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The latest Overwatch patch update brings a number of changes to the team-based shooter’s heroes, but right now, Bastion is nearly indestructible in the PTR. This week has been a massive one for Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch. Winding down from the super successful Year of the Rooster event, whose legendary skins and collectible items were received by fans with approval and smiling faces, and releasing an all-new developer update video that introduced the upcoming server browser feature, Blizzard and the minds behind Overwatch have been hard at work to improve the title and its fans’ gameplay experience....

The characters of Blizzard’s multiplayer shooter Overwatch are a popular bunch. From creating incredible cosplay, to recreating the character’s weapons as LEGO sculptures and to producing amazing songs, artwork and works of fiction, Overwatch fans will go to extraordinary lengths to show their enthusiasm. This latest Overwatch creation, though, may be the most impressive of all. In a new report published by a Brazilian publication, the author successfully manages to register an official church of Hanzo....

Despite its continuing popularity, online multiplayer gaming has always come with some drawbacks, the majority of these being the behaviors of an annoying minority that can spoil matches for the rest of the players. Having player repeatedly rage quit or leave matches is even more frustrating in a team based game like Overwatch. For this reason, Redditor Pkbronsonb has suggested a smart new way to punish them. Rather than in-game punishments or bans, the simple sending of a message to the guilty Overwatch player can prove an effective punishment, especially when it simply states “Your Team Won Without You....

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The Borderlands film continues to add stars even as filming is set to begin in Budapest, Hungary. The latest name to join the cast: Penn Jillette of the famous magic duo Penn and Teller. The news comes courtesy of Penn’s own Sunday School podcast, where he revealed that he’d soon board a plane and head to Hungary. He doesn’t seem to have a named part, and only said he’d appear in a few scenes as a preacher overseeing a wedding....

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is at the top of nearly every PS4 owner’s most-wanted list, ever since that initial teaser trailer on the eve of the PlayStation 4 launch. Since then, players have been waiting to see more of the latest adventure from Nathan Drake. Developer Naughty Dog then promised that gamers would be able to play as Nathan Drake in a “new way,” and were treated to another trailer at E3 2014, showcasing a haggard, nearly-broken version of the wisecracking hero....

Who’s Next? That tagline should be familiar to any modern Mortal Kombat fan. Since the franchise took off in the mid-90s, the cast from the initial trilogy have become cultural icons. Their special moves and fatalities have persisted in North American culture, and even with a few less popular fighters, all of the klassic kombatants are eagerly received by fans whenever they appear. Now, the Mortal Kombat movie franchise is finally being rebooted this spring....

In anticipation of its upcoming presence in IGN’s Summer of Gaming (and the Summer Gaming Festivities that follow), game developer Cold Symmetry and publisher Playstack have teased a sneak peek at some new footage from the Souls-like title, Mortal Shell. The latest footage showcases a player taking out an enemy by slicing it up with dual-wielded weapons, which is no doubt just one of the many options that players will have in the way of combat....

Mascot fighters live and die by the quality of their rosters. Super Smash Bros. probably wouldn’t be half as popular as it is if the game didn’t feature an all-star cast of characters voiced by fitting actors. While MultiVersus doesn’t play exactly like Super Smash Bros., it still recognizes the importance of a strong roster. MultiVersus may still technically be in its beta period, but the game is quickly expanding its library of playable characters....

A new partnership between video game publisher NACON and indie developer creā-ture Studios has been announced, which means that the skateboarding simulation game, Session, will finally be making its way out of Steam Early Access. The announcement came yesterday, indicating that NACON will be publishing and distributing the immersive skateboarding title whenever the game leaves Early Access - which it has remained in since launching in September 2019. It was really only a matter of time before the creā-ture Studios team found someone willing to publish the lifeline skateboarding title, especially considering the game’s “Very Positive” Steam User Rating from over 5,000 reviews....

As we enter the fall gaming season, the focus is on all of the big-name titles that are on their way for the Christmas rush. But what shouldn’t be ignored are the titles that are set for release in the months following that - to give the new year a good start. One of those titles is the latest in Namco’s longstanding fighting franchise, the Soul Calibur series, with Soul Calibur V....

Batman is going through some major changes this year, at least in the world of comic books, where he’s currently under siege by Scarecrow while also being hunted by the new “peacekeeping” force known as the Magistrate. He’s been losing his grip on Gotham City for years, and soon he’s going to leave it altogether — at least for a little while — when the current “Fear State” story arc comes to a close in November....

Eager fans waiting for the next Batman game might not have to wait much longer. WB Games Montreal just posted a cryptic video to its Twitter page. The video has some clues about the next Batman game, but a link included in the tweet sends viewers to a website that seemingly has a countdown timer to the reveal. This new tweet begins an internet mystery fit for the great Dark Knight detective himself....

R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps is moving from the big screen to television once again as Scholastic Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television announced that they’re developing a new live-action series based on the popular kids’ horror books. The show is also being produced by Neal H. Mortiz, who served as producer on both the Goosebumps movie and sequel Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween. This won’t be the first time that Goosebumps finds a home on television; previously, it was a Canadian-produced horror anthology series in the 1990s, running from 1995 - 1998....

The world of video game studios is about to get a bit more crowded. Former Epic Games and Blizzard Entertainment developers have announced the creation of a brand-new all-remote studio, Lightforge Games. This new studio, comprised of industry veterans, is on a quest to change how the world plays RPGs. Lightforge Games was founded by an eclectic groups of individuals with different areas of expertise within the video game world. CEO Matt Schembari, who spent more than eight years working at Blizzard Entertainment and another five years over at Epic Games, co-founded the studio alongside former Epic producer Nathan Fairbanks, former Epic programmer Dan Hertzka, ex-Blizzard artist Glenn Rane, and former marketing director for Blizzard and Epic Marc Hutcheson....

It has been three years since Microsoft released the first version of the Xbox Elite Controller—a premium controller with swappable parts made with pro gamers in mind. Now, rumors are circulating that Microsoft is on the verge of announcing the second version of the Elite Controller. The rumor mill began turning once again when The Verge’s senior editor, Tom Warren, published a tweet confirming that the codename “Washburn” is in fact, the version 2 of the Xbox controller....

It’s been rather quiet on the next-gen front for the past week or so, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been some new developments. One of the first games confirmed for both next-gen consoles — PS4 and Xbox 720 — Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag may have just revealed when the new consoles might launch. When asked if there would be any delay between versions of Assassin’s Creed 4, the game’s creative director Jean Guesdon replied, “same ship....

Fantasy RPG series Ni no Kuni has been slaying evil for ten years since it originally debuted on the Nintendo DS. However, fans of the series can now immerse themselves in its world via mobile devices. Heading to iOS and Android later this year, Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds recently received a brand new teaser trailer designed to showcase its charm on the small screen. The two-minute teaser offers a beautiful example of what’s to come, and also introduces us to the story of Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds....

Yoko Taro’s 2016 action RPG, Nier: Automata, continues to pass new sales milestones with its spectacular open world and dynamic combat. While the gameplay is varied and exciting enough to prevent any player from getting bored, it’s the game’s engaging characters that hold the story together and make Nier: Automata the philosophical epic that it is. Of all the colorful characters in this game, A2 is possibly the most enigmatic and mysterious....

Team Ninja is the developer behind games such as Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive, and Hyrule Warriors. They’ve created another massive success, Nioh 2. A lot has changed since the first Nioh, which is why this guide is essential. Many frustrated players are wondering why they keep dying. You might even be ready to give up because of Nioh 2’s severe difficulty. It’s never too late to fix your character since the game allows you to respec your skills and retrieve spent Amrita....