Overwatch

Overwatch Now Has An In-Game Reference To Tracer’s Girlfriend

To recap, Overwatch’s Tracer is gay. Until now that’s been a fact contained to offscreen fiction, but the latest update to the PTR (Public Test Region) has dropped in a new voice line that references Tracer’s girlfriend Emily within the game itself. Spotted by Aryaand Mic, here’s what it sounds like: If the embed doesn’t…

Overwatch’s Most Famous Lucio Player Would Rather Have Fun Than Go Pro

When DSPStanky first started making Overwatch videos, he wasn’t planning to become an overnight internet folk hero, let alone the guy thousands of people associate with one of the game’s most-played heroes. He just wanted to quit his crappy job. DSPStanky is one of the most popular Overwatch players out there, and easily the most…

Here’s a clip of Overwatch’s most popular player, Seagull, absolutely tearing through a team while barely even paying attention. He’s angrily venting about a previous encounter, and then he just chops the wings off a strong Pharah/Mercy combo like it’s nothing. Even as a Pharah main, I have to admit that this is just great.…

Overwatch Ranks You Lower Than It Should So You Feel Better About Yourself 

Overwatch’s 5th Competitive season debuted last week, and in its wake, players are finding themselves demoralized and embarrassed. Skill ratings, Overwatch’s measure of how good you are, have plummeted about 200 points across the board since the end of last season. And, of course, adamant players are flooding Overwatch forums with protestations that these numbers…

A Look Inside The Art Of Overwatch 

Coming this fall from Dark Horse, The Art of Overwatch is more than 300 pages of the illustrations and concept art that Blizzard produced while creating its frighteningly popular hero shooter. We’ve got four of those pages, and they’re quite nice. As someone who loves looking at Overwatch much more than actually playing, I’m looking…

Chinese Overwatch Clone Has Some Giant Balls

The Chinese market is no stranger to brazen rip-offs of popular Western games, but even taking that into account this Overwatch clone is something else. Spotted by ponpo and called Hero Mission, this is a mobile shooter that is basically Overwatch, only for a phone, and with the slightest of design edits (most lifted from…

Overwatch Still Isn’t Ready To Be A Top Esport

Over the weekend, Blizzard hosted the first round of qualifiers for Overwatch’s Contenders series, aka the minor league to the upcoming Overwatch League’s majors. There was some solid action, a couple surprising upsets, and a lot of Winston dancing. I don’t think Overwatch is ready to be a top esport yet, though. Don’t get me…

Overwatch Stream Shows Tournament Through Eyes Of A Pro

There are plenty of esports tournaments on this weekend, but one Overwatch pro is taking his viewers on a trip through a tournament from his perspective—a rare insight into the thoughts and play of competitive Overwatch players. The qualifiers for Overwatch Contenders are taking place this weekend, and popular player and streamer Brandon “A_Seagull” Larned…

Ana Is A Sleep-Inducing Monster In Overwatch’s Total Mayhem Mode

Total Mayhem is nothing new to veterans of Blizzard’s stylized team-based shooter. The mode has been featured in Overwatch’s Arcade selection on a few occasions in the past, but with the Overwatch anniversary event in full swing it has become an aggravatingly enjoyable focus for many new players. To understand the pure madness that is…

Spammers Beat Hammers In Overwatch At TaKeOver 2

Pocket strategies can come in handy when you’re in a situation like Misfits, who in yesterday’s TaKeOver 2 matches needed a win against Hammers Esports. When the Misfits came out of the Hollywood spawn on offense with a wall of shields and explosives, it certainly caught Hammers by surprise. Sometimes referred to as a “spam”…

Overwatch‘s Match Rating System Only Showed That Players Like Winning, Hate Losing

Fun fact: Overwatch has a “rate this match” option that appears after each match on PC. It lets you choose, essentially, whether you really liked, really disliked, or were just kinda eh about the match you played. Why? To give Blizzard data. Now, though, it’s going away, because the data was hilariously useless. In a…

Overwatch‘s New Moon Map Is Heaven For Snipers

Space is the place, and as of yesterday, a new Overwatch map. Overwatch released its Lunar Colony assault map onto its public test realm and it’s certainly a new and uncharted frontier. It’s a labyrinthine maze of hallways, barriers and side-rooms—pulled together by two control points—that’s themed after an abandoned moon base where the gorilla…

Lung Collapses Are A Surprisingly Common Esports Injury

Over the last seven years, at least six high-profile esports players have been struck with a debilitating and serious medical condition called spontaneous pneumothorax—a collapsed lung. Some had to withdraw from matches. A couple kept playing, even though it probably wasn’t a great idea. Why is this, of all injuries, common in esports? Aspontaneous pneumothorax,in…

Overwatch‘s New Map Is On The Moon

Overwatch just premiered its newest map, which is set on the moon circa 2060. It’s Horizon Lunar Colony, an assault map where players battle it out to capture the point while discovering clues from the former scientific base. Check it out: Of course, it’s a map for Overwatch’s beloved Winston, a genetically-engineered gorilla who used…

Overwatch Training Apps Gave Me A Way To Obsess But Not Improve

After a two-week regimen with a pro gamer training app, I’ve made a stunning transformation into… a slightly better Overwatch player. Dojo Madness, an app developer with a whopping $12.75 million in venture capital funding, has put out four different video game training apps for League of Legends, Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Overwatch.…

Incredible Lucio Cosplay Sounds As Good As It Looks

Here’s Neverending Dreamz with the best damn Lucio cosplay you’ve ever seen (or heard). That music you hear in the video below isn’t coming from the con; it’s coming from the gun, which is an 8-inch subwoofer with two 4-inch speakers on either side. It plays music from his phone, and both the gun and…

Overwatch Double-Ultimate Is A Sight To Behold 

Oyana’s team was in overtime when they countered one devastating ult from the opposing Pharah with an exploding mech suit. There were bright lights, tons of explosions, and a lot of dead players. It was beautiful to watch Oyana took out both the Pharah raining down missiles and the Mercy who had just revived her…

The Biggest Overwatch ‘Ships, According To Tumblr Data

Overwatch has a massive, near unavoidable fandom. After a year, which ‘ship reigns supreme? For the one year anniversary of Overwatch, Tumblr’s Fandometrics blog, which compiles the most frequently used tags on the platform, took it upon themselves to analyze the fandom juggernaut. “During this 358 day period, the #overwatch tag alone garnered nearly 150…

‘Only Girl Syndrome’ Pits Gamer Girls Against One Another

Last week, footage of two women fighting in Overwatch went viral.“You’re one of the worst Mercys I’ve ever played with,” one told her team’s Mercy player. “Me? You’re the Mercy who’s rezzing one person and feel like they’re really good,” the second player, Bailee, shot back. The two women were at each other’s throats, arguing…

Overwatch Players Are Throwing In-Game Dance Parties

Overwatch’s new anniversary event, which kicked off yesterday, is a pinata explosion of celebration and glee. But who actually cares about that? The only thing that matters is dance emotes. Now Overwatch has turned into a giant dance floor. Overwatch players have started using the game’s custom match tools to host dance parties. A lot…