OVERWATCH

Like World of Warcraft, Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard reinvented a genre.

The best games to take your mind off the raging tire fire that has been this year.

From Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2 to Overwatch and Doom - a look at the year's most creative shooters.

Overwatch's Winter Wonderland event will run from 13 December through 2 January.

Lead writer Michael Chu said the team decided to 'take the story in a different direction'.

Your guide to the week's biggest video game news stories.

Overwatch's much-anticipated hacker hero Sombra is finally live on all platforms.

Your round-up of the week's best gaming deals and discounts.

Hearthstone's Jason Chayes on how Blizzard is changing eSports.

Blizzard has evolved from a tiny self-starter to a gaming juggernaut.

All the big news for Blizzard's hero-based shooter, from the tenth annual Blizzcon.

Blizzard describes Overwatch's new hero as "the world's greatest hacker."

A professional eSports league is in the works for Blizzard's smash hit hero shooter.

Fans believed an announcement was coming, but were left with just a few lines of text.

Running through 1 November, the event adds over 100 new cosmetic items.

The company explains that there has been some 'occasional confusion and inefficiencies' over the years.

The latest interruption follows a week of technical issues with the developer's servers.

'I've had the time of my life,' 42-year-old Metzen wrote in a heartfelt letter posted on the Battle.net forums.

The free weekend, however, will not apply to the PC version of the game.

The video game dev has been hit with multiple DDoS attacks in the past two months.

'Gaming servers are a top target of DDoS assaults,' Imperva security researcher Ofer Gayer told IBTimes UK.