizzCon and the news the character was becoming a LEGO That's an amazing run for anyone who grew up loving games and gaming who now has some say in it We got a chance to chat with Mercer about[...]
Overwatch Announces the Return of Winter Wonderland Event
Blizzard has officially announced the next Overwatch Winter Wonderland event is on the way next week, making it the third year in a row for the holidays Word came down on their Twitter account today letting us know it would take place from December 11th until January 2nd A good three weeks of getting as[...]
Review: Jinx Overwatch Winter Gear
The people at Jinx just keep on rolling out the goods for the Overwatch brand when it comes to clothing and accessories, and we got a new set of winter goodies to review We'll start with a couple of the regular gear basics, and the first item on the list is this Icon Buttondown Shirt[...]
Overwatch League Sees the Vancouver Titans Revealed as Latest Team
A little bit out of the blue for the weekend, the latest team to officially reveal their look and logo for the Overwatch League is the Vancouver Titans The team is owned by the Aquilini Group and partnered with Luminosity Gaming, and aside from the fact that they appear to have taken on Winston's yeti look,[...]
THANKS-GIVEAWAY: PC Copies of Overwatch Legendary Edition
This Thanksgiving weekend, Blizzard is giving you a chance to play Overwatch, and with them, we're giving you a chance to own it! The awesome folks at Blizzard have offered us 25 game codes to give away! But not just any codes, these are Legendary Edition codes that include the full game as well as[...]
Overwatch Enters Another Free Weekend to Show Off Ashe
This weekend, now that Ashe has been added to the game, Blizzard has decided to launch another free Overwatch weekend The event kicked in at 11am PDT, and will run until Monday morning, give you a quick 72 hours to play the game and check out all of the new additions as well as the latest[...]
Overwatch League's Next Expansion Team Revealed: Hangzhou Spark
We got another logo and uniform reveal today from the Overwatch League, this time we're getting a look at the Hangzhou Spark We're not gonna lie to you, this one is a little hard to look at The entire theme of the logo is a finger gun surrounded in pink lightning The same finger can be[...]