Overwatch
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GI Joe and Overwatch 2 team up with some really slick new skins
Overwatch 2 just announced the collab they recently teased in their season 17 trailer: G. I. Joe (and Cobra) are coming to a Push map near you. There are five different skins portraying different…
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What to expect when Overwatch 2 season 17 begins on June 24 (that’s today!)
Season 17 of Overwatch 2 is a relatively quiet one, bringing mostly quality of life tweaks and boosts rather than the game-shaking changes of the past couple seasons, plus the battle pass rotation we’ve…
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Pride Celebration returns to Overwatch 2 for June
The Overwatch 2 team has taken to celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride in-game every June, so they’ve announced their offerings for 2025. Mirroring the real-life celebration of Pride, which commemorates the Stonewall Uprising which occurred on…
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Congrats to the Overwatch team, the second Blizzard Entertainment development team to unionize
Following World of Warcraft’s footsteps, the Overwatch development team formed the unionized Overwatch Gamemakers Guild (OWGG) today under the Communication Workers of America (CWA). They are the second team at Blizzard Entertainment to form a wall-to-wall…
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Overwatch 2 season 16 brings new hero Freja and the Stadium
Season 16 of Overwatch 2 begins today, April 22. In addition to the usual rollover of the Battle Pass and new cosmetics to earn — or purchase in the shop — plus a new…
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The Hunt Begins with an animated short for Freja before she joins the Overwatch roster
Ahead of Freja’s trial weekend (March 21-24), the Overwatch team treated us to a short animation showcasing the bounty hunter in action. Rapid fire action courtesy of her crossbows is the highlight of this…
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Overwatch 2 Season 15 release date: The latest season is now live with perks, loot boxes, and more
Overwatch 2 Season 15 started on February 18 and is now live, and it adds quite few new features in what Blizzard lauded as “groundbreaking PVP gameplay changes.” In addition to the usual we…
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The Overwatch 2 Spotlight had a lot to show for season 15 and beyond (including more Le Sserafim!)
The first Overwatch 2 spotlight gave us a lot to look forward to, both from new gameplay, and upcoming cosmetics. We got to see some new stuff coming for season 15, and more things…
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When I said Overwatch should just revert to a backup from 2019 already, I did not mean I wanted loot boxes on the battle pass.
With the return of 6v6 and Overwatch Classic in the Arcade featuring old metas — not to mention the removal of any hope that we’d ever see a true PVE mode as touted as…
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New player experience in Overwatch 2 is better (we hope), including AI bots and faster MMR shifts
Among other additions, Blizzard has introduced AI-controlled bots in Overwatch 2‘s Quick Play to create a smoother experience for brand-new players. For their first five matches, new players may face AI opponents instead of…
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