Overwatch takes center stage at yet another major esports tournament
While Blizzard is starting its own official esports league for Overwatch, third-party event organizers continue to turn to the popular game for their own...
Overwatch’s Symmetra is getting a second ultimate to make her more viable
Symmetra players no longer have to settle for throwing up a teleporter when it will do little to help your team. Publisher Blizzard Entertainment...
Overwatch’s 1-on-1 Arcade mode makes Blizzard’s team shooter feel like Street Fighter
Blizzard launched a major update for Overwatch last week, and it has made what was already one of the best games of the year...
How to design for esports in titles like Counter-Strike and Project Cars
One thing that some of the biggest games in esports share in common is that they don’t change that much. Sure, they have updates...
Is NES Classic Edition worth the price? Will we get an SNES Classic? GamesBeat Decides
The boys are back. GamesBeat Decides is starting to find its footing, and it only took us three episodes to get to that point....
Overwatch’s Sombra and Arcade update is now live
Blizzard has released a new patch for Overwatch that adds Sombra, the new hacker hero, to the team-based shooter for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The update also has the new Arcade mode, which adds new types of matches, including 1-vs.-1 and 3-vs.-3 games.
Nielsen: Overwatch fans are younger than other esports followers
Out of all Overwatch esports fans, 68 percent of them are in the age 18 to 34 millennial demographic, according to the 2016 Nielsen Esports Report and Nielsen Video Game Tracking. This is higher than the average for other competitive games, which is at 61 percent.
Every skin revealed for Overwatch’s new character, Sombra
The newest addition to Overwatch’s roster is now available in the testing version of the team-based shooter. This means that anyone who updates the separate client for Overwatch can try out the hacker Sombra, whom Blizzard announced at its BlizzCon event on October 4.
Overwatch gets a new esports group from a Helsinki hockey team
The Finland ice hockey club IFK Helsinki announced that it has created a team for Blizzard’s team-based shooter Overwatch. This is the first foray into the...
BlizzCon: Everything Blizzard announced today
BlizzCon is underway in Anaheim, California, and publisher Blizzard Entertainment used its annual massive fan event to make several big announcements. But don’t go...