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Kotaku EastKorean Woman Kicks Ass At Overwatch, Gets Accused Of Cheating [Update]
Meet Geguri. She’s 17 and very, very talented at Overwatch. She’s so good that after beating rivals during Nexus Cup qualifiers, other players accused her of cheating. Update – June 22 6:30am: More details added blow. Check out her stats. As PC Games N notes, playing as Zarya, she has a win rate of eighty…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 21, 2016 -
Overwatch And League of Legends Battle It Out In South Korea
Overwatch and League of Legends are running neck and neck in the rankings for the most played game at South Korea’s internet cafes. Last week, Overwatch starting making a move to overtake League of Legends, the reigning PC bang (net cafe) king. As tipster Sang points out, Overwatch edged out LoL late last week by…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 21, 2016 -
Overwatch Fans Have Turned Tracer Into A Completely Different Character
A major part of Overwatch’s appeal is character personality, but not because they’re overflowing with it, per se. Overwatch’s characters are colorful vessels for players to inhabit, foundations on which to build. Blizzard gives us their motivation, a bit of backstory, and some banter, but players’ imaginations are meant to do the heavy lifting. Unsurprisingly,…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 20, 2016 -
Blizzard Decorated A Children’s Hospital In South Korea
This is called using your powers for good. As tipster Sang points out, Blizzard Korea recently unveiled “Blizzard i-Room” at a children hospital in Seoul. Jonathan Burton, the creator of Carbot, was on hand as part of an opening ceremony for the room, which features Carbot versions of popular Blizzard characters. Below are images fromKorean…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 20, 2016 -
Street Fighter Mod Lets You Play As Tracer From Overwatch
PC gaming continues to bring us ridiculous crossovers, this time mixing a little Street Fighter V with Overwatch. As showcased by PC Best Mods, you’ll note that this version of Tracer drops her guns in favor of hand-to-hand combat. Really, the Tracer model is just skin over Cammy, so she can’t do any of her…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 17, 2016 -
Overwatch’s Competitive Mode Will Let You Earn Golden Guns, Other Special Rewards
Overwatch’s ranked mode will hit sometime later this summer, and it will be pretty different from what was in the beta. Here’s what you can expect. In a developer update, Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan talks about some of the changes players can expect in the new, reworked version of competitive play: Some highlights: The…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 17, 2016 -
Overwatch‘s Winston, As A Gorilla-Sized PC Case
Why build a massive PC case out of Overwatch’s bespectacled, science-tastic simian? Alternative question: why not? The build, which was on display at E3 this week, was given life by the tech warlocks at PCJunkieMods. They even made videos chronicling the process: It’s a damn impressive piece of work. What if there’s more to it,…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 17, 2016 -
CultureTwo Overwatch Ultimates Synchronize Perfectly
Today on Highlight Reel we have dancing dragons, ultimate Mercy sacrifices, bookworms, screaming barrel people, 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 Watch Dogs – Check both sides – Elwanya Dark…
By Chris Person Published June 16, 2016 -
Kotaku EastWatch the Chinese Overwatch Rip-Off in Action
Earlier this spring, stills and artwork of an Overwatch clone appeared on Chinese sites. Now, we have footage of the game in action. As Redditor Rebirdhk previously pointed out on r/Overwatch, the game is called Legend of Titans. Overwatch does have an official release in China, and Legend of Titans appears to be for mobile,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2016 -
CultureCosplay
Overwatch Genji Cosplay Is On Another Level
I know, there’s been a lot of Overwatch cosplay here lately, but there’s just so much of it, and it’s so consistently good, and people are very much into this game, so whatever, deal with it. Today? It’s Fredrik Just and his incredible Genji outfit, which as you can see not only fits nice and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 15, 2016 -
What’s Next For Overwatch
Overwatch has only been out for a few weeks now, but it’s already got 10 million players. Naturally, Blizzard has big plans for the future. In a recent forum post, Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan laid out Blizzard’s plans for the next many months, noting that the team is “working on content patches throughout the…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 15, 2016 -
Overwatch Update Nerfs McCree And Widowmaker
It’s been hinted at for a couple weeks, but now it’s finally here: Overwatch’s first big post-launch balance update. Blizzard has looked in the general direction of McCree and Widowmaker and uttered those fateful words: “It’s hiiiiiiiigh noon.” For now the patch is only out on PC. These changes will be included in a larger…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 14, 2016 -
Kotaku EastOverwatch Reborn as Anime Style Credits
Don’t fret! There is an anime style closing credit sequence, too. ViaJapanator, these clips show that with some fancy editing, J-pop, and Japanese subtitles, Overwatch totally looks like anime. The above opening credit sequence has been floating around online, but the closing credits clip below is newer. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 14, 2016 -
Guy Trolls Overwatch Players With ‘It’s High Noon’
Overwatch players are practically conditioned to react to McCree’s ultimate: if you hear “IT’S HIGH NOON” mid-match, you either quickly survey the area and run for your life, or you die. The sound cue is supposed to be useful and informative. …unless of course someone starts abusing it. Nigma’s Vidya Channel took McCree’s sound clip…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 13, 2016 -
CultureCosplay
Overwatch Cosplay Goes Deeper
Cosplaying as D.Va’s actual Overwatch character design is so 2015. Two examples! The pic up top is based on fan art by chexgirlfriend, while the cosplay homage is by Kitty Lappin Love how she even copied the off-centre text. But wait, there’s more. Here’s Vani Chu vs the D.Va doritos art:
By Luke Plunkett Published June 12, 2016 -
Overwatch Fan Dreams Up A Better Play Of The Game System
As we’ve pointed out on a couple occasions, Overwatch’s Play Of The Game feature, while excellent in concept, is kinda borked. It tends to focus on multi-kills or the occasional ult denial, as opposed to strong team play, vital supports, or truly tide-turning moments. One fan took a crack at making something better. Inspired by…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 10, 2016 -
Esports
Report: Manchester United Want To Sign An Overwatch Esports Team
There’s a rumour going around that Manchester United, a name even our dear American readers will recognise, are interested in signing an Overwatch esports team. Do not let this news surprise you. Esports News UK report that United are among the bidders (along with Fnatic and another third party, rumoured to be German football club…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2016 -
Kotaku East
Overwatch Devs Show Up At A Korean Gaming Cafe
This is cool. Members of the Overwatch team appeared at a Korean PC bang (net cafe) in Seoul, challenging other players to defeat them. The visit was supposed to be secret. However, before the visit, someone posted on an Inven forum (warning: NSFW images) that the Overwatch devs were coming to a Korean PC bang…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 10, 2016