Despite Controversy, Counter-Strike Gambling Guy Still Officially Repping Call Of Duty

Trevor “TMartn” Martin, best known for violating FTC regulations by aggressively promoting a Counter-Strike skin gambling site that he didn’t say he owned, has returned to the spotlight alongside today’s release of Call of Duty: WWII—helping publisher Activision market the new game and raise money for veterans. The Race to Prestigeis a long-standing around-the-clock fundraiser…

Overwatch’s D.Va gets her own set of gaming gear. Razer’s decked out its Abyssus Elite gaming mouse and Goliathus mouse mat in pink, blue and black, and created a new MEKA gaming headset to bring it all together. Themouse and pad are available now, with the headset coming later this year.

The Pokémon Show Introduced A Generation To Anime

Next week, the Pokémon anime will air its 1000th episode. The show and game are still capturing the hearts of children around the world, just like they captured mine 20 years ago. When I was eight years old, every day I’d hurry home as fast as possible to catch Pokémon on TV. I didn’t have…

Cuphead Developers Talk Cut Bosses And What’s In The Cups

Designing a game that manages to be both tough and fun is a difficult task, but Cuphead designers Chad and Jared Moldenhauer, along with the rest of StudioMDHR, managed to pull it off. I spoke with the two brothers over the phone to learn about boss design, cut concepts, and life after a successful indie…

Call Of Duty: WWII‘s HQ Lets You Socialize, Duel, And… Play Pitfall

I was skeptical about Headquarters before I got my copy of Call of Duty: WWII, but after spending some time in the new social space, it seems like a well-thought out place to kill some time, get some loot, and play some Atari 2600. With today’s release of the latest Call of Duty, developer Sledgehammer…

World Of Warcraft‘s Next Expansion Is Battle For Azeroth

During today’s Blizzcon 2017 keynote, Blizzard announced Battle for Azeroth, the seventh expansion pack for World of Warcraft, rekindling the war between the Alliance and Horde. Now that the Horde and Alliance are finished teaming up against the demon invasion, it’s time to get back to the conflict at the heart of World of Warcraft.…

Blizzard Announces World of Warcraft Classic

Move over, Nostalrius—Blizzard is making its own classic servers for World of Warcraft, called World of Warcraft Classic “We’re committed to making an authentic, Blizzard-quality classic experience,” Blizzard said today during its Blizzcon keynote, promising that these new classic servers will take some time before they’re ready. So, uh, be patient. Fans had been asking…

Overwatch Gets A New Hero: Moira, A Support Healer

Overwatch is getting a new hero and she looks rad as hell. Moira is a powerful support healer that mixes DPS and healing. A geneticist working for the nefarious organization Talon with additional ties to the Overwatch’s spec ops group Blackwatch, Moira (full name Moira O’Deorain) mixes high mobility with support skills. In a trailer shown…

Overwatch‘s Next Map Is Blizzard World, A Tribute To Blizzard Games

Overwatch’s newest upcoming map is a crazy theme park full of World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Starcraft and other Blizzard games’ lore. So Blizzard can advertise its other games to you while you’re playing Overwatch. Yay! Blizzard World will be part assault and part payload and released early next year. This is almost certainly the “Yo…

Soon, There Will Be Hanzo Mains In Heroes Of The Storm

Sick of all those Hanzo mains wrecking your Overwatch competitive ranking? Well, now you can’t dodge them in Heroes of the Storm. A new breed of Hanzo main is about to emerge. At BlizzCon today, HOTS’ senior producer Kaeo Milker announced that Overwatch’s Hanzo is coming to the MOBA in December, joining the half dozen…

StarCraft II Is Going Free-To-Play

StarCraft II is going free-to-play, Blizzard announced today during the BlizzCon 2017 keynote. On November 14, you’ll be able to download the Wings of Liberty campaign without paying a cent, getting access to both single- and multiplayer for free. If you already have Wings, you’ll get a free copy of the game’s first expansion, Heart…

Studio Behind Torchlight Shuts Down; Big Layoffs At Studio Behind Gigantic

China-based publisher Perfect World this week laid off most of Motiga, the developer of the hero shooter Gigantic, and shut down Runic Games, the studio behind the popular action-RPG Torchlight and the recently released puzzle-platformer Hob. Both game developers were based in Seattle. In a statement, Perfect World said that it will continue to sell…

Half-Life 2 Episode 3, As Imagined By Five Different Developers

In August, former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw posted a blog post on his site which outlined a potential story for Half Life 2: Episode 3. A game jamusing that story as inspiration has created some colorful interpretations of Gordon Freeman’s final adventure. Epistle Jam, which took its name from Laidlaw’s post titled ‘Epistle 3,’ sought…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Help, My Girlfriend Is An Alcoholic

Hello all you interweb heartbubbles of desire, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the official dating advice column of The New Donk Times. This week, we’re going to be talking about handling the hard questions in a relationship. When your partner is struggling with an addiction that’s out of their control, how long can you…

Players Have Already Found Ways To Glitch Out Of Call Of Duty: WWII Levels

Players dedicated to breaking games have been hard at work hunting for glitches in Call of Duty WWII, and they’ve already found ways to get outside of the normal map areas areas and make themselves invincible to zombies. Take the beaches of Normandy for instance. It’s kind of a rule at this point that if…

EA Is Making Another UFC Game

After a promising but still too-barebones second installment, EA’s taking a third swing at the UFC. EA Sports UFC 3 is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on February 2. Here’s what it looks like: The big new features this time around are an improved animation system, a movement system with an emphasis on…

Bowser Will Comment On Your Outfit In Super Mario Odyssey

In addition to being a great platformer and excellent collectible game, Mario Odyssey is also a fashion sim. In the game, just like in real life, every outfit has its fans and critics. What follows includes some very minor spoilers for the ending of the game, so readers beware. As pointed out in a recent…