Category: Overwatch News

PlayStation.com will be hosting the live premier of the next animated short in the Overwatch series that gives a back story to all of the game’s characters. Widowmaker is the subject of the short called “Alive” that will be broadcast live on Sunday, April 3rd at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern on Playstation.com.

Overwatch have a big new patch to explore that brings a new map, a new weekly brawl play mode, and improvements to the Play of the Game feature along with bug fixes and balance updates.

Overwatch’s Winston is the star of the first in a series of animated videos to give background and history to each of the game’s characters. Check it out!

Blizzard has posted a list of the most recent hero balance changes applied to the ongoing Overwatch beta. Several heroes went under the digital developers’ knife to improve their overall game play abilities or to reduce overpowered skills.

Blizzard is preparing to introduce players and fans to the unlikely heroes of Overwatch through an animated video series. A teaser trailer has been released that shows the series in development that will reveal the background lore behind each of the characters in Overwatch. The animated shorts are set to debut later this Spring.

Overwatch players will log in today to find career profiles reset with the latest game update. This is only per character and does not affect player levels, etc. However ‘personal best’ records will be reset with the update.

An ad, since removed, appeared over at IGN that reveals both the open beta and early access release dates for Blizzard’s Overwatch. According to the ad, Overwatch will enter open beta on May 3rd with early access slated to begin on May 24th.

Jeff Kaplan is hosting a new Developer Update video that discusses the Overwatch progression system. As players participate in matches, experience is earned that at certain intervals will result in being given a loot box that can contain a number of random cosmetic items including skins, sound files, player icons, emotes, sprays, victory poses and highlight intros. Each of these can come in common, rare, epic, and legendary quality.

Blizzard has announced that the Overwatch closed beta will restart on February 9th, nearly two months after it closed in December. Players can look forward to an all-new reworked progression ssystem, two new maps, a new game mode, hero rebalances, AI matches and a variety of other private game updates.

Blizzard’s Jeff Kaplan has taken to the Overwatch forums to let fans know that the game’s closed beta will be making its return in February. During the last month, devs have been working to address player feedback and to adjust the balance of the game.