This Week In The Business: The Changing Season

QUOTE | “The actions by management from these different companies – from ArenaNet to Riot, Rockstar, Telltale, all these – we need something that’s going to be much more of a blunt force response. And it needs to be a widespread, collective response to these activities.” – Although Ex-IGDA head Kate Edwards had previously said…

Rainbow 6 Siege Will Remove Sex And Gambling References Globally [UPDATE: Changes Reverted]

In order to prepare Rainbow 6 Siege for “expansion into Asian territories,” Ubisoft announced yesterday that it will be making some global changes to the game’s visuals to remove gore and references to sex and gambling. While the studio says the changes won’t affect gameplay, many fans are still not happy. [Update 11/20, 3:17pm— Ubisoft…

A Fresh Look For Samus Aran

Julien Desroy is a 3D artist who has worked at places like Gameloft and Axis Animation (Destiny 2, League of Legends). You can see more of Julien’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Diablo Immortal Is A Simplified Diablo—Maybe Too Simplified

At first glance, the upcoming mobile game Diablo Immortal looks a lot like Diablo III. Similar classes, similar environments, similar art, similar abilities. In the demo I played at BlizzCon, however, much of the resemblance was only skin deep. After a brief tutorial hosted by the one and only Deckard Cain, the 15-minute multiplayer demo…

World Of Warcraft‘s ‘Rise of Azshara’ Update Will Take Us To The Land Of The Naga

World of Warcraft’s first major post-Battle for Azeroth content update, Tides of Vengeance, launches on December 11, but that’s not important right now. The update after that, Rise of Azshara, will take players to the naga home of Azjatar, the lost gnome city of Mechagon, and beyond. At BlizzCon today, Blizzard gave out some tantalizing…

Behold, BlizzCon’s giant Lego D.Va statue. Yes, she’s made of Lego bricks. No, you probably won’t be able to buy this one in the near future

The Long Journey To The Fantastic Tetris Effect

Tetris Effect is the next game from Enhance, the game studio run by Tetsuya Mizuguchi that created Rez Infinite and Lumines Remastered Mizuguchi has been trying to create his own take on Tetris since the early 2000s. Fortunately for me, he wasn’t able to pull it off in those days, which resulted in the creation…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for yours truly filling in for our usual weekend editor Cameron. I will be playing Don’t Just Write About The Witcher 3, and probably its sequel, Why Did I Write About The Witcher 3 So Much In seriousness, I have been squeezing Red Dead Redemption 2 into whatever spare time I have.…

Eight Nations Face-Off In This Weekend’s Overwatch World Cup

In Overwatch, as in soccer, there’s annual league play and international World Cups. This weekend belongs to the second. Before OWL’s second season gets underway, teams from around the world will represent their nations at BlizzCon in the Overwatch World Cup. It’s one of the game’s most entertaining events for all the same reasons people…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Why Can’t I Take Control Over My Life?

Hello all you bags of Internet horror meat, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only outlaw dating advice column north of the Rio Bravo. This week, we’re talking about power and influence. There are times we all feel like we’re just pawns in the game of life. But how can we use what little…

Blizzard Announces Diablo Immortal For Phones

If you were hoping for Diablo 4, you’re going to have to wait a while longer. The next Diablo game is Diablo Immortal, announced today at BlizzCon, and it’s a phone game that Blizzard says is “coming soon.” Set during the twenty years between Diablo II and Diablo III, Diablo Immortal will tell stories about Tyrael,…

Hearthstone’s next expansion, Rastakhan’s Rumble, will be out December 4 Here’s a charming musical trailer.

Warcraft 3 Is Getting Remastered

It’s no Warcraft 4, but Warcraft 3 sure looks good remastered in 4K. Warcraft 3: Reforged is coming out next year to remind everyone where World of Warcraft came from. The shiny new version of the 2002 classic will include all content from Reign of Chaos and its expansion, The Frozen Throne. There’s a special…

Overwatch‘s Next Hero Is Ashe, Leader of the Deadlock Gang

At BlizzCon today, Blizzard announced Overwatch’s latest hero, Ashe, a stern and strict gang leader who looks absolutely killer. Introduced in the animated short “Reunion,” Ashe stands off against Overwatch’s bounty hunter Jesse McCree in a fight worthy of Red Dead Redemption 2 (only with robots): She’s the leader of the Deadlock Gang, a group…

You Can Now Get Destiny 2 Free On PC

From today until November 18, Destiny 2 will be free for people on PC to download through Blizzard’s Battle.net client, the company announced today at BlizzCon. The giveaway is to mark the game’s one year anniversary of first coming to PC. Obviously, this offer only applies to people who haven’t already purchased the game on…

I Can’t Stop Kicking People To Death In Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

I’ve kicked so many people to death in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Off hill tops, mountain ledges, and temple roofs. I can’t help myself. In this latest entrant in the stealth series about assassinating historical figures, stealth is no longer the most important skill, and assassination attacks no longer guarantee success. So I’ve fallen back on…

I’ve Almost Finished The Quiet Man And Still Have No Idea What It Is

Since hearing about it at this year’s E3, I keep asking myself one question: what the hell is the The Quiet Man? Developed by Human Head Studios and Square Enix, every new trailer for the game was more confusing than the last. Now that the game is out, I finally have my answer. It is…

Why Reporting a Red Dead Redemption 2 Leak Cost a British Website $1.3 Million

The video games media reports on leaked information all the time. So why, when British website Trusted Reviews published details from a leaked document about Red Dead Redemption 2 in February of this year, did it end up paying out over a million dollars to charities as part of a settlement with publisher Take-Two Interactive?…