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Some Overwatch Cuties

Desiree Cassidy is an illustrator and animator working at Electronic Arts. Here’s some of her work, including these Overwatch ladies. You can see more of Desiree’s stuff at her ArtStationand Instagrampages. To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2017

Now You Can Farm WoW Gold For Overwatch Loot Boxes And Hearthstone Cards

Thanks to a change in the way Blizzard’s WoW tokens work, players can now farm World of Warcraft gold and apply it towards credit for Overwatch loot boxes, Heroes of the Storm character unlocks and Hearthstone cards. WoW Tokens are items introduced to World of Warcraft to give players a way to buy subscription time…

By Mike Fahey Published February 6, 2017

Sombra Player Proves Haters Wrong About Competitive Overwatch

“We don’t expect Sombra to ever be a vicious assassin,” Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan once said. Players seem to agree: Sombra is not typically understood to be a competitively ‘viable’ character. One player took that notion as a challenge, and the result is beautiful. Watch as Bunsen gets bullied and harassed for picking Sombra in…

By Patricia Hernandez Published February 6, 2017

Conor McGregor Impersonator Plays Overwatch

“Who the fook is that guy?” I don’t think the real Conor McGregor plays Overwatch, but this fake Conor McGregor that Reeve encountered is an extremely acceptable substitute. His impression is spot-on as far as purposefully over-the-top parodies go, as is his penchant for melodramatic braggery (and calling everybody a pussy). The whole “I’m finding…

By Nathan Grayson Published February 2, 2017

Why Overwatch Hacking Is Such A Big Problem In Korea

In a now-famous Overwatch video, a Korean player is banned mid-match because of his shameless hacking. He’s streaming himself as Widowmaker, effortlessly flinging himself across the map and landing perfect headshots in-air. A Hanzo approaches, and in a moment, he’s gone. Widowmaker’s crosshairs, which were feet away from him, rubberband to his head. A few…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published February 2, 2017

CultureCosplay

A Working Version Of Mercy’s Staff From Overwatch

I mean “working” in that it actually spins around while you’re walking with it, not that some cosplayers have made a pioneering breakthrough in medical science. This staff, built by Engineer_Corwin, is just incredible. Taking some existing 3D print models made by Jill Cope, he’s crammed a motor and complex set of gears in there…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 1, 2017

Overwatch Player Fakes Everyone Out With Lucio Wall Riding Skills

Some people—most people, probably—play Capture The Flag by barreling straight into the enemy’s base, shooting down anyone that gets in the way. Lucio, however, has options. We all know that in the right hands Lucio can be a wall-riding demon, and Erez Perlman uses that to great effect on Lijiang Tower. Watch as he circumvents…

By Patricia Hernandez Published February 1, 2017

Kotaku East

Overwatch Pro-Gamers In Trouble For Relationships With Female Fans [Update]

This week, reports out of South Korean have two players on esports team Lunatic Hai at the center of a scandal. According to Inven (via tipster Sang), the whole things began after a post appeared, with the writer claiming she had dated a pro-gamer and mentioned Lunatic-Hai player Lee Tae Jun when asked to name…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 1, 2017

One-Armed Overwatch Player Is A Hell Of A Pharah Main

Aaron Soetaert has lived a lot of lives. These days, he’s a video game YouTuber. Years ago, he was in the Air Force. The path between those two things, however, was fraught. After Soetaert returned home from serving in Iraq, a drunk driver nearly took his life. In the end, he lost an arm. Soetaert…

By Nathan Grayson Published January 31, 2017

Overwatch‘s Bastion Is About To Get Some Big Changes

Once upon a time, Bastion was the bane of Overwatch players’ existence. Then everybody figured out how to counter him, and the turret bot’s reputation fell to pieces—as did he, repeatedly. Now, after months spent at the bottom of the ladder, Bastion’s in line for some big changes. Overwatch principal designer Geoff Goodman talked at…

