Overwatch players are toxic because Blizzard says so?Overwatch's toxicity issue continues to become more and more serious. A banned player started a thread on the Battle.net forum and Overwatch Game Director responded. Jeff Kaplan's response completely missed the point and blamed the ban on the player's toxic chat behaviour instead of his poor play-style.DECEMBER 19
Overwatch: Winter Wonderland 2017 patchWinter Wonderland 2017 patch has introduced a new notification system to Overwatch. Players will now receive in-game notifications instead of e-mails. New character skins, highlight intros and emotes are available.DECEMBER 13
Overwatch getting patched all over the placeOverwatch for PC, PlayStaion 4 and Xbox One received a new patch today. The new patch fixes Moira and matchmaking in Competitive play. Doomfist received several fixes in a patch that's now live in the PTR.DECEMBER 1
Australia's Gambling Commission on loot boxesWar on microtransactions and loot boxes has reached Australia. A Reddit user contacted the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation about their stance on the issue, and a Strategic Analyst for the Compliance Division at VCGLR responded.NOVEMBER 23
New Overwatch PTR patch nerfs MercyMercy got a new Ultimate ability back in August. The new ability made her very valuable on the battlefield but all that may change when the PTR patch hits the live game. Ana's Bionic Rifle was buffed.NOVEMBER 1
Overwatch teams get special skinsOverwatch World Cup will be made all the more fun and watchable with the new team uniforms, an updated UI, a third person smart camera and more. The Uniform concept will premiere at BlizzCon on 03 and 04 November.OCTOBER 27
UK gamers have started a petition for loot box regulationConcerned individuals are petitioning the UK government to consider regulation for loot box systems in video games. The rationale behind the petition is that various loot box systems represent a form of gambling embedded into video games and should be regarded as such by the law.OCTOBER 11
The Overwatch LeagueFor its inaugural season, the League will have a toal of 12 city-based teams. One of them is the team from Shanghai. The team, led by Chinese internet technology company NetEase is the first Overwatch League team to have an official name.SEPTEMBER 29
The Overwatch LeagueTeams for Dallas, Houston, and Philadelphia have signed on for the first season of the Overwatch League. This brings the total up to the desired 12 teams. Preseason play will start on Wednesday, 06 December.SEPTEMBER 21
Overwatch: Junkertown now liveJunkertown, the latest escort map in Overwatch is now live. Mercy and D.Va changes that were previously in the PTR have also become available on the live servers. A free Overwatch weekend is coming up this week.SEPTEMBER 19
Overwatch sending another map to HotSOverwatch's latest patch that brought Mercy's new ultimate to the PTR might be hitting the live servers as early as next week. Free Overwatch weekend scheduled to start on 22 September. Another Overwatch map going to HotS.SEPTEMBER 15
Overwatch map preview - JunkertownOverwatch's latest escort map - Junkertown got its very own map preview. The video detailed the map's origin story and the new arena. Junkertown will be available next week.SEPTEMBER 12