Omnic Weekly - An Overwatch Podcast

The hero pools already made it to PTR, we discuss the new update to the workshop and we look into the start of the new OWL season, including some of the issues on that first day. We close down this episode with another lovely quiz. Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

Jeff Kaplan spoke and the community roared. He announced the “experimental card” and revealed that with the start of season 21, we’ll be seeing hero pools in competitive play. We discuss and wonder what the impact is going to be on the game. Hana closes down this episode with a lovely quiz. Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

There were rumors flying around about a possible big update next week and that it might be a hero ban system. Jeff jumped in to clarify and we discuss the wise words of our lord and savior, daddy jeff. Listen now! Jeff's post on hero bans: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/facts-rumors-discussion-of-hero-bans-updated/449559/66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

Blizzard dropped the Lunar New Year on us and even managed to squeeze in a slightly different game mode. We discuss all the cosmetics and balancing changes. On top of that, we ask ourselves if the 3-2-1 role lock would be something we care to see and Hana prepared a nice UK slang quiz. Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

In our first live episode on Twitch, we look forward to the next heroes, a jelly roadhog skin, possible challenges, loot for events and even a new map. Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

2019 draws to an end and we discuss what these last twelve months have meant for us and Overwatch. We also look forward to the next year and LP brings us another of his challenging Elpipi’s! Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

Winter Wonderland is live: we discuss all the changes, the skins, and the ugly interface. We look forward to the next patch and find out about Jake and Custa’s new career! Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

We are back! And we hit the ground running as we look forward to Winter Wonderland and the big shield nerf that is coming next week. We discuss the future of loot boxes and received the sad news of Jake's retirement. LP has a brand new Elpipi and more ! Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

Jeff explained how big Overwatch 2 is going to be, we were blessed with a brand new short story and a fresh challenge. A new PTR build went live that nerfed all the shields. We run over all the balancing changes and more! Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

Con Before The Storm and World of Podcasts is back with their 2019 Overwatch panel. This year's panel was moderated by Totemlydrunk (Heroes Never Die, Overwatch League Network, OWL By The Numbers, Overwatch Recall). Totem is joined by Edanar (Heroes Never Die, OWL By The Numbers), TheBlevins (High Noon), D (Omnic Weekly), Ramses (Push The Point, OWL By The Numbers), and Melarina (OWL Recap, The Cavalry). The panelists discuss the upcoming format changes to the 2020 OWL season, what to expect from the World Cup, and we look ahead to the future of Overwatch.

We went to Blizzcon and it was a big one! Overwatch 2 was announced, we are getting a ton of lore, new heroes, new modes and new maps, but it might take a while. And of course, there is a brand new Elpipi. Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

Blizzcon is starting next week and we discuss the rumors, look at the schedule and make our predictions. And on top of that, there is a brand new Elpipi. Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

The Halloween event is now live and the skins look amazing! Overwatch can now be played on the switch and we tried it! We take a look at some of the roster changes in the OWL and there is a brand new Elpipi. Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

We were planning on skipping a week due to the amount of work we have and the lack of news, but we wanted to share our opinion on the whole Blizzard/Hong Kong deal. It is raw, unedited, chaotic and with a lot of mouthbreating :p (had volume issues) Next week we'll have a normal episode and we'll take a look at the future. Well, up till Blizzcon. Thanks for your continous support. D, Hana and LP The Taliesin video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPrFvcdKxWw&feature=youtu.be

Blizzard announced the in-game items for Blizzcon ticketholders and they include not one, but two Overwatch skins. There was a fake leak for Halloween, we talk about that upcoming Switch release and there is a brand new Elpipi. Listen now! The Lucio skin : https://66.media.tumblr.com/c148902ea01d34ae609f78583d9bb9a7/tumblr_p7ld58k3ZC1qep3h6o1_1280.jpg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

The UK has an opinion on loot boxes and it sounds very familiar. We are still waiting for a new map and some people would like a map vote in Game. We discuss this week in the OWL and there is a brand new Elpipi. Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

Season 18 started, including role-queue! And then Blizzard reverted it. After which they launched it again! The rumours were true and Overwatch IS coming to the Switch. All this and more in this week's episode. Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

Symmetra and Zarya are getting nerfed on PTR, dps players spend hours in queue and there are all kinds of rumours that Overwatch might be coming to the Nintnedo Switch very very soon! All this and more in this week's episode. Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas