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Blizzard has announced changes to its leadership team, with current president J. Allen Brack leaving the company. In a post on the Blizzard website (opens in new tab), it’s been confirmed that Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra will now be co-leaders at the studio. Oneal is well known for her …

Overwatch developer Blizzard has seemingly delayed plans to release a new Overwatch map set in Italy. In a since-deleted exclusive news post that had been published on Dexerto (opens in new tab), Blizzard was reportedly due to drop a “surprise” Deathmatch map called Malvento onto the test server on July …

Michael Chu, best known as the lead writer and lore master on Overwatch, is leaving Blizzard after 20 years at the company. According to Chu’s IMDb (opens in new tab) and MobyGames (opens in new tab) profiles, he joined Blizzard in 2001 as a tester on Diablo 2. He moved …

Overwatch 2 (opens in new tab) could be releasing on PC and console sometime this year, according to a now deleted post from the official PlayStation Brazil Twitter account (opens in new tab).  As captured in screenshot form by Voxel (opens in new tab), the post stated that “2020 will …

A leaked BlizzCon 2019 document has revealed visitors to next weekend’s show will get to play the hotly-anticipated sequel for Overwatch (opens in new tab).  As reported by ESPN (opens in new tab), the document – which is a demo guide for the upcoming show – not only reveals that …

Dr. Siebren de Kuiper, perhaps better known as Overwatch Sigma, was once a renowned Belgian astrophysicist based in the Hague. As he furthered his studies into a way of safely harnessing the power of gravity and black holes, he ventured to a space station in order to test his hypotheses. …

Overwatch (opens in new tab) is still going strong three years since launch, with the constant addition of new heroes and maps, the continued success of the Overwatch League, and player-created modes made possible by Overwatch Workshop codes (opens in new tab). To celebrate, the third annual Overwatch Anniversary is …

You can now check out the surreal Spanish artwork, deserted fruit stands, and all kinds of colonial trappings that line the streets of Cuba’s capital. Overwatch’s (opens in new tab) latest escort map, Havana, is live and playable. A new patch brings Havana, new legendary skins for Mercy and Lúcio …

Overwatch (opens in new tab) got a new map called Paris earlier this week – at least on the PTR server – and apart from an exciting new battlefield, it added a playable piano to the game. There’s a full-fat concert piano tucked away in the Hotel Beau Ciel, and …

Overwatch (opens in new tab) has a new animated short film that expands the lore behind those characters that have been running around and shooting each other for two years now: this time the CGI camera lens turns toward Hana Song, AKA D.Va, and her drive to protect Korea against …