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Overwatch Anniversary Event Buyers Guide With hundreds of items available for purchase during the Overwatch anniversary event, your hard-earned credits will thank you for reading this buyers guide before going shopping.

With hundreds of skins, emotes, and highlight intros available for purchase during Overwatch's anniversary event, your hard-earned credits will thank you for reading this buyers guide before spending 3000 credits on the first skin which catches your eye. Today at 19:53 by Aleco 1 comment

The new event brings new patch notes and in addition to the new and old skins, old brawls etc., the patch brings the new Petra DM map, FFA Deathmatch, the Ana buffs and Brigitte and Hanzo nerfs from PTR, Rialto coming to competitive play, and a lot more! Yesterday at 16:20 by Starym

The 2018 Overwatch Anniversay Event is Here!

Update: the patch notes have also arrived! Ana buffs, Brigitte and Hanzo nerfs and more.
Overwatch turns 2 today and there's a big three week long party here to celebrate it! We're getting a bunch of new and awesome skins (11 of them instead of the expected 10, including Sherlock McCree, Cybjorn, Magician Symmetra and more), a free legendary loot box, old skins and brawls available throughout the event and much more! Yesterday at 15:42 by Starym 5 comments

New DM Map Preview, Stop Motion Short, New Skins

The reveal on yesterday's Overwatch league was a video of the new Petra Deathmatch map, but while everyone was expecting another skin preview from the anniversary event, we got something much better and most importantly, it was cake related: May 20, 2018 at 10:40 by Starym 2 comments

Blue Posts: Hanzos Storm Arrows to be Nerfed & More

We've rounded up some blue posts from the past couple of days on issues like Hanzo's Storm Arrows, changes to Horizon Lunar Colony, Symmetra's rework and the possibility of Winston buffs. May 19, 2018 at 15:46 by Zadina 2 comments

In the latest episode of the Icy Veins Podcast, we discuss the recently announced Hearthstone nerfs, PvP ranks and talents in WoW, Nexomania, Hero reworks, the 2nd anniversary event in Overwatch, and more! May 17, 2018 at 18:34 by Stan

Here we go with some official talk on the anniversary event coming next week, after the leak yesterday. Jeff Kaplan is back and shares everything that's coming, including 8 new legendary skins, a new Deathmatch map, Petra, the first Free-for-All Competitive Deathmatch Season, a free legendary loot box and more! May 16, 2018 at 01:26 by Starym 3 comments

Gamescom is returning to Cologne, Germany this summer and the event will run from August 21-25. May 15, 2018 at 12:44 by Stan 1 comment

Free Weekend May 25 - 28, New Legendary Edition

In addition to the May 22nd Anniversary event, that will see all skins and brawls coming back, we'll also get a free weekend soon thereafter! As usual all maps and heroes will be available, and for those that don't own Overwatch yet, all progress made during the weekend will be saved! There will also be a new Legendary edition of the game that comes with 15 skins, including the Origin ones that were only available with the game's original launch. May 14, 2018 at 18:26 by Starym

Updated: 2nd Anniversay Event Leak: Old Brawls and Skins, Junkrat Pirate Skin

Update: And we now have official confirmation as well in form of a tweet from the OW account.
May 22nd brings the 2nd Overwatch anniversary and we now have a better idea of what's happening in-game. It seems we're not only getting the (somewhat expected) new skins and cosmetics, but also old event skins and brawls will be available during that time (although it seems unclear if ALL brawls and skins will return or, more likely, only select ones)! The leak came from the Brazilian OW twitter and was taken down quickly, but not before reddit captured the footage: May 13, 2018 at 15:28 by Starym 11 comments

Next Batch of BlizzCon Tickets Coming on Saturday

After the first batch was sold out after 12 minutes yesterday, Blizzard has now announced the next time you can get your hands on some. As expected, many tickets from yesterday almost instantly appeared on sites such as ebay etc, for as much as $400+, so if you want to join in the fun on November 2nd and 3rd, and not spend quite that much, make sure to be in line and hope you're lucky this Friday! May 10, 2018 at 17:32 by Starym 8 comments

