Blizzard has weighed in on the two issues players have had with The Butcher since he dropped into Heroes of the Storm last week. They confirmed that his unstoppable charge move is bugged “and will be fixed with an upcoming patch.” As for his gameplay balance, they said he is “nowhere near underpowered or overpowered.”

The sizable expansion to one of last year’s best puzzle games, The Talos Principle, is arrives on July 23, the developer revealed today.It’s divided into four episodes and tells the story of a completely different society within the game’s bizarre complex. The developer also dropped this bombshell: “The original plan was to divide The Talos…

Everyone With Live Gold Can Now Play Smite On Xbox One

Hi-Rez Studios god-powered third-person action MOBA launches into open beta today on Xbox One, meaning everyone with Xbox Live Gold can play for free and no one ever has to ask me for a beta key ever again. Huzzah! With its third-person camera and focus on active aiming rather than cthe click targeting of standard…

Abeno Harukas Osaka, Japan. By Brian Ashcraft. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

Artist: Kana Nishino | Track: Moshimo Unmei no Hito ga Iru no Nara | Album: Moshimo Unmei no Hito ga Iru no Nara (single) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Lizard Squad Member Found Guilty Of 50,700 Charges Of “Computer Crime”

A member of Lizard Squad, the group responsible for numerous attacks on gaming sites and platforms over the past year, has been found guilty in Finland of a comical 50,700 charges “related to computer crimes”. And yet he won’t be going to prison. The Daily Dot reports that Julius “zeekill” Kivimaki, who is only 17,…

A Game About Supporting Your Family. No Matter What It Takes

Family Man looks like it’s gonna get really dark really fast—depending on how you play it. Family Man’s premise—you’re some dude, you’ve got a family, you’ve got to make ends meet—would be the stuff of impromptu comas if not for one little caveat: you’ll be able to do anything. Or, you know, mostly anything: “Family…

You Should Take A Closer Look At Arkham Knight‘s Billboards

There are hundreds of billboards all over Gotham in Batman: Arkham Knight. You, like me, might have missed how they change over time. What follows could be considered a plot spoiler for Arkham Knight Early on in the game, Batman is exposed to Scarecrow’s hallucinogenic drug. This mostly ends up influencing the game’s cutscenes, but…