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The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr Adds A Shot Of Cat Charisma And A Lot Of Dragons

The Elder Scrolls Online has always seemed strangely reluctant to get weird. Even though Elder Scrolls games are at their best when they’re at their strangest, the opening hours of ESO’s main quests have always been surprisingly low-key. But ESO’s latest expansion, Elsweyr, takes us all to the eponymous home of the series’ beloved cat…

Borderlands 2 Gets New DLC Leading To Borderlands 3‘s Release

Come hell, high water, lawsuits, inadvisable Twitter threads, or equally inadvisable voice actor casting choices, Borderlands 3 is coming out. Currently, it’s scheduled for this September, which means it’s right around the corner. Gearbox, it seems, has decided to prepare players by sending them back to the colorful killing (and looting) fields of Borderlands 2…

Sources: Blizzard Cancels StarCraft First-Person Shooter To Focus On Diablo 4 And Overwatch 2

Blizzard has canceled a StarCraft first-person shooter that had been in development for the past two years, according to three people familiar with goings-on at the studio. The main reason, Blizzard told staff, was to put more resources into the Diablo and Overwatch franchises. The project, which was code-named Ares, was described to me as…

There’s A Whole Lot Of Final Fantasy Music On Spotify Now

Streaming music service Spotify is generally hit-or-miss for video game soundtracks. That’s not so for Final Fantasy anymore, as official soundtracks for all the main games and many of its spin-offs are now available for your listening pleasure. There’s been Final Fantasy music on Spotify previously, but not to this extent. Noticed yesterday by Twitter…

It’s Good To See Mortal Kombat Movie Shang Tsung Back In Action

Powerful sorcerer, vile betrayer and all-around not nice guy, Shang Tsung returns in Mortal Kombat 11 as a downloadable fighter. Sporting both the voice and the look of Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the actor who famously portrayed him in 1995’s Mortal Kombat movie, this version of Shang Tsung’s got the moves and magic to make him a…

Sources: Sony Agreed To Destiny 2 Cross-Save Just Yesterday

Today, Bungie announced that Destiny 2 will be getting cross-save across all platforms, allowing players to transfer progression between Google Stadia, Xbox, PC, and PS4. But for the past few weeks, sources say, Bungie didn’t think that last one would happen. In fact, it came together at the last possible minute: One day before the…

Bungie Outlines The Future Of Destiny 2: Cross-Save, No Exclusives, Free-To-Play Base Game

Bungie today went in-depth on the future of Destiny 2, delivering a heartfelt video presentation in which franchise bosses Luke Smith and Mark Noseworthy talked about their Activision-free vision: a Destiny 2 that’s continually updated and playable just about anywhere. Smith and Noseworthy said that one of their goals was to embrace the “MMO” aspects…

Baldur’s Gate 3 Confirmed From The Makers Of Divinity: Original Sin 2

After teasing it last week, the makers of Divinity: Original Sin 2 today confirmed the biggest pre-E3 bombshell yet: Baldur’s Gate 3 is coming. Larian, the company behind Divinity, announced the news on Google’s Stadia stream today. It’ll also be on PC, the company said. Says Larian in a press release: Baldur’s Gate III will…

Nearly Six Years Later, GTA Online‘s Casino Has Been Updated (Update: Rockstar Confirms Casino DLC)

If you head down to the casino in Grand Theft Auto Online today, you’ll see that some changes have been made. After nearly six years, it seems the vacant and unused casino is being updated, and, according to data miners, more changes are coming. When GTA V and GTA Online launched in 2013, players noticed…

Metal Gear Solid Retrospective: ‘You Enjoy All The Killing, That’s Why’

After Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, the titular character went into retirement—both in the series’ fiction and real life. It would be another eight years before fans would play a Metal Gear game. That game was Metal Gear Solid, and it helped codify the stealth genre forever. Solid Snake’s story is full of betrayal, blood,…

Fortnite’s 9.20 patch brings the Stom Flip, a new item that lets you shield yourself from the storm or create your own temporary mini-storm. It also vaults the hunting rifle and adds the ability to undo purchases for a “limited time.” Update 10:30—Also, the Polar Peak castle and monster are gone.

Darksiders Is Getting A Diablo-Style Spinoff

Publisher THQ Nordic just announced Darksiders Genesis, a Diablo-style spinoff in the recently-revived Darksiders series. It’s a big shift from the third-person action the previous trilogy of action role-playing games was known for. The announcement trailer for Genesis introduces a new horseman of the Apocalypse, Strife, in a brief cinematic, before showing off the game’s…

Sword Art Online Replica Toy Blade, Only $1,000

You too can own a full-scale replica toy version of Kirito’s sword the Elucidator. Outfitted with over 700 LED lights, the blade’s gyro sensor responds to different types of blade swings with light effects and sounds. It also connects to your smartphone, allowing for different light color customization. But…it’s supposed to be a one-handed sword,…

Sega is ending arcade service in Japan for its highly successful mecha game Border Break on September 9, 2019, which is the game’s ten anniversary. The game has grossed over a hundred million dollars, and Sega stated it wanted to revive Border Break on arcades, so don’t be surprised if a new version is in…

After Swiping Lots Of Fortnite Dances From Black Artists, Epic Finally Teams Up With One

Fortnite has been a colossal success for publisher Epic Games, but Epic has not made a habit of sharing that notoriety with the predominantly black artists whose dances helped turn it into a global phenomenon. This has led to (for-now dropped) lawsuits from the likes of rapper 2 Milly and Fresh Prince actor Alfonso Ribeiro,…

Playing Mordhau With An Actual Frying Pan

Medieval brawler Mordhau is supposed to be played with a controller or mouse + keyboard, but as with most games, a bit of tinkering can expand those options somewhat, up to and including the use of an actual cast iron frying pan. Here’s Rudeism, no stranger to this kind of stuff, rigging up some motion…

Classic Spongebob Game Battle for Bikini Bottom Is Getting Remade

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, released back in 2003 and very good for both the time and now, is being remade for the PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Publisher THQ Nordic announced the game earlier today, and it sounds like it’s doing quite a bit more than just upping the resolution. From…

Slay The Spire, Like Every Other Game, Is Perfect For Switch

On Thursday, Slay the Spire finally arrives on Nintendo Switch, completing its slow creep from Early Access PC hit to finished, widely-available gem. I’ve spent the last couple of days with the Switch version, and it’s incredibly exciting that more people than ever will finally get to play it. Slay the Spire is a deckbuilding…

EA Will Change Battlefield V Nazi Who Shared Name With Resistance Fighter

Battlefield V is changing the name of a purchasable skin for a German soldier after it came to light that the name historically belonged to a real-life German anti-fascist fighter. Oh, and EA wants you to know that he’s totally not a Nazi. As reported by Vice Games, the skin in question was called Wilhelm…

For Men Who Hate Talking On The Phone, Games Keep Friendships Alive

Any time a friend of Eddie Gill’s calls him on the phone, his first thought is: “Why the fuck are you calling me?” Gill, a physician from Hingham, MA, is 30 years old—around the age when, according to an oft-cited study by Royal Society Open Science, the number of friendships the average man maintains dramatically…