Nintendo confirms that Overwatch is coming to Switch on October 15 Posted byby Mike Minotti September 4, 2019 1 min After a week of rumors, today’s Nintendo Direct presentation confirms that Overwatch is coming to Switch. It lands on October 15 and will cost... Continue Reading 1 min
Overwatch is the best it’s been in years Posted byby Mike Minotti August 26, 2019 4 min Thanks to a new character and a big change in the way people join matches, I’ve having more fun playing Overwatch than I have had... Continue Reading 4 min
Newzoo: 71% of esports fans only follow one game Posted byby Mike Minotti August 21, 2019 1 min The esports market will reach 443.1 million people this year, according to the Global Esports Market Report from research firm Newzoo. But 71% of... Continue Reading 1 min
Overwatch’s new gravity-controlling tank Sigma is what the game needs Posted byby Mike Minotti July 23, 2019 2 min Overwatch has released its 31st hero into its public test realm, so anyone who downloads the test version of the game can give the... Continue Reading 2 min
Mike Morhaime: The highlights and lessons of nearly three decades at Blizzard Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 30, 2019 19 min Mike Morhaime was recognized at the Gamelab event in Barcelona with the Honor Award, as his wife and four-year-old daughter looked on from the... Continue Reading 19 min
Blizzard is right to focus on Overwatch 2 and not a StarCraft shooter Posted byby Mike Minotti June 6, 2019 4 min Blizzard has canceled a StarCraft first-person shooter, according to a report for Kotaku. I’m happy about this. Look, as much as I love Blizzard,... Continue Reading 4 min
Overwatch’s anniversary event returns on May 21 Posted byby Mike Minotti May 18, 2019 1 min Blizzard announced today the Overwatch Anniversary event will be coming back to the team-based shooter on May 21. It will last until June 10.... Continue Reading 1 min
Overwatch League shows esports marketing works Posted byby GamesBeat May 14, 2019 3 min If you’re wondering how massive esports has become, just follow the money. The livestreaming platform Twitch paid $90 million for the rights to the... Continue Reading 3 min
Blizzard boss J. Allen Brack: World of Warcraft’s past, future, and his hectic start Posted byby Mike Minotti May 14, 2019 9 min J. Allen Brack is now the president of Blizzard Entertainment, but he used to be the executive producer of World of Warcraft. With the... Continue Reading 9 min
AI is becoming esports’ secret weapon Posted byby GamesBeat May 10, 2019 3 min Machine learning is changing the $1 billion esports market, which is projected to reach $1.8 billion by 2022. Computer scientists have made great strides... Continue Reading 3 min