Blizzard has finally published an animated short for one of Overwatch’s most popular leading ladies. D.Va, the esports superstar turned elite robot pilot, stars in “Shooting Star,” a video that sheds a light on her backstory and the MEKA, Mechanical Exo-Force of the Korean Army, organization she works for in her home city of Busan, Korea. Plus, we get a look at her true ego, Hana, for...
With Toy Fair only three weeks aways, most of the toy companies are pretty quiet on announcements, but Funko still rolled out a couple new items this week. First up are five figures from Overwatch which will include Junkrat, Mercy, Zarya, Sombra, and Zenyatta. There will also be one 6-inch figure released of Roadhog. Surprisingly there are no chase or exclusives… yet...
This video is frustrating for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, it’s absurd that anyone, regardless of sex or gender, has to put up with stuff like this. It’s also frustrating that the community for one of my favorite games has turned into this vitriolic mess. I stopped playing Overwatch, and the way players behave in Competitive Play is a large reason why. I encountered people...
Hanzo is one of the most polarizing figures in Overwatch with many lauding him with both love and disdain for how well he handles the battlefield. Those who love Hanzo really seem to love him, so much so that one eager fan even officially started his own church just to worship him. Indeed, the “Igreja Nacionais de Hanzo” founder Mateus Mognon successfully petitioned the Brazilian...
It’s officially been a full year since the launch of Overwatch on the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Blizzard’s decided to celebrate that marker with an in-game event. That means new Arena Maps, skins, emotes, player cards, tags and more. Yes, that means we finally have those fresh Hanzo and Symmetra skins we’ve been promised, though I’m not super keen on either, truth be told. Just...
Has it really almost been a full year since Overwatch launched? “Yes,” responds Father Time, “it has. You’re dying.” While we all enjoy this slow death, let’s pace it out with some video games! Overwatch is turning a year old, and Blizzard is celebrating with a litany of content. That includes a free weekend of play, sale of a Game of the Year edition (which looks a lot like the...
“Man, Reinhardt’s ultimate is so broken!” That’s something I’ve heard in chorus since essentially the launch of Overwatch. The Earthshatter smashes the ground and puts everyone in its path down for a while so Rein and his team can dish out some significant damage. A good Earthshatter can result in a team wipe, so it really stinks when it catches you while you think you’re safe. Well,...
There’s been this ongoing theory for a while now that support characters don’t receive nearly as much SR (the points that slide you up and down the ranked scale in Overwatch‘s competitive mode) as the other classes. A Mercy, according to these folks, doesn’t gain SR as fast as a Reinhardt or Soldier 76. This has all been anecdotal since players are unable to genuinely gather data on a...
I watched this video, and I sort of sat bewildered for a few minutes. The arrogance and ignorance on display in the clip stunned me. An Overwatch player ranked extremely high on the PlayStation 4 platform targets individual opponents with a DDoS attack forcing them to disconnect from the match. This is competitive play, not that it’d be much better in Quick or Arcade. These are ranked...
Alright, fellow Lúcio mains, we might need to change the way we play if the changes on the PTR (Public Test Realm) make their way to the main version of the game. Lúcio has changed dramatically. His boost heals more and makes Amp It Up faster, but the radius of all of his area-of-effect skills is smaller. A lot smaller. The really crazy bit? Lúcio is even faster than before on walls...