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Blizzard chief development officer and co-founder Frank Pearce is leaving the company after 28 years. Pearce founded Blizzard as Silicon & Synapse in 1991, along with former Blizzard president Mike Morhaime, who stepped down last year, and current senior vice president Allen Adham. In a farewell message posted on Blizzard.com, Pearce says he plans to…

Someone Made An Awesome Final Fantasy VII Remake Boss Fight In Dreams

After an exciting showing at this year’s E3, hype around the Final Fantasy VII remake could not be higher. Its mix of classic storytelling and revamped combat shows a lot of promise. However, there’s been no demo in sight. In the meantime, one intrepid Dreams player has crafted an intense Final Fantasy VII-based boss battle…

Video game heroes Sonic and Tails meet the cartoon heroes of Lakewood Plaza Turbo in a very special episode of OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes. The episode, aptly titled “Let’s Meet Sonic,” airs Sunday, August 4 at 4:45 pm Eastern on Cartoon Network.  

One of my favorite anime songs of all time is “Shiki No Uta”, the ending theme to hip-hop martial arts epic Samurai Champloo Japanese hip-hop, soca, and reggae artist Minmi just debuted an English version of the tune, and it’s so good. Listen onSpotify, Amazon or Apple Music. Then return and gush.

Announced at Marvel’s games panel at San Diego Comic-Con, the first chapter in the Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 paid season pass is Marvel Knights, starring Moon Knight and three other guys. The other two chapters feature the Fantastic Four and X-Men, though not Colossus or Cyclops. Those two come to the game for free on…

Fallout 76 got a hotfix today to address some of the problems plaguing players since the Tuesday’s update went live. One thing it fixes are legendary item drops that previously weren’t appearing. One thing it doesn’t fix are legendary enemies that don’t drop legendary items because the game has mislabeled them.

Apex Legends Will Make Cheaters Play Against Each Other

Since launching in February, battle royale Apex Legends has suffered its share of cheaters. Some are even making good money developing cheats for players to use. The game’s developers recently detailed some of the steps it’s taking to squash cheating, including a new system that will match known cheaters into the same games. Cheating is…

Flappy Royale’s beta ended today and the game is now officially out on PC and mobile Currently 10 million games have been played, with one in five never going past the first pipe. And if you make it past the first three pipes? Well then you’re already in the top 50 percent of players

Fake GTA Online Money Streams Are Popping Up Ahead Of Casino Update

Grand Theft Auto Online’s upcoming casino update has a lot of players hoping for expensive cars, new clothing items and lots of other things to buy. Some scammers are taking advantage of players’ excitement using fake online streams claiming to drop in-game money, sometimes in exchange for real money donations. Money drop streams aren’t a…

EVE Online Feels Empty After In-Game Event Hides Players In Chat

Parts of EVE Online have changed radically in the last week, altering the way that some people play the game. Typically, when a player’s ship enters a star system, they’re added to a shared chat channel called “Local.” This channel provides a list of every player who is in the star system, as well as…

Free-to-play superhero MMO DC Universe Online launches on the Switch August 6. Already available on PC, Xbox One and PS4, the Nintendo version of DC Comics’ build-your-own-hero game gets its own dedicated server, with all players starting fresh from level one. And hey, it’s portable now. Check out the official website for more info.

The Advance Wars-inspired strategy game Wargroove finally comes to PS4 on July 23. The game has been out on Xbox One, Switch, and PC since February and it’s really good. There’s also a wealth of player-made maps and campaigns with online multiplayer, though the PS4 version will be the only one without cross-play.

At San Diego Comic-Con this week, Hasbro revealed possibly the best action figure of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ Putty enemies ever. On sale this fall of $40, the six-inch Lightning Collection Fighting Spirit Green Ranger and Putty two-pack also features Dr. Tommy Oliver with real coma-fighting action. Expect to see lot of him on eBay as…

The western release of SINoALICE, the smartphone game from Nier: Automata director Yoko Taro scheduled to launch worldwide today, has been delayed indefinitely, publisher Nexon announced on Facebook. For now, the game remains exclusive to Japan.

Tim and Stephen are streaming the impressive new Assassin’s Creed Odyssey DLC The Fate of Atlantis Chapter 3, over on our Twitch channel. Join us in the chat to see it in action, or just to hang out. And as always, subscribe to us onTwitch for more streams as they happen.

The upcoming Streets of Rage 4 has enlisted a group of world-class composers for its soundtrack. Yūzō Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashima, who worked on the franchise in its heyday, will be joined by Yoko Shimomura (Street Fighter II), Hideki Naganuma (Jet Set Radio), and Keiji Yamagishi (Ninja Gaiden) on the revival.  

Luigi’s Mansion 3 will release on October 31, Nintendo announced via Twitter this morning. That means you have multiple months to get used to the idea of…ugh, Gooigi.

Fortnite’s 9.40 patch brings epic and legendary variants of the tactical shotgun, adds an Xbox-only tournament, and changes how items stack. See the full patch notes for all the details. 

New Picross Game Announced, Is An Anime Crossover

There’s a new Picross game coming to the Switch! Rather than just stick to numbers and puzzles, though, this one’s a crossover with, of all things, the anime Overlord. Famitsu reports there’ll be 519 puzzles in all, and you can progress through a simple story by unlocking images that play out at the completion of…

Xbox Game Pass continues to grow this month with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, The Banner Saga 3, and Resident Evil 4, and other games all getting added over the next two weeks.