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Outriders approaches character healing in a very unique way. Each class has a different method of healing themselves, whereas there are options to pursue a more support-oriented build so you can boost your team’s health and regen. It’s not always obvious how healing works in Outriders, especially if you’re just getting started in the game. Here’s a guide on how to optimize your build for healing, and some options for a couple of support roles that might suit one of your trio’s class....

For many of Overwatch’s 25 million registered players, one of the most frustrating aspects of the game’s Competitive Play mode is how easy it is to be caught in a frustrating run of losses, which in turn rapidly drains a player’s hard-earned Skill Rating points. But thanks to new changes to the matchmaking system, the effects of losing multiple times in a row should be mitigated somewhat. In a new post over at the Blizzard Forums, Overwatch principal designer Scott Mercer states that the recently-implemented patch 1....

A group of Overwatch players begin a crowdfunding campaign to send cookies to Blizzard after praising the developer’s response to their concerns about the game’s holiday event. When the Overwatch Winter Wonderland holiday event went live this week, some were unhappy at the quality and the pricing of some of the festive loot on offer. Specifically, ice-cold character Mei’s holiday skin left much to be desired, with some players complaining that the skin is a Legendary....

Yesterday, Mortal Kombat 11 Patch 1.03 increased currency rewards, making it much easier for players to obtain Koins and Hearts in NetherRealm Studios’ new fighting game. However, one of the most desirable currencies, Souls Fragments, was not addressed with the Mortal Kombat 11 1.03 update. As such, some players may still be wondering how to get Souls in Mortal Kombat 11. Indeed, obtaining enough Mortal Kombat 11 Soul Fragments to open everything in the Krypt can be a big undertaking....

2018 has been a strong year for gaming, as some seriously great games across the spectrum have been released. Of course, each of these came with a trailer, and the most watched list for 2018 has finally been revealed. Before moving forward, it’s worth mentioning that these stats do not include trailers viewed via alternative channels. For example, if a trailer was watched through a non-official YouTube channel, it was not tracked....

In a blog post, EA reveals that a new Battlefield 1 trailer will be released next week, saying that it will reveal a new map and possibly a new vehicle. Dice’s decision to pivot away from making another modern/sci fi shooter, has proved to be an absolute success for the game developer. Fans and critics have almost universally agreed that setting Battlefield 1 in World War 1 has breathed new life into the series....

The Lunar New Year is a time of feasting and family gatherings. It’s also a time for new movies. China’s Lunar New Year film rush is on par with the holiday film rush in the West, with dozens of premieres jockeying to be the season’s number one blockbuster. In the Chinese queue for this year are films like Donnie Yen’s Kung Fu fantasy Sakra, The Wandering Earth II, the prequel to China’s visionary 2019 sci-fi, and the eagerly anticipated action comedy, Everything Under Control....

This article contains mild The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent spoilers. You know you’ve entered the uncanny valley when it is Nicolas Cage who cautions against hyperbole and overly dramatic line readings. Hence the snickers when Cage, playing a version of himself, looks Pedro Pascal dead into the windows of his soul and says, “Very dramatic, but is there an actual plan?” The moment, which occurs right before the third act of Tom Gormican’s delightfully self-aware comedy, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, is appealing because it works on several levels at once....

November is the last month of the year for sensible viewing, before our TV screens become full-time broadcasters of golden retrievers saving Christmas and Will Ferrell wearing tights. Take the opportunity then, to get some good stuff in before the festivities. In terms of good stuff, Netflix is offering the second series of the brilliantly wry and surprisingly touching The End of the F***ing World for any UK viewers who didn’t catch it on Channel 4....

Pokémon GO is evolving to Gen 4, and a new leak suggests there could be a huge event in store. There’s no slowing down this augmented reality juggernaut. After bringing in Generation 3 Pokémon over the first several months of 2018, Niantic is set to introduce Generation 4 possibly as early as next week. And thanks to a leak on Reddit, we might have a sneak peak as to what event Niantic has in store to commemorate the occasion....

