Tag Archives: Overwatch

Our first look at Overwatch 2 PvP is coming next week with a livestream event from the developers at Blizzard. New game director Aaron Keller delivered the news in his first developer update since taking over the leadership role from Jeff Kaplan, who left Blizzard last month after nearly two …

Nintendo Switch Online members will be able to try out a free trial of Overwatch from October 13.  The free trial is set to run for a week starting from Tuesday October 13 at 19:00 BST / 20:00 CEST / 11 am PDT until Tuesday October 20 at 23:59 local …

Update: Overwatch League VP Jon Spector has confirmed that the league is coordinating an Overwatch PC code and OWL token giveaway across all of its teams, so it seems Boston Uprising just got a little ahead of itself. Spector says the teams are “going live with their promotions soon,” so …

Update: Overwatch’s Lunar New Year event will have at least two new skins, as confirmed by the game’s official Twitter banner (opens in new tab). Moira and Lucio will get event-themed skins, and it looks like they’re not the only ones, as other skins have reportedly leaked. Twitter user @OverwatchNaeri …

Overwatch (opens in new tab) and Apex Legends (opens in new tab) players have taken to Reddit in an effort to convince Blizzard and Respawn to create cosmetic skins to raise funds for the Australian bushfire relief effort. Reddit user WhippitGudd (opens in new tab) sparked off the idea with …

As assistant game director at Blizzard Entertainment, Aaron Keller is one of the key developers behind Overwatch (opens in new tab), the company’s wildly successful team-based hero shooter. After 18 years spent working at the studio in Orange County, California, it’s clear that his considerable experience helping create MMOs World …

We’ve taken the liberty to curate a selection of timeless Overwatch tips, because hitting that heroic streak isn’t as easy as the pro players would have you believe. The continuously increasing selection of playable heroes to choose from, all with widely varying classes and abilities, begets an intimidating amount of …

As the Overwatch Switch release date (opens in new tab) of October 15 draws ever closer, game director Jeff Kaplan has offered up his thoughts on whether Super Smash Bros Ultimate could receive new fighters from the world of Blizzard’s multiplayer hero shooter.  “To the Smash Bros team, [you can …

Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan has revealed Blizzard will automatically shut down matches if it detects a cheater at play. In the latest Overwatch developer update, Kaplan cautioned players that Blizzard intended “to do some things a bit differently this summer”, including some new quality-of-life tweaks that bring “improved detection” that …

Player beware, you’re in for a scare: Overwatch (opens in new tab)‘s annual Halloween Terror event is in full swing, running through October 31 and bringing you a host of new treats. As with all Overwatch holidays, there’s a bevy of new loot to covet, including themed skins, poses, icons, …