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The developers recently announced that the latest patch would alter the minute to minute gameplay drastically for certain characters and specific play styles. The update seems to be geared around the persistent complaints of people playing the tank role in regard to ranked combat with characters Zenyatta, Echo, and Tracer. RELATED: Genji Voice Actor Has Bad News For Overwatch 2 Fans The Overwatch character most impacted by this patch is Zenyatta, as the peaceful Omnic guru will now have his Orb Of Discord nerfed down from 30% to 25%....

The information was gathered by taking a gander at overall spending on digital games across many different markets, such as PC, consoles, and mobile. Shocking very few, Overwatch dominated the PC market, generating a lot of income. It should be noted that this data does not include free-to-play games. Specifically, Overwatch earned $585.6 million in revenue, beating out other moneymakers like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Guild Wars 2. To put in in perspective, what Blizzard made on their hero shooter accounts for 10 percent of the entire premium PC market, which sits at $54 billion....

This would not be the first time we see cute pets on Overwatch. For instance, there is Orisa’s puppy and Bastion’s bird, Ganymede. Additionally, Brigitte Lindholm, one of the Heroes from the first game, is known for being a cat person. As part of Brigitte’s backstory, it was shown that she loves cats and even created a cardboard armor for one of her pet cats as a child. Kaplan mentioned that Brigitte will also appear on Overwatch 2 which means fans will probably get to see more of her cats in the new installment....

Name that bivalve: Extensive oyster menus can be daunting. Some general guidelines: Atlantic oysters are most common on U.S. menus; try the Duxbury or the saltier Wellfleet. An oyster novice? Skip Europe’s briny Belon. Go with the subtler Pacific Kumamoto. Get saucy: Traditionally, raw oysters are garnished with mignonette sauce–red-wine vinegar, pepper and shallots. Or try them with Worcestershire, lemon, horseradish and even cocktail sauce. Cheers! A nice dry bubbly brings out the oyster’s brine....

Ultimately, Guillen focused on the fact the two of them helped produce a world championship 10 years ago. Of course, Ozzie explained his feelings with flair. “It’s like we’ve been married for so long and all of sudden you’re getting divorced. You forget you’ve been married for 11 years and you forget I was happy and life was great and I was happy with this woman," he told the Chicago Sun-Times....

The Broncos are one of only two undefeated teams remaining in college football, yet have been unable to crack the top 20 in the College Football Playoff rankings. While Alabama is a unanimous No. 1, the Broncos are 13th in the Associated Press poll and 14th in the Coaches Poll, but the College Football Playoff committee has Western Michigan ranked 21st. MORE: Eight big CFP questions with one week to go...

Oregon State and UCLA have already punched their tickets to the national quarterfinals, and the winner of Sunday night’s final Sweet 16 game between Oregon and USC will become the third Pac-12 team to make the Elite 8, giving the league nearly half of the Elite 8 field. Should the trio of teams all win in the next round, the Pac-12 would become just the second conference to ever put three teams in the Final Four in one season....

Pacers coach Frank Vogel drew up a play and it ended with Roy Hibbert taking the final shot from 17 feet out. Hibbert was well defended, so he took one dribble and launched a shot toward the basket. Hilariously, the shot never made it to the rim, instead landing on the top of the backboard just as the final bell sounded. MORE: Kobe frustrated with Lin | Kobe minutes experiment working | NBA Mock Draft

The “Call Me By Your Name” singer has placed a number of parody advertisements up across Los Angeles and shared the evidence on his social media accounts. Following on from his 2019 EP 7, MONTERO is Lil Nas X’s debut studio album and it’s available to buy, stream and download now. The new record also has features from Miley Cyrus, Elton John, Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat and Jack Harlow....

The 52-year-old and the 15-year-old boy were approached by a person for spare change in the 700 block of North Michigan Avenue in the Gold Coast neighborhood around 5 p.m. When the man declined to offer any change, he was verbally threatened and stabbed in the throat with a sharp object, Chicago Police said. A nearby police officer applied a quick-clot kit to stop the bleeding and the man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in a serious condition for surgery, WGN reports....

