Cheating is rampant in online games these days, especially free-to-play ones like Overwatch 2. And it even happens on console. In OW2‘s newest Director’s Take blog, gameplay engineer Daniel Razza explained the steps Blizzard is taking to ensure fair play on console, taking aim at players who use “unapproved peripherals” to gain an unfair advantage ..read more

Overwatch 2’s new “wide group” feature, allowing players to group with players at any rank, is a great idea in theory. But the matchmaking times players are seeing tell a different story. Competitive Wide Groups, added as part of yesterday’s season 10 update, seem to have increased matchmaking times for many players, with some posting their queue times of over an hour long ..read more

Overwatch 2’s season 10 will introduce a new damage hero, Venture, along with a new mode and map, but let’s be honest: it’s all about the new skins, baby. Several of the skins in the battle pass are themed around the Mirrorwatch event, which imagines the world where heroes from Overwatch and villains from Talon swapped sides and uniforms. This makes for some fun crossovers ..read more

Overwatch 2’s new season, Venture Forth, will flip-flop heroes and villains in a special event called Mirrorwatch. Season 10 begins next week and features a Mythic skin for Mercy called Vengeance, but Mirrorwatch kicks off on April 23. The event reimagines the OW2 universe if Overwatch heroes worked for Talon, and vice versa, flipping the world on its head in a fun way ..read more

Hey, Bronze players, you can finally team up with your Grandmaster friend in Overwatch 2’s Competitive Play. Season 10 of OW2 will change the grouping mechanics for Competitive Play, allowing all ranks to group with all ranks, in what Blizzard is calling “Competitive Wide Groups,” as it announced in a new Developer Update video today. This pertains to groups that include players that are more than five divisions apart ..read more

Popular Blizzard IPs like Overwatch, World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, and the rest of the developer’s catalog are finally set to return to China soon, now that Microsoft Gaming and NetEase have deepened their working relationship. After long-running discussions through the start of the calendar year, Blizzard, Microsoft, and NetEase have renewed the publishing deal which had ended in January 2023, according to an official announcement made on April 9. This again makes it possible for all Blizzard titles to operate in mainland China from as early as this summer ..read more

Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller has revealed some of the hero changes coming alongside next week’s season 10 update, including some slight tweaks to the new hero, Venture. Venture’s play test last weekend and the data gained from it lead the development team to realize that it is “pretty happy with how Venture’s initial kit turned out,” according to Keller in a new Directors’ Take blog, but some changes are still coming ..read more

Overwatch 2 has brought back the chaos for this year’s April Fools’ event, flipping the game on its head today in a special playlist where it’s all about fun and messing around. A shrunken Mauga and a giant Brigitte are just the beginning of the changes in the limited-time event, jokingly titled “Balanced Overwatch,” which offers free rewards like goofy sprays and battle pass XP for playing in a special playlist ..read more

After just a few matches of playing as Venture, Overwatch 2’s newest damage hero, I’m already of the firm belief that they’ll be nerfed before launching in season 10. They are very strong. Venture‘s ability kit is impressively powerful in a variety of ways in OW2. Using a drill as their main method of both attacking and defending themself, they can deal strong damage while also having multiple methods of escaping harm’s way ..read more

After rumblings and reports of a Marvel take on Overwatch in development surfaced, an official trailer from NetEase debuting Marvel Rivals arrived on our feeds. And by the looks of the trailer, Rivals could very easily be the second greatest threat to Overwatch 2—behind its own leadership. The Marvel IP is undoubtedly the greatest strength that Marvel Rivals has going for it. While Blizzard has done a great job of creating memorable and unique, original characters and lore for Overwatch, their popularity amongst a general audience pales in comparison to iconic Marvel characters like Spider-Ma ..read more