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The next Overwatch 2 Hero will be coming soon. Until recently all that was known about the next hero was that they were likely female and had something to do with the Kanezaka Fox. Now after a potential leak of the name Kiriko, an unfinished trailer for the hero may have just leaked. Here is…
The next Overwatch 2 Hero will be coming soon. With the release date of Overwatch 2 officially on October 4, there is a new support hero that is supposed to be coming with it. Until recently all that was known about the hero was that they were likely female and had something to do with…
[The June Tier List is Now Out] Competitive Season 21 has come to a close. And with it, the majority of the Overwatch playerbase waves goodbye to Hero Pools. From now on, the pools will only affect matches in Masters and above (3500+ SR). Additionally, map pools no longer exist in Competitive play. Horizon Lunar…
With the beginning of Season 23 comes Competitive Open Queue as a permanent part of the game. Season 22 saw this on the experimental cards along with the anniversary event. The goal of this is to allow for people who prefer Overwatch without 2-2-2 role lock to grind out solo queue. This means that people…
Heading into the middle of the year, it is clear that Competitive Season 22 of Overwatch may be the last one of its kind. The reason being that Jeff Kaplan, in a Developer Update, announced that in Season 23, Competitive Open Queue would be coming to the game permanently. This means that people who don’t…
After a few weeks of Hero Bans being completely separated between Competitive Overwatch and the Overwatch League, Blizzard has decided to combine them. This means that there will always be four heroes banned from here on out. One for Tank and Support while two for DPS. They are announced every Sunday after the Overwatch League…
After a two month run, Competitive Season 21 is coming to a close on May 7. There are also no longer any delays between seasons. This means that Overwatch Competitive Season 22 is slated to start immediately after, on Thursday May 7. This season should also have a two month runtime, giving around eight weeks…
April sees the middle and ending phase of Competitive Season 21, and a unified hero ban system between the Overwatch League and Competitive Play. Matching the bans across all levels of play makes it easier to understand, but also takes unnecessary stress off the OWL and Contenders players. Blizzard has also forgone the limited map…
Since Overwatch has been out, people have been interested in what heroes are coming next. This is understandable as not only are new heroes exciting but they add to the meta and lore of the game. As of publishing this piece, there are 32 heroes in Overwatch. Echo, who had been revealed during the video…
After what has been a crazy last few months, Overwatch Season 21 will be coming to an end on May 7. This means that while in quarantine, one should be grinding as much as possible over the next few weeks to get as high on the ranked ladder as possible. There are no major changes…
At the conclusion of the Watchpoint: Hero Pool Draw immediately following Week 9’s matches, the four heroes that will be banned or disabled in Week 10 of the OWL were announced. There were a few new aspects to the way these heroes were picked for the second week in a row. This time, Wolf and…
At the conclusion of the Watchpoint: Hero Pool Draw immediately following Week 8’s matches, the four heroes that will be banned or disabled in Week 9 of the OWL were announced. There were a few new aspects to the way these heroes were picked. For starters, Soe’s cat, Nori, made the picks which added a…
Many people have been wanting Overwatch to go Free to Play for a long time. The game has been out for almost five years now and is still regularly priced at $19.99. Yet, the game has been faltering in terms of viewers not just of its game in general, but also its pro-scene, the Overwatch…
Overwatch ranked can be, for a plethora of reasons, headache-inducing. One of these reasons is centered around a few heroes that are particularly annoying to play against in ranked. These might not be the most overpowered heroes but they are certainly the ones that require the most coordination and teamwork to defeat. Things that are…
Overwatch’s 32nd hero has been revealed today as Echo, however, there were a few surprises in her reveal. Chief among them are her role as a DPS player and her ability to use her ultimate to transform into another hero. This ability, aptly called Duplicate, will be hugely impactful in the way Overwatch is played.…
Today, on stream, fans got a first look at Hero 32, Echo. Her kit was also revealed, showing some interesting tactics and intense gameplay that changes the game for everyone. Yes, everyone. Firstly is her passive ability, named Glide. It operates along the lines of Pharah’s Jet Pack, where Echo launches herself into the air…
Right after TimTheTatman went on stream with Jeff Kaplan to unveil the new character and first reveal her weapon, abilities and ultimate, Echo was released on the PTR. She is now officially live to play. TimTheTatman is currently streaming the new hero alongside Jeff Kaplan. None of the skins, emotes or any other aesthetics have been…
[3/19 Update: Echo’s Abilities Have Been Revealed and She is Now Live on PTR] Blizzard Entertainment has announced that Overwatch Game Director Jeff Kaplan and popular streamer TimTheTatman will showcase Echo’s first gameplay on March 19 after announcing Hero 32 this morning. First announced on Twitter, the stream will start at 10am PT tomorrow on Tim’s…
Echo is finally here. After she made her debut in the “Reunion” Animated Short, fans have been speculating about the emergence of this new Omnic hero. As of today, Overwatch revealed her origin story on Twitter, giving fans a fuller look at the story of Dr. Mina Liao, and giving a full preview of what…
Day three of a string of teasers was posted to the @PlayOverwatch Twitter. The folder in the picture has a photo of the capsule that housed Echo in the McCree/Ashe animated short, “Reunion.” It’s also sitting on what looks like a table at the Route 66 diner. There are two other very important features to…
