Belgium is now banning games with loot boxes
After the debacle around Star Wars Battlefront II last year, Belgium is putting a ban on games with loot boxes akin to those in Overwatch, Counter-Strike and FIFA 18.
After the debacle around Star Wars Battlefront II last year, Belgium is putting a ban on games with loot boxes akin to those in Overwatch, Counter-Strike and FIFA 18.
A rumour has surfaced suggesting that Black Ops 4's multiplayer resembled Overwatch. It's been changed following poor playtest feedback.
Overwatch's newest Archives event, Retribution, is live now! So what does this event bring? We spoke to Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan who unveiled details about the new Talon enemy forces like the Assassin and Heavy Assault, as well the background story to this slice of Overwatch history.
A mention of Cape Town in a recent Overwatch tie-in comic left many local fans asking if we would ever see the mentioned mission in-game. We got to ask Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan about it.
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You could reasonably argue that Overwatch has a toxicity problem. You could also reasonably argue that much of that toxicity has to do with the nature of the game itself and its prescribed meta – and how players not adhering to that meta makes other people angry. That said, Blizzard starting taking its first steps to combatting the game’s toxicity last year, with improved reporting tools. Now, they’re looking towards machine learning and AI to curb awful behaviour
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