Our latest coverage of Overwatch.
An intrepid Redditor, who really wants a seasonal Winston skin, may have revealed the someday-possible inclusion of skin trading in Overwatch. The evidence is secondary: a Blizzard representative wrote back to user craige99 saying "MasterJeff" is considering skin trading." I'm considering eating an Italian sandwich today, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to have peanut butter instead. Still, skin trading [...]
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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 officially [...]
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Overwatch's meatiest heroes, Winston and Roadhog, have received a makeover with the latest PTR patch. There aren't too many changes but they may prove significant. "The Roadhog changes overall reduce the power of his hook a bit, but his gun is now more effective when not using the hook," reads a developer blog post. "Winston's head hit volume was just [...]
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Overwatch rung in the Year of the Rooster with a capture the flag game mode, and it's not leaving once the festivities end. Brawls typically run on a finite schedule, such as Lúcioball. But not CTR. "We don’t want that excitement to end, so we’re bringing Capture the Flag to the Arcade as an ongoing game mode," reads an Overwatch [...]
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Yahoo eSports recently gave Terry Crews a mock audition to voice Overwatch's character Doomfish, who may or may not show up in the game in the near future. This isn't the first time Crews has vocalized his interest. He visited Blizzard headquarters not too long ago, which I thought meant for sure Crews was chosen. But apparently not, at least [...]
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In its continued effort to add every one of its popular characters to Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard announced today via a new video that Overwatch's support character Lucio would be making a debut in the popular MOBA's PTR on February 6th. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Lucio will be a support character in Heroes of the Storm, as well, featuring abilities that [...]
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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 officially [...]
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Overwatch's next PTR update may feature a number of changes to the half-pacifist–half-murderous robot Bastion. Principal Designer Geoff Goodman laid out the details as a response to a blog post inquiring about the lovable bot: Recon Mode - Lowered spread and increased magazine size, to help with general viability in this mode. Sentry Mode - We're looking at focusing this [...]
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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 officially [...]
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Blizzard Entertainment revealed today that Overwatch officially hit 25 million players across all platforms (PC, PS4, and Xbox One), up from 20 million just 3 months ago (October, 2016). Some of the increase is sales can likely be attributed to Christmas sales of the game which discounted the base version from $39.99 to $29.99 and the Origins Edition from $59.99 [...]
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