[ad_1] Hero Pools will be in place for at least the next competitive season, which runs for two months starting in early March, and the design team will determine which heroes are available each week. Blizzard hopes Hero Pools will lead to players using a greater range of characters, though you’ll still be able to […]
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YouTube will stream Blizzard’s CoD and Overwatch leagues in 2020
[ad_1] Esports lives on @YouTubeGaming. Welcome to the family, Overwatch League, Call of Duty League, and Hearthstone Esports. Let’s get this thing going with the inaugural season of the Call of Duty league kicking off today! https://t.co/9PAUaaQSz0https://t.co/p9kSbD9aAi pic.twitter.com/rBVpf0Re3H — Ryan Wyatt (@Fwiz) January 24, 2020 As part of a multi-year deal, Google Cloud will handle […]
Everything in our holiday gift guide that you can buy for $50 or less
[ad_1] TOYS Skyrocket Pomsies Lumies There’s no shortage of toys that light up, laugh or purr, but Skyrocket’s Pomsies won our hearts with their adorable and wearable design. Now they’re back as unicorns with a new ability: color reading. The Lumies still want to be loved and petted. But now kids can play hue-based games […]
‘Death Stranding’ and ‘Control’ lead Game Awards nominees
[ad_1] Remedy Entertainment’s Control wasn’t too far behind with eight. It picked up nominations such as game of the year, game direction, art direction and two performance nods. The Outer Worlds, meanwhile, snagged four nominations, including game of the year and RPG. Joining that trio in the game of the year category are Super Smash […]
Colin Furze made a real version of Junkrat’s RIP-tire from ‘Overwatch’
[ad_1] Furze took the engine from a petrol-powered chainsaw and retrofitted it, with plenty of cunning, into the middle of a tyre. With some extra adornments and a remote control, the RIP-tire managed to cut a paint can and smash several panes of glass. Obviously, Furze breaks down how he made the device in the […]
What we played in November: ‘The Outer Worlds’ and ‘Destiny 2’
[ad_1] The Outer Worlds Andrew TarantolaSenior Editor The Outer Worlds could have been a contender, but this promising space opera was over barely after it had begun. Its story certainly isn’t short on scope. You play as the first-person hero and freshly defrosted interstellar colonist charged with saving the local solar system from starvation, genocidal […]
Blizzard unveils ‘Overwatch 2’ at BlizzCon
[ad_1] The Overwatch team is introducing character leveling this time around. There’ll be unlockable abilities (or “talents”) for the hero missions and possibly story missions, but you won’t be able to customize hero abilities in player-vs.-player modes. You can expect to see several heroes join the ranks, including the long-rumored Sojourn. The current heroes will […]
‘Overwatch 2’ may debut at BlizzCon with a greater focus on story
[ad_1] Not that Blizzard will leave its competitive gameplay untouched. O2 will supposedly include a major new mode, Push, introduced to sit alongside the existing Assault, Control, Escort and Hybrid options. You could expect a new map to match (Toronto) and “at least” one new hero. There’s no mention of when the new title would […]
Recommended Reading: How memes became political weapons
[ad_1] How memes got weaponized: A short historyJoan Donovan,MIT Technology Review Memes are entertaining, but they’ve also become key weapons in politics and the spread of misinformation. This piece starts with just one of many insane stories: “In October 2016, a friend of mine learned that one of his wedding photos had made its way […]
‘Overwatch’ is reportedly coming to Nintendo Switch in October
[ad_1] Kotaku reportedly confirmed with sources the game will hit Switch next month. It suggested that version will drop in North America on October 15th — just in time for the annual Halloween event. We might get official confirmation on the port later today, as the latest Nintendo Direct stream will kick off at 6 […]