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Overwatch’s Next Character Is Echo

After a whole bunch of speculation from the Overwatch community, Blizzard has finally revealed the identity of its hero shooter's next character. It's Echo, a robotic character we saw back during BlizzCon 2019's Overwatch 2 announcement.Blizzard dropped an origin story video to give players a sense of who Echo is, which you can watch below. According to Blizzard's tweet introducing the Echo video, she's "an evolutionary robot programmed with a rapidly adapting artificial intelligence." It didn't say when Echo will be available in the game, however.Introducing Echo.An evolutionary robot programmed

Blizzard Announces Overwatch’s Next Character Is Echo

After a whole bunch of speculation from the Overwatch community, Blizzard has finally revealed the identity of its hero shooter's next character. It's Echo, a robotic character we saw back during BlizzCon 2019's Overwatch 2 announcement.Blizzard dropped an origin story video to give players a sense of who Echo is, which you can watch below. According to Blizzard's tweet introducing the Echo video, she's "an evolutionary robot programmed with a rapidly adapting artificial intelligence." It didn't say when Echo will be available in the game, however.Introducing Echo.An evolutionary robot programmed

Evening Reading – March 18, 2020

Hey Shacknews, it's time for Evening Reading. Let's officially close out our day of posting. I have missed the past day and a half of First Post! and Evening Reading due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, please understand and take a look. COVID-19 CAN EAT A FAT ONE Pikachu being tested for coronavirus pic.twitter.com/bjKQ8qJq0t — Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) March 16, 2020 Pika. Dogs bc their owners have to stay home all day pic.twitter.com/ZkUOH9JpoI — Kelsey (@notorious_KRG) March 16, 2020 Lola is stoked. Due to coronavirus precaution, Bob Shellard isn't allowed

Steam Game Festival Spring Edition offers 40+ games from GDC 2020

Steam is offering players the opportunity to play more than 40 games that were supposed to appear at GDC 2020, with its Spring Edition of the Game Festival. GDC 2020 might not be happening, but with the help of Steam’s Game Festival, everyone can get their hands on several dozen games that were supposed to appear at the show. This free initiative will ensure game developers can get word out about their products and give players a chance to see what’s coming down the pipeline. Steam Game Festival Spring Edition

ShackStream: Phantasy Star Online 2 open beta

I’ve personally been wanting to check out Phantasy Star Online 2 for quite some time now, but the stars have never really aligned for me to do so. That is until today because not only is it my day to stream something, I’m also basically not supposed to leave the house right now. It’s honestly the perfect time for Microsoft to host an open beta for PSO2, and I am pumped to take this baby for a test-drive. Please join me on my journey as we discover everything the PSO2

Overwatch League announces online match format & March/April schedule

Following cancelation of live matches due to risk of COVID-19, the Overwatch League has announced its plans to resume in an online format along with a March and April schedule. No matter if there’s a global pandemic or not, the world keeps moving. The coronavirus has disrupted a huge portion of industry around the world, but esports is arguably in a place to recover and get back to business the best as Overwatch League has helped to prove. The League is moving to an online format in lieu of canceled

Teamfight Tactics Mobile is launching with crossplay this week

The popular League of Legends autobattler spinoff Teamfight Tactics finally has a launch date, and its coming in just a couple days to Android and iOS. Teamfight Tactics has been getting ready for a big new season of content, but we haven’t heard much about its mobile launch. That is, until today when Riot Games announced that the autobattler spinoff finally has a launch date. Teamfight Tactics Mobile will be launching simultaneously with the upcoming Teamfight Tactics: Galaxies season this week. Riot Games announced a launch date for Teamfight Tactics