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?…

Save Me Mr. Tako Sure Feels Like A Game Boy Classic

If I didn’t know Save Me Mr. Tako: Tasukete Tako-San was a tribute to retro handheld games, I could easily be convinced it was a long-lost Game Boy classic. Released this week on Nintendo Switch and Steam, the game starts Mr. Tako, an octopus caught in the middle of a war between octopi and humans…

Gritty Has A Child And It’s This Diablo III Amiibo

Diablo III’s loot goblin is the latest creature to join the ranks of Nintendo’s line of Amiibo toys. He’s equal parts cute and grotesque, and while I can’t imagine ever wanting to display him on my bookshelf, his potential treasure might be too much for the diehard Diablo grinder to ignore. The little red menace…

Diablo III On Switch Is Great But Keeps One Of The Console Version’s Most Annoying Features

Diablo III is basically Gauntlet on steroids and with better menus, which both helps and hurts its newest iteration on the Switch. The much-anticipated Switch port, which will be released November 2, teases at being the go-to couch multiplayer game Diablo III was always meant to be, and in some cases, succeeds at it. Yet…

Longtime Pokémon Director Might Be Stepping Down

Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee might be the last time Junichi Masuda sits in the Pokémon director seat. Masuda has been at Game Freak, the studio behind Pokémon, since its founding. After working as a composer on Pokémon Red and Blue, the first game he directed was Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. He’s been…

Westerns To Watch After Playing Red Dead Redemption 2

While playing Red Dead Redemption 2, a handful of Westerns keep coming to mind. Many of those films are most likely explicit influences, but others simply are evocative or reminiscent. For me, at least. After each round of Red Dead Redemption 2, my list of movies I want to rewatch keeps growing. So far, it…

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