Our latest coverage of Overwatch.
Overwatch received quite a few Game of the Year awards last year, which can only mean one thing: Blizzard was bound to release a Game of the Year Edition. Said Game of the Year Edition was released yesterday, offering prospective players a chance to get 10 Loot Boxes, the Origins Skins, and several cosmetic items in other Blizzard games for [...]
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Overwatch is turning one year older, and everyone is invited to the party. With over $1B in revenue and 30 million registered players around the world, big boy Overwatch is celebrating yet another milestone — its first anniversary coming up on May 24th this week. Blizzard is rolling out the red carpet for its golden goose, and fans can drop [...]
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Turns out Overwatch players don't just want to slap each other around in competitive play. The cooperative game mode Uprising proved to be insanely popular when it released on April 11th, with over 145 million matches played. Blizzard has compiled a slick infographic detailing the goods—that you can scroll down to see for yourself. Uprising is a four-player coop mode [...]
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In compliance with China's newly implemented law, where companies are now legally required to publish lootbox probabilities and drop rates, Overwatch China has released the probability parameters for their lootboxes on their website. The probabilities listed are as follows... Lootbox contents: Each lootbox contains 4 items. The items that you can obtain include cosmetics, in-game currency, or in-game currency for [...]
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Blizzard's latest Overwatch PTR patch has provided a bit of a buff to Hanzo, Reaper, and Genji; while nerfing Reinhardt and Soldier 76. If you want to see for yourself you can download the PTR client or read up on the patch notes. So, what happened? Genji will no longer have an attack cooldown when he parkours up a wall. [...]
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More than 30 million players have charged into Overwatch according to the game's official Twitter page. We get a GIF of Reinhardt to celebrate the occasion. Keep in mind, that's not an active player count, but refers to registered players. Which means, if you've played but since uninstalled, then you count towards that 30 million milestone. More than 30 million [...]
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Blizzard announced that its hero shooter Overwatch will be free for a full 30 days but only if you live in a country where the capital is Beijing. That's right. From May 1st to May 31st Chinese players can try out all of Overwatch's heroes, all the maps, and all the game modes, including competitive play. We've had free weekends [...]
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Trash-talking has been a part of every game, whether it’s football, basketball, or a first-person shooter like Overwatch. It’s tolerated to some extent but there are certain limits. Calling someone a noob is okay, calling someone a different N-word is not, especially during a live stream. Toronto Esports player Matt “Dellor” Vaughn learns this lesson the hard way. Dellor was [...]
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In a recent forum post, an Overwatch player expressed concern over the current cycle of map releases. Since launch last year, only two new maps have been released, which caused the player in question to ask whether it was enough. In response to this concern, Game Director Jeff Kaplan responded, stating that there were three new "standard" maps in development [...]
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Certain members of the Overwatch community consider smurfing to be a plague worthy of Egypt, and Jeff Kaplan explained his position on the official forums. He writes, "Smurfing -- and I know this isn't what you want to hear -- isn't really that big of an issue." And before you jump to the comments section let's read the rest of [...]
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