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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Perfect Ten: MMOs that ghosted us after talking a big game
There's nothing worse as a fan of games to buy into all of the hype and previews of a promising-looking project only to see...
Overwatch 2 discusses Season 5 adjustment plans for crowd control, one-shot abilities, and specific heroes
The fourth season of Overwatch 2 is nearing its end, yet already game director Aaron Keller is plotting changes for Season 5, including some...
Overwatch 2 plans Pride Month celebration with player cosmetics, decorated maps, and a short story
Pride Month is nearly here, and Overwatch 2 is seeking to highlight the diverse nature of the shooter's cast and playerbase with several celebratory...
Global Chat: How insistent are MMOs that you group up?
In a recent essay over at Inventory Full, the author looks back at a couple decades-plus of MMO gaming to recall how fast and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 423: The Overwatch MMO we’ll never get
Justin and Bree discuss Amazon's LOTR title and shade for LOTRO, Overwatch 2's PvE debacle, Worlds Adrift's return as Lost Skies, and delays for Nightingale, Ashfall, and Wayfinder, with adventures in LOTRO and Torchlight II, plus mailbag topics on character build freedom and the natural and unnatural ends of MMO characters.
The Daily Grind: Would you have played the Overwatch 2 MMO Blizzard envisioned?
One of the overlooked bits from the mea culpa blog from the Overwatch 2 PvE cancelation fiasco last week is the unprompted reveal that...
Overwatch 2 director attempts to take back control of the narrative over PvE cancellation
It hasn't been a fun week to be Aaron Keller, game director of Overwatch 2 and one of the people taking the brunt of...
BlizzCon 2023 has been announced for November 3-4 in Anaheim
Well, here we go. The past couple of years have not featured a celebration of Blizzard as a company because... well, we have a...
Perfect Ten: Overwatch 2 is peak Blizzard
So in case you missed it yesterday, Overwatch 2 got unceremoniously canceled. Oh, I know, the game is still operating, but someone has already...
Overwatch 2 devs admit team strategy on PvP/PvE development shifted ‘about a year and a half ago’
So a lot of gamers were not terribly happy that Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller and executive producer Jared Neuss announced that most of...
Overwatch 2 officially cancels most of its PvE content moving forward
Hey, remember when Overwatch basically went into deep freeze to deliver on all of the awesome content that Overwatch 2 was going to have?...
Overwatch 2 launches interstellar-themed Starwatch Galactic Rescue event with threadbare PvE elements
The world of Overwatch 2 is already couched in sci-fi, but that doesn't mean it can't go deeper. Like, for example, taking several of...
Overwatch 2’s director Aaron Keller takes a detailed look at Lifeweaver’s current state of balance
So, how is Lifeweaver working out for Overwatch 2 at this point? Well, in terms of kissability, he's still very high on the list....
Lawful Neutral: What if Activision-Blizzard just… sold Blizzard?
Last week, Activision-Blizzard and Bobby Kotick got a bad surprise: The UK moved to block the acquisition of ABK by Microsoft, citing concerns over...
Activision-Blizzard Q1 2023: ABK revenues are up as Blizzard MAUs fall back down to reality
Activision blinked:Â Activision-Blizzard wasn't supposed to release its Q1 2023 financials until tomorrow after the bell, but it's just done it this morning out of...
Overwatch 2 is fighting cheaters, fixing matchmaking, and saving Lifeweaver
Overwatch 2 has kicked out multiple dev blogs this week, and they touch on matters that are likely important to a vast swath of...
Overwatch 2 previews Season 4 with a roadmap and trailer
Whatever you're feeling about Overwatch 2's Season 4, hopefully you'll feel happier with the introduction of your new handsome Thai support husbando. Look at...
Overwatch teases Lifeweaver’s abilities ahead of his addition to the game on April 11
My therapist: "Prettier Healing Hanzo isn't real in Overwatch 2, he can't hurt you."
Me: "No, you don't understand, he's going to be real on...
US Department of Justice and Activision-Blizzard reach a settlement over an esports salary lawsuit
It would apparently not be enough for Activision-Blizzard to treat its employees poorly; it also has been found to treat those who compete in...
Vague Patch Notes: Can anyone really cover games objectively when there’s suffering built-in to them?
In July of 2021, we started a roundup tag in our tag cloud that most of us probably didn't expect to still be using...
