OVERWATCH 2
Collin MacGregor Oct 26, 2022. 2 minute read
Overwatch 2 Ominous Portent Guide – How to Beat this Challenge
Overwatch 2’s first seasonal event is live, so it’s time to don your costumes, break out those jack-o’-lanterns, and gather some friends for co-op action. Similar to previous years, Halloween Terror reintroduces Junkenstein’s Revenge mode for a limited time. Along with this four-player mode, there are also a handful of cosmetic…
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GUIDES
Collin MacGregor Oct 26, 2022. 2 minute read
Overwatch 2 Lantern Lit Guide – How to Beat this Event Challenge
Overwatch 2’s first seasonal event is live, so it’s time to don your costumes, break out those jack-o’-lanterns, and gather some friends for co-op action. Similar to previous years, Halloween Terror reintroduces Junkenstein’s Revenge mode for a limited time. Along with this four-player mode, there are also a handful of…
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GUIDES
Collin MacGregor Oct 25, 2022. 2 minute read
Overwatch 2 Halloween Terror Guide – How to Unlock All Rewards
Overwatch 2’s first seasonal event is live, so it’s time to don your costumes, break out those jack-o’-lanterns, and gather some friends for co-op action. Similar to previous years, Halloween Terror reintroduces Junkenstein’s Revenge mode for a limited time. Along with this four-player mode, there are also a handful of…
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Kenneth Shepard Jun 22, 2022. 4 minute read
Overwatch 2 Deserves Better Than Being Activision Blizzard’s Shield
Yesterday, Blizzard released a breakdown of Junker Queen, the newest hero coming to Overwatch 2. But this isn’t a news piece about how sick the latest tank character’s kit is. That’s because the same day, only five percent of Activision Blizzard’s shareholders voted to have an employee representative on the…
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FEATURES
John Warren Jun 19, 2022. 33 minute read
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is Going to Find Massive Success in a Post Elden Ring World
This week’s episode of Thanks for the Knowledge features an amazing roundtable discussion about Overwatch 2 with resident expert Kenneth Shepard and lapsed player Mike Williams. I thought the discussion did a great job of explaining exactly why you might be excited about the new information Blizzard just dropped and…
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NEWS
Kenneth Shepard Jun 16, 2022. 4 minute read
Can We Believe Blizzard Will Avoid Crunch with the Overwatch 2 Seasonal Model?
Overwatch 2 is finally nearing its PVP launch after decoupling the game’s competitive side and the cooperative story mode. Blizzard announced during the 2022 Xbox and Bethesda showcase that Overwatch 2’s competitive suite will be free-to-play when it launches on October 4, and today, the studio laid out its plans…
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NEWS
Diego Arguello Apr 26, 2022. 5 minute read
Overwatch 2 Tanks Guide – Every Tank Change Coming to Overwatch 2
The Overwatch 2 beta is live, giving players the chance to try the PVP aspect of the upcoming sequel. In case you’re one of the lucky people that got an invite for the closed beta, or if you’re just curious about the changes made to your main, this guide lists the…
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GUIDES
Diego Arguello Apr 26, 2022. 4 minute read
Overwatch 2 DPS Guide – Every DPS Change Coming to Overwatch 2
The Overwatch 2 beta is live, giving players the chance to try the PVP aspect of the upcoming sequel. In case you’re one of the lucky people that got an invite for the closed beta, or if you’re just curious about the changes made to your main, this guide lists the…
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GUIDES
Collin MacGregor Apr 26, 2022. 3 minute read
Overwatch 2 Hero Guide – Every Support Change Coming to the Beta (Updated)
Overwatch 2’s beta is officially live, allowing some players to go hands-on with the next installment in this hero shooter. Despite looking (and playing) extremely similar to the original game, many of the heroes got either complete ability reworks or some minor tweaks. While the tanks got the biggest alternations,…
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GUIDES
Collin MacGregor Apr 25, 2022. 3 minute read
Overwatch 2 Beta Guide – Twitch Drops, System Requirements, & More
Overwatch 2’s beta is going live tomorrow, which means this will be a large portion of the community’s first experience with the highly anticipated sequel. Despite looking and playing a lot like the original, developer Blizzard has made some noticeable changes to various heroes, game modes, and even shaved down…
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GUIDES
