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Overwatch 2 Players Are Playing And Spending Less Now, Blizzard Says
20.7.2023
Overwatch 2 is in a rough spot as Blizzard prepares for one of its biggest content drops yet next month. After a collection of bad news since its October 2022 launch, including the gutting of PvE content and charging $15 for story missions, Overwatch 2’s engagement and money investment...
Overwatch 2 And Other Blizzard Games Are Coming To Steam
19.7.2023
If you, like many others, are very particular about which PC launcher you like to open to play your games and are partial to Steam, you’re in luck. Blizzard has announced it’s bringing some of its games to the platform, starting with Overwatch 2. So you won’t have to worry about keeping...
Since There's Time, Catch Up On What's Happened In Overwatch 2 Before The Story Missions
6.7.2023
Blizzard is finally, finally moving hero shooter Overwatch 2’ story forward when it launches its ($15) story missions on August 10. Despite this being the most forward momentum, lore-wise, that the series has had since it launched in 2016, there’s actually a lot of story to catch up on—just most...
Sounds Like Overwatch 2 Isn’t Getting More Story Until 2024
3.7.2023
Overwatch 2’s long-awaited story missions start rolling out next month on August 10, but from the sound of it, the three levels that launch in the first wave will be the only ones that launch in 2023.Read more
Overwatch 2 Can’t Afford A Season This Mid
14.6.2023
Overwatch 2 is getting its ass beat online lately and for good reason. With the exception of its Pride event, it’s been nothing but bad news for the hero shooter between Blizzard announcing it was gutting its planned PvE suite of skill trees and replayable hero missions to charging $15 for...
Aww, Overwatch 2’s DnD-Inspired Season Shouts Out Critical Role
14.6.2023
Overwatch 2 has a tabletop-RPG-themed event going on right now, in some ways making explicit a connection that’s long been present between the two worlds. If you didn’t know, Cassidy, the gunslinging cowboy that’s been part of the roster since the first game launched in 2016, is voiced by Matt...
Overwatch 2 Removes Cop Cars From Pride Version Of Map
1.6.2023
The Overwatch 2 Pride event is now live, and along with the confirmation that two more heroes are queer and a collection of themed player banners and icons, Blizzard has reskinned an NYC-based map so that it looks like it’s set in the middle of a Pride parade.Read more
Overwatch Forums Get Heated Over Baptiste's Bisexuality
1.6.2023
The official Overwatch 2 forums have been abuzz ever since Blizzard confirmed that there are more queer characters in its hero roster than we were previously aware. While some posts are from folks suspiciously eyeing the welcome confirmation that Pharah is in fact a rocket-powered lesbian as if...
Overwatch 2’s Pride Event Shows Blizzard's Trying To Do Better By Its Queer Community
30.5.2023
It feels like Overwatch 2 is gayer than it’s ever been. First Lifeweaver was revealed as the series’ first pansexual hero, then dialogue seemed to hint that Baptiste was also queer. Now, a Pride event has confirmed that Baptiste is indeed, queer, and veteran hero Pharah is also a member of...
Overwatch 2 Game Director Apologizes For Axing Promised PvE Mode
19.5.2023
Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller has provided more insight into why developer Blizzard decided to can a long-promised PvE mode that has been in development since 2019. In a newly released blog, Keller says the discussion going around about “how we’re canceling PvE outright…isn’t accurate”...
Overwatch 2 Multiplayer Isn’t Good Enough To Justify Gutting Its Long-Promised PvE
17.5.2023
Overwatch players, it’s been a rough few years. When the hero shooter first debuted in 2016, it offered one of the best multiplayer experiences of all time: tight, focused combat centered on team compositions, an impressive hero pool with options for every kind of player, solid matchmaking, and...
Mourning Overwatch 2's Story Mode, A Tragedy That Didn't Need To Happen
17.5.2023
Yesterday, Blizzard held a livestream in which it announced that, yes, a new tank hero, map, and cinematic are coming to Overwatch 2. It also announced that its PvE story mode, y’know, the whole reason it said it was making Overwatch 2 in the first place, is getting nerfed into the ground. Deep...
Overwatch 2 Wants To Do Anything But Tell Its Damn Story (Oh Look: Star Wars-Inspired Outfits!)
9.5.2023
Overwatch 2’s latest event, Starwatch, might as well be a licensed Star Wars tribute. While it may have missed May the 4th, the new PvP(vE) event is full of legally distinct tributes to the franchise, from an homage to the iconic text crawl in the accompanying comic to characters like Baptiste...
It Sounds Like Overwatch 2 Is Still Trying To Figure Lifeweaver Out
5.5.2023
Lifeweaver has been in Overwatch 2 for just under a month, and already the plant-based support hero has had some pretty significant reworks in both his control scheme and abilities. Personally, I’ve had a much better experience with the character since his last update, but it sounds like Blizzard...
Brigitte Shows Overwatch 2 Still Doesn’t Fully Get Body Diversity
27.4.2023
Overwatch’s Brigitte, a plucky, tanky support character first introduced to the hero shooter in 2018, has always stood apart from her counterparts on the game’s roster. In comparison to both the other support characters and many other female characters in the first-person shooter, she’s got more...
Overwatch 2's Lifeweaver Seems To Confirm Baptiste Is Queer, Too
5.4.2023
Overwatch 2’s next hero, Lifeweaver, is the series’ first pansexual character. When we talked with the Blizzard team about the new support hero in a roundtable interview, we were told by Lead Narrative Designer Gavin Jurgens-Fyhrie that characters would be receptive to his advances during pre-match...
Meet Lifeweaver, Overwatch 2's First Hero Confirmed Queer Upon Reveal
4.4.2023
Niran “Lifeweaver” PruksaManee is Overwatch 2’s 37th hero, a support character who specializes in plant-based technology to heal and protect his teammates. He’s a fugitive on the run from the Vishkar Corporation who was close to DPS character Symettra while at the company’s Architech Academy. He’s...
What To Know About Getting Roadhog's Pachimari Skin In Overwatch 2
22.3.2023
Roadhog’s love for the Pachimari character is well-documented throughout Overwatch 2. It’s a love that shines so bright that the Overwatch 2 team crafted an entire game mode and event surrounding it, allowing players to kill their enemies and plunder their Pachimari plush toys in a twisted...
Roadhog Roasts the Overwatch 2 Cast In Latest Limited-Time Mode
22.3.2023
Roadhog is one of Overwatch 2’s quieter heroes. Where some characters like Tracer and Junkrat are real chatterboxes, the chain-slinging, shotgun-toting Tank is a man of few words. That changes with the game’s latest limited-time mode, which makes him the announcer. Not only is he the one to declare...
Overwatch 2 Hero Pick Rates Show Most Players Don’t Care About The Meta
24.2.2023
Hero shooters like Overwatch 2 are always in flux when it comes to character pick rates. Balance changes, reworks, and new additions throw a wrench into the machine, so a period of high usage for a character can mean a lot of things. But while Overwatch 2 only launched four months ago, we can still...