When Blizzard announced it would be "dropping the 2" from Overwatch 2 and going back to just 'Overwatch,' it also confirmed that the long-running hero shooter would be coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 sometime this year. Now, we know exactly when the title that dropped its '2' will be launching on the console that gained one, and that's tomorrow, April 14, 2026, alongside the launch of Season 2 for the Reign of Talon. Blizzard detailed the arrival in a larger blog post about what's coming in Reign of Talon's Season 2, like the new Hero getting added to the […]

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After several years of silence, Overwatch creator Jeff Kaplan has resurfaced to announce his new game, the action survival multiplayer FPS The Legend of California. At the same time, he was also interviewed by Lex Fridman in a massive, multi-hour interview where he revealed the truth behind his exit from Blizzard after 19 years at the company, during which he also worked as a tester on Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and Game Director on World of Warcraft. Kaplan described the separation as very painful: It broke me. I think after you've been at a place like Blizzard, which I […]

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Blizzard has revealed a new Overwatch game, and no, it's not 'Overwatch 2' again. It's a new 4v4, free-to-play, top-down Hero shooter called Overwatch Rush, and it's a brand new game built for mobile players. The game was announced with a look at some early in-development gameplay, which you can see in the trailer below. It's being developed by a "dedicated team at Blizzard, separate from Team 4, all of whom have deep mobile experience," according to a blog post on Blizzard's official website, which is followed by Blizzard reiterating that Team 4 is "fully focused on Overwatch," as if […]

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