overwatch

Official Site: Overwatch
Studio: Blizzard Entertainment
Launch Date: May 24, 2016
Genre: Team-Based OFPS
Business Model: B2P
Platform: PC, Xbox One, PS4

And again.

Overwatch 2 is pondering a potential return of the 6v6 format, but only after running some tests

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When Overwatch 2 announced it would feature a change in team size from 6v6 to 5v5 in 2021, it was presented as a fundamental...

Activision-Blizzard artists express anxiety and disgust as the studio foists AI tools on existing workers

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Like it or not, AI tools are proliferating throughout gamedev, and the human cost is already being showcased. According to reporting from Wired, which...

Overwatch 2’s new retro sci-fi support hero, Juno, is playable this weekend

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If you're in the mood for an extremely cute retro space-age support hero in Overwatch 2, Blizzard is obliging your very specific tastes with...
I hate you.

Overwatch 2 x TRANSFORMERS collaboration event starts today

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I was willing to ignore the fact that Overwatch 2, a sequel that does not even contain the things that justified its initial existence,...

Overwatch 2 discusses general plans for addressing the squishiness of tank heroes

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If you're a tank player in Overwatch 2, you probably feel less like a heavily armored wall and more like a pile of sponges....
Theoretically there's a non-jerk version of this out there, but...

The MOP Up: League of Legends’ game modes help to refresh its theme park design

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League of Legends' game director explained why the MOBA is adding a Vampire Survivors-type mode to make it more like a "theme park," saying,...

SGF 2024: Hands-on with The First Descendant, plus a chat with the Nexon devs

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You thought our Summer Game Fest coverage was over, didn't you? Well, in all fairness, Nexon not only brought The First Descendant to SGF but provided...
That's silly. You're silly.

Overwatch 2 welcomes Season 11 Super Mega Ultrawatch and its community crafted mode

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Yesterday started Season 11 in Overwatch 2, but if you're the sort of person who prefers hard facts over a fluffy overview dev blog,...

Blizzard promises a ‘robust footprint’ at Gamescom for WoW, Diablo, and Overwatch 2 celebrations

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During not-E3's Xbox showcase, Blizzard hinted very strongly that it would have more reveals and festivities coming later in the summer, which made sense...

Overwatch 2 celebrates over 100M players, adds a new Push mode map, and preps a mythic weapon skin

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The dawn of a new season is coming in Overwatch 2, bringing with it new rewards, one new map, and a little celebration of...

SGF 2024: Hands-on with NetEase’s team shooter Marvel Rivals

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There are lots of Summer Games Fest embargos still in place and more coming this week, but fortunately NetEase's Marvel Rivals is something I can...

Former City of Heroes developers talk design chaos, sequels, and the MMO’s enduring legacy

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Last night, I happened to log into City of Heroes Homecoming just as the team was posting up the promised mega Q&A with former...

The MOP Up: My Time at Sandrock will make you a proper Monster Whisperer

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To start off our small news roundup this weekend, let's head over to co-op farm sim My Time at Sandrock, where the devs talked about...
HNNNGH

Massively Overthinking: Is tab targeting a problem in MMORPGs?

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This past weekend, MMO designer Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street lobbed another bomb rather cavalierly into the MMORPG discourse, this one about tab targeting. And maybe...
Yay, a thing we didn't want.

Overwatch 2 is killing its Hero Mastery Gauntlet PvE mode at the end of season 10

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Blizzard is apparently taking an axe to yet another PvE-esque mode in Overwatch 2 as it winds down Hero Mastery Gauntlet for good at...

Overwatch 2 is once again crowdfunding its OWCS esports prize pool with a skin bundle

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Blizzard appears to be making another attempt at crowdfunding an esports competition as it's selling a skin bundle to Overwatch 2 players in order...

Marvel Rivals will revise content creator contract after streamers blast non-disparagement clause

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"We'll let you be a supported streamer, but you're not allowed to say bad things about our game." That's effectively what NetEase's Marvel Rivals...

Blizzard laid off prolific World of Warcraft writer and lore queen Christie Golden

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Among the many people affected by Blizzard's massive layoffs in 2024 was Christie Golden, the rare games writer whose name a whole lot of...
Would you like to see something unsettling?

WoW Factor: Exit BlizzCon, for good this time?

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Back in 2021, we learned that there was not going to be a BlizzCon 2022. This did not surprise me, and I penned a...

Overwatch 2 ties its mythic skin shop to monetization as it focuses on the impact of ‘unapproved peripherals’

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When Overwatch 2 launched its 10th season, one of the big ticket features was a mythic skin shop, but it decided not to divulge...

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