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On December 6, the Overwatch patch notes for Season 2 dropped. Here's what you need to know to win your next games.
Overwatch 2 Beta Announced: New Maps and Characters Coming Overwatch continues to bring out the events. Even if not much else is happening with the game, Blizzard are providing in-game events and new skins for people to enjoy. The last one was the Reaper’s Code of Violence Challenge which seemingly happened in place…
Overwatch players are in disbelief. Just when all hope was lost, Blizzard surprised everyone with a sudden patch on January 6. This patch marks the first in 2022, and the first one since August. There are once again meaningful changes made to Overwatch. The one problem – the majority of the changes came from the…
Overwatch’s annual Archives event will officially be underway soon. As always, this means a new collection of skins inspired by different aspects of the heroes and villains of Overwatch. There are also sprays, emotes, game modes and so much more. To help give players a first glimpse, here are all of the Overwatch 2021 Archives…
Overwatch continues to bring out the events. Even if not much else is happening with the game, Blizzard are providing in-game events and new skins for people to enjoy. The last one was the PachiMarchi Challenge which seemingly happened in place of Mardi Gras this year. Now Overwatch fans may be wondering what the next…
The Overwatch Lunar New Year Event is currently in full swing. Player are not only getting to celebrate the Lunar New Year in style with new skins but even a brand new event called Bounty Hunter. This event lasts until February 25 and will also encompass Blizcononline which will hopefully have some new information on…
The Overwatch 2020 Anniversary Event will begin May 19 and with it as always comes some incredible new skins. In the week leading up to it, Overwatch will normally show off at least the Legendary skins ahead of time in tweets or videos of their own. There are normally about five or six legendary skins…
Overwatch is another year older and with it comes the Anniversary event. This event will be starting on May 19 and run through June 9. In the announcement, Overwatch hinted at new rewards and seasonal brawls. [Related: What To Expect in the Overwatch Anniversary Event 2020] This means that as per usual there will be…
With the Overwatch Anniversary Event looming, there arises speculation as to what content will be released with it. Originally, Overwatch launched May 24, 2016. This has placed the anniversary event in the last weeks of May each year. In 2017, it ran from May 21-June 10; 2018 was May 22-June 11; 2019 was May 23-June…
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…
Overwatch Archives just finished up on April 2 and now people may be wondering, when is the next Overwatch event? Well, the Archives event normally would just be starting, so it seems as though the Overwatch team has a bit of a different schedule this year. Another reason to believe this is that they added…
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…
Overwatch’s Patch Notes 1.46 most notably marked the beginning of the Archives Event but they also brought forth some major balance changes to several heroes and made a bit of a sneaky change to timebanks. Here is an overview of all the major changes. Timebank Changes Under the “General Updates” section of patch notes, the…
Overwatch’s Archives event has just gone live, featuring a new set of patch notes (1.46). These patch notes bring shared replays into the game, brings Season 3 of Competitive 6v6 Lockout Elimination, and introduce several balance changes that were featured in the Experimental mode last week. Those balance changes can be seen in the image…
Overwatch has just dropped its next major seasonal event, Archives, which is now live. This features new skins and other cosmetic items, as well as allowing players to experience past PvE events in the game’s history. But, players, typically, are most excited about the new skins. Here is a gallery of those, according to their…
Had this question been asked just a few weeks earlier, the answer would have likely been the Overwatch Archives event which usually starts in March/April. However, a new Mardi Gras seasonal event debuted and superseded the upcoming Archives event. However, with that event wrapping up in just a few short days, it appears that Overwatch…
The new season of Overwatch’s Competitive mode is finally here, bringing with it a new map pool for players to enjoy. Season 21 brings back some old fan favorites but also brings back a few maps that others may have preferred to stay out of rotation. Whatever one’s feelings about the current map pool are,…
Although its an event that many saw coming due to the many leaks, Ashe’s Mardi Gras Challenge is now officially live on PC and console. The event is a sort of micro-event, only running from February 25 to March 9 and will allow players to unlock a new Epic Ashe skin, seen in the image…
Yet another leak has been released concerning Overwatch’s next seasonal event, this time revealing details about the event and a new skin to be released. According to a tweet from popular streamer @Metro_OW, the new Overwatch Mardi Gras event will feature a new skin for Ashe and will only run for one week. The image…