The New Pokemon Snap is an exciting revival of a fan-favorite Nintendo 64 game. It takes players to the Lental Region to explore the wilds and take photographs of all manner of Pokemon in their natural habitat. There are over 200 Pokemon in the New Pokemon Snap. Unlike the mainline games, you can’t catch the Pokemon and add them to a collection. They are allowed to stay in their natural environment and are merely observed....

Nintendo has announced that GungHo Online Entertainment’s latest release, Ninjala, will be available to play on Wednesday, June 24th exclusively on the Nintendo Switch with a start time of 7pm PT. It has been in beta testing since April, and is finally ready to spread across the world. Ninjala is a colorful action-battle royale for up to 8 ninja dressed in their finest, trendiest garb to either face off in 4v4 matches or a full free-for-all battle brawl....

Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa says that the company will garner newer projects in its future lineup. “I myself am looking at and studying various forms of entertainment," said the head honcho. “In the future, we will focus on creating new game series as well as long-sellers such as Mario and Zelda.” According to Nikkei (via VGC), he emphasized that Nintendo needs to keep innovating so it stays competitive in the vastly saturated home entertainment marketplace....

The celebrations for the 35th anniversary of the Super Mario Bros. series are underway, and it has started with the Nintendo eShop, which has received a Mario-themed makeover. Switch fans around the world have complained about the Switch’s eShop since the launch of the system. The eShop is one of the most barebones digital storefronts out there, and it’s still lacking basic features that people have been asking for since 2017....

With the confirmation that a Destiny 2 beta will be available soon, gamers have been bombarding Bungie with requests for an alpha test period as well. Sadly, it seems those dreams will not come to pass, at least according to Eric Osborne, who revealed via Twitter that there will not be a public alpha test for Destiny 2. Unsurprisingly, many gamers were disappointed to learn there wouldn’t be an alpha test period for Destiny 2....

Plenty of Marvel heroes are in the spotlight as of late thanks to Marvel’s Avengers launching earlier this month. However, Iron Man’s voice in Marvel’s Avengers, Nolan North, is bringing some more attention to Deadpool, who is currently absent from the playable roster of Marvel’s Avengers. For those who don’t know, North actually provided the voice for Deadpool in the 2013 Deadpool video game on PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. Speaking in a recent interview, it seems that Nolan North is actively interested in a sequel to the 2013 Deadpool title, and this time, featuring a cameo from Ryan Reynolds....

This Nope article contains spoilers. In writer-director Jordan Peele’s Nope, a brother and sister named OJ (Daniel Kaluuya) and Emerald (Keke Palmer) Haywood are struggling to keep their family business – which provides trained horses for Hollywood productions – afloat following the bizarre death of their father, Otis (Keith David), and studios’ increasing dependence on CG rather than real animals. The taciturn OJ (or Otis Jr.) wants to keep the business alive and hang onto the family ranch nestled in a remote California valley north of Los Angeles, while the more outgoing Emerald wants to somehow find a way to monetize their legacy as she pursues her own dreams of Hollywood fame....

Graphics card manufacturer Nvidia has aggressively pursued machine learning R&D for the last decade, touting it as the future of computing. Now, the GPU giant is primed to purchase another tech firm to forward its AI advancement efforts. Nvidia is known first and foremost for setting the reference standard in graphics processors, especially where gaming devices are concerned, though the company has recently pivoted its focus from visuals to deep learning and artificial intelligence....

If you’re running an Nvidia RTX graphics card, then you might be tempted to put it to the test. Ray tracing is the hot new feature that manufacturers are hoping will convince you to buy a brand new console or GPU, and if you want to push your RTX GPU to the limit, then the Nvidia Marbles demo is for you. Marbles is a unique real-time tech demo that Nvidia showed off several years ago....

Ever since Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey hit theaters, we have seen countless science-fiction stories run with the idea of a malevolent AI terrorizing humans. However, Observation from publisher Devolver Digital flips that idea on its head. In this game, the AI is the hero and the player character, who does its best to assist the humans living on a space station as they clash with each other and perhaps something even worse....