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[Rumor] Overwatch To Sell Halloween Loot Boxes

Today a Reddit user, TowerNine, discovered a listing in the Xbox Store for special Halloween loot boxes for Overwatch. The listing was found, according to TowerNine, by looking at the recommended add…

October 7, 2016 | 08:40 EDT

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Ana Nerf, Widowmaker Buff: New Overwatch PTR Live

Overwatch might very well be in its most stable and balanced state since the game launched. However, there's still plenty of room for improvement. The latest Overwatch patch had a big impact on…

September 23, 2016 | 06:49 EDT

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Battle.net is Dead; Long Live Blizzard Tech

Rebranding is nothing new in the tech industry. We see it all the time, but sometimes it really hits home when a long-standing institution is hit with it as part of our evolving world. Battle.net…

September 21, 2016 | 03:55 EDT

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World of Warcraft: Legion Review - You Are Not Prepared

World of Warcraft: Legion is the sixth expansion for Blizzard Entertainment’s behemoth of an MMORPG World of Warcraft, and it is an expansion that I have been waiting for a very long time to…

September 20, 2016 | 09:00 EDT

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Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty

The premier RTS in the world, Starcraft is one of Blizzard Entertainment's flagships. Battle as and against humans, aliens, and some things in-between.

September 19, 2016 | 11:21 EDT

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World of Warcraft

Save the world one expansion at a time in Blizzard Entertainment's long-running MMO.

September 18, 2016 | 06:14 EDT

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Overwatch

Overwatch is a fast-paced first person shooter where two teams comprised of a diverse series of characters who battle in one of several creative maps.

September 18, 2016 | 03:56 EDT

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Latest StarCraft II Patch Adds A New Map, Commander

The patches keep on coming for StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void, the latest adding a new map, Mist Opportunities, and Alarak, a new Commander to StarCraft II's Co-op Missions mode. Below is a look at…

September 16, 2016 | 02:04 EDT

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World of Warcraft: Legion First Impressions

As a developer, Blizzard has always chosen to master a video game genre instead of innovating it. While the Warcraft and Starcraft RTS games were far from being the first in the genre, they are…

September 15, 2016 | 09:00 EDT

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Consoles to Receive Overwatch High Bandwidth Update

Fans of Blizzard’s Overwatch may have noticed a smoother online experience on the PC. That is due to the launch of the High Bandwidth Update. The latest patch allows for a smoother online experience…

September 12, 2016 | 03:29 EDT

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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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World of Warcraft Players Discovered a Hidden World Boss

Game developers sometimes like to throw little secrets into their games for players to discover, granted they know how to discover it in the first place. These secrets range from easter eggs…

September 7, 2016 | 09:45 EDT

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Season 2 of Overwatch's Competitive Mode Starts Today

After a brief interlude following the conclusion of the first competitive season for Blizzard Entertainment's Overwatch, it's time to pick up your gun/turret/oversized hammer and compete for a spot…

September 2, 2016 | 11:33 EDT

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Overwatch Gets Free Weekend on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

I think by now we can safely assume that Blizzard's hero-based shooter Overwatch is an enormous success. The game has had a slew of updates recently ranging from simple balance tweaks and fixes to…

September 1, 2016 | 05:11 EDT

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StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops Mission Pack 2 Review - Huff the Magic Diamond

In this second of the three mission packs released thus far, Nova sets out to recover her memories as old and new foes begin to descend upon her. Is it better than the bore that was StarCraft II's …

August 30, 2016 | 09:00 EDT

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Overwatch Open Announces ASUS ROG As Official Sponsor

The Overwatch Open, an online competition where European and North American teams can enter and show their skills for a chance at a prize pool of USD 300,000, have just announced their first official…

August 29, 2016 | 01:15 EDT

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World of Warcraft: Legion Devs Breaking Some Raid Assist Addons

Fan-made addons are a staple of Blizzard’s World of Warcraft and have been since the game’s release in 2004. Before Blizzard implemented quest tracking the idea incubated from an addon. This happened…

August 22, 2016 | 01:45 EDT

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New Overwatch Map Revealed, Set in Germany

Since Overwatch's initial release almost four months ago, plenty of new content has been added to the game. We've seen the addition of Competitive Play, plenty of changes made to heroes, and even the…

August 16, 2016 | 11:30 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 Competitive Play Season 1 Ending Soon

The end is near. We fought together, we won together, and we lost together, but soon we will have our rest. For a couple of weeks, that is. Yes, season one for Overwatch's Competitive Play is coming…

August 6, 2016 | 10:30 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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Overwatch August 2 Update Notes

While the big news for Overwatch was the introduction of seasonal events and Olympic-inspired skins, there was, in fact, a patch update as well. Nothing here matches the new brawl mode of Lucioball …

August 3, 2016 | 10:00 EDT

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Overwatch Summer Games Announced!

