Overwatch 2

By cancelling much of the sequel’s new content, and with other F2P options a click away, Blizzard’s choice is a huge risk

Team of 100 has already seen departures after it was announced 14-year partnership would end this month

While a positive step away from loot boxes, many battle passes just replicate the surface of Fortnite’s model and miss the underlying ideas entirely

Edgegap CEO Mathieu Duperré offers advice on how to overcome (or at least prepare for) infrastructure issues when launching a multiplayer game

The follow up to the 2016 hero shooter is here but critics debate whether it feels like a full-on sequel

Game director Aaron Keller says team will "work throughout the night" to address the issue

Blizzard’s sequel-cum-relaunch remains the year’s most interesting business experiment as it tries to thread the needle of retaining existing players while appealing to newcomers

Blizzard’s retooled online shooter is one of the biggest remaining launches of the year – and a very unusual attempt to overhaul the monetisation of a popular game in mid-flow