Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval was suspended by the team after he admitted to liking photos on Instagram during Wednesday night’s game. He has accepted his punishment and will not play Thursday against the Braves. MORE: Time for Red Sox to think trade | MLB lacks great team (which is good) Sandoval was caught by Barstool Sports Red Sox blogger Jared Carrabis liking photos of Instagram user “diva_legacy.”...
The Pac-12 announced Thursday a new live-streaming partnership with Twitter that includes at least 150 games during the 2016-17 academic year. MORE: Top 16 college football programs since 2000 “Twitter is the fastest way to find out what is happening in live sports,” Anthony Noto, Twitter’s chief financial officer,” said in a news release “Our partnership with the Pac-12 Networks will give sports fans a great way to view live sporting events along with the live Twitter conversation they are already accustomed to....
MORE: NBA live odds | ATS standings | Oddsmakers’ power ratings Line: Warriors -13 Total: 217 Trends: Pacers 23-19 SU, 22-20 ATS, 19-23 O/U Warriors 39-4 SU, 24-17-2 ATS, 26-17 O/U TeamRankings.com efficiency ratings, offense: Warriors 1, Pacers 19. Defense: Warriors 5, Pacers 2 Effective FG percentage: Pacers 49.7, Warriors 56.0 EFG% against: Pacers 48.7, Warriors 46.6 Injuries: Steve Kerr will coach the Warriors for the first time this season....
At 7 p.m. ET, you can catch a showdown between two promising young bigs in the Thunder’s Chet Holmgren and Warriors’ James Wiseman. Holmgren and Wiseman have both looked awesome at Summer League so far, and this matchup will be a great test for both centers. You can also catch the Kings’ Keegan Murray in action, who has been one of the best players at Summer League. Murray is averaging 24....
RELATED: Overwatch 2: Tracer Guide (Tips, Abilities, and More) What hasn’t changed is her defensive talent. Symmetra punishes some of the most lethal heroes in Overwatch 2. She keeps the pressure coming for her entire team, quickly getting her allies back to the battlefield. With a little bit of advice, amateur gamers can become team favorites. Playstyle One of Symmetra’s most underrated abilities should be used right away. Place a portal from the entrance to as far as Symmetra can see....
On the positive side of things, the skins included in the themes are terrific, with outfits like Cyber Dragon Hanzo and Medusa Widowmaker nailing the cyberpunk and Greek aesthetics present in the first two seasons. Unfortunately, players have been disappointed in how the skins are distributed, with the battle pass failing to embrace the theme fully and only including a few skins based on it, with the rest of the items included in the shop....
The Overwatch 2 Zero Hour cinematic features Winston, Tracer, and Mei going on a mission in Paris after Winston’s Overwatch Recall initiative. The three of them attempt to fight Null Sector robots, but they eventually become overwhelmed. Winston makes a move to sacrifice himself so that Mei and Tracer can escape with their lives, only for Genji, Reinhardt, Mercy, and Brigitte to show up and save them at the last minute....
It’s no secret that Overwatch 2, unlike its predecessor, is completely free-to-play for anyone on any platform. Though this has allowed Overwatch 2’s player count to reach an all-time high, this doesn’t change the fact that the game falls prey to many of the same shortcomings that are commonly seen in other free-to-play games as a result. More specifically, it is the accessibility and pricing of cosmetics that seems to be one of the greatest complaints among the community at the present time....
Battle for Olympus is the first event of 2023 in Overwatch 2 and will start on January 5 before concluding on January 19. Under this event, skins will be released for seven Heroes in the game, whose designs will be based on Greek gods and monsters from Greek mythology. It is to be noted that all skin bundles under the event will not be available for the entirety of its duration....
This will be the fourth Double XP Weekend event since the free-to-play game’s release date in October 2022. At the time, Blizzard started the event as a way to apologize to gamers for Overwatch 2’s messy launch day issues, such as the server disconnects caused by a huge number of players trying to log in, coupled with a bunch of DDoS attacks. RELATED:Overwatch 2 Mid-Season Patch Notes Light on Hero Balance, Heavy on Bug Fixes...
