Overwatch: news and videos

Blizzard has created a pair of funky-looking Overwatch skins for Tracer and Genji in celebration of this month's Overwatch League All-Star Weekend. Tracer represents the Atlantic division, while Genji is repping the Pacific team. The All-St...

The Overwatch Summer Games have returned with the love-it-or-hate-it Lúcioball, a new arena for the specialized mode called Busan Stadium, and a couple of highly coveted skins for D.Va and Ana. The event is now live and it'll run unt...

Overwatch's Summer Games event returns this week, and Blizzard is currently passing the time until August 9 with previews of new legendary skins for characters like Roadhog, Ana, D.Va, and Winston. Today's the day I learned that I need Wins...

The official Overwatch Twitter account has put out the heads up that the Summer Games event will be returning to Blizzard's arena-shooter next week.Although no specific details were noted, we can, in all likelihood, expect all of the previo...

This past weekend the London Spitfire took it all in the Overwatch League's first championship event. Now two more teams are getting a shot at the crown next year. Blizzard has just announced that Atlanta, Georgia will be entering the fray ...

It's that time again. Blizzard is throwing a free weekend for Overwatch on PC that runs from today until 11:59pm Pacific on July 30 in supported regions: the Americas, Europe, and Asia (minus Korea). With changes to characters like Symmetra...

Blizzard's hamster-in-a-mech Overwatch hero Wrecking Ball has joined the live game. This new mobile tank hero can roll around, piledrive, lay mines, and use a grappling claw to swing himself up high to, say, focus down a pesky Widowmaker. I...

Blizzard's popular online shooter Overwatch is no stranger to merchandising, and its catalogue of goodies is about to grow even bigger with the announcement that the brand is teaming up with Hasbro for a range of NERF guns based on its lova...

For those of you who may not have had the chance to sink your teeth into Blizzard's mega-popular arena-shooter, Overwatch, then next week will provide you with the opportunity to see what all the noise is about.Next "weekend", from July 26-...

When Overwatch was first released even with an extensive beta testing period it felt like the wild west. Every hero had a power fantasy, that fantasy was in overdrive, and as a result each character felt wildly unique. Then Blizzard na...

Well that didn't take too long at all! After a round of testing on the PTR, Overwatch's Hammond (aka the hero none of us want to call by his Blizzard-given name "Wrecking Ball") is ready for the live game. The mischievous little guy will ro...

We took a stab at creating alternate skins for Overwatch's littlest hero, Hammond, and things got weird. Now Blizzard has shown us what's up. The developer added cosmetics for Wrecking Ball on the PTR today including skins, emotes, and high...

Blizzard announced, today, that it has signed a multi-year deal with ESPN and Disney to broadcast the Overwatch League (OWL) on the network's various different channels. This will see regular season play and major tournaments appearing on t...

In May, Blizzard teamed up with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) to sell a pink Mercy skin in Overwatch as a fundraiser for breast cancer awareness. Going for $14.99, Blizzard pledged to donate all proceeds to charity in an effo...

The newest Overwatch hero is sure to be a fan favorite. Already popular on the PTR, Wrecking Ball is the adorably deadly hamster with an origin story for the ages. After escaping Richard Gere's colon, Hammond the hamster was taken to t...

The muddy-funsters of Good Smile Co. have unveiled the next cutesy Nendoroid toy in their rapidly-expanding Overwatch range. This time around it's non-other than the deviant from Down Under, Junkrat!I've always been amused by Junkrat in reg...

Some of my favorite Overwatch plays usually involve Tracer, many of which have come from Nenne of XL2 Academy (the academy team of New York Excelsior). There's at least one of those in this "top 10" video roundup from the Overwatch Lea...

Blizzard have just uploaded two videos revealing a plethora of new details on the latest addition to the Overwatch roster. Not only that, but the crazed critter is already live and available to play on the Overwatch PTR server!Our new hamst...

A new tweet, just dropped on Blizzard's official Overwatch Twitter, appears to show a spherical, gun-toting mech rolling into an alleyway, where it opens fire with reckless abandon before revealing its... hamster pilot?The GIF appears to be...

The big Overwatch update that revamps Symmetra and Horizon Lunar Colony has made it through public testing and it's now ready for the live game on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Brace for impact. Along with sweeping hero changes for Symme...

[Update: Blizzard has posted another teaser clip and I don't know what to expect anymore.] Leave it to Blizzard to rile up Overwatch fans with a simple video clip of a wall. We've long heard murmurs about Hammond, a test subject from Horiz...

This would have been a good weekly Destructoid Discusses topic three weeks ago. Three weeks ago, we were in the throes of the Overwatch second anniversary celebration. Three weeks ago, I was sitting squarely at level 10. Today, I'm lev...

As the celebrations for the second anniversary of the super-successful arena-shooter come to a close, Blizzard have announced that Overwatch will see a rare Double XP event this weekend.From June 8 until June 11, all XP earned in all modes ...

In case you haven't heard, Overwatch's Symmetra is getting a complete rework. Her primary attack is no longer a point and click homing beam, her turrets are a little easier to use as they can be thrown, and her ultimates are drasticall...

Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan has outlined a number of notable changes making their way to the game today for public testing on the PTR. More than just the usual hero tweaks, Blizzard has also introduced a looking for group (LFG) syst...

