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For the player who absolutely needs more D.va in their lives, Blizzard just gave you one of the most expensive gifts you could purchase The cutest Overwatch tank in the game now has her own high-end collectible statue, priced out at $450! credit//Blizzard To some fans, that may be staggering and not worth the money[...]

These players were chosen based on specific criteria: A top-500 finish in Competitive Play (based on Skill Rating) in Overwatch Seasons 3 or 4 for any region A playoff finish in recent high-caliber tournaments such as APEX Season 2 or Premier Series 2017 Spring, or an invitation to Pacific Championship 2017 Season 1 Other distinguishing qualifications indicative of[...]

Hopefully all the talk about Doomfist appearing in Overwatch will finally come to an end, as it looks like we're finally getting the character this summer.

We've all been there. Played a few rounds of Overwatch, scored ourselves a new level and with it, a new Loot Box drops down to us ready to be opened.

After signing multiple deals over the past few months, the live streaming site can add another deal to their broadcasting list with Blizzard The two have signed a two-year worldwide deal that includes"third-party live streaming rights to select Blizzard eSports content, as well as special game content for Twitch Prime subscribers," essentially making several tournaments[...]

Blizzard has been looking to fill some interesting jobs lately We already told you about all the first-person development gigs that they have listed for an unnamed project, now they got a new one that will make a lot of fans happy A new listing on their website for "Senior Software Engineer, Server" in Irvine[...]

Yesterday, Bill Warnecke (Blizzard's Lead Software Engineer) went to the forums and responded to one of the many fans asking this question with a response you may not enjoy reading: credit//Blizzard "Local co-op would be really cool but it's not something we're working on right now Getting great performance on the console for this mode would be[...]

Blizzard has been rolling out a pretty steady stream of updates/patches since the release of World of Warcraft: Legion, which has been great for consistent players — and a bit overwhelming for those who have to take time away from the game A new patch is coming, 7.2.5, and it will feature the long awaited opening[...]

A new Overwatch series of figures is coming and it all kicks off with Tracer! These highly articulated figures with be welcome additions to your collection.

So Blizzard is working on one. Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan recently responded to a player who suggested that they should take a Street Fighter V approach to things by having a blacklist, as well as the red warning list so bad players get paired with fellow bad players Kaplan had a surprising response: "We'll definitely take[...]

Prior to Overwatch, Blizzard really wasn't in the business of making first-person shooter games Now that their first venture is a total success beyond anyone's imagination, it appears they're working on a second and are hiring some people to do it. NeoGAF were the first to spot three job listings for Blizzard that specifically deal with[...]

Well… turns out there's an explanation behind it: Blizzard is pulling a psychological trick on you to make you feel better about your skill. credit//Overwatch Compete published an article yesterday in which they spoke with Overwatch principal designer Scott Mercer about what the hell is actually going on There's a lot to take in about how the system rates[...]

As if you need any more reasons to be angry with Overwatch and Blizzard while their anniversary wraps up this weekend, here's another one for you that we're slowly awaiting the anger to flow on their message boards over The company partnered with ARTtitude to create 48 custom controllers based on the characters of Overwatch for[...]

Still don't have all those Overwatch skins? Need a little boost to try and get everything you possibly can? Blizzard is giving you a chance to make it happen in the fastest way possible without giving you a total path to success Over the next few days, to wrap up the Anniversary event, Overwatch will[...]

Who woulda thunk! Also, newer players used it more frequently, until they realized how pointless the system is and how it adds nothing to the gameplay value or your score, and then drop off. The hope was that people would rate matches they enjoyed playing, win or lose, and that data would give Blizzard and the[...]

Today on the latest Developer Update video from Blizzard and Overwatch, Jeff Kaplan goes into greater detail over the request for new maps and story, as well as what you can expect to see in the new map teased yesterday: Horizon Lunar Colony. But that's not the only good news to come from the company[...]

The crew at Overwatch are putting together something new involving the Horizon Lunar Colony, and it doesn't look like it's going to be a happy chapter in

Reddit went insane with comments about the changes when there was no notice made saying this would happen and cited it as a bug. credit//Blizzard Bill Warnecke, the Overwatch lead engineer jumped online and replied that the nerf was in fact not supposed to happen and that they would immediately look to fix the issue[...]

Multiple reports have been coming from pro teams that they're not happy with the way the new league is being developed, and now we've learned from Blizzard today that they're launching a new program called "Overwatch Contenders," which is essentially a minor league compared to the players who will be signed up for the official[...]

credit//Blizzard After Activision and Blizzard revealed on Thursday that Destiny 2 will be available for PC through Blizzard's Battle.net platform, the price of tokens in World of Warcraft jumped to an all-time high. Destiny 2 being on Battle.net has had some interesting repercussions so far, even though the announcement is only days old[...]

Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan took part in a moderator run subreddit interview that Blizzard will focus more on refining the events they already created and not produce any new ones in the coming year. The team are already creating special events to fill in the gaps between seasons and are making sure to avoid "event fatigue" by[...]

But the case will also examine if Blizzard's End User License Agreement had any rights to the mod to begin with since it prohibits mods from being distributed for commercial purposes Granted, Blizzard and Valve settled their end of things years ago, but now a jury must decide whether or not Valve has any legal standing to[...]

You'd think after all the hype surrounding Destiny 2 yesterday, there'd be nothing but great news coming from Bungie and Blizzard about the upcoming game Well… not so much for Nintendo users a Bungie rep has confirmed that the game will not be coming to the Nintendo Switch. credit//GamePress In an interview with IGN, project lead Mark Noseworthy[...]

With the one-year anniversary of Overwatch on the way, Blizzard has released details about the start of Competitive Season 5 Season 4 will wrap up on May 28, and with only couple days of breathing room, Season 5 will launch on May 31, PDT, the rewards for Season 4 being added on June 1. Provided you actually[...]

Including what appears to be Sombra's private workstation as a spawn area. Here's a sneak peek at three new ARENA MAPS coming soon to our Overwatch Anniversary celebration. The party begins May 23! 🎉🎂 pic.twitter.com/umXbr0bq7k — Overwatch (@OverwatchEU) May 18, 2017 The game will also have a free play weekend starting on May 26 for all consoles and PC,[...]

Dark Horse and Blizzard Entertainment have joined together to publish The Art of Overwatch, The Art of Overwatch Limited Edition, and Overwatch: Anthology, Volume 1 These are the latest additions to Dark Horse and Blizzard Entertainment's line of critically acclaimed publications, preceded by World of Warcraft Chronicle (volumes I and II) and a series of Overwatch[...]

Kotaku has a rather lengthy piece about an odd gaming plan from Blizzard that will be happening in a couple weeks The short version: several U.S playoff spots for the Hearthstone Spring Championship happening in Shanghai will be taking place in Buffalo Wild Wings locations Let that sink in for a second… People who are playing[...]

credit//Blizzard If you're a Genji main, you might want to jump online and play the hell out of him before Blizzard finds a way to fix their latest "fix." Check out the video below if you don't believe the hype we're about to drop, but it is possible to now have an unlimited ultimate from Genji[...]

Blizzard's continued growth of champions in Heroes of the Storm puts the onus on them to make the heroes unique in more than just look What would the purpose be of adding a new character if its just going to play the same as one already in the game? Well, the designers are doing a[...]

I love Dairy Queen, but when it comes to their Blizzards, the only flavor I have ever enjoyed is the M&M one So it was with both excitement and nervousness that I ordered one of their Guardians Awesome Mix Blizzards, and let me tell you, I can eat one of these things every single day. This[...]