Kenneth Shepard Jan 11, 2022. 1 minute read
Lego Indefinitely Delays Overwatch 2 Set Following Activision-Blizzard Lawsuit
Following the months of controversy and legal trouble surrounding Activision-Blizzard and its ongoing workplace culture scandal, Lego has indefinitely delayed its Overwatch 2 sets. TheBrickFan reports the set, which includes Tracer, Mei, and an Omnic robot, won’t be making its projected February 1 release date, as Lego is in the process…
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NEWS
Imran Khan Nov 2, 2021. 1 minute read
Blizzard: Diablo IV and Overwatch 2 Delayed, Jen Oneal Steps Down From Leadership
It’s obviously not been a great year at Activision-Blizzard. Between the numerous state lawsuits about violations of labor law and just, well, general awfulness, there hasn’t been a lot for the company to hang their hat on in the games space to distract most people from all that either. That…
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NEWS
Kenneth Shepard Oct 22, 2021. 1 minute read
Overwatch Hero Jesse McCree is Now Cole Cassidy
Back in August, the Overwatch creative team announced it would be changing the name of its cowboy hero Jesse McCree following the character’s namesake being named in a lawsuit against Blizzard regarding workplace misconduct. As of October 26, the hero’s name will be changed in-game to Cole Cassidy. The new name…
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NEWS
Kenneth Shepard Sep 27, 2021. 1 minute read
Blizzard Appears to Have Removed a Reference to Jeff Kaplan in Overwatch 2
It looks like the Overwatch team is continuing to remove references to real-world people after Activision-Blizzard has become the subject of a lawsuit regarding its workplace culture and reports of sexual harassment and discrimination. This time about Blizzard’s ex-Vice President Jeff Kaplan, who left the company back in April. The change…
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Kenneth Shepard Jun 9, 2021. 1 minute read
Overwatch Has Cross-Play Now, So My Friends Have No Excuse Not to Play With Me
A few months back, during BlizzConline, Blizzard gave some non-committal answers about whether Overwatch would join the likes of several of its competitors and integrate cross-play, allowing players from all four platforms the game is on to play together. Well, the team has finally announced it’s rolling out the feature in…
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NEWS
Kenneth Shepard May 25, 2021. 6 minute read
ICYMI: Here’s Some Takeaways from the Overwatch 2 Team’s Reddit AMA
As part of its attempts to be more communicative about Overwatch 2, the team at Blizzard hosted a Reddit AMA where fans were able to ask questions about the upcoming sequel and the state of the live game available now. We combed through the team’s answers, so you don’t have to…
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NEWS
Kenneth Shepard May 21, 2021. 3 minute read
A Letter To Send Your Tank Players To Bench Them in Overwatch 2
Blizzard announced Overwatch 2 will take out one tank player in the series’ standard two tanks, two damage, and two support team composition, meaning matches will consist of 10 players rather than 12. The studio said this, along with some character reworks, will allow individuals to have more impact within…
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TRENDING
Imran Khan May 20, 2021. 1 minute read
Overwatch 2 Moves to 10-Player Matches
In the Overwatch 2 stream today, which promised to reveal the game’s PVP for the first time ever, game director Aaron Keller revealed fairly major changes with how the competitive multiplayer works in the sequel. In 2019, Overwatch introduced role queue into the game, requiring players in certain modes to only choose…
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NEWS
Kenneth Shepard May 11, 2021. 1 minute read
Blizzard is Hosting an Overwatch 2 Stream Next Week, Please Show Soldier: 76
Blizzard has said it’s going to be more communicative about Overwatch 2 following its presentation at BlizzConline 2021, and it sounds like the company is ready to make good on that promise very soon. Like, next week. Aaron Keller, who recently took over for Jeff Kaplan as the game’s director after…
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NEWS
Kenneth Shepard Apr 28, 2021. 3 minute read
Blizzard Knows Overwatch Has a Content Problem
Last week, Overwatch lead Jeff Kaplan announced his departure from Blizzard after 19 years at the company. Aaron Keller, who was part of the original Overwatch team, has taken his place as lead on the series, including both Overwatch and its upcoming sequel Overwatch 2. Keller has given his first interview as director with…
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