Blizzard has canceled this year’s BlizzCon

Posted on 26/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

You can add BlizzCon to the list of major events that won’t be happening this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although BlizzCon typically happens in November, Blizzard has already made the call to cancel this year’s edition.The publisher said in e...

‘Overwatch’ is adding a competitive mode that doesn’t require role locks

Posted on 12/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Competitive Open Queue mode is set to become a permanent feature in Overwatch. In a video address, Blizzard game director Jeff Kaplan revealed that the new arcade mode — which lets players pick a character without being restricted by the 2-2-2 split...

Summer Game Fest promises four months of big news and events

Posted on 01/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

E3, GDC and Gamescom are not happening in their usual form this summer, complicating matters for developers and publishers who typically make big game announcements at those major events. They’ll have a new avenue through which they can reveal new ti...

Overwatch League tries to boost interest with May Madness tournament

Posted on 27/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Overwatch League will switch to a tournament format for May with prize money and season playoff seeding implications at stake. The seven Asia-based teams (the Chinese and Korean teams, along with the all-Korean London Spitfire and New York Excels...

Overwatch’s new hero Echo arrives April 14th

Posted on 09/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you’re an Overwatch fan, you’ll want to mark April 14th on your calendar. That’s when Echo, the game’s 32nd hero, will join its official roster pool. Following the flight plan.Echo swoops into Overwatch on April 14! pic.twitter.com/BWO8W6ivDO— O...

The entire Overwatch League regular season will be online-only

Posted on 31/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Overwatch League has canceled all of its live events for the remainder of the 2020 regular season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Matches will take place in an entirely online format until August at the very least.

‘World of Warcraft’ keeps players indoors with a 100 percent XP bonus

Posted on 20/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If the world of Azeroth has been the place you've turned to find some time away from all the news about the coronavirus pandemic, Blizzard has something that should make your stay more productive. From now until April 20th, your World of Warcraft cha...

The latest ‘Overwatch’ hero can transform into enemy characters

Posted on 19/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Echo, the latest Overwatch hero, is joining the ranks of the game's damage dealers with some nifty-sounding abilities. The AI robot's ultimate in particular will give players plenty of new scope for creativity -- when they activate Duplicate, Echo ca...

The next ‘Overwatch’ hero is an AI robot with an important story link

Posted on 18/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Overwatch's newest hero is Echo. Fans have been waiting a while for Blizzard to add a new playable character to the game. It's been seven months since the company introduced Sigma, the game's 31st hero. The anticipation for Echo has been building lon...

‘Overwatch’ will finally address some old problems with Quick Play