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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Overwatch 2 brings new mini-events, map voting, and several Stadium updates with Season 17
This week begins another new season in Overwatch 2, which means that there are a bunch of new things going on to kick off...
Overwatch 2 talks balance tweaks including nerfs to Freja and a slightly ensmallened Bastion
Balancing in a competitive shooter like Overwatch 2 can often feel like less of a tightrope walk and more like attempting to tap dance...
Overwatch 2 promises ‘groundskeeper’ updates to existing content in Seasons 17 and 18
A game like Overwatch 2 having lots of new things added on can frequently cause players to worry that existing features will be ignored...
Vague Patch Notes: MMO fans create divisions that do not exist
There is a constant debate in the World of Warcraft fan space that you have no doubt seen at this point, but it is...
Overwatch 2 adds Freja to Stadium, launches its Street Fighter collab, and revives an October 2020 patch
It's the mid-season in Overwatch 2, and that means it's patch time for the shooter, as Blizzard is bringing some new updates and fresh...
Overwatch devs join Communication Workers of America to officially form a ‘wall-to-wall’ union
The unionization movement across Blizzard's developers has expanded once more, this time across those who work on the hero shooter Overwatch. The Communication Workers...
Overwatch 2 applies a balance update for Stadium and announces a collab with Street Fighter 6
Overwatch fans knew that balance to the popular Stadium mode was on the way, but this week the great tweakening has begun as the...
The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on hero bans and similar rulesets in multiplayer games?
For all the interest in Overwatch 2's apparently really great Stadium mode, I haven't seen all that much positive feedback on the new hero...
Overwatch 2 confirms hero balancing and more features for Stadium mode all the way to ‘Season 19 and beyond’
People seem to really like Overwatch 2's Stadium mode - and that includes MOP's own Tyler. That substantial boost in popularity has very obviously...
Hearthstone adds new mini-set May 13, Overwatch 2 collabs with Gundam, Warcraft Rumble launches Season 14
It's time for yet another set of news stories that make up a Bundle O' Blizzard. A snow pile? Whatever you want to call...
Not So Massively: Overwatch 2’s stadium mode is a huge accessibility win
Outside of the occasional versus-AI game every six months or so, I've largely ignored Overwatch 2 since Blizzard abandoned the idea of adding further...
Nexon is working with Blizzard to develop new games based on the StarCraft IP
Any fans of StarCraft have probably felt as if Blizzard does not have much interest in the series over the past several years beyond...
Massively Overthinking: The eternal granular squabbles in our pet MMORPGs
So if you don't play a Star Wars Galaxies rogue server - and chances are that you don't - you probably have no idea...
Overwatch 2 opens the Stadium, adds a new hero, and brings hero bans to competitive in Season 16 today
A new season has officially launched today in Overwatch 2, bringing with it a bunch of additional features for fans of the hero shooter...
Overwatch 2 deep-dives the new Stadium mode arriving with Season 16 on April 22
While there are already lots of team vs. team fights to be had in Overwatch 2, none of them is in a more structured...
Overwatch 2 previews Season 16’s new and adjusted perks, prepares to showcase Stadium mode next week
The new season of Overwatch 2 content is slowly building on the horizon, which means that Blizzard is eager to get people excited for...
Overwatch 2 devs discuss how they effectively create and portray disabled characters
In a time when those in power are desperately trying to erase whole groups of people from the annals of history, science, sport, and...
Obituary: Bill Petras, art director for original World of Warcraft and Overwatch, passes away
The visual style of Blizzard's games, especially that found in World of Warcraft, is evocative, immediately identifiable, and arguably a hallmark of the way...
Overwatch 2 collaborates with Kpop’s Le Sserafim (again) and previews Freja this weekend
Overwatch 2 is betting big on Korean cross-appeal as it hosts another collaboration with girl group Le Sserafim this month. The team shooter is...
Microsoft backtracks on its idea to use its generative AI Copilot to help Overwatch 2 players get good
Welcome to the age when gaming companies have constructed entire AI departments that are desperate to prove themselves relevant. That's why Microsoft was pushing...