New Pink Mercy Skin Looks Amazing, Supports Breast Cancer Research

A beautiful new Mercy skin is available for purchase today, and 100% of the proceeds go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. May 08, 2018 at 19:49 by Aleco 10 comments

PTR Patch Notes, May 8: More Brigitte Nerfs

It seems the stealth update from the other day now got some official patch notes on the PTR, in addition to some more bug fixes and an additional nerf for Brigitte. Also, the undocumented Ana buff where her bullets pass through full health allies got documented, she can now Nano Boost herself in deathmatch and, perhaps most crucially, griefing is now termed as "Gameplay Sabotage", making it sounds much more sophisticated! May 08, 2018 at 07:15 by Starym 3 comments

PTR Changes May 4: Ana Buffs, Brigitte Nerf, More!

There was a bit of a stealth update on the PTR adding a few new things, including normal and stealth buffs to Ana, a nerf for Brigitte and some new and very useful new menu color coding. Here are the announced Hero changes to Ana and Brigitte (including dev comments from other blue posts): May 05, 2018 at 12:52 by Starym 4 comments

Devs on Player Behaviour and New Social Systems

Today we have two of the main Overwatch devs talking about player experience and behavior in the game and how they can make it better. Jeff Kaplan talked directly to the Korean community on the 3 new social systems planned that will tackle bad player behavior and try to minimize its impact and give players more control over their in-game social experience. May 04, 2018 at 14:26 by Starym 16 comments

Hanzo's feels like a whole new character after his rework. Our updated Hanzo guides cover his latest tips, tricks and more. May 04, 2018 at 03:05 by Aleco 4 comments

Activision Blizzard Q1 2018 Earnings Call

Quarterly results of the Activision Blizzard Earnings Call are here and we learned that Battle for Azeroth pre-sales are ahead of plan and more content in Legion lead to overperformance versus the prior expansion at this point in time. May 04, 2018 at 00:16 by Stan 8 comments

Patch 1.23: Rialto Map & Hanzo Rework Are Live

The patch went live earlier today, while we should expect a new PTR patch very soon. May 03, 2018 at 20:07 by Zadina 4 comments

In the latest episode of our podcast, we discuss Hearthstone's Monster Hunt, Brode leaving Blizzard, War Mode in Battle for Azeroth, Nexus lore, Overwatch Hero changes, and more! May 02, 2018 at 21:47 by Stan

The latest competitive season is upon us and it will eventually bring new rewards. Meanwhile, right now it brings Brigitte into the competitive fold and we also have a week+ of competitive elimination 6v6 season 1 left! May 01, 2018 at 00:48 by Starym 3 comments

With the latest Overwatch Hero being added to competitive play today/tomorrow it might be a good idea to check out our Brigitte guide and hit the ground running. It's been updated with the latest changes and will have you swinging that flail to victory in no time. Apr 30, 2018 at 15:25 by Starym 9 comments

Geoff Goodman has been sharing a lot of info about the Symmetra rework since it was announced, including things that the team tried out and decided not to go with (making the turrets heal and making her a Support), as well as the changes they're currently using (you can shoot turrets that will attach to surfaces, they actually have health now, increased damage, big changes to her weapon, teleporter (which is no longer her ult) and you can place it up to 25 m away, photon barrier (which is now her ult) and more). Check out all his replies from this forum thread below: Apr 30, 2018 at 00:08 by Starym 9 comments

