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It's Time For Overwatch's Sombra ARG To End

Overwatch has been riding a wave of success since its release 100 days ago (105 if you want to be that guy). While Overwatch racks up victory after victory on its way to a 15+ million playerbase, …

September 10, 2016 | 01:00 EDT

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Is Overwatch's Mercy Underpowered and Does it Affect the Game's Balancing?

It should come as no surprise that supporting roles or characters in games tend to be the least popular. You could probably attribute this to the fact that they are generally intended to be the most…

August 6, 2016 | 01:00 EDT

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Overwatch's Summer Games Loot Boxes: Is It Pitchfork Time?

A somewhat new trend in modern gaming is the practice of offering free DLC. After all, it has only been a decade since people were protesting (or rather, mocking) Oblivion's Horse Armor DLC for being…

August 4, 2016 | 01:00 EDT

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From Battlefield to Overwatch: The Necessary Evil of Stats in Games

From Halo to Battlefield to Overwatch to Call of Duty, most multiplayer games have some kind of stat tracking feature. It could be as simple as a kill counter, or perhaps even something that just…

July 28, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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Overwatch Character Highlight: Tracer

It's time to cover Overwatch's flagship hero, Tracer. Tracer is an incredibly unique offensive hero, with her ability to warp herself forward or rewind her own time backwards. Being the hero that…

July 27, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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Overwatch: Is Platform Based Balancing Working?

Prior to Overwatch's release, it was made abundantly clear that Blizzard would be balancing the console and PC versions of the game separately. On paper, this seemed like a reasonable course of…

July 22, 2016 | 01:00 EDT

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Overwatch Character Highlight: Ana

Last time we talked about the rocket launching daughter Pharah, but now it's time to talk about "Sniper-Mom" Ana. Ana Just came out, but I've played a fair amount of her, and I feel like I've found a…

July 20, 2016 | 01:00 EDT

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Overwatch Character Highlight: Symmetra

Welcome to part 3 of our Overwatch Character Highlight series! In this series, we're teaching you tips and tricks to Overwatch's vast character roster so you can use every character to their full…

July 11, 2016 | 01:00 EDT

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Overwatch Character Highlight: Junkrat

Welcome to part two of the Overwatch Character Highlight series. Today we're looking at Junkrat! Junkrat is one of the most difficult characters to play against—the very nature of his weapons makes…

July 9, 2016 | 01:00 EDT

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Overwatch Character Highlight: Zarya

Welcome to the first of a series of articles regarding how to play specific characters in Overwatch. These will be not just how to play posts but also tips and tricks that one might not have…

July 8, 2016 | 01:00 EDT

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Is Overwatch's Widowmaker "Overpowered" or are her Counters not Powerful Enough?

From Bastion and Torbjorn to McCree and his Fan the Hammer ability, it appears as though certain members of Overwatch's audience have a keen ability to detect what is "overpowered" in the game and…

June 10, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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How McCree Became Overwatch's "Most Overpowered" Hero

Regardless of the game, balancing in multiplayer has always been a fickle thing. Every weapon has to have some kind of downside and a counter to it, otherwise no one would be using anything else and…

June 3, 2016 | 09:00 EDT

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Is Overwatch's Mercy the Best (and Most Underappreciated) Hero in the Game?

With a roster of 21 heroes that all have their own powerful set of abilities, it can be hard to find any particular hero that you will always need in Overwatch. Sure, you could opt for a hero that…

May 28, 2016 | 01:30 EDT

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Overwatch Heroes and Counter Guide

Overwatch is a game about CHANGING heroes. The more willing a player is to change from a hero to help deal with the enemy team: the more successful he's going to be. That's just a fact of life. While…

May 23, 2016 | 02:00 EDT

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Can Overwatch Be the Next Big Multimedia Franchise?

Halo, Assassin's Creed, Hitman: these are just some of the games that have hit the holy grail of franchising by expanding into mediums that the developers probably never anticipated when they made…

May 17, 2016 | 01:00 EDT

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5 of the Most Interesting Characters to Play in Overwatch

I've been infatuated with Overwatch since it was announced, but only this weekend did I get a chance to play it. Overwatch is just as fun as I imagined it to be, but what really struck me was how…

April 21, 2016 | 12:00 EDT

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Most Anticipated Games of 2016 - Overwatch

There are very few games that I have liked more than Team Fortress 2. It appeals to everything I like about games, starting with its variety of weapons and cartoon universe and ending with its hat…

February 25, 2016 | 01:00 EST

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Most Anticipated Games of 2016 – World of Warcraft: Legion

There is no question that World of Warcraft has been in some turbulent, up-and-down times recently, with subscribers in a definite gradual decline. I personally haven't played WoW on a regular basis…

February 24, 2016 | 01:00 EST

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Overwatch Beta Weekend First Impressions

Before we get into the meat of this, I think it's fair to mention that I haven't been a fan of Blizzard's output in a long, long time. I haven't played World of Warcraft seriously since Burning…

November 25, 2015 | 12:00 EST

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World of Warcraft: Legion – Mixed Feelings

World of Warcraft: Legion, the newest World of Warcraft expansion, was announced yesterday at Gamescom 2015. As a fan of the lore and occasional player of the game, I was incredibly excited, even…

August 7, 2015 | 11:00 EDT

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Blizzard's Mishandling of Warlords of Draenor

When Blizzard announced last year that they wanted to release an expansion to World of Warcraft every year, I didn't really care because it never seemed to be a possibility. They've wanted to do this…

July 6, 2015 | 01:00 EDT