Our latest coverage of Overwatch.
This week’s hottest eSports news and highlights for League of Legends, CS:GO, Dota 2, and Overwatch. Expect spoilers! 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 first week of the NA LCS Summer Split has started! With the [...]
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Thanks to an unfortunate mistake on the part of someone using the official Overwatch Twitter, it was believed for five days that the previous estimated June release for Competitive Play had been pushed into July. A follow-up tweet posted today reveals that to not be true at all. The person using the Overwatch Twitter corrected their mistake and reaffirmed a [...]
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While we don't have any numbers just yet, Overwatch appears to be off to quite a successful start. In some places, it may be more successful than others. According to Gametrics' PC bang rankings, Overwatch is currently the second most played game in South Korean PC bangs, beaten only by League of Legends. Its percentage is just under half 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! 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 League Championship Series Summer Split 2016 All of the leagues are currently on break. However, one of the [...]
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We've all noticed it at some point. After several free-to-play titles, Blizzard decided to make Overwatch a buy-to-play title. LawBreakers switched from free-to-play to buy-to-play mid-development. Atlas Reactor jumped from free-to-play to buy-to-play shortly after its Founder's Packs first went up for sale. Industry analyst Jake Parmley of Red Fox Insights explores the reasons why these three titles ended up [...]
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Have you ever thought "you know what would be cool? Playing Overwatch on my iPhone." No? Neither have I, but Chinese company Xi'an Vulcan Network Technology Co. seems to like the idea, as they have created what appears to be a near carbon copy of Overwatch for mobile devices. According to MMOCulture, the company claims to have spent over $2 [...]
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Are you hyped for Overwatch? We're hyped for Overwatch. As was previously announced, Blizzard's ridiculously charming team-based FPS will be launching tonight at 4 PM PDT / 7 PM EDT. I've included the graphic showing worldwide launch times below. Will you be playing tonight? If you played during the Open Beta, who's your favorite character to play as? D.Va, Mei, [...]
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To ease my excitement Blizzard has finally revealed Overwatch's launch schedule, or as they like to call it "deployment schedule." Just like the Open Beta the charming team-oriented FPS will release globally, at the same exact time. That means the Western Hemisphere will get to start playing on May 23, 2016 while the Eastern will join in on May 24, 2016. Start [...]
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Overwatch's latest animated short, Dragons, unveils "the story behind one of Overwatch’s biggest rivalries." In it, we discover why Hanzo and Genji are at odds with each other. The short is described as follows. With every death comes honor. With honor, redemption. [...] "Dragons" explores the history of conflict between the scions of the Shimada clan: Hanzo and Genji. In [...]
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Blizzard announced today via press release that the Overwatch Open Beta was a resounding success, seeing over 9.7 million players jump in and take part in its ever so charming team battles. These 9.7 million strong played for a total of 4.9 billion minutes, an average of almost 8.4 hours per person. When all was said and done, over 37 [...]
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