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Overwatch’s beloved particle cannon-wielding tank, Zarya, will have a new canon soon: Heroes of the Storm Blizzard revealed at Gamescom today that Zarya will be a playable HotS hero in the new Machines of War event. Two StarCraft stages are also being added as new battle maps.

Blizzard Reveals New Overwatch Map, Eichenwalde

Overwatch is about to get its first post-launch map. It’s a castle village in Germany with a distinctly medieval vibe, and it’s called Eichenwalde. Blizzard revealed the map at Gamescom in—wait for it—Germany. Pretty cheeky, Blizz. Here’s a video: It’s an Assault/Escort hybrid map, and it’s got an Omnic Crisis (read: robot apocalypse) related story…

Destiny Is Finally Getting Private PvP Matches

Destiny, a video game in which players travel through space trying to think up good snarky one-line openings for Kotaku stories, is getting private PVP matches. Finally. Bungie announced the news on a livestream at Gamescom in Germany today. Private matches will be introduced when Rise of Iron launches on September 20. Looks like you…

The “Eye Sigil” Conspiracy Is Indie Games’ Most Arcane Mystery

“Dunno if I’m out of the loop, but what the hell is this?” Crypt of the NecroDancer player RireMakar asked on Reddit last May. In the main folder of the game’s SteamApp root directory, the data-miner unearthed a cryptic sigil, an iris embedded in the palm of a hand, which he posted online. A few…

My Little Pony Fan Figures Are Figures Of My Little Pony Fans

Integrity Toys celebrates the adult fandom of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic with a line of high-end fashion dolls that are mind-bendingly discordant. The outfits, the hair, the accessories—all of these make sense. But when applied to people so pretty only plastic could render them properly, my head starts to hurt. I’m not saying…

Square Releases An Hour Of New Final Fantasy XV Footage

Straight out of Gamescom, here’s a ton of new footage from the freshly delayed Final Fantasy XV, which will be out on November 29 for PS4 and Xbox One. There’s driving, chocobo riding, fishing, and lots of other promising activities. PSA: Skip the first two minutes if you don’t want some vague story spoilers. Looks…

Surprise Horror Hit Layers of Fear Has DLC Now, And It’s Rad

Layers of Fear: Inheritance is the new DLC for Bloober Team’s surprisingly good horror game Layers of Fear, now out for PC and consoles. Taking place long after the main game, you play as the daughter of a manic painter returning to her childhood home in search of answers. What really happened to your father?…

After months of paid early access and a stint as a PlayStation Plus joint, Epic Games’ Paragon launches into open beta today. The shooter-looking MOBA is nowfree to play for everybody on PlayStation 4 and PC.

Nvidia’s Latest Desktop Graphics Cards Are Now Its Latest Notebook Graphics Cards

Today gaming notebook makers around the world begin shipping systems decked out with Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060, 1070 and 1080 GPUs, essentially the same Pascal-based graphics hardware introduced for desktop PCs earlier this year. The line, it grows thinner. Mobile PC gaming is always a compromise between portability and performance, but it’s much less of…

Supergirl Added To Lego Dimensions In The Worst Way

Supergirl is coming to Lego Dimensions late next month, but she’s not coming easy. Not only is Superman’s cousin a PlayStation 4 exclusive, her figure will only be available in Starter Packs, the full edition of the game most fans already own. One of my favorite things about Lego Dimensions up until this point was…

Trolling Gamescom With “Half-Life: 3”

A “Half-Life: 3″ poster has been spotted at Gamescom. But don’t get excited just yet! This isn’t for Valve’s long overdue sequel. It’s for some world-class trolling. Spotted by Aoife Wilson at Eurogamer and Keza MacDonald at Kotaku UK, the poster doesn’t actually read “Half-Life 3,” but rather, “Half-Life: 3″ and under that in smaller…

Ah, No Man’s Sky, such natural beauty. All we need here is some David Attenborough commentary and we’re set.

Titanfall 2‘s Beta Is Skipping PC

It’s a tradition as old as… well, probably a few years, anyway. A game’s beta drops, and PC players crack it open in hopes of suckling out sweet morsels of information. Respawn’s seen it happen, and they’ve decided it’s just not worth the risk with Titanfall 2. Betas, while limited in content and scope, invariably…

The next big PS4 system update will add folders and change the UI in some big ways, Sony says. They’re also altering the quick menu in some helpful ways and making the share system more convenient. Full update over on the PlayStation Blog

Metroid Prime‘s First Boss Battle Captured Perfectly In Lego

Last year Lego builder and Metroid Prime fan Jared Rosenblitt recreated the exciting battle between the terrifying Meta Ridley and Samus atop the Chozo Artifact Temple. To celebrate the series’ 30th anniversary, Jared hit reset and went back to the beginning of the game. Metroid Prime is one of our favorite games as well, so…

No Man’s Sky Players Are Finding Dick Monsters

In an endless universe full of possibilities, there’s one thing you can always count on: dicks. Lots and lots of dicks. As you know, the creatures in No Man’s Sky are procedurally generated, which means that animals can look like all sorts of things, depending on what the algorithm spits out. There are no outright…

Despite Takedown, Pokémon Uranium Creators Say It’s ‘More Alive Than Ever’

There’s something about playing Pokémon Uranium that feels strangely illicit for a game about collecting cute critters. The developers behind the massive fan project took down the ‘official’ download last weekend to avoid any potential legal action by Nintendo, so the only way for me to play the game was to track down someone else…

Overwatch‘s Competitive Mode Is About To Get An Overhaul

Overwatch’s first competitive season is winding down in a couple days, but season two is set to kick off in a few weeks. If you didn’t love season one, Blizzard’s really hoping season two will be more to your liking. In a new video, Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan broke down the upcoming changes to competitive…

Liberators are finally getting nerfed, among other big changes that will happen in StarCraft II’s next balance patch, which Blizzard is aiming to release in November. No more picking up sieged Siege Tanks with medivacs!

No Man’s Sky is still pretty rough on PC, but by opting into the experimental branch on Steam and tweaking a few settings outside the game, I’ve been able to get it running a lot more smoothly. (I have a pretty powerful PC, so your mileage may vary.) The most popular tweaks have been assembled…