Our latest coverage of Overwatch.
In the interest of developing complex narratives for Overwatch's characters, Jeff Kaplan has revealed that Symmetra is on the autism spectrum. Kaplan recently wrote a letter to a fan which said: "I'm glad you asked about Symmetra. It was very astute of you to notice that she mentioned the spectrum in our comic. Symmetra is autistic. She is one of [...]
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Despite some forum rumors about the status of Overwatch's newest hero Orisa, the quadruped robot will NOT be on the live servers tomorrow. Some players apparently confused the message of an IGN snapchat. Jeff Kaplan took to the forums to clarify: Hi. Wow, what a thread! Just to clarify, we're leaving Orisa on the PTR for a little while. [...]
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This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for League of Legends, CS:GO, Dota 2, and Overwatch. Expect spoilers! Brackets from TeamLiquid. Contents (Click to Jump to Section) League of Legends NA LCS EU LCS LCK LPL Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 Overwatch League of Legends NA LCS Recap and Standings The 2017 Spring Split of the NA LCS has [...]
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Overwatch's newest hero is the four-legged robot Orisa, who is a tank that wields a fusion-based gun. As expected, Orisa was developed by 11 year old inventor Efi Oladele, who Blizzard revealed in a faux interview last week. After Doomfist attacked Numbani airprot, young Efi re-developed the OR-15 robots into a formidable tank to protect the city—which you can watch [...]
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This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for League of Legends, CS:GO, Dota 2, and Overwatch. Expect spoilers! Brackets from TeamLiquid. Contents (Click to Jump to Section) League of Legends NA LCS EU LCS LCK LPL Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 Overwatch League of Legends Intel Extreme Masters XI World Championship Katowice As the final event of IEM Season [...]
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As usual Overwatch is teasing with a number of enigmatic messages and updates to their game's universe. Earlier today a tweet from the official Overwatch account reported a confrontation at Numbani airport in which multiple OR15 defense units were destroyed: [BREAKING] OR15 defense units destroyed in confrontation with unidentified assailant at Numbani airport. No civilian casualties reported. pic.twitter.com/3XuXbCCugh — Overwatch [...]
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At the DICE Summit in Las Vegas, game director Jeff Kaplan took to the stage and talked shop about Overwatch's somber beginnings. The project—as many know—was the picked up pieces of the abandoned MMO Titan, which had a team of 140 developers working on it. Once Titan was shut down, 80 of those devs were shipped to other games, another [...]
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After yesterday's announcement that Doomfist would likely not be Overwatch's next hero, today we've been given a possible lead as to who exactly it is. Blizzard in their enigmatic ways has posted a faux interview with 11 year old inventor Efi Oladele of Numbani. The timing is suspicious. The article goes on to describe Efi's interest in robotics after she [...]
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Overwatch is looking to add their 24th hero but it likely wont be Doomfist as most player speculation has been guessing. In a forum thread—about Sombra's sitting emote—Game director Jeff Kaplan cryptically responded to a question, saying "24 is not who you think it is." Remember, the Overwatch team is always working multiple heroes at the same time. And they [...]
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This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for League of Legends, CS:GO, Dota 2, and Overwatch. Expect spoilers! Brackets from TeamLiquid. Contents (Click to Jump to Section) League of Legends NA LCS EU LCS LCK LPL Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 Overwatch League of Legends NA LCS Recap and Standings The 2017 Spring Split of the NA LCS has [...]
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