Category: Overwatch News

Blizzard has announced that the Summer Games will be making a return to Overwatch starting August 9th. “You’ll get a kick out of this! Team up with your friends for the Summer Games on August 9th!” the Overwatch Twitter reads. You may remember that the…

VG247 has an exclusive look at some big changes coming for one of Overwatch’s most defensive characters: Torbjorn. The goal is to make him feel like a viable choice from the get go, not just after setting up his turret, upgrading it and armoring up his…

If you’re one of the ten people in the world who have not ever tried Overwatch or haven’t yet purchased it, we have good news: There’s another free weekend coming that will run from July 26th to July 30th. All heroes, including the recently announced “…

The Overwatch forum has a new post that lays out some forthcoming changes to the Healer / Support characters coming in a future update. Brigitte is getting a hefty reduction in the effectiveness of her Shield Bash and Mercy is getting her healing rate …

The Overwatch Twitter has a warning for all players: “Beware of small mammals. Wrecking Ball rolls into the fight 07.24.18”. That means, for those who do not read well between the lines, that Hammond, a.k.a. “Wrecking Ball”, is coming to Overwatch on J…

Jeff Kaplan has taken to the forum with some fascinating statistics regarding the drastic reduction of incidences of abusive chat in Overwatch matches. Competitive Matches that have had reported incidents of abusive chat is down over 26% in the America…

Blizzard and Disney are partnering up to bring the Overwatch League to Disney’s stable of channels including ESPN, ESPN 2, ABC and Disney XD, all considered “traditional TV channels”. This comes after the inaugural season debuted exclusively on streami…

The Overwatch Twitter has just announced that sales of the pink Mercy skin on behalf of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation has raised $12.7 MILLION. 100% of the proceeds from the sales of the skin will go directly to the charitable foundation. All w…

It seems that Overwatch’s next hero isn’t going to be a gorilla as many had opined. Instead, the Overwatch Twitter has revealed what seems to be a rolling mech-using…hamster. Yes…you read it right.

There has always been a reporting system for bad behavior and it will remain in place in Overwatch. However, Blizzard is also introducing a new Endorsement System that will allow players “to acknowledge other players for having a positive impact on you…