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How do you deal with in-game social anxiety?
There are many ways that social anxiety can manifest itself within our favorite games. Some players have ladder anxiety — they get butterflies in their stomach…
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The curious case of Overwatch’s missing Numbani map
For the last two or so weeks (roughly since the Storm Rising update), there’s been something strange happening in Overwatch’s competitive mode. The fictional African map…
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Overwatch Season 14 will start just two hours after Season 13 ends — so can we please get an Unranked Competitive mode?
Overwatch’s current Competitive Season 13 will end soon, but the break before the next Season will only be a couple hours. Season 13 will come to…
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Overwatch boosting in South Korea could cost gamers $18k
South Korea finally has legal grounds to punish account boosting in games like Overwatch and Starcraft. A new amendment to the Game Industry Promotion Act allows…
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Specializing is becoming key to Overwatch, with more one-trick players than ever
In Overwatch competitive season 12, most players play only one hero across all skill ratings, while the players that flex from support, damage, and tank roles…
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5 tips to get the most out of Overwatch Competitive Season 12
Overwatch Competitive Season 12 has begun! For two months, you can try to climb the ladder and improve your skills at Blizzard's first-person shooter. Here's some…
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This is how many people are in each competitive Overwatch tier
Season 8 of Overwatch competitive play coming to a close this weekend, and players are scrambling to climb the ladder as far as they’re able while…
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Latest Overwatch patch hits the PTR
A new patch has landed on the Overwatch PTR, introducing the previously discussed competitive play changes expected for Season 2 as well as a number of balance changes.…
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Change is coming to Overwatch’s Season 2
Game director Jeff Kaplan has released details on some of the upcoming changes for Season 2 of Overwatch’s Competitive Play. As is the norm for Overwatch, the…
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Hearthstone
The Hearthstone tournament experience
The GeForce NVidia Hearthstone tournament kicked off a few weeks ago which I ended up enrolling for, and it has both a professional and an amateur…
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