Overwatch: news and videos

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...

You may recall, earlier this year, that Blizzard commissioned a stop-motion animated short to celebrate the second anniversary of their popular online shooter, Overwatch. As the holidays approach, it appears the same team have been hired fo...

Despite her impressive design, Overwatch's air commander Pharah has been yet to feel much lovewhen it comes to figures and other merchandise. Fortunately, that's all set to change next year, as Good Smile Co. has opened pre-orders on a Figm...

When does Overwatch League season two start? Not soon enough! Blizzard has set the opening day for February 14, 2019 and also detailed a few key changes and additions to the league's structure. For starters, there are now 20 different teams...

The Winter Wonderland 2018 skins for Overwatch are mostly themed around winter sports. They're okay if you're into grounded designs, but I prefer the more out-there stuff. I wasn't really feeling them. There's one big exception, though, and...

Blizzard has begun sharing the latest batch of Overwatch character skins ahead of next week's Winter Wonderland event. I was hoping we'd see creative festive designs. So far, the results are mixed. The first skin, Sugar Plum Fairy Mercy, is...

Overwatch will soon begin spreading holiday joy. Blizzard is running the in-game Winter Wonderland event from December 11, 2018 to January 2, 2019 with a decked-out makeover for the Blizzard World map along with more seasonal character skin...

Newcomer Ashe has been marinating in Overwatch since November 13 and now the time has come to bring her to competitive play. In case you forgot, Blizzard added in a restriction for debuting characters that prevented them from immediately bu...

After a stint on the PTR, the gunslinger Ashe has now properly joined the Overwatch roster. You're probably up to speed on Ashe's repertoire given her recent debut at BlizzCon, but just for kicks, here's the short of it. She has a headshot-...

If there's one thing that's true, it's that Blizzard's Overwatch and the art of cosplay go hand-in-hand. With a roster of heroes of all sorts of shapes and sizes, with a whole host of unique looks, gear, and weaponry, it seems almost custom...

When I sat down with Jeff Kaplan to chat with him about Overwatch's beta (which feels like ages ago now) one of the first things I asked him is how his team intended on integrating solo content into the game. He made it clear that multiplay...

Blizzard has officially given Overwatch players a heads-up warning that when the next big patch rolls out, they'll need to reinstall the game. In the age of bandwidth caps, it's an annoyance, to be sure. "The next major patch will have some...

Following her BlizzCon debut, the newest Overwatch hero Ashe is playable today on the PTR. The Deadlock Gang leader wields a semi-automatic rifle, chucks dynamite that can be shot mid-air, has a knockback ability, and can temporarily summon...

During the festivities at this weekend's BlizzCon event, Blizzard and Hasbro announced further merchandise, coming in 2019, based on the former's popular online-shooter Overwatch.Hasbro revealed the next release in their ongoing NERF range ...

We've seen a handful of reworks (read: re-tooling of characters beyond a few small changes) since the launch of Overwatch. Symmetra is arguably the biggest one in the history of the game, but a few others like Torbjorn and Mercy have b...

This morning at BlizzCon, Blizzard debuted "Reunion," the latest Overwatch animated short. It's one of the most action-packed and lore-rich videos yet. Our old pal McCree has a squabble on Route 66 with the Deadlock Gang and its leader, Ash...

Elizabeth Calliedonia Ashe is the 29th hero for Overwatch. A rootin' tootin' outlaw gang leader, the stylish new character was revealed today during BlizzCon's opening ceremony.As you can see in the video below, Ashe is armed with an old-sc...

Live at BlizzCon, right before the opening ceremony, Blizzard confirmed the existence of that rumored Lucio cereal: Lucio-Oh's. The company is partnering with Kellogg's for a December 3 launch just as we learned back in October. As per the ...

Toy manufacturer Good Smile Co., hot on the heels of their recent Torbjorn reveal, has put out a tweet announcing that Overwatch's hat-tipping cowboy McCree is the next hero to receive the Nendoroid treatment.McCree will be open to early pr...

The model fanatics at Good Smile Co. have turned out an abundance of Nendoroid and Figma prototypes this year, from a variety of anime and video game brands. Over on the Overwatch line, the latest hero to be replicated in Nendo form is expe...

Blizzard has uploaded a new Developer Update video, bringing fans up to speed on the next plans in motion for multiplayer online shooter, Overwatch. In the new video, Director Jeff Kaplan addresses BlizzCon, upcoming buffs and an interestin...

U.S. retailer Target has reportedly released images revealing the first wave of Lego sets based on Blizzard's multiplayer shooter Overwatch, and they all look fantastic and adorable.The supposed sets include minifigs for some of Overwatch's...