With a new Dune movie on the way, there will also be some new Dune video games, with Funcom announcing the development of at least three games set in the universe, one of them an MMO.

Overwatch’s newest hero, combat medic Baptiste, is now on the PC public test server. He’s officially classified as a support, with a biotic launcher that fires powerful three-round bursts, a grenade alt fire that heals allies, a regenerative healing field, and an immortality field that stops allies from dying altogether. That, powerful as it sounds,…

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The makers of The Division 2 are implementing a ton of changes for the game’s March 1 open beta. The list of updates covers many issues raised during the generally good private beta, including making enemies in the included endgame mission weaker. They’re also limiting the private beta’s ubiquitous request for backup audio pings to…

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Game Center CX (aka Retro Game Master) has already inspired video games, but now it’s getting its own card game version called Shinya Arino’s Love Letter, making this a Game Center CX version of Love Letter!