Overwatch News 2a603r mmos.betsandodds.net

Overwatch Canceled Netflix Animated Series Amid Executive Poaching Drama 1c535q

Comments

Overwatch fans may never get to see their favorite heroes animated on the small screen, as Blizzard’s once-in-development Netflix series has been quietly shelved. The reason? A lawsuit between Activision Blizzard and Netflix over the poaching of former Activision CFO Spencer Neumann. Yep, it turns out Netflix wooed the exec away mid-contract, and the fallout killed several Blizzard projects, including [...]

Overwatch Players Will Get To Keep All Of Their Progress In Overwatch 2 With One Caveat 1k1i6d

Comments

overwatch 2 multiplayer fps cross progression key art

Now that we’re just a month away from Overwatch 2’s official launch, there’s one little step that players will need to complete if they want to keep all their progress from the original game. This applies to console players and those with s on multiple platforms. If you’ve been playing exclusively on PC, then you’re all set and can move [...]

Doomfist And Orisa Are Being Drastically Reworked For Overwatch 2 4d6g26

Comments

Blizzard Entertainment will be making various adjustments to heroes when they make the switch from Overwatch to Overwatch 2, some more drastic than others. Worth noting is Doomfist’s transition from a frontline fighter to a tank role in the sequel. The damage of his Hand Cannon will be nerfed and his Uppercut ability will be removed in favor of [...]

Blizzard Reveals Details Of Overwatch Anniversary Remix Event x1i1u

Comments

overwatch anniversary remix vol 1 banner

Blizzard Entertainment outlines how Overwatch’s anniversary event will be different from previous years. For starters, it’s called the Anniversary Remix (cue scratching and backspin effects here) which means that we’ll be getting the same anniversary content with a few twists to breathe new life into the event. “Like standard Anniversary events, Remix events will throw open the vault doors, [...]

Amazon Prime s Can Now Claim Freebies For Popular Blizzard MMOs w6h33

Comments

hearthstone online ccg heroes prime gaming splash art banner

Amazon has partnered with Blizzard Entertainment to bring Amazon Prime s a whole host of freebies for World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Hearthstone. Overwatch and Hearthstone players will get various in-game goodies from now until September 14th in the form of monthly loot boxes. A total of four legendary and three standard boxes are up for grabs for the popular [...]

Blizzard Entertainment Will Be Renaming Other Characters Amid Sexual Harassment Scandal 2734

Comments

Earlier this week, Blizzard Entertainment announced that they were renaming the Overwatch character McCree after the employee that the character was named after, Jesse McCree, was fired from the company as part of Activision Blizzard’s efforts to clean house amid the sexual harassment and discrimination scandal that’s gripping the company. In addition to requiring extra man hours to roll out [...]

Overwatch Team Renaming McCree 2i4h6m

Comments

The Overwatch team announced today that Jesse McCree's name will be changed in the near future. This move comes after the company faces backlash from players after the sexual harassment allegations within the company with Jesse McCree's name being derived from a developer at Blizzard who was allegedly involved in such activity. Official Statement: The vast majority of players were [...]

US Department Of Justice Investigates Activision Blizzard For Limiting Overwatch League Team Earnings 2e154y

Comments

Activision Blizzard is once again in hot water following a year of layoffs and controversies surrounding the inflated salaries of its executives. The US Department of Justice’s antitrust division is currently investigating the company for allegedly putting limits on how much Overwatch League teams can earn in a given season. According to Dot Esports, Activision Blizzard enforces a “secret soft [...]

Blizzard Entertainment Teases Big New Feature Coming To Overwatch Soon 92k16

Comments

Blizzard Entertainment has just teased a new feature coming to Overwatch sometime in the near future as part of the game’s 5th anniversary celebrations. We don’t know exactly what it is or when it will be rolling out, but what we do know is its going to be huge. “One large feature will be announced somewhere in the timeframe between [...]

Overwatch Announces New Hero ‘Echo’ Along With Her Origin Story Video 4f6c5e

Comments

A new hero is coming to Overwatch in the form of a sleek “evolutionary robot” called Echo. Echo was one of the “next six heroes” that Jeff Kaplan teased in an interview with Eurogamer back in 2018. She also made an appearance in the “Reunion” animated short starring Ashe and McCree. Today, Blizzard Entertainment has officially unveiled Echo’s origin story [...]

1 »