Survival shooter Battlegrounds’ substantial update this morning added two special servers specifically for…
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If you’ve found yourself in Splatoon 2’s lobby sometime in the last day, you might have asked yourself: “Why is…
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Nintendo’s version of Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots, Arms, has struggled to stay relevant since its release back in June. …
Last week, Battlegrounds players were upset after director PlayerUnknown announced that the game would charge for…
Sansar, the new Second Life, opened its wild, new virtual world to the public today. Read more
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This may come as a surprise, but Battlegrounds is not about winning. With everyone’s obsession with achieving the…
Yesterday, TwitchPlaysBattlegrounds, a bot playing Battlegrounds through Twitch viewers’ crowdsourced gaming inputs,…
Altspace, which billed itself as “the leading social platform” for VR, is shuttering on August 3rd. Investors like Comcast poured over $15 million into the project, which attracted 35,000 users per month. In a blog post, Altspace’s developers explain that funding fell through and VR market growth has been slow.
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Medieval fighting game For Honor is finally adjusting its ambitious and controversial online system and adding…
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Face it—August is for binging anime. You might think you have bigger plans. But, no. You’re going to be curled up…
Yesterday, the developers of Battlegrounds announced plans to start charging for in-game clothing through a crate…
Blizzard announced increased penalties for toxic Overwatch players yesterday, effective immediately. Kotaku has reported that Overwatch’s previous reporting system was toothless, which may have inspired the game’s recent toxicity epidemic. We’re monitoring to see whether Blizzard will take real action. Read more
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In the Super Smash Bros. Melee community, how you play can matter far more than who you are. Recently, a top Melee pl…
Cyberpunk bartending game Va-11 Hall-a had one of the best soundtracks of 2016. Now, its glammy techno tracks are getting a vinyl release on September 15th.
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Today in “anime was a mistake,” fans of the anime Keijo, in which women in swimsuits fight with their boobs and…
A big update to Pokémon Go is plugging some leaky holes in the game’s gym mechanics.
When everything in the physical world is getting uploaded onto some great supercomputer in space, you will find me…
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Overwatch’s newest hero Doomfist will be on PC and console July 27th.
Twitch darling Dr. Disrespect, perhaps Battlegrounds’ most recognizable streaming personality, got suspended from…
So you want to get into anime. Buckle in. From outside, it looks like a big, scary and potentially fatal…