Overwatch: news and videos

Overwatch is getting out of its comfort zone in "early" February 2020 with patch 1.45. Not only is Blizzard trying out weekly hero pools and ban lists for Competitive season 21, the developer is also bringing a PTR-esque Experimental Card t...

Overwatch is ringing in the Year of the Rat with its Lunar New Year 2020 celebration. The event just went live across PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, and it's running until February 6. In terms of character skins, there a...

If you can get to a PC (or console) between now and the start of the new year, you can clean up on some last-minute Overwatch extras. Basically, just sign into your account from now through January 2, and you'll net five more Winter-th...

It's been quiet as of late, but Overwatch is bringing back its Winter Wonderland event in time for the holidays. This year, the seasonal update will be playable from December 10, 2019 to January 2, 2020. Across all of these events, Blizzard...

[Editor's Note: What a decade this has been. It's too soon to say how it will compare to those before it, but the past 10 years have been phenomenal for the video game industry. We've seen the meteoric rise of the indie devel...

It's been a while since we had a bit more written lore from the universe of multiplayer shooter Overwatch, but Blizzard are looking to fix that with a new novelette, Valkyrie, which is available to read online right now.The short story sees...

For the past two years or so of my life, Overwatch has been at the forefront of my gaming habit. The team-based hero shooter struck gold when it released in 2016 and has grown to become one of the most well-known brands in the world, o...

Coinciding with Overwatch's Nintendo Switch release today, Blizzard has begun the Halloween Terror 2019 event on PC and consoles. If you're in it purely for the skins, there are eight new looks, two of which – Inferno Junkrat and Vamp...

Having attended panels featuring Overwatch developers and cast members, I can attest to the insatiable fan desire for more lore. Although Blizzard has given us numerous short films at this point for Overwatch amid tiny story sprin...

A lot of people were holding out on last-minute news that the upcoming Overwatch Switch port (October 15) would have more unique features beyond motion/IR, and it looks like as of this week it's a definitive "no" from Blizzard. While c...

I'm so stoked to try Overwatch on Switch. I mean it's going to take some getting used to, coming from the performance enhancements and mouse and keyboard controls on PC, but the idea of playing Overwatch with my wife while on the ...

Welp, I guess it's time for me to get my copy of Overwatch up to date and head back in, if only for an evening. Blizzard has reimagined Bastion as a colorful Lego creation, and folks, I can't miss out. The new legendary-tier "Brick" skin is...

While Blizzard tries to see if cross-play "makes sense" for Overwatch, they're going full speed ahead with the Switch port on October 15. Thanks to Blizzard communications manager Nazih Fares, we now have a few more details on what tha...

So Overwatch was officially confirmed for Switch yesterday! That's all good and well, but what about cross-play? Blizzard has another vague answer for us (as vague as they were about it existing on Switch for the past few years). Speak...

[Update: And there it is. Overwatch kicked off today's Nintendo Direct presentation ahead of the game's October 15, 2019 launch on Nintendo Switch for $40.] Heroes never die! Unless they were never born [on Switch]. Although Overwatch ...

Blizzard has opened pre-orders on the latest statue in its slowly-growing Overwatch range. Following on from previous centrepieces featuring Reaper, Doomfist, Mercy and D.Va, among others, this latest release features the most infuriating c...

Overwatch has seen a lot of changes in the three years it’s dominated the hero-shooter genre. New heroes have been introduced, the rules of the game have been adjusted, and characters have had their weapons and classes altered in Bliz...

Today feels like a particularly fateful day for Overwatch. Along with the new gravity-manipulating hero Sigma, Blizzard has pushed out Role Queue – a system in which players will lock down their role as either tank, support, or damage...

After a few teases, Blizzard has officially introduced Sigma, the next tank hero lined up for Overwatch. Even if you aren't in the habit of watching these origin story videos, this one is worth a look. It's genuinely unnerving! Blizzard de...

The defining trait of hero shooters is that everyone plays a unique role within the team. When people can't play the role they prefer (or when someone abrasively tells other teammates to switch to other characters), it often causes interna...

I don't know about the rest of you, but I've gotten sun-drunk a few too many times this summer. I'm loving the warm weather, but staying inside to play some video games sounds like an increasingly good idea. Overwatch just got Summer Games ...

Blizzard is pushing a new micro-event for Overwatch, and it's all Baptiste-themed. It'll run from now until July 1, and there's two parts to this challenge: one is actually playing the game, and the other is watching streamers play. For the...

Baptiste arrived in Overwatch in March after a long testing period, and Blizzard is doing right by him with a short origin story (that you can read here), which teases a potential new skin for the character. The tale joins a long line ...

And here come the variants! Good Smile Company has released images of the first Overwatch Nendoroid figurine to feature an alternate skin. And the hero in question is Korean cutie-pie and video game extraordinaire Hana Song, better known by...

One of the head honchos of Blizzard's Overwatch League is leaving the company to take up a new role with Epic Games. As reported by ESPN, Nate Nanzer will be joining the Fortnite developer to help grow the competitive scene of the popular b...

I'll never forget the first time I played Overwatch. I immediately gravitated toward the edgy and enigmatic Reaper, played a few games, and knew it was going to catch on with a certain crowd. I had that same feeling when I experienced it pr...

