Michael McWhertor is a journalist with more than 17 years of experience covering video games, technology, movies, TV, and entertainment. Blizzard changed McCree’s name as part of a broader plan to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kris Holt is a writer who covers video games and word games. It’s been a couple of months since Blizzard’s Team 4 said it would ...

Blizzard will rename Overwatch hero Jesse McCree after a former developer -- who the character was named after -- left the company. This announcement came several weeks after a lawsuit was filed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about TV shows, movies, video games, entertainment & culture. One of the original Overwatch characters, Jesse McCree, is ...

One of the most contested, rebalanced and considered characters in Overwatch’s short history has been the cowboy, Jesse McCree. The one-time criminal is one of the most deadly Offense characters, and ...

One of Overwatch’s heroes is getting a name change, after his namesake was dismissed from the company earlier this month. In a statement released by the Overwatch development team, it was revealed ...

Dalton Cooper is the Managing Editor of Game Rant. Dalton has been writing about video games professionally since 2011. Having written thousands of game reviews and articles over the course of his ...

The sexual harassment lawsuit against Activision Blizzard will have more repercussions for game content. Blizzard is changing Overwatch character Jesse McCree's name now that his real-life namesake ...

"I like McCree's Hot Potato." Well yes, don't we all, but what I find striking about the sentiment is it comes from Blizzard, from an Overwatch developer and a very senior one at that - lead gameplay ...

Update Jun 14, 2016: Overwatch's first major balance patch is going live today, and the patch notes are now available. After being teased this week by Kaplan, Overwatch's first balance changes are now ...

Overwatch is to change the name of one of its characters as it’s based on a developer who left following the ongoing discrimination lawsuit. What lasting effective the revelations about Activision ...

The latest Overwatch PTR has brought some new features big enough to overshadow the balance changes, but there's a McCree buff in there that players are starting to take notice of. The gunslingers has ...