War Dots

May 22, 2020 marks the 40th anniversary of a moment that shook the video game industry and profoundly changed the…

Jayden “YourPrincess” Diaz is haunted by the term “egirl.” A League of Legends streamer competing among the top two…

After Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, the titular character went into retirement—both in the series’ fiction and real…

My wife and I look forward to playing each of David Cage’s games. There were parts of Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, …

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Esports may be bigger than ever, but it can still be hard to take players seriously when their competitive names are…

The most accomplished sniper in history accumulated 505 confirmed kills over a period of three months. I racked up…

Gaming’s culture war hasn’t ended. It’s still roiling, with new fights, new targets, new depths of ugliness, but…

Mafia 3 made its first appearance this week at Gamescom, and beyond the scene-setting first trailer (which you can…