Overwatch

The Diablo III Switch Port Took Nine Months

It’s official: Diablo III is coming to Switch. Later this year, you’ll be able to cosplay as Ganondorf from Legend of Zelda and kick the crap out of Diablo from Diablo. It’s the first Blizzard game on a Nintendo platform in 15 years, but fortunately, Blizzard had help. During a meeting in San Francisco earlier…

Australian Military Cuts Ties With YouTubers Over Tweets, Rape Jokes

A report by Sydney newspaper the Daily Telegraph has resulted in the Australian Defence Force cutting ties with two prominent Australian YouTubers, Elliott “Muselk” Watkins (pictured above, a member of Australia’s Overwatch World Cup Team in 2017) and Alen “ChampChong” Catak. This story originally appeared on Kotaku Australia. According to the cover story, which was…

What A Rocket League Comeback

Today on Highlight Reel we have Rocket League comebacks, We Happy Few glitches, Hitman Skeet shooting, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Catch…

Hammond Debuts In Overwatch Pro Scene, With Mixed Results

Despite his penchant for crashing into the thick of things and leaving craters in his wake, Wrecking Ball has yet to make a huge impact on Overwatch’s meta. Then again, he only just got added to the game. Last night, though, the hamster hero showed squeaky inklings of his potential in two Overwatch Contenders playoff…

Overwatch Heroes Are Looking Sporty For Summer

The Overwatch Summer Games event is now live, and as we’ve come to expect, it’s accompanied by a bunch of new skins. This time, all your favorite characters are playing sports ⚾️. The internet already went wild for the latest D.va skin, but the new skins for Roadhog, Reinhardt, Winston, Ana, Moira, Brigitte, Sombra and…

The Three Essential Ingredients Of A Great Video Game Demo

It may be a rare sight today, but a demo is one of the best things an upcoming game can do for its audience. Of course, not all demos are created equal—the best demos generate excitement and set expectations for what’s to come, while the worst demos convince us not to buy. What makes a…

Popular Overwatch Pro Leaves The League To Return To His Twitch Empire [Correction]

Today, beloved Overwatch League star Brandon “Seagull” Larned announced his retirement from professional Overwatch after just one season. Larned, who played off-tank and DPS for the Dallas Fuel, will return to streaming on Twitch, where he built a streaming empire of 760,000 followers. In a statement, Mike Rufail, the owner and CEO of Envy Gaming,…

The Internet Reacts To D.va’s New Summer Skin

The Overwatch summer event is starting on August 9th, and Blizzard has slowly been revealing new skins in the lead-up. D.va’s new beach-y look has captured fans’ hearts. Reinhardt and Ana have also had new skins revealed to promote the new Summer Games event, but given that it will take place in a new map…

Nerf Is Releasing Overwatch Guns

Blizzard and Nerf are going to release a couple of guns based on Overwatch, one being Reaper’s shotgun, the other D.Va’s pistol. They’re part of Nerf’s “Rivals” line, which is basically a series of guns made and marketed specifically at adults, and which fire small round projectiles (like squishy musketballs) instead of the traditional Nerf…

Collegiate Esports Is Uncharted Territory, So Smaller Schools Are Staking Their Claim

In the past five years, collegiate esports programs have been popping up at schools all over America, and these programs have also become a way for smaller schools to stand out from the pack. SUNY Canton, a state college in the upper tip of New York half an hour from the Canadian border, announced its…

The Overwatch League is getting two new teams in 2019 Teams representing Atlanta, Georgia and Guangzhou, China will join the roster next season. Snacktaku expert and proud Georgian Mike Fahey was quoted as saying “Wooo.”

Overwatch‘s Symmetra Mains Are Still Getting Hate, Even After Her Overhaul

Overwatch’s Symmetra mains haven’t had an easy go of it. Any time they play their favorite character, they run the risk of getting harassed or reported. This year offered potential salvation in the form of a huge overhaul to the character. But even after that, things haven’t changed much in Symmetraland. The more things change…

Oh Boy Look At This Doomfist Cosplay

Or, more specifically, just look at the metal arm on this guy. This is Zibartaswith a truly astonishing piece of work, replicating Doomfist’s artificial limb from the lights to the mechanics Yes, I know it’s not the same size as Doomfist’s actual arm. But this is the price you pay to actually make the thing…

Overwatch League’s TV Ratings Were Low, But It Doesn’t Matter

If you followed the Overwatch League’s first season, odds are good that you mostly did it on Twitch. Over the weekend, the grand finals got airtime on television networks, too, and they didn’t exactly draw a Beholder-load of eyeballs. The Nielsen overnight estimates for Overwatch League’s grand finals broadcasts on ESPN and ABC are in,…

London Spitfire Wins The First Overwatch League Finals, $1,000,000

The first-ever winner of the Overwatch League season playoffs is the London Spitfire. After a rocky season spent wobbling between commanding victories and unexpected defeats, the Spitfire earned a $1,000,000 prize, as well as a silver gauntlet in the style of publisher Blizzard’s sword-and-sorcery roots. Their underdog opponents, the crowd-favorite Philadelphia Fusion, retreated with the…

Streamer Explains How To Play Overwatch With One Hand

Streamer apotatomaybetwo has created a video explaining, point by point, how to play Overwatch if you only have access to a single hand. It’s educational. The video largely focuses on how to use either the Razer Naga Trinity or Logitech g600 mouse, both of which feature a large pad of buttons that are accessible via…

Battle Mercy

It’s a viable strategy! Even in the Overwatch League. The first match of Overwatch League’s grand finals just wrapped up, with London Spitfire taking a commanding lead after a shaky first map. But on the final map, Volskaya, Philadelphia Fusion gave it their all and then some in an attempt to shoot down a surging…

The Weekend In Esports: Overwatch Finals, PUBG Invitational, And More

The inaugural season of the Overwatch League comes to a close this weekend. It’s been a long, winding, and at times downright weird road to the finals which now see two underdog teams face off for cash and glory. I was not a believer. I enjoy Overwatch but am not among its biggest fans, and…

Cyberninja Hanzo, In The Cybernetic Flesh

King Kupo created this incredible Hanzo outfit for this year’s San Diego Comic Con. Pretty much everything—the armour, arrows and bow—were all made using EVA foam. You can see more of King Kupo’s cosplay at his Instagram page

The Long Road That Landed Two Underdog Overwatch Teams In The Finals

This weekend, Overwatch League’s first season—at times thrilling and at others absolutely grueling—reaches its conclusion. The final showdown pits two inconsistent underdog teams, Philadelphia Fusion and London Spitfire, against each other in a match that just so happens to sum up the vibe of the whole season. Sports are, first and foremost, about competitors throwing…