Tag Archives: Overwatch

It looks like Blizzard is taking steps to get the Overwatch community to play nicely with each other, with new penalties being put in place to combat toxicity. As the game's community manager puts it, toxic behaviour can range anywhere from being intentionally AFK and griefing to abusive chat and …

Just recently, Overwatch added its newest character, Doomfist, and while the unveiling was exciting, some were disappointed in the lack of Terry Crews. Despite plenty of teasing since late 2016, Blizzard ended up going with another voice actor for Doomfist. However, Crews is still keen to do something with Blizzard …

After months of hints and teases, Blizzard has officially announced Overwatch’s 25th hero, Doomfist. The legendary villain is fresh out of prison and playable on the public test realm available for PC. While some were expecting more tank aspects, Doomfist lives up to his name as an Offense character with …

With Overwatch characters being so heavily steeped in lore, the rumour mill for the next reveal never stops turning. Many fingers seem to point towards the heavily anticipated Doomfist with the latest tease coming from an update to the official Overwatch website revealing new story details. Blizzard has been quite …

Ever since Doomfist was teased in Overwatch’s reveal cinematic, fans have been eager to see the character finally show up in the game. While we know Doomfist will eventually enter the roster, a Public Test Region crashlog reveals that it might be happening a lot sooner than expected. The Public …

Since the launch of Overwatch, Blizzard has taken a hard stance against cheats and while some have managed to find holes in Blizzard's anti-cheat system, they don't tend to last for long. This week, some players discovered that the hard way, with an update this week making paid aimbots less …

It has been close to a year since Overwatch finally went live for everyone and during that time, the game has amassed tens of millions of players. To mark the occasion, Blizzard will be holding an Overwatch Anniversary in-game event next week, kicking off on Tuesday the 23rd of May. …

Overwatch has been out for close to a year now and during that time, the player base has expanded a ton. Back during the summer of 2016, Overwatch had 15 million players and now Blizzard has managed to double that, with 30 million people having now played its shooter. Overwatch is Blizzard's …

If you have been playing Overwatch recently and hoping for some fresh scenery then you might be in luck as there are currently plans to release around three new maps ‘standard' maps this year. There are also an additional three ‘non-standard' maps in development, presumably for future events/brawls. According to …

It looks like Blizzard is set to make some more changes to how tie breakers are handled in ranked Overwatch matches, after the current system was found to be causing some confusion amongst players. In a recent patch, changes were made to how tie breakers are determined, adding a progress …

Over the last few weeks, Blizzard's lawsuit against prolific cheat maker ‘Bossland' has been swiftly escalating. Bossland is behind several subscription based ‘Buddy Bot' cheats for most of Blizzard's titles, as well as an ESP hack for Overwatch. A few weeks ago, we heard that Blizzard was seeking an $8.5 …

It is well known that the keyboard and mouse combo is generally faster and more accurate to aim with than a controller. This is why you won't find many developers willing to allow cross-platform multiplayer between PC and consoles for competitive games. However, there are ways out there for users to …

Blizzard has taken a stern stance against cheaters in Overwatch since the very beginning, a move that has often been praised by the community. There have been several large ban waves in the past but this weeks was one of the biggest, taking down 22,865 cheaters playing on the game's …

If you have been looking for a reason to jump back into Overwatch then this week might just be the time to do it as Blizzard has kicked off the ‘Year of the Rooster' event this week, running from the 24th of January up until the 13th of February. This …

Update: It looks like previous reports could be on the right track as Terry Crews is continuing to tease the idea of him playing a brand new Overwatch character. Just a few weeks ago we learned that the actor had visited Blizzard's studios after expressing interest in voice acting Doomfist, …

Terry Crews has been getting more involved in the gaming world this year after embarking on a mission to build his first PC. Since then he has dabbled in Twitch streaming, virtual reality and now, it looks like he might appear in Overwatch as a character, as the actor recently …

Blizzard might have a lot of popular games available to play right now, but only one of them is in the first person perspective: Overwatch. However that may not be the case forever, as it's now created two new job listings for software engineers for an unannounced project built using …

Blizzard has been teasing a new Overwatch character, currently known as ‘Sombra', for months now. In fact, teases for Sombra began popping up well before we even saw Ana, the game's medic sniper and first new character addition. However, it looks like it is almost time for the full reveal …

Smite developer Hi-Rez has felt the need to defend itself in the wake of a multitude of comparisons between its recent Early Access release, Paladins and Blizzard's Overwatch. It points out the character archetypes that people see in both games have existed way longer than either games. On the surface, …

If you have been hoping for higher tick rate servers in Overwatch, then you will be pleased to hear that the game's next PC patch is all about introducing the new high-bandwidth update, which will improve the game's netcode and introduce higher tick rates to players with the connections to …

The second season of Overwatch's competitive mode has kicked off a little earlier than expected on the PC. Initially, the second season was due to start on the 6th of September but it looks like Blizzard managed to get ahead of schedule, so it got a surprise launch today instead. …

Overwatch's first competitive season is coming to an end this week, giving Blizzard a chance to implement some changes in time for season 2, which will begin in September. Today, Overwatch Game Director, Jeff Kaplan, put out a video going over the changes competitive mode will be getting for season …

Recently Blizzard added a new game mode to Overwatch called ‘Lucio Ball', which appears to have been inspired by Rocket League, except instead of driving cars, you are running around as Lucio. Since then, players discovered a bug that could allow them to play as other characters in this game …

Blizzard's approach to competitive play in Overwatch is a little different to other games. The competitive mode runs in seasons, during which players compete to reach the top 500 player list, if you break into the list at any time during the season, you get a unique player icon and …

We already knew that Overwatch was off to a great start but it looks like Blizzard's latest franchise has really caught on, with over 15 million players worldwide already. The game officially launched on the 24th of May this year, so over the last two months, the player base has …

Blizzard has had a strict zero-tolerance policy for Overwatch cheaters since day one. However, there are always going to be some that try to cheat anyway and this week, Blizzard had a major ban wave for Overwatch players using Triggerbot and it seems quite a few of those affected don’t …

Blizzard is continuing to take in player feedback and address Overwatch's hero balance. This time around, there is a patch coming to address the game's newest hero, Ana, but there will also be some additional changes to McCree, who had already been tweaked in a previous patch a few weeks …

Blizzard announced some significant Overwatch news last night. Firstly, the studio announced Overwatch's newest hero ‘Ana', a new support character who uses a biotic rifle to restore health from a distance. Secondly, Blizzard also announced that it will no longer allow hero stacking in competitive play, meaning each team will be …

Last month, Blizzard officially launched its competitive mode for Overwatch and players swiftly began taking part in the first season of play. However, there have been some issues, some of which stemmed from how the new skill ranking system works, which Blizzard is now trying to resolve. At first, if …

If you have been playing Overwatch non-stop since its launch at the end of May, then you may be wondering when new content is coming. Last week we finally got the game's competitive mode and now it looks like even more content is on the way, this time in the …