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An ancient evil awakens once more, as Blizzard has now officially launched the original Diablo for re-release via the GOG storefront. Announced alongside Diablo’s return are plans to also re-release Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, and Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness. All three games are authentic to their original forms, updated only as necessary to run on modern PCs. Otherwise unavailable for purchase, Diablo, Warcraft, and Warcraft 2’s release will introduce a new generation of Blizzard fans to these iconic franchises’ origins....

The Boston Uprising is rebuilding its Overwatch League roster ahead of the upcoming 2021 season. The team confirmed yesterday that it will be retaining four players from the previous lineup. Colourhex, Fusions, Myunb0ng, and Punk will all be returning under the Boston Uprising banner for the 2021 Overwatch League season. The Boston Uprising has not had the most success throughout its time in the Overwatch League. The team reached the play-offs of the inaugural season, finishing in 5-6th place after a loss to the Philadelphia Fusion....

Overwatch has come under fire for the recent reveal of a new legendary Mei skin. In celebration of the upcoming May Melee Overwatch League tournament, hero Mei has been given an MMA-inspired makeover. Yet, the new look has not been well-received as many feel that the hairstyle given to Mei is just another example of cultural appropriation occurring within the video game industry. The new skin, aptly named “MM-Mei”, shows the Chinese Overwatch hero wearing a red boxer’s robe, gloves with the words “Frost” on the knuckles, and an MMA-inspired champions belt....

If you’re in Monster Hunter Rise’s end game, then you may find yourself low on money. For the longest time both Zenny and Points - MH Rise’s two currencies - are plentiful, and you’ll find yourself with more than what you know what to do with. And then suddenly it’s all gone. As you get to the end game, forging weapons and armour becomes very, very expensive, and getting the money necessary to forge items is just as difficult as getting the rare materials to make the best equipment in the game....

Monster Hunter Rise’s first demo ended at the beginning of February, and you could say that it was pretty successful. There were so many hunters all struggling to get access to Monster Hunter’s first foray onto the Nintendo Switch that it actually caused serious slowdowns with the eShop servers. Thankfully, our own Dave Aubrey was able to get through to try the demo out, and he was duly impressed with what Capcom was able to accomplish on the Switch’s limited hardware....

An announcement regarding the English version of Moon: Remix RPG Adventure could be imminent, as a teaser site for the game is live and it will fully open at the end of the month. Moon: Remix RPG Adventure was a bizarre JRPG that was released for the original PlayStation back in 1997. The game parodied and played with the tropes of the JRPGs from the 16-bit era. An English localization of Moon: Remix RPG Adventure was planned back in 1997, but it never came to pass and the game remained in Japan....

It’s no secret that Mortal Kombat 11 is missing some fan-favorite characters like Mileena and Reptile, but the game is also missing some newer characters as well. For example, in Mortal Kombat X, we met Kenshi’s son Takeda Takahashi, also known as Scorpion’s apprentice. However, Takeda is not part of the Mortal Kombat 11 roster, and is nowhere to be found in the story mode, despite its huge stakes. Unlike Reptile, it doesn’t appear as though Takeda is hiding in Mortal Kombat 11’s Krypt either....

Isn’t it always the darn way? You wait and you wait for a Noob Saibot Mortal Kombat 11 reveal, and then two come along at once. The gaming industry, as we all know, has a notorious problem with leakage. Not the kind that a good plumber could help with, but the kind that involves never being able to keep a secret ever. Just this past week, we’ve seen Apex Legends’ new Legend, Octane, spoiled before his release and the boxart and possible release date of Xbox One S All-Digital Edition (that’s right, perhaps as soon as May)....

Mortal Kombat X has far exceeded the lofty expectations that fighting genre fans had placed on it prior to release. The popular brawler is already the best-selling game in the history of the franchise, and with its constant stream of DLC, NetherRealm’s adrenaline-inducing gameplay remains fresh and interesting. Due to its anything-goes game world, in which a resurrected ninja can go toe-to-toe with the Predator, teasers about Mortal Kombat X and its future are a sure bet to incite wild speculation from fans....

