Following a developer update, game director Jeff Kaplan has revealed the incoming implementation of the “Hero Pool” system which hopes to solve issues of meta stagnation. I played Overwatch for a very long, long time. It was almost a ritual, getting home from campus, making a disgusting meal only a student (or Darryn) could tolerate and spending a few hours …
The stream that was sitting at just under 100,000 views was being displayed on Polygon, the Verge, SB Nation and Eater.
Activision has teamed up with Upper Deck to create a series of collectable cards for the ever-growing Overwatch League The Overwatch League is slowly becoming one of the more mainstream e-sports platforms, with a consistency, accessibility and production value rarely seen in other e-sports leagues. While flashy lights and trumpets are all well and good to sell the validity of …
To celebrate Mother’s Day, the Overwatch League was asking fans to send in appreciation posts for their mothers, but a troll managed to slip an unsavoury picture through the cracks Image: Robert Paul During yesterday’s Overwatch League Stage 2 finals, fans watching the broadcast live were asked to send in images of their mothers and kind words of appreciation for …
In a surprise that nobody expected, the underdogs of the OWL came out swinging against the Titans and proved victorious, taking the final and $200,000 in prize money Yesterday’s stage 2 finals of the Overwatch League saw perhaps one of the most surprising games seen thus far in OWL history – with San Francisco Shock toppling the previously undefeated Vancouver …
The second year of the Overwatch League commenced in February to a new wave of increasing exposure and an expanded roster comprised of twenty teams. There are plans to expand the game’s competitive reach even further with the announcement that starting in 2020, the league will feature full home-and-away play. On top of duking it out in the Blizzard Arena …
Activision Blizzard joins the likes of EA and Square Enix in reporting a disappointing financial quarter. A difference though is in the repercussions, as due to Activision blaming Blizzard and their 13 percent decline in sales for their overall money troubles, approximately 800 people will now be without a job. But despite this, and even though Activision does not expect …
Overwatch is already breaking ground when it comes to esports, largely thanks to the way that it’s trying to emulate actual sports. Instead of the traditional privately-owned teams that have little to do with geography, the Overwatch League is the first real, major competitive video game tournament to use city-based teams. Now, the Overwatch League is hitting Prime Time TV.
A practical look at Twitch audience averages, discovery and the move from Affiliate to Partner.
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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