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Blizzard shuts down a major Overwatch 2 cheat software provider
You have to be a special, artisanal, distinct kind of lamesauce to buy software to cheat in a shooter game, but that is regrettably...
Hearthstone applies updates to Battlegrounds and Arenas, Overwatch releases a new novel
We're pulling together the news from Hearthstone and Overwatch together into their own combined story simply because they're kind of teeny on their own...
Overwatch 2 promotes its first mythic skin while reducing legacy skin prices for former players
Dressing up your favorite Overwatch 2 character in shiny skins is likely what makes most players spend their money, and Blizzard is hoping that...
Activision-Blizzard Q3 2022: Blizzard MAUs and revenues are up as NetEase dispute looms on the horizon
Welcome back to our trimonthly coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As of this afternoon, we have Q3's results, comprising July, August, and September 2022....
Overwatch 2’s newest tank character Ramattra arrives along with season two on December 6
During the grand finals event of the Overwatch League, the shooter unveiled the next character that's coming to Overwatch 2: The omnic Ramattra, who...
Overwatch 2 dev hints at more support heroes as Blizzard sends out a monetization survey to players
Overwatch 2 is continuing its tuning and adjustment efforts, or at least is planning to by all accounts. After the shooter put out an...
Overwatch 2 previews character balance adjustments arriving November 15
If you're finding life in Overwatch 2 to be more than a little hellish and were worried that changes wouldn't be coming until Season...
Massively Overthinking: Do you have a love/hate relationship with specific MMO content?
This week's Massively Overthinking is inspired by one of Justin's Daily Grinds, ironically. It was the one about the best online card game you've...
Overwatch 2 goes into full Halloween mode with a new co-op mission
Halloween Terror may not be new to the Overwatch franchise, but this week does mark the first time it's appearing in the recently launched...
Overwatch 2’s flawed design and gamer toxicity drive off support players – and drive up queues
It looks like some bad apples in the Overwatch 2 community and some overall poor design are spoiling the bunch for everyone. The game's...
Overwatch 2 brews up a fresh batch of Halloween terror
With 25 million players flooding in to see Overwatch 2's revamped gameplay, it's left some wondering what Blizzard might do for an encore this...
Overwatch 2 counts over 25M players in 10 days, announces double XP weekends to celebrate
Despite all of its launch problems, it would appear that there were a lot of people checking out Overwatch 2 over the past week...
Blizzard discusses Overwatch 2 launch balance and season two hero adjustments
With the chaos of its launch (hopefully?) now behind it, Overwatch 2 is ready to talk about the future - or at least the...
Overwatch 2 apologizes for launch snafus with spooky skin and charm compensation
Blizzard is not oblivious to the discontent swirling around the launch of Overwatch 2 last week, and it's planning to make some amends. Several...
Overwatch 2 suffers another DDoS attack, accidentally removes everyone’s earned heroes
The goof parade that is Overwatch 2 keeps marching along, regrettably. The most recent SNAFU suffered by players of the game involved an intended...
Overwatch 2 ‘makes progress’ on launch issues, but it’s still getting dinged on unlock grinds
The rocky launch week of Overwatch 2 isn't over yet, but the studio says that it's "making progress" on addressing the core issues plaguing...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about the switch to Overwatch 2?
It's either an exciting or cataclysmic (or both!) week for the Overwatch community. As planned, this week Blizzard shut down the team shooter in...
Overwatch 2’s first big update tackled SMS Protect as Blizzard teases Kiriko animated short
As promised, Blizzard patched Overwatch 2 overnight, effectively nullifying the deeply unpopular "SMS Protect" feature that required all players to link specific types of...
Massively Overthinking: Do you take vacation time to play MMOs?
Back when Amazon was busy merging several dozen Lost Ark servers, I saw a comment thread where people were grousing about being locked out...
Overwatch 2 partially rolls back SMS requirement, addresses stability and queues
As we've been covering, the Overwatch 2 rollout was a bit of a mess, and it wasn't just a result of first-day technical burps...
