Omnic Weekly - An Overwatch podcast

As we wait for Overwatch 2 we kick off a two-weekly series where we invite members of our community and ask them all the same 5 questions about Overwatch. The past, the present and the future. This week we talk to Julian aka Ramses, one of the hosts of the Push the Point and OWL by the numbers podcasts. Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

It has been a while but we are coming back this weekend with something completely different!

For this 100th episode, we went live on Twitch, LP jumps back in and we answer the questions of our listeners! Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

The anniversary event launched, but we did not see the return of Pink Mercy skin. We did however see a ton of other skins and we discuss all of them. We also look forward to the Summer for Overwatch. Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

The anniversary event might be starting a lot sooner than we expected and Jeff hinted at one of the possible skins. Moira is getting an experimental card change soon and Blizzard addressed the issue of “negative smurfs”. Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

Echo ended up in the hero pools in her first week, which upset some people. Jeff has been sharing a lot about upcoming features and even recorded a developer update from his living room. We discuss it all! Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

Echo is live and Blizzard treated us to sprays, some new game modes, and even a tournament. The next experimental card is going to be hard on Mei and communication should be a lot easier soon. Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

We got a first look at all of Echo’s cosmetics and they look really good. Earlier this week we woke up in a world of googly eyes and the Overwatch League is going online for the rest of the season. Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

Echo is on PTR and getting nerfed! We discuss her possible release date and some of the skins we want to see. Doomfist is getting a new skin and Jeff shared some news on the future of this game and Overwatch 2. Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

Blizzard teased, announced and is testing hero 32, Echo. Some fake OW 2 leaks are flying around and the OWL is catching up with the lost games by having a marathon weekend next week. We close down this episode with a voice line quiz!! Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

Blizzard took us by surprise and dropped the Archives event. We discuss the new challenge missions, the skins and why jetpack cat is so big! The OWL had to cancel all their homestands in the coming weeks due to the corona crisis and we close down this episode with an Archives quiz! Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

The first experimental card is now live and it is the 3-2-1 lock! Tanks are being retuned and healers are flipping tables. There is a Mardi Gras challenge and we look into the first weeks of the 2020 owl season. We close down this episode with a long-overdue el pipi. Listen now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas Editing & Mastering by Tom Bleys @ Audio Ninjas

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