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A smaller PTR patch has arrived with some Ultimate meter, D.Va and Assault Map interface tweaks, along with the usual big fixes. Sep 24, 2017 at 17:02 by Starym

Save $20 on Overwatch: Game of the Year Edition

The free weekend is almost over, but you can still save $20 on Overwatch until September 28! If you tried the game and liked it, it's the perfect time to buy it and save some money! Sep 24, 2017 at 15:32 by Stan

Blizzard has updated the Battle.net app today with emoji support, chat history and friends listing. Sep 22, 2017 at 23:53 by Stan 12 comments

Samwise Didier Reddit AMA Summary: Sep 21

Senior Art Director Samwise Didier conducted an AMA on reddit yesterday and we looked at the most interesting answers to your questions. Sep 22, 2017 at 15:42 by Stan 4 comments

Junkertown, Mercy and D.Va: Sep 19 Patch Notes

The big Mercy and D.Va changes, with new abilities and changed Ults have gone live as well as the new Junkertown map! We also get some Mystery Heroes Arcade mode changes, a new Reinhardt camera option for when the shield is up, and the usual big amount of bug fixes! Sep 20, 2017 at 10:04 by Starym 4 comments

There's another chance to try out Overwatch coming next weekend, on all platforms! September 22nd to the 25th will host the free Overwatch weekend and you should really check it out, even if you already have, as there have been many additions to the game since the last free weekend, both in terms of heroes, maps and quite a lot of existing hero reworks. We'll even have the new Junkertown map to play with, which comes out that same week! Sep 14, 2017 at 19:31 by Starym

BlizzCon 2017 Virtual Ticket Rewards: Stormwind Skychaser & Orgrimmar Interceptor

The Virtual Ticket is now on sale for $39.99 USD // 29.99 EUR. What caught our attention are Warcraft rewards! Alliance & Horde are getting multi-passenger faction mounts called Stormwind Skychaser and Orgrimmar Interceptor. Sep 13, 2017 at 18:51 by Stan 15 comments

The BlizzCon 2017 goody bag will be available for the first time to buy on the official Blizzard Gear Store and IGN.com looked at what's inside. Sep 13, 2017 at 17:11 by Stan 2 comments

The brand new map is coming on 19.09.2017 and it's bringing a lot of junk with it, as we've already seen in the gamescom announcement. Today we're getting better look at the map itself and the design process behind the scenes for it, featuring Jeff Kaplan and the OW devs! Sep 12, 2017 at 17:15 by Starym 2 comments

BlizzCon 2017 Pre-Show Livestream: Sep 13

BlizzCon 2017 is two months away. Tune in to BlizzCon.com this Wednesday, September 13 at 12 p.m. PT for a special livestream kickoff of the Virtual Ticket 2017. Sep 11, 2017 at 19:02 by Stan

The Overwatch Contender Playoffs and the HCT Summer Championship finals will be hosted there. Sep 08, 2017 at 13:26 by Zadina 2 comments

Roadhog gives us a glimpse into Junkertown! Sep 06, 2017 at 22:10 by Zadina 2 comments

The animated shorts have been one of the many highlights of Overwatch, and certainly the highlight of the out of game content. Today Blizzard give us a look into the making of one of these great pieces of lore and entertainment, specifically the latest one featuring Mei. Sep 06, 2017 at 09:06 by Starym 2 comments

The Son of The Storm: A Samwise Didier Interview

Blackheart's Tavern have scored a massive interview with Blizzard Senior Art Director Samwise Didier, the man responsible for the "Blizzard look". From defining the art style of the Warcraft universe to, more recently, Heroes of the Storm and basically everything else in between, he's one of the most veteran people at Blizzard today and has quite a few stories to tell, stories that Blackheart's Tavern were nice enough to share with the rest of us! Sep 05, 2017 at 12:52 by Starym 10 comments

A brand new Season of Competitive play has begun! S6 brings some changes with it, already covered in the dev update and detailed here, from the shorter seasons, improved matchmaking, competitive points reward changes, skill rating tweaks, control maps now being Bo3 and more. Sep 01, 2017 at 08:16 by Starym

Deathmatch Is Live: Patch Notes for Aug 29th

It's time for the match of death as the latest OW game modes have finally made it to live! We also get the new DM specific map, a lot of matching process improvements, some pretty huge Junkrat, Orisa, Roadhog and Widowmaker changes, Competitive play changes and the usual bug fixes and improvements! Aug 29, 2017 at 19:34 by Starym