Reddit user Odd-Specific-9073 recently posted a clip in which they are competing on the Lijiang Tower map, which has carried over from the original game. Similar to the map they’re playing on, Lucio’s weapon acts almost exactly as it did in the first Overwatch, with a burst attack as the primary ability and the boop push-back acting as an alternate fire. Utilizing this familiar tool in Lucio’s arsenal, Odd-Specific-9073 successfully pushed all five opponents off the side of the map, which resulted in their death and an incredible play of the game....
While there have been many types of cosmetics in the Overwatch series, souvenirs are one new type introduced in the sequel. These are 3D items that can be displayed by characters in games of Overwatch 2. While Souvenirs have not been a part of the series for long, there are already quite a few for players to collect and equip. Unfortunately, some gamers seem dissatisfied with their limited function in the game....
It should be noted that a speedrun of a login screen isn’t exactly the same as trying to reach the end of Super Metroid or Ocarina of Time in as little amount of time as possible. This is more of a showcase of exactly how long it has been taking to log into Overwatch 2 thanks to the amount of players attempting to join at the moment, along with a bevy of server issues....
Kiriko is a fresh support hero within Overwatch 2, bolstering the original roster of characters that will still be available to play in the new game. Undoubtedly, one of the most interesting factors of Kiriko is the unique way in which the character appears to be balanced, offering an interesting combat role that adds a new dimension of highly skilled gameplay and sets a good precedence for future hero design principles within the new title....
Having two games in the pipeline at once, or three including the mobile-only Diablo Immortal, is quite unusual for Blizzard. For the past few years, the studio has preferred to keep focus on its big, ongoing titles like World of Warcraft and Hearthstone. Now, with the one year anniversary of their reveals coming up, some fans are beginning to wonder: Which will come first, Overwatch 2 or Diablo 4?...
There are several reoccurring seasonal events in Overwatch such as the Summer Games, and Winter Wonderland. These events are known to offer a couple of brand new themed skins in relation to the season as well as limited-time game modes. Another one of the popular seasonal updates that takes place in October is Halloween Terror and fans won’t have to wait much longer to participate. RELATED: Overwatch 2 Shows Off New Gameplay on New York, Dorado, and Havana...
Shared by Twitter user Ricky MLG, if players leave all five of their placement games on a new account, they will automatically be placed in gold. This causes high-ranked teams to lose a massive amount of competitive points, usually 50+, for being beaten by a full team of smurfs. Further, upon winning against the team of fake Gold players, only 2-4 points will be gained. No matter how one looks at it, this glitch is far less fun than when Overwatch players were turned into doors....
To facilitate balancing, Blizzard put in an Experimental Mode for testing game modes and character tweaks. The update on March 4 made some interesting changes, such as speeding up Genji’s Shuriken speed and slightly increasing Zarya’s energy drain rate. Across the board, the newest Experimental Mode dealt with altering DPS and Tank abilities. While the community will have made up their minds about these buffs and nerfs, it sounds like the team behind Overwatch needs more time....
While Baptiste is a strong hero, he has always been lacking in the skin department. Similar to Zarya in the game’s first few years, Baptiste’s lineup of costumes has been lacking, with only a few of the alternate looks giving his default appearance competition. However, like Zarya, Baptiste has gotten better skins in the time since his release, with his Lunar New Year 2021 skin pleasing fans. Thanks to the next Anniversary event, the hero may finally have a beloved alternate costume....
In the latest Overwatch Developer Update from Aaron Keller, it was confirmed that the game will be getting cross-play soon. Overwatch cross-play will be available across all platforms, meaning PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch gamers can all team up in Overwatch once the feature is live. However, it should be noted that cross-progression will not be in the game when cross-play goes live, though Keller teased that it’s something being worked on....
