Blizzard focuses MLG on Overwatch as e-sports teams flee the game
Remember back when Blizzard bought Major League Gaming? This week, the studio announced it's putting MLG to use as the conduit for its Overwatch...
Steam Hammer brings survival steampunk to early access this Friday
For those craving more Telsa coils and calculation engines than swords and spells, there's the brand-new Steam Hammer that's coming to Steam early access...
Atlas Reactor’s season three appends Meridian to the roster
Season 3 has dropped in Trion's Atlas Reactor today, introducing the brand-new Hyperforge map and a brand-new support hero, Meridian.
"He blurs the line between...
Heroes of the Storm starts testing Overwatch’s D.Va
At this point, Heroes of the Storm really should stop pretending and just rename itself Heroes of Overwatch.
Blizzard's underperforming MOBA is certainly capitalizing hard on...
Conan Exiles’ Joel Bylos talks about butt sliders and blunders
If you're looking for candid and enthusiastic answers to burning questions to all things Conan Exiles, you can do no better than hit up...
Ruin of the Reckless is a ‘punishing’ multiplayer dungeon crawler
Fast, furious, and oh-so-deadly: This is the approach that Ruin of the Reckless enjoys and is not ashamed to deliver to players.
Launched late last...
ARK: Survival Evolved rolls out bees, sharks with frickin laser beams, and an auction house mod
Why I took this post, I have no idea: I'm firmly in the "NOT THE BEES" camp over here, and yet bees are exactly...
Transgender gamers face crass rejection by CS:GO tournament organizers [Updated]
This article has been updated as apparently it was all part of an elaborate, horrific, and completely unfunny fraud/hoax perpetrated on the e-sports and...
Planet Nomads patches up ahead of new May 25 early access launch date
One of the many, many, many multiplayer survival sandboxes under the purview of our The Survivalist column is Planet Nomads, a title that Kickstarted...
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer tries out Sea of Thieves, calls it a ‘magical experience’
For Microsoft, Sea of Thieves isn't some below-the-radar project that's beneath the company's notice. Its Xbox division, in particular, is very keen to see...
Dev stream highlights Secret World Legends’ weapon abilities
Fans are eager to see and learn more about Secret World Legends, and devs complied with a new livestream. While they couldn't answer all...
DOTA 2 is getting a co-op story campaign… no, really
The story of DOTA 2 has generally been considered to be a story of racist epithets uttered at strangers in a video game, or...
The Stream Team: A new CMA series in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series
Do you like Telltale games? Do you like Guardians of the Galaxy? Do you like telling Massively OP's MJ what to do? If so,...
Overwatch: Hero leaks, lockbox probabilities, and Korean political humor
As Asian countries are cracking down on online games with lockbox gambling, gaming companies are complying with transparency. To wit: Blizzard's Chinese Overwatch website...
Conan Exiles moves to biweekly patch cadence, reshuffles development priorities
You might have noticed there was no Conan Exiles patch this week. That was intentional. Funcom says it hasn't been happy with the quality of its...
Exploring TellTale’s Guardians of the Galaxy ‘crowd play’: A dual group dynamic
I have sort of an odd relationship with "story" in gaming. JRPGs really got me into gaming and inspired me to focus on my...
Activision-Blizzard Q1 2017: Blizzard’s online games drove Activision-Blizzard profits last quarter
Activision-Blizzard can't claim "biggest quarter ever" for the quarter ending March 2017, but it continues to rake in huge sums of money, enough to at...
SMITE honors ‘painting god’ Bob Ross in next week’s update
I almost feel sorry for a patch like the one hitting SMITE next week -- it's got new skins for Erlang Shen, Sol, Thoth,...
Diablo III sums up why Necromancers are getting smaller sets and weaker cooldowns
Had you forgotten about the Diablo III Q&A stream about the Necromancer? Because that happened. Not to worry, though; there's a full summary available...
PSA: The Division is free to try this weekend on PC
The Division (or what we called "The Divs" when I was a kid roaming the suburban streets of Ohio, looking for my next hit of...