Today isn't just a big day for WoW with patch 7.3, but we are also getting the Destiny 2 open beta! The consoles have had their go and the PC beta has already been improved based on the feedback from the console players. If you pre-ordered the game then you've been playing the beta since yesterday, but for the rest, you can now start downloading it on the Blizzard/Battle.net app and it will last through August 31st, so you'd better get in there in the three days that it's up! Aug 29, 2017 at 17:32 by Starym 6 comments

PTR Patch Notes: Mercy and D.Va Changes Aug 24

This latest PTR brings with it the changes to Mercy and D.Va announced in the dev update, including both characters getting new abilities, with the Mercy one being the new Valkyrie ultimate! We also get some Arcade improvements, Reinhardt gets to rotate the camera while holding his shield up and more! Aug 24, 2017 at 18:59 by Starym 3 comments

Dev Update: Huge Mercy Changes, D.Va Tweaks

The Dev updates are rolling in fast and hard as we get some more alone time with Jeff! This time around we're getting a sneak peak at some major changes coming to Mercy and the reasons behind them, including a brand new ultimate (with Res being moved to the E key). The other big topic is D.Va and changes to her Defense Matrix, and the fact that she's getting some new stuff that's being experimented on. All of the changes mentioned in the vid will be coming to the PTR soon. Aug 24, 2017 at 18:29 by Starym 6 comments

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There's another blue post adding two new changes coming with Season 6, skill rating calculations after wins and losses and high tier players can now drop to lower tiers: Aug 24, 2017 at 01:13 by Starym

We're getting to see Mei's origin story, and it's a pretty bleak one in the beginning there. Blizzard have made another great animated short, deepening the lore of the world and filling in the backstory of the various Heroes, so take a look! Aug 23, 2017 at 20:14 by Starym 16 comments

Competitive play Season 6 is coming our way next week, on August 31st and Jeff has taken it upon himself to tell us about all the changes coming with it and the reasons behind them in this latest dev update! He covers the newly shortened 2 month nature of the upcoming seasons, control maps being Bo3 as well as the many changes to skill rating, matchmaking etc. Aug 23, 2017 at 10:10 by Starym 2 comments

The gamescom stream has revealed a lot of junk! We just got the latest animated short, featuring everyone's favorites, Junkrat and Roadhog, starring in "Junkertown: The Plan". And then there's also the actual Junkertown escort map that will be coming soon! Aug 21, 2017 at 16:39 by Starym 6 comments

Registration for BlizzCon 2017 is now open!. The deadline to submit your entry (regardless of content) is August 31, 2017. Aug 18, 2017 at 23:28 by Stan

Blizzard at gamescom 2017 Event Schedule

See when we may or may not get to see the next WoW expansion announcement and everything else going on at gamescom! Aug 17, 2017 at 16:17 by Starym 11 comments

Not that it ever truly left, at least as far as players were concerned, but Blizzard have announced a return to the old naming convention, with a small addition. We will now have the "Blizzard Battle.net" name for the service! Aug 14, 2017 at 22:22 by Starym 14 comments

Activision Blizzard Investor Call - Q2 2017

Quarterly results of the Activison Blizzard Investor Call are here and Blizzard reached a new all-time record of Monthly Active Users (MAUs)! Aug 14, 2017 at 14:37 by Stan 12 comments

PTR Patch Notes and Dev Update: Deathmatch!

New game mode, new map and a lot of big hero changes in this PTR edition! Aug 10, 2017 at 20:29 by Starym 5 comments

Gamescom is almost here and don't worry if you can't make it in person! Blizzard published a streamer line-up for all games, so chances are one of your favorite streamers will be livestreaming the event. Aug 10, 2017 at 15:35 by Stan 6 comments

CHANGELOG

09 Sep. 2017: Reinhardt Introduction
- Guide added.
09 Sep. 2017: Roadhog Introduction
- Guide added.
14 Aug. 2017: Orisa Introduction
- Updated for Doomfist patch.
13 Aug. 2017: Doomfist Introduction
- Guide added.
04 May 2017: Orisa Introduction
- Guide added.
29 Jul. 2016: D.Va
- Updated Defense Matrix description to account for the recent change, and also updated Self-Destruct to no longer mention that the explosion can kill D.Va (since that was also changed).
28 Jul. 2016: Widowmaker
- Removed mention of Zenyatta only having 150 health, since he now has 200.
28 Jul. 2016: Zenyatta
- Several updates to account for July 19th Patch.

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