The very first seasonal event for Overwatch has begun! With no warning or announcement, Overwatch's Summer Games update has launched, and with it, 100 new cosmetic Loot Box items, and a brand new…

August 2, 2016 | 07:08 EDT

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Overwatch's Top 500 System is Back Online

The Overwatch Top 500 system is now back online! The system existed back when Competitive Mode first came out, however, it was wrongly showing people they were in the top 500. Now it seems Blizzard…

July 29, 2016 | 11:41 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 Update Buffs Ana, Nerfs McCree

Overwatch has been a big success for Blizzard so far, and they continue to work on improving the game. With the introduction of their first new post-launch character in Ana Amari after a short period…

July 27, 2016 | 12:03 EDT

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Overwatch Open to Air on FACEIT Starting July 23

For competitive players of Blizzard Entertainment's hit first-person shooter Overwatch, a new tournament opportunity has just arisen. The Overwatch Open Tournament is a brand new collaboration…

July 23, 2016 | 10:30 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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World of Warcraft: Legion Pre-Expansion Patch Coming July 19

It's only a few relatively short weeks away until World of Warcraft players around the globe can take the fight to the Burning legion to make Azeroth great again! In preparation of this, developer…

July 16, 2016 | 10:48 EDT

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Extracted Overwatch Voice Lines Give Insight on Possible Future Events

The latest PTR for Overwatch recently went live. In it, players are not only testing the newest hero Ana, but also some of the other changes coming in the game's upcoming patch. However, redditor…

July 16, 2016 | 10:30 EDT

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Overwatch PTR Opens for Newest Hero and Patch

Along with their newest hero Ana, Blizzard released a slew of meta-changing Patch Notes that will be released with the new character, and all of which can be tested on their new Public Test Region…

July 13, 2016 | 12:02 EDT

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Blizzard Introduces New Overwatch Character Ana

Blizzard Entertainment has released information on the newest hero (and first post-release character) to join the ranks of the Overwatch roster; Ana Amari, one of the founding members of the…

July 12, 2016 | 03:35 EDT

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Overwatch Community and Blizzard Butt Heads over Leaver Issue

A few days ago Blizzard implemented a fix where people playing against a team that had to endure members leaving won't have their skill rating be penalized. Even after the fix been deployed to live…

July 12, 2016 | 10:45 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 Adds New Options for Soldier 76 and Mercy

While most of us were busy trying out Overwatch's recently added Competitive Mode, the development team over at Blizzard snuck some other changes into the game. Thanks to a recent post on the…

July 9, 2016 | 11:23 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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Blizzard Sues Over Overwatch Cheat Watchover Tyrant

Blizzard Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against German-based Bossland GMBH over copyright infringement related the "Watchover Tyrant" Overwatch cheat as reported by TorrentFreak. Watchover Tyrant…

July 5, 2016 | 02:20 EDT

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Overwatch Continues Doing Well on Twitch

Blizzard Entertainment's Overwatch has been out for about 6 weeks now, and already the team-based first-person shooter has become a staple of online gaming. This news comes from a report on GitHyp,…

July 3, 2016 | 09:00 EDT

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Overwatch, Matchmaking, and You

Since Blizzard Entertainment released Overwatch a little over a month ago, the team behind them has been working diligently on new tweaks and features based on feedback provided by the community.…

June 27, 2016 | 11:30 EDT

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Overwatch Nerfing Torbjörn's Turret for Xbox One and PS4

Blizzard Entertainment will be nerfing Torbjörn's turret in Overwatch for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of the game according to a post by Game Director Jeff Kaplan on Reddit. Torbjörn is…

June 27, 2016 | 08:30 EDT

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Overwatch's Competitive Play Changes Detailed

In a recent post on the Battle.net forums, Jeff Kaplan, the game director for Overwatch, went over some of the recent feedback that Blizzard has been receiving since they launched the PTR (Public …

June 23, 2016 | 08:29 EDT

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New Overwatch Content is Coming Soon

Overwatch is doing well. Really well. Blizzard Entertainment's first crack at a shooter has taken the world by storm, and over 10 million players have been fighting for control over the various maps…

June 16, 2016 | 09:15 EDT

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The Gods Have Listened: Overwatch Patch Nerfs McCree and Widowmaker

My prayers have been answered. Maybe not the way I wanted it to be, but I'll take it. The PC version of an Overwatch Patch has been applied today that will make tank players happy, and may leave…

June 14, 2016 | 07:12 EDT

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Here Is How the Leaver Penalty In Overwatch Works

When you're playing a team-based game, early leavers in your team can cost you the match. It's for this reason that a lot of games penalize players who ragequit, a preventative measure to ensure both…

June 12, 2016 | 12:45 EDT

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World of Warcraft: Legion Gets Series of Animated Shorts

With the August 30 release of the newest expansion pack for Blizzard Entertainment's perpetual cash cow World of Warcraft looming just over the horizon, the American MMO-giant will be starting their…

June 12, 2016 | 12:15 EDT