"Disable voice chat and text chat from other players. Just do it. Your mental health is important, so why flip the coin?" says Reddit user BubblineKiss1000 over in r/Overwatch. "I've been told to kill myself, [told that] I'm dogshit, a slut. All the insults you can imagine, and for wh

Overwatch 2 is, surprisingly as it sounds, 2022’s surprise package for me. It’s just Overwatch 2 events|https://overwatch2tactics.Com/, and I’ve played Overwatch before, so I shouldn’t be too shocked by any of it. But it has managed to pull me in in a way a lot of games I had much higher hopes for have failed to do. My time with Overwatch 2 won’t last forever, but I’ve already seen enough to know that when the single-player portion drops, I’ll be right at the front of the l

This comes from one of the most active threads on the Overwatch subreddit, asking players what Heroes they think are most in need of a buff or nerf. While there are a few mentions of nerfing Mercy and Moira's DPS abilities, the conversation quickly turned to Zarya, probably the most-played Tank in Competitive right

The question is whether or not this is better. Losing double shields and excessive CC has definitely curbed some of the most oppressive comps and helped increase the pace, but there are times when Overwatch 2 feels like playing deathmatch instead of a tactical team game. I have seen, and have been, the one player that utterly dominates the entire enemy team, eliminating targets on site in a way that just wasn’t possible when there were two tanks on the field. It will be interesting to see how the next few new heroes fit into the meta, but I suspect they’ll be multi-function killing machines just like Kir

Roles still exist and good team compositions will still give you an advantage, but we’re seeing a big shift towards individuality. With Kiriko and Junker Queen, as well as the big viability changes that lots of Tanks and Supports received, it is possible for good players to carry in any role now, not just DPS. I have had more than one game where I out-damaged my DPS players as Kiriko or Baptiste, and I almost always outperform my DPS teammates as Junker Queen. In the original Overwatch this almost always meant your DPS players weren’t pulling their weight, but now there are characters in every role who can dish out just as much dam

Things only got worse when players found out that they would have to grind all the way to level 55 - which is over halfway - on the Overwatch 2 Battle Pass to get access to Ramattra, much like Kiriko. Many accused Blizzard of making it so that players would need to pay for the premium pass to catch

Indeed, Overwatch 2 did make it a lot easier to communicate with your team without joining chat. Now, even on console, you can start countdowns, point to particular areas on the map, and single out which teammate you want to send the ping to. Ana players can even alert their team when they put an enemy to sleep, ensuring no one accidentally wakes them up. It's not clear if Blizzard did this because it knows how toxic its community can get, but it sure makes things eas

Mei mains felt a chill down their spines when they learnt that the Hero would be temporarily disabled in Overwatch 2 due to a glitch with her abilities. It seems players were using her Ice Wall ability to reach areas on the map which they shouldn't be able to, kind of like how Sombra players were glitching into the payload. This prompted the dev to disable Mei, but you can expect her back on November

Overwatch 2 has just had its biggest week since launch. Not only did Blizzard unveil a new Hero, but we also witnessed a cracker of a match for the Overwatch League Grand Final. However, it appears that it's still finding its feet when it comes to Hero balancing, as well as the in-game store economy. Some aspects were so imbalanced that yet another Hero needed to be temporarily remo

Right now, it’s a literal "if and when we do that" situation. Even Warzone, another Activision Blizzard game, sticks its war-grizzled operators in cosplay for big crossovers. If Overwatch joins in, it’ll be hard to deny that this trend is the new norm - it’s not about what artists can design or think of, it’s about the biggest brand deals, and at that point, it all becomes cold and corporate. But maybe the "if and when" won’t stick and Overwatch will keep chugging along like Apex Legends, making its own designs that outrank most others from elsewh

There’s already talk of wanting to cash in on the IP hype, and that train of thought could easily lead to Overwatch muddying its personality. Its VP called Fortnite’s collabs "awesome," but looking up to the number one isn’t the right move. It’s become gaming’s toybox, and others like Fall Guys and the aforementioned PUBG have been playing a big game of catch-up to try and reach similar heights, but they won’t. They can’t. Fortnite is on top and that goes above and beyond skins. It hosts concerts, has tie-in comics directly with Marvel, and advertises the newest games and even movies. It brought PlayStation and Xbox-exclusive characters into the fold. Chasing that level of success in mish-mashing IPs is asking for fail