Official Site:Â Overwatch
Studio:Â Blizzard Entertainment
Launch Date:Â May 24, 2016
Genre: Team-Based OFPS
Business Model:Â B2P
Platform:Â PC, Xbox One, PS4
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SGF 2024: Hands-on with NetEase’s team shooter Marvel Rivals
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
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
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...
Massively Overthinking: Is tab targeting a problem in MMORPGs?
This past weekend, MMO designer Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street lobbed another bomb rather cavalierly into the MMORPG discourse, this one about tab targeting. And maybe...
Overwatch 2 is killing its Hero Mastery Gauntlet PvE mode at the end of season 10
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
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
"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
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...
WoW Factor: Exit BlizzCon, for good this time?
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’
When Overwatch 2 launched its 10th season, one of the big ticket features was a mythic skin shop, but it decided not to divulge...
Heroes of the Storm is getting its biggest post-maintenance mode patch yet
After causing a stir with some small patches late last year and earlier in 2024, Blizzard's MOBA Heroes of the Storm is back again...
Overwatch 2’s Season 10 arrives with spunky archaeologist hero Venture
Not every archaeologist is Indiana Jones; some are actually more destructive and insane as they plunder ruins for trinkets and treasures. One such figure...
Blizzard’s return to China has already counted over two million interested WoW players
After over a year of bad blood following the removal of most all Blizzard's games from China, the World of Warcraft studio is poised...
Overwatch 2 premieres a new trailer for its April 16 Season 10 update
For the past several weeks, Overwatch 2 has been highlighting the variety of features that are en route with its April 16th Season 10...
Overwatch 2 talks up ‘wide group’ matchmaking and new leaver penalties, Warcraft Rumble fixes bugs
While Overwatch 2 and Warcraft Rumble don't have any overlap in terms of gameplay styles, they both have gotten some recent headlines that are...
Overwatch 2 outlines S10 changes for Wrecking Ball, Venture, Tracer, and more
Overwatch 2's latest dev blog is unsurprisingly all about Venture, the new geotech hero who happens to be nonbinary. Players got to run with...
NetEase and Blizzard ink deal to revive World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2, and Diablo IV in China
(As of late tonight, Blizzard has officially confirmed the rumors. Our original post follows, and we've updated with the official news at the end.)
It's...
LOTRO Legendarium: Middle-earth’s world integrity is an endangered species in MMOs
Back in 2018, Steven Spielberg adapted the popular novel Ready Player One into a film. It seemed like a great pairing: The master director...
Overwatch 2 announces nonbinary geotech hero Venture, trialing this weekend
It surely goes without saying that Blizzard did not see Riot Games announce a non-binary character this past weekend and then decide to announce...
Overwatch 2 will fully unlock all heroes, test a new mode, and add a mythic skin shop in Season 10
If you were annoyed that earning new heroes in Overwatch 2 involved working through a battle pass, game director Aaron Keller has some good...
