Veteran reporter and editor with over ten years of experience. Probably reading comic books. The server tick rate controversy grew in the community over the past week after it became widely known that ...

Low server tick rate can be a common complaint from dedicated players of online shooters, but Blizzard has explained why some of the criticism is directed at developers needlessly. In layman’s terms, ...

Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan has addressed one of the most common complaints about Blizzard's competitive shooter: that the server tick rate isn't high enough. You're probably not going to be ...

If you’re not all that familiar with some of the competitive settings that directly affect tactical, first-person shooters, then you will be a bit confused as to why players are willing to leave an ...

UPDATE 15th AUGUST: The rollout of an increased Overwatch server tick rate has been confirmed by Blizzard for PC. The new tick rate is in effect across all game modes. Blizzard said it is "already ...