Blizzard has gotten another long-requested feature up and running in Overwatch: game replays! With the replay system, you can revisit your past 10 matches from a first-person, third-person, or overhead view with or without the user interfac...

[Update: The anniversary event is now live in Overwatch. Take a look at these new skins!] Has it really been three years of Overwatch? I forgot to get an anniversary gift, but there's still time to throw something together last-minute and h...

[Update: Havana has made it through testing on the PTR and is now playable in Overwatch on PC and PS4. Strangely, there's a slight delay on the Xbox One update. Along with the map, Blizzard has also opened up shop for Atlantic Mercy and Pac...

[Update: As of today, you can now buy the Lúcio and Mercy All-Stars 2019 skins.] Blizzard just lifted the lid on a new pair of special Overwatch skins created to celebrate the Overwatch League 2019 All-Stars event. This year, it's a ...

[Update: The Overwatch Workshop is now active for PS4 and Xbox One players.] Blizzard has debuted a new "power user" feature in Overwatch: the Workshop. Essentially, it's a way for folks to create and share wild game modes using a basic scr...

It's almost time to suit up for another Overwatch mission, as the multiplayer shooter prepares for its Storm Rising event, which goes live tomorrow and will run until May 6. An exciting new trailer shows the OW crew in action in their missi...

It's been too long, Overwatch. What've you got up your sleeve? In a series of teasers, Blizzard has been building toward its next Overwatch event, Storm Rising, which will run from April 16 to May 6, 2019. First there was an in-universe art...

This week, after a short time spent runnin' and healin' on the PTR servers, Blizzard has officially launched the 30th hero in their competitive online shooter, Overwatch. Baptiste is a support character, equipped with both medicinal and def...

With his PTR trial run wrapping up, Baptiste is now eying a proper debut in Overwatch. The 30th hero will bring his biotic launcher and death-defying tech to the live game on Tuesday, March 19. You've probably heard about his kit by now, b...

I can never have enough support heroes in Overwatch, especially ones who lob projectiles out of a biotic launcher. The game has finally hit the big Three-Oh with Baptiste, "an elite combat medic armed with an arsenal of experimental healing...

Blizzard has been injecting new heroes into Overwatch at roughly the rate of three per year (2017 and 2018 saw this exact cadence), and 2019 is already welcoming its first: the support hero Baptiste. A survivor of the Omnic War, Baptiste is...

It looks like another hero is on their way to Blizzard's multiplayer shooter Overwatch. In typical OW fashion, Blizzard are teasing the new character's arrival via some mysterious lore, that has suddenly turned up on the game's official Twi...

A new Overwatch map may not be enough to get you back in the fighting spirit if you've had your fill of the current state of the game and feel the need for a proper shakeup, but as someone who spends just a few hours a week (if that) messin...

This weekend, during Toy Fair 2019, Blizzard Entertainment and Hasbro revealed the first line of their Overwatch Ultimates action figure range. This brand was first teased last year by the toy-maker, but now we have some images of the first...

Yesterday, Blizzard opened up the latest Assualt map, Paris, within the PTR server of their popular online shooter, Overwatch. As is to be expected, the City of Love looks pretty exquisite, filled with lavish architecture and cosy side-stre...

We've got another Overwatch location to learn, and so help me, it's an Assault map. Blizzard just put up a patch on the PTR containing Paris, a surprise new 2CP map in which you can duck into "alleys and corridors before clashing with your ...

Overwatch on PC just got a little more affordable for anyone who wants to become a late adopter of Blizzard's hero shooter (or for anyone who just wants an alt account). Blizzard has cut the price of Overwatch on PC by $20 for bot...

Well, I hope you weren't expecting much more than festive outfits and capture the flag for Overwatch's Lunar New Year 2019 celebration. There are eight Year of the Pig skins to look at and possibly unlock including Guan Yu Reinhardt and L&u...

Winter Wonderland is nothing more than a distant memory, and that can only mean one thing for Overwatch players: it's almost time for the Lunar New Year 2019 event. If your bank account feels decidedly light on credits this time of year, I'...

In case you haven't heard, Overwatch is wildly popular across the world and far exceeds the reach of just the Overwatch League. There's a bunch of smaller official collectives of tournaments like the Overwatch Contenders (OWC), not to menti...

Coinciding with the official "Bastet" short story detailing Ana's past in Cairo, Overwatch has begun an in-game tie-in event with cosmetic rewards up for grabs. Similar to the D.Va Nano Cola Challenge, players will need to accrue nine wins ...

Overwatch has a wonderfully deep lore behind its payload-moving gameplay. Whilst you wouldn't necessarily know this from watching the chaotic online shooter in action, Blizzard fill out its massive roster of characters' histories via mini-m...

Overwatch's winter event kicked off recently with some mostly mediocre skins with a few exceptions, and of course you get your token taste of a loot box to entice you to play more. But as of Christmas day, Blizzard is upping the ante and ad...

Good Smile Company continue to pump out pre-order pages for their ever-expanding roster of Nendoroids from Blizzard's online shooter Overwatch. The next hero to be added to the queue is music-lovin' healer Lucio.Standing around 100mm in hei...