Overwatch

CutiePieSenseiis only just starting out in cosplay, but you wouldn’t tell by looking at her incredible Widowmaker outfit here.

Giant Pile Of Bastions Meets Satisfying End

Today on Highlight Reel we have bastion deaths, awkward apple moments, technical difficulties, powerful spells and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below. Subscribe to Kotaku on YouTube for more! Watch Dogs…

Game of Thrones’ Battle of The Bastards, As Told By Overwatch And World of Warcraft

After Sunday’s episode of Game of Thrones, I think it is safe to say that Jon Snow got the play of the game, eh? (Spoilers ahead.) Or at least, YouTuber Node points to Jon as the match highlight: Arguably, Jon might have gotten the glory, but it was Littlefinger who truly saved the day, as…

Korean Woman Kicks Ass At Overwatch, Gets Accused Of Cheating [Update]

Meet Geguri. She’s 17 and very, very talented at Overwatch. She’s so good that after beating rivals during Nexus Cup qualifiers, other players accused her of cheating. Update – June 22 6:30am: More details added blow. Check out her stats. As PC Games N notes, playing as Zarya, she has a win rate of eighty…

Overwatch And League of Legends Battle It Out In South Korea

Overwatch and League of Legends are running neck and neck in the rankings for the most played game at South Korea’s internet cafes. Last week, Overwatch starting making a move to overtake League of Legends, the reigning PC bang (net cafe) king. As tipster Sang points out, Overwatch edged out LoL late last week by…

Cheers Luv, The…Cavalry’s…Here?

Canadian cosplayer Nathan DeLuca genderbends Overwatch’s Tracer to perfection here. You can see more of Nathan’s cosplay work at his Instagram page and Tumblr

Overwatch Fans Have Turned Tracer Into A Completely Different Character

A major part of Overwatch’s appeal is character personality, but not because they’re overflowing with it, per se. Overwatch’s characters are colorful vessels for players to inhabit, foundations on which to build. Blizzard gives us their motivation, a bit of backstory, and some banter, but players’ imaginations are meant to do the heavy lifting. Unsurprisingly,…

Blizzard Decorated A Children’s Hospital In South Korea

This is called using your powers for good. As tipster Sang points out, Blizzard Korea recently unveiled “Blizzard i-Room” at a children hospital in Seoul. Jonathan Burton, the creator of Carbot, was on hand as part of an opening ceremony for the room, which features Carbot versions of popular Blizzard characters. Below are images fromKorean…

Street Fighter Mod Lets You Play As Tracer From Overwatch 

PC gaming continues to bring us ridiculous crossovers, this time mixing a little Street Fighter V with Overwatch. As showcased by PC Best Mods, you’ll note that this version of Tracer drops her guns in favor of hand-to-hand combat. Really, the Tracer model is just skin over Cammy, so she can’t do any of her…

Overwatch’s Competitive Mode Will Let You Earn Golden Guns, Other Special Rewards

Overwatch’s ranked mode will hit sometime later this summer, and it will be pretty different from what was in the beta. Here’s what you can expect. In a developer update, Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan talks about some of the changes players can expect in the new, reworked version of competitive play: Some highlights: The…

Overwatch‘s Winston, As A Gorilla-Sized PC Case

Why build a massive PC case out of Overwatch’s bespectacled, science-tastic simian? Alternative question: why not? The build, which was on display at E3 this week, was given life by the tech warlocks at PCJunkieMods. They even made videos chronicling the process: It’s a damn impressive piece of work. What if there’s more to it,…

Two Overwatch Ultimates Synchronize Perfectly

Today on Highlight Reel we have dancing dragons, ultimate Mercy sacrifices, bookworms, screaming barrel people, and much more! Watch the video then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below Watch Dogs – Check both sides – Elwanya Dark…

Watch the Chinese Overwatch Rip-Off in Action

Earlier this spring, stills and artwork of an Overwatch clone appeared on Chinese sites. Now, we have footage of the game in action. As Redditor Rebirdhk previously pointed out on r/Overwatch, the game is called Legend of Titans. Overwatch does have an official release in China, and Legend of Titans appears to be for mobile,…

Overwatch Genji Cosplay Is On Another Level

I know, there’s been a lot of Overwatch cosplay here lately, but there’s just so much of it, and it’s so consistently good, and people are very much into this game, so whatever, deal with it. Today? It’s Fredrik Just and his incredible Genji outfit, which as you can see not only fits nice and…

What’s Next For Overwatch

Overwatch has only been out for a few weeks now, but it’s already got 10 million players. Naturally, Blizzard has big plans for the future. In a recent forum post, Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan laid out Blizzard’s plans for the next many months, noting that the team is “working on content patches throughout the…

Heroes Never Die (Nor Does Their Cosplay)

Spiral Cats’ Tasha, who already made our “Best Overwatch Cosplay” list for her Tracer work, now makes a convincing argument for inclusion with this Mercy outfit.

Overwatch Update Nerfs McCree And Widowmaker

It’s been hinted at for a couple weeks, but now it’s finally here: Overwatch’s first big post-launch balance update. Blizzard has looked in the general direction of McCree and Widowmaker and uttered those fateful words: “It’s hiiiiiiiigh noon.” For now the patch is only out on PC. These changes will be included in a larger…

Overwatch Reborn as Anime Style Credits 

Don’t fret! There is an anime style closing credit sequence, too. ViaJapanator, these clips show that with some fancy editing, J-pop, and Japanese subtitles, Overwatch totally looks like anime. The above opening credit sequence has been floating around online, but the closing credits clip below is newer. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet…

Guy Trolls Overwatch Players With ‘It’s High Noon’

Overwatch players are practically conditioned to react to McCree’s ultimate: if you hear “IT’S HIGH NOON” mid-match, you either quickly survey the area and run for your life, or you die. The sound cue is supposed to be useful and informative. …unless of course someone starts abusing it. Nigma’s Vidya Channel took McCree’s sound clip…

Overwatch Cosplay Goes Deeper

Cosplaying as D.Va’s actual Overwatch character design is so 2015. Two examples! The pic up top is based on fan art by chexgirlfriend, while the cosplay homage is by Kitty Lappin Love how she even copied the off-centre text. But wait, there’s more. Here’s Vani Chu vs the D.Va doritos art: