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Overwatch has 40m players two years after launch News May 16th, 2018

Overwatch has 40m players two years after launch

Blizzard's team shooter has added five million players since October 2017

Overwatch takes the fight to cancer with charity Pink Mercy skin News May 9th, 2018

Overwatch takes the fight to cancer with charity Pink Mercy skin

Month long charity event sees Blizzard raise funds for Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Activision Blizzard has its eyes set on battle royale News May 4th, 2018

Activision Blizzard has its eyes set on battle royale

The rise of Fortnite and PUBG hasn’t gone ignored by the biggest publisher in town.

South Korean Overwatch hacker fined $9,300, another faces two years on probation News May 3rd, 2018

South Korean Overwatch hacker fined $9,300, another faces two years on probation

Just two of 13 arrested on suspicion of building hacks for the online shooter

Blizzard turns to machine learning to halt Overwatch toxicity News Apr 4th, 2018

Blizzard turns to machine learning to halt Overwatch toxicity

Firm using AI to spot toxic language, with the aim of spotting toxic gameplay in the long-run

Overwatch World Cup returns for 2018 News Mar 29th, 2018

Overwatch World Cup returns for 2018

Qualifiers already underway, final taking place in California in November

Overwatch League sponsor HP Omen says bad player behaviour does make it nervous News Mar 27th, 2018

Overwatch League sponsor HP Omen says bad player behaviour does make it nervous

But that this is common with any sponsorship deal, hardware firm says

Overwatch League could get a player’s union, draft system News Mar 19th, 2018

Overwatch League could get a player’s union, draft system

Commissioner Nate Nanzer discusses player treatment and the future of the esport

Homophobia, racism and revenge porn scandals rock Overwatch League News Mar 12th, 2018

Homophobia, racism and revenge porn scandals rock Overwatch League

Players face bans and fines for misdeeds

Hi-Rez reckons new Overwatch hero Brigitte looks a lot like one of its Paladins characters News Mar 1st, 2018

Hi-Rez reckons new Overwatch hero Brigitte looks a lot like one of its Paladins characters

President Stewart Chisam points the finger at Blizzard for the similarities between Brigitte and Ash

Report: Overwatch League franchise fee could rise to $60 million for its second season News Feb 13th, 2018

Report: Overwatch League franchise fee could rise to $60 million for its second season

Activision Blizzard confirmed it would be going up, but not officially said how much it will be

Blizzard made more money than ever in 2017 and didn't even release a game News Feb 9th, 2018

Blizzard made more money than ever in 2017 and didn't even release a game

Activision Blizzard made $4bn from microtransactions last year

Blizzard bans "worst" griefer it has encountered in Overwatch News Feb 8th, 2018

Blizzard bans "worst" griefer it has encountered in Overwatch

Current and all future accounts banned for player who has ruined 'thousands' of games

More than ten million people tuned into Overwatch League's first week News Jan 19th, 2018

More than ten million people tuned into Overwatch League's first week

First day saw peak of 437,000 people across official partner Twitch and MLG

PCGamesInsider.biz Games of 2017 - Overwatch: The One that Highlighted the Pressures Devs feel from the Community Profile Dec 19th, 2017

PCGamesInsider.biz Games of 2017 - Overwatch: The One that Highlighted the Pressures Devs feel from the Community

The developers behind some of the world's largest and most successful games are now outright saying that dealing with the community can be draining. It's time that we, the industry, listened.

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