Overwatch 2

Will players tolerate Overwatch 2’s broken promises? | Opinion

By cancelling much of the sequel’s new content, and with other F2P options a click away, Blizzard’s choice is a huge risk

Rob Fahey

NetEase reportedly disbands team behind Blizzard games in China

Team of 100 has already seen departures after it was announced 14-year partnership would end this month

James Batchelor

Battle passes are everywhere – but few of them are good | Opinion

While a positive step away from loot boxes, many battle passes just replicate the surface of Fortnite’s model and miss the underlying ideas entirely

Rob Fahey

Tech lessons from Overwatch 2’s server troubles

Edgegap CEO Mathieu Duperré offers advice on how to overcome (or at least prepare for) infrastructure issues when launching a multiplayer game

Mathieu Duperré

Overwatch 2 | Critical Consensus

The follow up to the 2016 hero shooter is here but critics debate whether it feels like a full-on sequel

Jeffrey Rousseau

Overwatch 2 suffers multiple DDoS attacks at launch

Game director Aaron Keller says team will "work throughout the night" to address the issue

James Batchelor

Overwatch 2 tries to balance acquisition against retention | Opinion

Blizzard’s sequel-cum-relaunch remains the year’s most interesting business experiment as it tries to thread the needle of retaining existing players while appealing to newcomers

Rob Fahey

Overwatch 2 is less a sequel, more a business model relaunch | Opinion

Blizzard’s retooled online shooter is one of the biggest remaining launches of the year – and a very unusual attempt to overhaul the monetisation of a popular game in mid-flow

Rob Fahey