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Newly Released Overwatch Short: “Recall”

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Renee Gittins

Xbox just released on their channel a never before seen short film of the upcoming team-based shooter from Blizzard, Overwatch. The short stars two of the playable heroes, Winston and Reaver. The short animated film is set in Winston’s lab and delves into his past, showing where he got his start as a young ape. It also brings a bit more clarity to why the heroes of Overwatch are active again. This is the first of four expected Overwatch shorts. Overwatch is coming to PC, PS4 and Xbox One May 24th.

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Leak: Overwatch Releases 5/24, Early Access Starts May 3rd

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

According to a series of full page and mobile advertisements that accidentally went live on IGN.com over the past few hours, Blizzard’s upcoming team based First Person Shooter Overwatch will release on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on May 24th 2016. Not only will the game come out in just a little over two months but Blizzard will reportedly host an open beta stress test with customers who pre-ordered the game gaining early access starting on May 3rd. Our staff got the chance to play during one of Blizzard’s rare Closed Beta Test Weekends and honestly I absolutely fell in love

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A New Beta Wave For Overwatch For Players In Asia

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

If you’ve been avidly awaiting an invite to the closed Overwatch beta on PC and are based in Asia then prepare to spam your F5 keys rapidly.  Blizzard took to twitter yesterday to let potential players know that they have flagged accounts for the first beta wave since Overwatch’s December hiatus for accounts based in the Asia region. Some players have asked if Australia was considered part of the Asia region. According to the official @PlayOverwatch twitter account our Aussie friends are actually considered part of the Americas region. You can check your beta status by logging into the battle.net

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New Details emerge from Overwatch Beta

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Fionna Schweit

Some new details have emerged about the Overwatch Beta that will be back up later today. Overview: -For the new progression system, you have an infinite global level-up system that works like Paragon Levels in Diablo 3. Playing any hero puts experience into the same level-up bar. -As you level up, you unlock things like portrait borders and character portraits, and you also get loot crates. -Each loot crate has at least four cosmetic items in it. These include skins, emotes, new voice-over lines, sprays, and more. -You can crunch duplicate loot items for credits which you can use to

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Overwatch beta is not quite ready to return

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Fionna Schweit

[BETA] There isn't an exact time the Overwatch Closed Beta will relaunch today, but we'll post an update once it's live—so stay tuned! — Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) February 9, 2016 Blizzard have announced that they are not quite ready to bring back the Overwatch Beta yet.  Keep your eyes on the @playoverwatch twitter and keep hoping and ill see you in the Beta.

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‘Twas the Night Before Overwatch

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Renee Gittins

‘Twas the night before Overwatch, when all ‘cross the globe, Every gamer was waiting, donned in their soft robes, Their headphones were hung by their PCs with care, In hopes that Overwatch soon would be there. The gamers were nestled all snug in each chair, While visions of Tracer blinked ’round without care. The beta was returning, just ‘few hours away To bring joy and fast battles back to their day.

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Overwatch Beta Returns To Active Duty On Feb 9th

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Blizzard’s upcoming objective based team shooter Overwatch will return to closed beta on February 9th according to a post on the developer’s official blog. The Overwatch beta began late last October and continued until right before Christmas, the devs took the game offline for an extended period to put the finishing touches on new maps, make a number of balance changes and the highly anticipated new persistent progression system. Here are some of the new features/fixes according to Blizzard: An all-new progression system Two new maps, including a new game mode Several hero balance updates And a variety of Private

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Overwatch won’t return until February

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Fionna Schweit

If you caught the Overwatch bug and have been hoping to get your overwatch fix on in the new year, you’ll have to wait a little longer. The world heaved a collective sigh when Overwatch  took a break in December, but Blizzard promised us it wouldn’t be forever. Now, game director Jeff Kaplan has put that any speculation to rest, writing in a new blog post that it won’t return until next month. BUT! Do not despair there is a good reason. In the blog post Kaplan says “While progress has been great and the team has been working super hard to get everything implemented on

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The Overwatch beta is coming to an end

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Overwatch is game that everyone wants to play, but very few have access to. It seems Blizzard has decided that even those few are too many to play its FPS-MOBA hybrid, and they will be shutting off their (currently up) beta servers next week. The beta servers have been up for about a month and a half and included one (semi)open weekend of play for many players, but the rest of the time were restricted to a small group of beta testers who were given access. You can read all about Overwatch oonn our site here but the long and short

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Blizzards Tells Us Which Overwatch Heroes Had Highest Win Rate!

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

It appears that last weekend’s Overwatch Stress Test Weekend was quick the success as Blizzard has revealed some statistics from the recent test on their twitter account. Between all of the players invited for the stress test weekend over 350,000 matches were played with an average match length of 8 minutes and 8 seconds. If you’re wondering which heroes had the highest win rate among the 21 currently available: Assault: Soldier 76 Tank: D.va Defense: Torbjörn Support: Symmetra Here’s a few stats from last week’s Beta Test Weekend. Thanks to everyone who helped make this test such a success! pic.twitter.com/5hrd17skd0

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The Overwatch Stress Test Changed My Opinion Of The Game

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

I’ve known about Blizzard’s colorful and vibrant first person shooter, Overwatch, for a while now. I remember everyone getting totally amped up about the game last November when the game was unveiled but I wasn’t as taken in my the initial gameplay trailers and character reveals as some fans where. After spending several hours with this weekends Beta Stress Test my opinion on the game has radically changed. Here’s a rundown of what I played and why I enjoyed it so much!

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Check Out 30 Minutes of HD OverWatch Footage

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Now that the excitement of BlizzCon 2015 has come to pass it’s time to settle down and write about other games like… who am I kidding? Everyone on our staff is super excited for OverWatch and our new video partners WhyINeedDiverseGames got into the game’s closed beta. In the embedded player below you can check out 30 uninterrupted minutes of HD gameplay from the closed beta. We’ll be bringing you more videos from WhyINeedDiverseGames over the course of the next couple of weeks. Based in Chicago, IL WhyINeedDiverseGames focuses on critiquing games through the lens of diversity. Are you in

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Overwatch: What’s New

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Renee Gittins

Here’s a quick rundown of the Overwatch reveals at Blizzcon: Simultaneous launch on PC, PS4, and XBox One Self contained communities (PC vs PC, PS4 vs PS4) Developed for console from the start   New Map: Hollywood Payload escort of omnic director, Halford Glitchbot Hollywood stars Goldshire Studios (WoW reference) Hollywood backlot with facades and cool overhangs and balconies Soundstage area featuring a silly alien movie stage set-up Hollywood sign   New Heroes: Mei Scientist, adventurer Chinese Past: Climatologist for Overwatch Stationed at Overwatch’s Ecowatch point in Antarctica Polar icestorm cut off their communication with Overwatch and stranded them Running

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