Watching Blizzard: It's Overwatch o'clock (Patreon)

No, I'm mistaken: it's always Overwatch o'clock. Not only are we heading to the end of Stage 1 in Overwatch League, today has been all Overwatch (almost) all the time. Let's take a look.

The Year of the Dog arrives in Overwatch

• First you'll want to check out the patch notes, which includes not only the new event, but also balance changes for Doomfist and Reaper, plus a pile of general bug fixes.
• Ha! Who am I kidding? What you really want to see are all the new skins, including the greatest Genji skin yet. May the RNG gods bless you with the luck to win the skins you want.
• And to help you use those new skins, a change now lets you equip skins at the start of the match. Enjoy, Overwatch fashionistas!

You can visit Thailand in the latest Overwatch map, but...

• There are so many great locations we'd like Overwatch to visit.

Sorry, Mercy mains

• It's no surprise that her win rate is down with the last round of nerfs. What's next for Overwatch's once-dominant support? She's not on Jeff's list of heroes the team is working on, so this may be the end... for now.

Uh oh

• Battle for Azeroth is bumping WoW's system requirements again. If you don't meet them, now's the time to start budgeting for an upgrade.

And while we're all here...

• Don't hassle Blizzard people for alpha access. Chances are they just can't give it to you, so just be chill and wait for the alpha to cone to you. (But be sure you opt in for testing on your account page if you haven't already.) Eventually, we'll all be playing Battle for Azeroth. No need to rush into it.

That's all for today, fellow kids. Get out of here and go have some fun in your favorite game. This is Liz, signing out.