Intriguingly, it seems like Blizzard is not only reworking Tanks for the sequel, but adding to the lineup of Tanks as well. Recently, it was confirmed that Doomfist will become a Tank in the sequel, which is a massive change for the gauntlet-wielding Damage hero. With such a major shakeup, there are a few positives and negatives that could be seen as a result of this change. RELATED: Overwatch 2 Fan Turns New Art Into Awesome Animation...

However, as might be expected from Overwatch 2, since it is a sequel to the original game, many aspects of the new release’s core gameplay have undergone significant changes. This includes some changes that have been made to the game’s competitive mode and player ranks, which many are characterizing as appealing to more casual fans as opposed to more consistent players. RELATED: Overwatch 2 Could Have Major Bastion Glitch, But It May Not Be Quite What It Seems...

The Overwatch 2 community is very creative when it comes to making art inspired by Blizzard’s game. Players are especially creative in transforming their heroes into characters from other games, or even cartoons. Kiriko and her fox in Adventure Time art style is a good example of the cute, fun, and interesting results of fan art produced. In a recent series of artwork, a fan imagined what the heroes of Overwatch 2 would look like if they were Street Fighter characters, and the results are wildly entertaining....

The sequel introduced many changes and entirely new features alike, with Overwatch 2’s transition to a free-to-play title increasing the focus on monetization efforts. Aside from the many hero and gameplay adjustments, the game now features a shop section which allows players to trade Overwatch Coins for available bundles which are refreshed every week. Unfortunately, this comes at the expense of loot boxes, which were removed from Blizzard’s hero shooter altogether....

Introduced to Overwatch 2’s growing hero pool with the launch of Season 2, Ramattra is a powerful Omnic tank character and the game’s newest hero. He was first announced in November during the Overwatch League Grand Finals event, which featured his origin story detailing his history as an Omnic monk prior to him becoming the founder of Null Sector. As the game’s first season drew to a close, the reveal of Ramattra’s awesome abilities got fans warmed up for Season 2 and the plethora of new content that came with it, showing off his capabilities as Overwatch 2’s very first “tempo tank” which is defined by Ramattra’s ability to switch between two different forms in battle....

The Overwatch system of leveling is ending and Overwatch 2 will replace it with a Battle Pass system. In the video from Stylosa, it was detailed that players will earn experience to progress through the Battle Pass by completing Challenges, spread between Daily, Weekly, Seasonal, and Lifetime Challenges. Note that Weekly Challenges also reward Overwatch Coins, the game’s premium currency. There are also Competitive and Hero Challenges, with the first rewarding a currency that can be spent on Golden Weapons and the second not yet available....

Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan first expressed interest in an animated series based on the game years ago, and rumors have persisted that such a project has been in the works in some capacity. Nick van Dyke’s LinkedIn profile confirms that an Overwatch animated series has been “developed and sold,” though it’s not clarified who the series has been sold to, whether it be Netflix or another entity entirely....

Before launch, however, comes a lonely two-week period where the game’s beta servers will go down and no one will be allowed to play. Empathizing with our pain, Blizzard’s doing what can be done to make that wait a little bit shorter. Blizzard has announced that it will extend the Overwatch beta for an additional 24 hours, pushing back the previously planned May 9 end date for the Open Beta....

Alongside Tracer, Mercy has been called out by the Overwatch fan base as a character that has far too many skins. With the former being the game’s mascot and the latter having a unique character design that easily serves as a template for special outfits, this is not too surprising. Mercy is also an extremely popular hero that serves as a gateway to the Support role, adding to the logic behind her receiving so many skins....

A video compiling the voice lines was posted to the Overwatch subreddit by user Spktra with credit to @CalebGamerOW. It’s a brief video with three new interactions from the former Blackwatch agent with some of her contemporaries. RELATED: Overwatch Fan Makes Incredible Play With Ana’s Sleep Dart Interaction #1 Baptiste: “Healing and hurting… I guess we’re not that different.” Moira: “I assure you, we are nothing alike.” Interaction #2 Junkrat: “You looking for a lab assistant?...