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Overwatch’s newest hero is Baptiste, a combat medic with a shameful past
Following a cryptic tease last week, Blizzard has officially unveiled the newest member of the Overwatch roster, Baptiste, by way of an origin story...
H1Z1 patches in quick fixes for its mammoth Season 3 update on PlayStation 4
Adding a whole lot of stuff to a game in a patch can also break things. It's not intentional, but it's inevitable. H1Z1 had...
RuneScape launches its third and final Elite Dungeon, the Shadow Reef
All seasoned adventurers in RuneScape are encouraged to dive into the last Elite Dungeon today. This of course means "seasoned" as a synonym for "experienced,"...
Brave the American frontier in Virtual Basement’s upcoming Outlaws of the Old West, published by Snail Games
Step aside, Red Dead Online; there's a new wild-west sandbox moseying into town -- the newly announced Outlaws of the Old West from developer...
There’s far too much hitbox around Pathfinder in Apex Legends
Hitboxes are tricky things in any sort of competitive game. Broadly speaking, hitboxes are the spaces around a character that can be hit by...
Two weeks after Activision Blizzard’s layoffs, its stock price is barely higher than before the layoffs
You all remember when Activision Blizzard laid off 800 employees on a year that was, on balance, a very good year for the company?...
MapleStory 2 previews quality-of-life improvements coming in its next patch
As part of its ongoing Project New Leaf initiative, MapleStory 2 has announced a slew of new quality-of-life changes coming to the game in...
After a month of quiet work, Valiance Online updates fans on internal progress
A while back, Valiance Online made a thread on its official forum to keep fans up to date on the internal progress for the game;...
Pokemon Go looks to the future in new interview as it announces Clamperl-focused limited research event
It's hard to believe that it's been over two years since Pokemon Go launched, starting an international craze that seemingly had everyone out and...
ZeniMax Media is hit with a trademark dispute over a filing for ‘Redfall’
What is "Redfall?" We don't know just yet, beyond the fact that it's a trademark filed by ZeniMax Media (the parent company of Bethesda...
Blizzard wants to know why you’re not playing Hearthstone anymore
It seems that Blizzard's free(ish)-to-play digital TCG Hearthstone has hit a bit of a rough patch recently. According to PC Gamer, Blizzard COO Coddy...
Final Fantasy XIV prepares for Little Ladies’ Day while Naoki Yoshida talks about the design of Blue Mage
The latest edition of Final Fantasy XIV's annual Little Ladies' Day event will get you properly equipped for a trip to San Francisco, as you'll...
Tencent introduces strict rules for streamers playing its games
Good news for Chinese streamers, as gaming giant Tencent has introduced a new set of rules about what streamers can and cannot do while...
The Elder Scrolls Online previews the upcoming Eld Angvar battleground
Eld Angvar is a locale in the Ayleid world between worlds, a space where boundaries of space break down and you can easily teleport...
Dark and Light drops its price as it promises it’s moving toward a full release
Gosh, we really hope you didn't buy Dark and Light last week because the title's price has just been dropped to $17.99. The announcement of...
Atlas takes aim at offline raiding and land ownership while delaying its next major patch
The bad news for Atlas fans is that the game's next major patch will be delayed until mid-March or late March. The good news is...
TERA partners with PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds for bizarre crossover event
Well, we suppose it was bound to happen eventually: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and TERA are crossing over. Sure, it seems like an odd combination, and...
Pantheon recaps January’s progress, previews atmosphere system in latest newsletter
The latest newsletter for Visionary Realms's in-development MMO Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen has been released, and in it the devs pull back the...
Anthem’s day one patch nukes infinite loading screen and adds loot to bosses
With all of the early access and previews running, you could be forgiven for feeling that Anthem had already launched. It has not, however; the...
Valve is getting rid of Steam’s non-gaming video service because you probably didn’t know it existed
Sorry, Steam fans, but the platform's non-gaming video section is being retired. Yes, you will no longer be able to buy hit movies like...
