Esports Team Jerseys Keep Getting More Athletic

In the early 2000s, pro gamers had much simpler uniforms. They wore cotton hoodies and T-shirts while competing for prize pools that were in the tens of thousands of dollars, rather than the hundreds of thousands. You can see how much has changed from looking at esports jerseys. SK Gaming, founded in 1997, is still…

Man Spends One Year Making Overwatch Themed Anime Tribute

In late 2016, a Korean blogger named Glayer made a short 28-second tribute to Overwatch’s D.Va based on the opening for the popular anime Himouto! Umaru-chan. Now in 2017, he’s finally finished the tribute.  As pointed out by tipster Sang, the clip clocks in at about 1:30, which is about how long the Himouto! Umaru-chan…

We’re starting up a playthrough of Binary Domain live now on Twitch Am I a robot? Are you a robot? Who knows!

Counter-Strike’s signature map, Dust2, is getting an official rework from Valve. The “updated, refined” version will be playable in beta form “soon.” For now, enjoy one whole screenshot

EVE Online Free Players Are About To Get A Lot More Stuff

Soon, EVE Online’s free-to-play players will be allowed to expand their spaceship repertoires. CCP Games is more than quadrupling the amount of ships that F2P players are able to fly, still for the low, low price of free. Added last year, the free-to-play mode lets players be active in the EVE universe gratis, albeit with…

Five Cool Games From Indiecade 2017

I spent the weekend in Los Angeles at Indiecade, an annual event that celebrates independent games of all sorts, from PC and console games to games where you put on costumes and pretend to be witches. Here are the coolest ones I got to play this year. The Black Widow The Black Widow is a…

Deadly Squishy Fingers Return To Call of Duty This Week

Gesture Warfare, the mode in which players kill each other with in-game gestures like smushing players with their fingers or zapping them from a distance by throwing up a finger gun, is returning to Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare through October 12. It’s all part of this month’s ongoing event, Halloween Scream. If you prefer…

World’s Best Smash 4 Player Lost Twice This Weekend To Upstart Players

Two unsigned, ambitious competitors shook up the competitive Super Smash Bros. 4 community last night after shutting down the game’s best player, Gonzalo “Zero” Barrios, in two fun-to-watch upsets. At the Big House 7, Smash 4’s biggest tournament in the midwest, Zero Suit Samus player Tyler “Marss” Martins and Corrin player Brian “Cosmos” Kalu each…

What You Need To Know About Shadow of War’s Controversial Loot Boxes 

Ever since reviews of Shadow of War hit, talk of loot boxes and microtransactions have been heavy with panic and rife with misinformation. Are the best orcs behind a paywall? Is the design of the game predatory enough that it’s going to make people feel pressured to drop extra cash on a $60 game? And…

Shadow Of War‘s PC Download Is Nearly 100 GB

Hoping to play noted orc dating/shaming simulator Shadow of War on PC when it launches early tomorrow? You’ll probably want to start pre-loading it asap. By default, the Steam download of Shadow of War weighs in at a whopping 97.7 GB, making it one of the largest game downloads on the platform in recent memory.…

The latest episode of Telltale Games’ Batman: The Enemy Within has been updated, replacing artwork that included an image ofassassinated Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov. The new artwork appears to be acropped version of the original.

Someone Beat Spider-Man 2 Without Any Web Swings

2004’s Spider-Man 2 is fondly remembered for being a pretty good movie tie-in game with some amazing web swinging. New York is a blast to zip through, but one speedrunner decided to see how fast they could complete the game without using its most exciting feature. Slyfincleton decided to speedrun their way through Spider-Man 2…

When It Comes To Minecraft Toys, Sometimes Simple Is Best

Fancy construction sets are nice, but there’s plenty of building to do in Minecraft proper. The first wave of Minecraft Adventure Figures from Jinx are the perfect way to just hang out at your desk with Steve and the gang. Available this month at Walmart, Target and collectible retailers like Gamestop (they also dabble in…

What We Liked (And Didn’t Like) About Blade Runner 2049

Last Friday, Blade Runner 2049, the sequel to the iconic cyberpunk film, hit theaters. Staff writers Gita Jackson and Heather Alexandra checked it out this weekend, and, as you might imagine, there’s a lot to digest in this nearly three hour film. Spoilers! Gita Jackson: Hello Heather! You and I watched Blade Runner 2049 over…