Blizzard have announced that the Grand Finals for the Overwatch League 2018 has sold out, thus will see every seat in the New York Barclay's Arena occupied by a bum. (A literal bum).The tickets went on sale May 18 and closed last week, havi...

Fine toy purveyors Good Smile Co. gave me another reason to decry my life as a penniless scribe this week, by announcing that Overwatch's sexy-sneaky hacker, Sombra, is coming to a tabletop near you in Nendoroid form.Sombra, real name Olivi...

Overwatch is currently thriving on three platforms, but 'can we make it four' is the question on everyone's mind. Blizzard has constantly referenced the Switch when asked, to the point where they're kind of tired of it, and slowly but surel...

[Image courtesy of YouTuber Nick Brick] A report from Business Wire has let out details of a deal between Activision Blizzard and LEGO and a second deal with HASBRO. While not specified, the deal indicates that a line of Overwatch LEGO prod...

Today, Blizzard begins its second-year anniversary celebrations for its immensely popular arena-shooter Overwatch. A new selection of unlockables will be made available for the duration of the event, although one fan got the party star...

Overwatch is getting another new deathmatch map, good news for those of you that dig that particular mode. It's called Petra, and it was shown off during last night's Overwatch League festivities. The thing is we won't have to wait long for...

The second anniversary of Blizzard's online shooter Overwatch is just on the horizon, as part of the celebrations, the developer/publisher has released a wonderful new video, Trace & Bake, using stop-motion animations of some of the gam...

As of next week, Overwatch will have been out for two years. As I've said several times it feels like it just came out, and it's hard to believe that the PC edition has been updated with tons of free content for $40 at launch -- loot box sh...

Stage 4 of the Overwatch League begins next week on May 16. It's kind of a monumental moment as it's the last five weeks before the first ever OWL playoffs, followed by the Grand Finals in New York. Right now it's looking really good for th...

Even if you don't play Overwatch you've probably seen at least 100 "Play of the Game" clips. They're everywhere, and you basically couldn't escape them at launch as everyone and their grandmother uploaded that one time they earned it. ...

Blizzard have announced that, from today, players can pick up a beautiful new skin for Overwatch's iconic healer Mercy, with all of the proceeds being donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF). The skin is available until May ...

Overwatch's Rialto has been out for less than a week and people are already breaking it. As gathered online from various players, the below gifs showcase the ability to get play of the game (read: the final photo finish-esque clip that show...

Blizzard just added a new map into Overwatch -- and it's live for all platforms. It's called Rialto, and is based on Venice, Italy, featuring its waterways and architecture. Rialto is currently not playable in competitive -- just regular mo...

It's hard to believe that Overwatch is now nearly two years old at this point. It simultaneously feels like it's been around forever and just launched, but once I start thinking about how we've gone through repeated seasonal events, it...

Symmetra has long been a thorn in the side of Overwatch developers. They've tweaked her quite a bit since her launch iteration, but they still can't seem to really figure out what they want her to be -- a defense character or a healer/suppo...

Overwatch, like most shooters, is in constant flux. What might be meta now could change in a matter of weeks or even days, and the current PTR (public test region/realm) is looking to shake things up once again. Blizzard has announced that ...

The Good People of Good Smile have unveiled photos of the next figure in the Figma line based on popular Blizzard shooter Overwatch. Joining Tracer, Widowmaker and Genji is the soulless assassin, and poster-boy for nu-metal lovers everywher...

Blizzard have added a new element to one of Overwatch's best side-modes, as 6v6 Elimination Lockout has begun a temporary competitive season.For those unaware, 6v6 Elimination Lockout is a great mode found in Overwatch's Arcade menu. Teams ...

With the latest Overwatch event now live, Retribution is up and running alongside last year's co-op mission, Uprising. First things first, though: there are loads of new cosmetics, including skins for Reaper, ‎Lúcio, Doomfist, Ha...

Blizzard have released the latest issue of the Overwatch comic. The new story, Retribution, is a short prologue to next week's PvE event, which was revealed yesterday during Stage 3 of the Overwatch League.In the latest issue Gabriel Reyes,...

As promised, Overwatch revealed a new trailer tonight for the game's next event, set to start next Tuesday. The Overwatch League started its third season this evening, and at halftime Jeff Kaplan emerged in a Blackwatch-themed swe...

In a new Developer Update video, Overwatch devs Jeff Kaplan and Tim Ford have stated that an announcement is set for reveal during during Stage 3 of the Overwatch League, which kicks off later today.The reveal is apparently pertaining to th...

The Overwatch League picks back up this Wednesday with the start of Stage 3. Based on how Stage 2 culminated (Philadelphia Fusion beat London Spitfire and then narrowly lost out to New York Excelsior), there are plenty of reasons to be stok...

It's nearly time for Overwatch's next seasonal event. April 10 will mark the return of Uprising, and if you liked the PvE event even half as much as I did, you'll want to keep that date in mind. Blizzard hasn't yet said what to expect beyo...

The Overwatch League has had some great moments this season as it finishes up Stage 2 of 4 (the playoffs will follow), one of which happened earlier this week. The New York Excelsior took Stage 2 from the capable London Spitfire, who w...