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Blizzard’s virtual BlizzCon will be free to watch

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Like most other events over the last eight months or so, Blizzard’s BlizzCon didn’t go ahead as usual. Tens of thousands of fans would have attended. Instead, they'll have to make do with an all-digital replacement in February: BlizzConline. Unlike w...

Overwatch League viewership doubled under its tournament format

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Overwatch League (OWL) viewership doubled this past weekend as Blizzard experimented with a tournament format. The average audience per minute (AMA) was 63,000 -- a big increase from 31,000 the previous week. That marks OWL's best viewership since th...

Summer Game Fest promises four months of big news and events

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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...

‘Call of Duty: Warzone’ is introducing four-player squads

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Just as Apex Legends is getting a permanent duos mode to complement the long-standing trios option, Call of Duty: Warzone is stepping in the opposite direction by letting you drop into the map with four players in your squad. The quads option will be...

The entire Overwatch League regular season will be online-only

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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.

‘Call of Duty: Warzone’ hits 30 million players in 10 days

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Activision's free-to-play spin on the battle royale genre has only been around for 10 days, but Call of Duty: Warzone has already attracted a significant number of players. The publisher says more than 30 million gamers have dropped into the arena so...

The latest ‘Overwatch’ hero can transform into enemy characters

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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...

Activision Blizzard pulls its games from GeForce Now

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GeForce Now, NVIDIA's game streaming service, went live for everyone last week. It allows you to play hundreds of games from dozens of publishers in the cloud, but Activision Blizzard's titles are no longer among the options after the publisher asked...

Blizzard unveils ‘Overwatch 2’ at BlizzCon

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Following a leak about the game earlier this week, Blizzard revealed Overwatch 2 at BlizzCon, including a look at the gameplay. You can expect four-player story missions and hero missions across familiar maps as Blizzard expands the franchise's lore...