Loot Boxes Ruled Illegal in Belgium, the Netherlands

After the Netherlands ruling on Loot Boxes as gambling earlier this month, we now also have Belgium declaring them to be illegal due to their gambling implications. Both countries have strict laws that require special licenses when items obtained via what is considered gambling have a market value, even more rules when an activity is considered gambling, and both have ruled that Loot Boxes do in fact constitute gambling. The Netherlands gaming authority said that "... all of the loot boxes that were studied could be addictive. Loot boxes are similar to gambling games such as slot machines and roulette in terms of design and mechanisms", and the Belgian Justice Minister went further and said that games that have a specific type of Loot Box will have to remove them if they want to avoid penalties (including up to 5 years of jail time and 800,000 Euro fines, which could be doubled when minors are involved). Apr 26, 2018 at 07:30 by Starym 33 comments

In this very impressive machinima made using Source Filmmaker, the Heroes of Overwatch face off against Team Fortress 2's cast in what can only be described as an apocalyptic battle of grand proportions. While the movie starts off seemingly Overwatch biased, it quickly gets more balanced, facing off the iconic characters against each other: from a THRILLING sniper duel showcasing bronze minus levels of aim, to a turret faceoff where Torbjörn doesn't quite fare well, Junkrat and the pyro chilling, Tracer facing the scout and much much more. Apr 25, 2018 at 13:38 by Starym 5 comments

Season 9 of Competitive Play Ending Soon

Competitive play season 9 is coming to an end in just a few days and it's soon time to claim the rewards for your hard work! April 27th is the day and everyone that competed gets the usual spray and icon, so check out the exact times the season ends in your region. Apr 24, 2018 at 17:48 by Starym

Symmetra Rework Turns Her into Defence Hero

Symmetra has never really been in what you might call a good place, even disregarding portal trolls and such. She's already received a number of overhauls (both large and small), but this time it seems her upcoming rework is going to be the biggest ever and might significantly change how she plays. Apr 24, 2018 at 01:37 by Starym 7 comments

The beloved Hearthstone developer is leaving Blizzard Entertainment to start working on a new company Apr 20, 2018 at 17:36 by Zadina 63 comments

Updated - April 20th PTR Notes: Big Hanzo, Lucio Changes

Update: There are some additional notes that were added later, featuring Brigitte's Shield Bash and more Lucio wall ride changes, as well as some unintended tweaks to the Horizon map that won't be coming to live any time soon. Apr 20, 2018 at 01:53 by Starym 2 comments

Blizzard is expanding their gifting service by allowing you to send Blizzard Balance to your friends! Apr 19, 2018 at 21:11 by Stan 9 comments

There's a new competition in Overwatch, with some PvE streamer action coming our way! But watching our favorite streamers battle it out as the Blackwatch team from Retribution and Overwatch team from Uprising isn't the only prize we get, as the winning teams will be giving away all the prizes to their viewers! There will be three weeks of competition and a lot of PvE challenges for the players, which we can all enjoy! Check out the full schedule, participating teams and more: Apr 19, 2018 at 08:09 by Starym 1 comment

Podcast #16

Dapper Gentlemen

Hearthstone

Nerfs for May, HCT decks
WoW

PvP ranking and talents, new Azerite traits
Heroes

Nexomania, Lunara and Diablo reworks, Sombra
Overwatch

Second anniversary event, Rialto map and Hanzo rework live, Pink Mercy
StarCraft 2

Balance changes for TvP

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CHANGELOG

22 May 2018: Hanzo Abilities and Strategy
- Updated Storm Arrows section for patch 1.24.
21 May 2018: Mercy Introduction
- Guide updated ad moved to new format.
20 May 2018: Tracer Introduction
- Pulse Bomb damage updated.
14 May 2018: Moira Introduction
- Guide added.
15 Apr. 2018: McCree Introduction
- Guide updated and moved to new format.
10 Apr. 2018: Sombra Introduction
- Guide added.
25 Mar. 2018: Hanzo Introduction
- Guide updated and moved to new format.
23 Mar. 2018: Brigitte Abilities and Strategy
- Updated Inspire section to reflect changes in patch 1.24.

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