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After officially unveiling Ramattra as the next hero coming to Overwatch 2 earlier this month, Blizzard has now revealed the transforming robot tank’s full suite of abilities alongside a new gameplay trailer. “Originally a war machine, Ramattra shed his munitions for a shield to protect his people by promoting peace and tranquility. His ideals weren’t far removed from his fellow [...]
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Overwatch 2 is celebrating Thanksgiving with a double XP weekend event from now until 11 a.m. PT on November 28th. During the event, players will earn twice the normal experience from all matches which will allow them to level up their battle and unlock rewards faster, including the new character Kiriko which can be unlocked upon reaching level [...]
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It’s no secret that cheat software is readily available on the market for virtually any existing game, more so for competitive shooters like Overwatch 2. Blizzard, however, appears to have succeeded in putting the screws to one major cheat software distributor called Rijin, forcing it to permanently pull its self-described Overwatch 2 “assistance software” from its shelves with the threat [...]
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Blizzard is taking their Overwatch 2 skin game to the next level with the first Mythic-tier skin in the series which comes in the form of a new Cyber Demon outfit for Genji. “Mythic skins soar a tier above Legendary, pushing the artwork, animation, and special effects to levels we hadn’t incorporated in our skins to this point!,” Blizzard said. [...]
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Co-op might not be coming to Overwatch 2 until next year, but Blizzard is giving players a taste of what’s to come with a limited-time Halloween-themed co-op mission. Dubbed Junkenstein’s Revenge: Wrath of the Bride, the new mission continues the original Overwatch game’s Dr. Junkenstein Halloween saga and pits players against his vengeful creation, the Bride of Junkenstein. “Return to [...]
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Blizzard is offering Overwatch 2 players their sincerest apologies for the various issues that have been plaguing the game since launch along with a pair of free in-game items and planned double XP events. “We apologize for any issues players experienced around the game’s launch,” Blizzard said. “To help make up for any lost time, we’re planning to run several [...]
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Blizzard can't seem to catch a break as the problems keep coming in Overwatch 2 following the hero shooter’s official launch last week. Blizzard has barely begun to address the myriad of launch issues plaguing the game when they inadvertently locked out players from using all of their earned heroes. The issue started when Blizzard pulled Bastion and Torbjorn from [...]
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Various issues continue to plague Overwatch 2 since it launched last week, although Blizzard reports that it’s making progress on fixing the root problems. The studio offered a detailed rundown of the key problems affecting the game and what it’s been doing to address them. Blizzard had already removed the SMS Protect two-factor authentication requirement for most of the hero [...]
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Overwatch 2 players are no longer required to set up two-factor authentication to play the game following last night’s patch that effectively disabled the recently added and extremely unpopular SMS Protect feature. Note that this only applies to veteran Overwatch players, including those who’ve played since June 9, 2021. Blizzard has also patched in fixes for known issues related to [...]
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Overwatch 2’s launch earlier this week was fraught with serious issues ranging from multiple DDOS attacks, drops and connection problems, long queues, missing items, locked heroes, and a reportedly broken console linking system, all of which are still in the process of being fixed. According to Blizzard, the root cause of the stability issues is the sheer number of [...]
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