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Blizzard Saves Overwatch Player From Loot Box Disaster

Imagine that, after buying hundreds of loot boxes, you finally had all the Overwatch skins you spent so long coveting from afar. Then imagine that they started slowly disappearing. It’s like something out of a very dorky (yet EXTREMELY terrifying) Twilight Zone episode, but that’s exactly what happened to Kaleptik. Over the course of a…

As they did last summer, the makers of The Division are inviting fans to provide in-person feedback regarding some changes to the game. This time, they’re flying fans to Red Storm in North Carolina this January in preparation for changes to The Division’s most controversial component: The Dark Zone. More info here

Pewdiepie Trolls Everyone, Deletes Alternate Channel

When YouTube’s biggest star swore that he was going to delete his channel after gaining 50 million subscribers, fans didn’t know what to believe.Some thought he was really going through with it, and prepared for the worst. Today, Felix Kjellberg comes clean, revealing that it was just a joke all along. Well played, Kjellberg: Just…

Twitch Will Stream Gaming Event Live From The White House

Twitch announced that they will be hosting a gaming event live from the White House on December 12th. The ‘White House Competitive Gaming Event’ is meant to raise awareness about health insurance. The event will last from from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST. You will be able to watch the stream here. It is…

Silence Is A Beautiful Adventure That Begins In A Dark Place

Silence, the long-awaited sequel to Daedalic Entertainment’s The Whispered World, begins with a World War II bombing raid that sends 16 year old Noah and his little sister into the magical world that exists between life and death. It’s a sad way to begin a beautiful adventure. Originally published 11/15/2016. Repubbed to mark this week’s…

Ubisoft Executives Fined $1.2 Million For Insider Trading

French stock market regulators have issued sanctions against five Ubisoft employees for insider trading, fining them a total of €1.2 million (around $1.26 million). Ubisoft is appealing the judgement. The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), a body that monitors and regulates the French stock market, had accused Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat and four other…

Super Mario Run Won’t Be Playable Offline

Super Mario Run, a mobile game many would love to play while in the subway, will require an always-on internet connection. Bummer. Shigeru Miyamoto, Mario creator and the producer of Super Mario Run, told Mashable that the endless runner mobile game will require an internet connection to play on all of its modes. He said…

Guy Steals $1 Million From Work, Spends It On Bad Video Game

Kevin Lee Co, a 45 year-old man from Rocklin, California, pled guilty to charges of wire fraud and money laundering, having been caught stealing $4.8 million from his employer between 2008 and 2015. Some of which he spent rather poorly. Co, who used to work in the accounting department of Holt of California before being…

Kingdom Hearts PS4 Console Coming To Japan

To mark the release of Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8, Sony is releasing a special Kingdom Hearts themed PlayStation 4 in Japan. According to 4Gamer, the console is available as either a 500GB or 1TB jet black PS4 and has a special Kingdom Hearts 15th anniversary top cover, which is also available separately for 2,000 yen…

Can a game be too British? Turns out, no. Not yet, anyway. This is Her Majesty’s Special Planetary Investigative Force For Inhabiting New Galaxies, or Her Majesty’s SPIFFING, an upcoming adventure game for the PC, Mac, XB1 and PS4.

A Beautiful Tribute To Racing Games (Using A Racing Game)

While at first glance these appear to be famous promotional images for classic racing games, they’re actually just a bunch of very well-staged Forza Horizon 3 screenshots. Made by EYui, you’ll probably recognize more than a few, whether you remember a game’s box art or an old ad in a magazine from the PS2 days.…

Rocket League Has A Use For The Macbook’s New Touch Bar

The next time you conclude that the Macbook’s new Touch Bar is only good for Apple commercials and Doom videos, remember that someone is using it for snappy Rocket League text chat. DemiPixel is the one working the macros, using a piece of software that lets you customise your Touch Bar’s behaviour. It…looks about as…

Gigantic, The One WIth The Cel-Shaded Bird Guy, Enters Open Beta

Announced back in 2014 with a bird person GIF so outstanding it had to be reused for this post, Motiga’s action MOBA Gigantic has launched into open beta on Xbox One and PC. It’s still rather pretty. You remember Gigantic, right? Unique look, giant creatures that fight alongside your team, sort of like an Offense…

Pewdiepie Hits 50 Million YouTube Subscribers, Says He’ll Delete Channel Today [UPDATE]

UPDATE 12/9 11:47 AM: Just as some predicted, Kjellberg trolled everyone by deleting his secondary channel. Last week, YouTube’s biggest star swore that once he hit 50 million subscribers, he was going to delete his popular video game comedy channel.Today, Felix Kjellberg hit that fated number…and the channel is still up. For now, he claims.…

Wow, Rise Of The Tomb Raider Was Really Good

I had read our positive review of the 2015 Xbox One version of the game. I’d seen colleagues say it was one of the best things on that console. But I really had no idea how good Rise of the Tomb Raider was until I finally played it the PS4 version last month. I had…

Popular NBA 2k17 YouTuber Accused Of Paying Crappy Wages To Editors

Accusations of bad labor practices are upending the NBA 2K17 YouTube community this week. After freelance video editor Anthony (aka “Prince Prodigy”) allegedthat popular 18-year-old gaming YouTuber LostNUnbound paid him a slim $15 per video edit, other LostNUnbound contributors have come forward alleging they worked for similarly low rates, without proper credit, or for free.…

Sean Bean Is Sad He Can’t Even Survive A Civilization VI Trailer

He thought he made it through this one. He really did. Sean Bean, a man cursed by some sort of time genie to die a thousand deaths, can’t even make it through a damn Civilization VI trailer. The funny/sad part, though, is that he could’ve sworn he survived this time. In a new behind-the-scenes video,…

Bungie announced today that the New York-based studio Vicarious Visions is helping out with Destiny. Readers of this website may remember that we reported that back in September, alongside news that Destiny 2 is coming to PCand will likely involve a total level/gear reset.

Pokémon Fans Will Improve The Trashcan That Is Wonder Trade For Christmas

They say you never know what you’re going to get when you put up a monster for a blind trade within Wonder Trade, but let’s be real, nine times out of ten, you’ll be sent low-level garbage. For the holiday season, benevolent Pokémon fans want to make sure Wonder Trade ups its game, though. All…

Doom Becomes Latest Game To Drop Anti-Piracy Tech Denuvo

A couple weeks ago, Playdead removed Denuvo’s anti-piracy tech from the Steam version of Inside. They did so in typical Playdead fashion, which is to say without using words to explain any of it. Now id Software’s done the same with Doom. Sadly, they didn’t make the announcement with heavy metal. As part of a…