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On a special Overwatch developer update, game director Jeff Kaplan announces a new addition to the game's matchmaking experience: the priority pass. This is a way for the game to assemble balanced teams quicker than usual, as well as reward those willing to play less popular roles via giving them tickets for queue-jumping. Since people love bein...
In May 2020 earlier this year, BlizzCon 2020 was cancelled, and tentative plans were revealed to host an online event in early 2021. In September 2020, Blizzard Entertainment announced BlizzConline 2021, an all-digital convention that will serve as a replacement for BlizzCon 2020. BlizzConline will run from 19 to 20 February 2021. Acco...
It's close to the end of this video game console generation, what with the Xbox Series X/S and the PlayStation 5 so close to being out on retail. That's more or less 7 years since the Xbox One and PS4 has been out, right? Oh, and also the Nintendo Switch entering the fray mid-game. https://youtu.be/FnGKEqmi8Hc So between late 2013 until now, ...
About a few hours ago, Overwatch replied to a recent tweet from entrepreneur Elon Musk about buffing Torbjörn's turrets. https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1316197410662567937 A harmless tweet, sure, given Overwatch's popularity, Blizzard's status quo as a bigwig games maker, and Elon Musk being a world-famous engineer, businessma...
The San Francisco Shock became the first team in Overwatch League history to win back-to-back championships, as the team defeated the Seoul Dynasty 4-2 to win the 2020 Overwatch League Grand Finals. Last year, they also won the 2019 Grand Finals when they took down the Vancouver Titans. Nam-joo “Striker†Kwon helped lead San Fra...
Halloween Terror is returning to Overwatch on 13 October 2020. It will run until 3 November 2020, so there will be plenty of time for players to join in the spooky fun. https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1314936682098040832 Players can look forward to new skins, sprays, and player icons, which can be seen in the trailer post...
The Overwatch League’s 2020 Grand Finals starts from 8 October 2020 Thursday with the four remaining teams; Seoul Dynasty, Shanghai Dragons, Philadelphia Fusion, and defending champions San Francisco Shock, competing in a double-elimination final tournament to determine who reigns supreme. Check out the Grand Finals primer to revi...
The final round of the 2020 Overwatch League playoffs concluded today with the 2020 MVP announced and the four teams advancing to 2020 Grand Finals set. Byung-sun “Fleta†Kim, the damage player for the Shanghai Dragons, was named 2020 T-Mobile Overwatch League MVP for his star performance on a variety of damage heroes over the cours...
The final regular season tournament of the Overwatch League 2020 season is complete, with the San Francisco Shock winning the North America tournament and the Shanghai Dragons recapturing the Asian title. Shanghai Dragon's win has earned the team the top overall seed in the Asia bracket for the 2020 postseason. Meanwhile, San Francisco Shock wo...
With the regular season drawing to a close, it’s time to share the full slate of the 2020 Overwatch League awards. This year, they're adding a new award; Coach of the Year, and bringing back all awards from last year. The winners will be announced during the postseason, which starts on 3 September 2020. Here's how the winners are chosen: Re...
For the first time in its three-year history, the Overwatch League’s Grand Finals 2020 will be going online due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Today, Blizzard has provided more details on what to expect from the upcoming playoff format. All 20 teams will have the opportunity to qualify for the postseason. Matches will be held online ...
Sweep your teammates off their feet with the sounds of a symphony during Sigma’s Maestro Challenge, which is now live in Overwatch on all platforms; PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. From now until 28 July 2020, players will be able to earn limited-time rewards including a player icon, a legendary emote, six unique sprays, and the Maes...
The heroes in Overwatch are getting featured in their very own young adult novel titled; The Hero of Numbani, from Scholastic’s AFK imprint and critically-acclaimed author Nicky Drayden. It's releasing today on 15 June 2020. A threat is growing in Numbani, and a new hero is rising to meet it. Orisa, Lúcio, and Doomfist are featured in th...
Back in March, Blizzard introduced a hero pick/ban system for Overwatch's competitive mode. The catch, however, is that while the mode bans certain heroes, it was Blizzard that was doing the choosing. This led to a lot of pro-level players condemning the new competitive system. While it may have made the Overwatch League regular season meta a lot ...
It’s the fourth anniversary of Overwatch since its initial launch back in 2016, and Blizzard Entertainment is celebrating the occasion by adding a plethora of new skins, highlight intros, emotes, sprays, and more. The three-week Overwatch Anniversary 2020 event will run from today on 19 May 2020 to next month on 9 June 2020. In addition, ...
Another year, another anniversary for one of our beloved team-based shooters of this generation: Blizzard's Overwatch. We're still waiting for part 2, but in the meantime, we have some new legendary skins to fawn over in celebration of the game's upcoming anniversary this 19th May until 9th June. The new Legendary skins revealed so far are for Ash...
Publisher Amazon Game Studios and developer Relentless Studios have announced a release date for their upcoming free-to-play team-based PvP online multiplayer shooter; simply titled Crucible. This will be Amazon Game Studios' first big-budget original IP. In Crucible, players can choose from ten different hunters comes with their own unique set of...
In four days' time, the next Overwatch hero will drop on public servers. That's right, Echo's PTR time is just about done. She'll be swooping into the game's roster this 14th April. https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1248291394118008833 Just to recap, Echo's abilities include flying freely and glide while falling, firing delayed-fuse stick...
While the world is waiting for Overwatch 2, we'll have to settle for esports misdemeanour instead. Blizzard has fined Los Angeles Valiant's Jung-won "Lastro" Mun and San Francisco Shock's Dong-jun "Rascal" Kim US$1,000 for some colourful banter. Said chat was unintentionally broadcasted on Twitch for the whole world to see during an Overwatch Leagu...
Calling artists currently staying at home, the 2020 SEA Overwatch Map Design Contest welcomes all fans from across Southeast Asia to design a unique Overwatch map. Submission for the contest starts from today until 30 April 2020. The Overwatch art team at Blizzard will carefully select the top eight (8) artworks, who will then receive awesome rewa...
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