By Nathan Grayson Published January 30, 2017

Ana’s New Skin Is Freaking Some Overwatch Players Out

Ana got a new skin for Overwatch’s Year of the Rooster event, and some players think it’s a little bit spooky. Ana’s new skin depicts her wearing a Korean Talchum mask, specifically a hahoetal, which was used in dances and plays during celebrations and holidays. These masks traditionally have exaggerated facial features to effectively depict…

By Gita Jackson Published January 30, 2017

CultureCosplay

Overwatch’s Widowmaker Takes A Day Off

Amazingly, this is the second cosplay we’ve seen from the same gallery of fan art, which depicted a bunch of Overwatch characters hanging out in their street clothes. There was a great Pharah outfit at Blizzcon last year, and now there’s this Widowmaker shoot from Chinese cosplayer NightyQueen Photos by Ashen. For reference, here’s the…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 29, 2017

What We Love And Hate About Overwatch‘s Chinese New Year Update

On the latest episode of our semi-regular Overwatch show, Let’s Break It Down, Cecilia, Heather, and I discuss the pros and cons of the Year Of The Rooster update. Pro: Roadhog’s new hook is actually kinda cool. Con: his new skin makes him look like a Texas chainsaw massacre. Also, capture the flag? Not super…

By Nathan Grayson Published January 27, 2017

An Overwatch Glitch Is Ejecting Dva Into Space

A hilarious glitch made its way into Overwatch with Tuesday’s update. Dvas are getting flung out of their mech suits and into the abyss on the 3v3 mode’s Ecopoint Antarctica map. [Update—12:30 PM, 1/27]: Blizzard software engineer Bill Warnecke commented last night on the Battle.net forums that “Servers are currently being hotfixed for the issue.”…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published January 26, 2017

Playing Overwatch At 100 x 105 Resolution Is Not Recommended

Most of the time, PC gamers want their games to look the best. Here is an example of someone trying to make a game look the worst MinorVidsPC has taken Overwatch and got the resolution down to a miniscule 100 x 105. Throw in playing it on the lowest quality settings and you’ve got a…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 25, 2017

Overwatch’s Roadhog Improves With Hook 2.0

We are now in the age of Hook 2.0, my friends. It’s been a long, sometimes unjust journey, often through walls or thick pillars. But yesterday, Blizzard fixed Overwatch’s Roadhog. And now, I feel good knowing that I deserved to hook you chumps, and didn’t just get lucky with a glitch. In the patch notes,…

By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published January 25, 2017

The Latest Overwatch Thing Is ‘Hot Zenyatta’

Zenyatta has a new skin for the Overwatch Lunar New Year event and uh, is it getting hot in here or is it just me? Zenyatta’s new skin portrays him as Tang Sanzang from the Chinese novel Journey to the West. Sanzang is actually the central character of the novel, which is about the Buddhist…

By Gita Jackson Published January 25, 2017

Blizzard Says Overwatch Skins Accidentally Made Mei Look Thinner

Like most of Overwatch’s Lunar New Year skins, Mei’s outfits for the Year of the Rooster are great. They caused a slight stir earlier today, though, when people who had previously believed (and loved) Mei for being a little thicker than your average video game woman thought she was now looking a bit slimmer. For…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 24, 2017

Overwatch‘s New CTF Mode Has Too Many Draws

Overwatch’s new seasonal event is the automated cosplay and porn generator’s first stab at a time-honored first-person shooter tradition: capture the flag. So, how does it fare? The short answer is, not great. Let me preface this by saying Overwatch’s Chinese New Year-themed “capture the rooster” brawl isn’t terrible. I’ve played for about two hours…

By Nathan Grayson Published January 24, 2017

Overwatch‘s Lunar New Year Event Is Now Live, Here’s What’s In It

Overwatch is celebrating the Chinese New Year in style, from the 24th of January to the 13th of February. Expect lots of skins, sprays, as well as a new Capture-The-Flag Brawl mode. Here’s the trailer: Blizzard notes that this event will come with 100 cosmetic themed items, along with LOTS of fireworks. Said items will…

By Patricia Hernandez Published January 24, 2017