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Why is Overwatch 2 the Worst-Reviewed Game on Steam?

As someone with hundreds and hundreds of hours put into Blizzard’s Overwatch, I was disheartened to see the game completely shut down and phased into Overwatch 2. With no choice to play this game I invested so much time and love into, I…

Acti-Blizz Respond To Claims; Employees Still Unhappy

Warning: The following article may contain some content readers may find upsetting. We advise reader’s continue at their own discretion. Well, I’d just expected to be recounting what happened, linking back to the articles I’d written before, and following that up with…

Vicarious Visions Absorbed by Blizzard

Over the years, we’ve seen tons of great developers go by the wayside after getting a bum deal from a publisher or a bigger studio. Examples are Dead Space dev Visceral Games and Star Wars Battlefront II dev Pandemic Studios, both courtesy of Electronic Arts. Others,…

BlizzCon 2020 is No Longer Happening

Well, folks, I’d be lying if I were to say I didn’t see this one coming from a mile away. First, E3 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its surrounding restrictions, then Gamescom suffered the same fate, alongside a host…

What Overwatch Gets Wrong With Sigma

Last week, Blizzard revealed the newest Overwatch character, Sigma. In his lore, Sigma was mentally damaged during his experiments with black holes, turning him into what he is. However, much like the Omnic Crisis at the core of Overwatch‘s backstory, this was…

The Omnic Problem of Overwatch

The narrative part of Overwatch has been criticized by many for moving at a glacial pace. A feature story on IGN was a response to this, claiming that Overwatch is trying to go for a big Marvel Cinematic Universe-type story, with all…

WoW Classic And 15th Anniversary Edition Announced

Blizzard has announced World of Warcraft Classic is set to release August 27th with a beta going live today, the May 15th. This new edition will be included in your current WoW subscription, and only current subscribers can participate in the closed…