Overwatch 2 drops the 2 and goes back to being Overwatch as Blizzard launches its biggest update ever next week: 'We want to gain players' confidence, we want them to have trust in the game'

Overwatch 2 drops the 2 and goes back to being Overwatch as Blizzard launches its biggest update ever next week: ‘We want to gain players’ confidence, we want them to have trust in the game’

The last thing I expected Blizzard to do was to change the name of Overwatch 2 back to just “Overwatch” four years after it came out. But as announced during the recent Spotlight video, that is exactly what Blizzard’s doing. Most of the sequel’s life has been about earning that 2, so why change it…

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Random: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night’s Composer Has A YouTube Channel, And It’s A Gold Mine For Music Fans

Michiru Yamane has been involved with the Castlevania series since 1994’s Bloodlines. If you’ve spent a good amount of time playing Castlevania games in the past, there’s a high probability you’ve probably encountered Michiru Yamane’s music in the past — even if you don’t happen to know her name. The acclaimed Japanese composer has been…

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The brainbox behind Valve’s Steam Labs says the number of Steam releases featuring GenAI in 2025 is 1 in 5, with 7% of all games on there now incorporating it: ‘We’ve octupled last year’s figure’

Ichiro Lambe is a games industry veteran with one hell of a CV: he co-founded Worlds Apart (which became Sony Online Denver), founded Dejobaan Games (probably best-known for the excellently named skydiving game AaaaaAAaaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!), and consulted at Valve for a spell, during which he was one of the key movers behind the creation of Steam…

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Brits can get around Discord’s age verification thanks to Death Stranding’s photo mode, bypassing the measure introduced with the UK’s Online Safety Act. We tried it and it works—thanks, Kojima

Today saw the full introduction of the requirements outlined in the Online Safety Act in the UK, requiring “robust” age checks for users to access adult content online. People have already managed to find ways around at least some of these verification requirements after *checks watch* less than 24 hours. Earlier today, our James stumbled…

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‘Man, I wish we didn’t have to turn on Secure Boot’: Battlefield 6 technical director knows the anti-cheat measure is a pain, but believes ‘the trade off was worth it’

If you were hoping that Battlefield 6 would ease up on its Secure Boot requirement ahead of launch, I’d stop holding that breath. Battlefield Studios has reaffirmed its requirement for the BIOS-level setting, which some fans complained was incompatible with their system or required jumping through too many hoops just to try the game. “I’ll…

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Path of Exile player casually posts mind-blowing collection of ultra-rare and out-of-print items, including a ring there’s only four copies of in the world

Someone decided to drop a live hand grenade in the Path of Exile subreddit yesterday when they posted a screenshot of one of the most incredible collections ever amassed in gaming. Somehow, some way, user Present-Plankton-734 has put together a complete set of every discontinued or altered item that’s ever been released in the game,…

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