While the Mother series won’t be getting another game any time soon, fans can instead enjoy this new Mother Music Revisited album, produced and self-covered by Keiichi Suzuki. Released by Nippon Columbia, the new soundtrack consists of 10 tracks and can be found on iTunes, Spotify, and Apple Music. Each track is a faithful recreation of some of the most iconic music from the series, including Pollyanna (I Believe in You), Bein’ Friends, and Snow Man....

This Muppets Now review contains spoilers. Muppets Now Episode 2 Last week, Disney+ started its new series Muppets Now, hoping to keep the beloved Jim Henson franchise relevant in modern times. Sadly, they didn’t put their best foot forward and the debut episode was a lacking experiment. The concept of it being an unscripted Muppet show was more than overblown and the actual improv stuff was empty. Luckily, this week’s episode “Fever Pitch” is enough of a step up....

Following a short hiatus, the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers and the rest of the league have returned to play for the 2020-21 NBA season. Superstars like Kevin Durant are back in the fold and a brand new class of rookies are trying to make their imprint on the league. When games aren’t happening, though, fans turn to NBA 2K21 to get their fix of basketball action. Ranking players is a common practice among fans, but who truly are the best of the best?...

For about a week (at the time of this writing), we’ve known that Game Informer would be featuring Naughty Dog’s next triple-A video game release, The Last of Us, on the cover of its March issue. Now, with the issue nearing newsstands, and the unveiling of fresh Last of Us images, we’re also getting new details from the magazine spread regarding what players can expect from the story as well as the rumored (now confirmed) online play....

Not too long ago, Gunfire Games president David Adams sat down to give commentary over gameplay video for Darksiders 3 by detailing the game’s story, characters, combat mechanics, and inspirations for the environments. Now, it seems as if THQ Nordic and the developers at Gunfire have decided to give fans of the hack-and-slash franchise an even better idea as to how these gameplay elements came to be by releasing several pieces of concept art for the forthcoming sequel, with the comcepts maintaining the series’ familiar dark, fantastical tone....

A new gameplay video for game developer Capcom’s forthcoming survival-horror title Resident Evil 7 surfaces online, detailing what it’s like to play the title. With almost two full months left to go before the release of Resident Evil 7, Capcom has started to provide fans with loads of details about the survival-horror title’s in-game aspects, such as how the save mechanic works, what the combat gameplay looks like, and even the confirmation that players can drive a car....

Update: the new patch has been pulled. If you installed it and received the error message, you will have to reinstall your game. Original: Patch 1.3.3 has launched today for Returnal on the PlayStation 5 but it is corrupting save files, with many in the comments of the reveal tweet sharing that their game is now completely and utterly broken. If you don’t have auto-updates turned on, perhaps it’d be best to leave Housemarque’s title without the new update for now....

Street Fighter 5 is undoubtedly one of the biggest titles on the horizon for fighting game fans. With the franchise being comprehensively resurrected by the fourth mainline entry in the series, Capcom is set to build on that strong foundation with the latest iteration of its long-running brawler. As ever, the advent of a new Street Fighter game means new combatants entering the fray. Just last month, the acrobatic Rashid and his mastery of the winds were revealed at an event in Dubai, and now Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu has unveiled yet another newcomer....

Among live-service games that reliably deliver excellent content on an impressive schedule, Warframe ranks among the few and best. Whether it’s one of the game’s eight core expansions, it’s consistent patches and updates, or more general DLC, something’s always in the works for Warframe. 2021 won’t be changing that, according to Warframe developer Digital Extremes. In fact, Warframe players can expect content as soon as February and even more around March....

Many fans of the Pokemon franchise were excited to hear that Pokemon GO would be bringing Mega Evolution to the game. However, once players saw how the mechanic was used in the mobile app, the fan response was not so positive. Fans can Mega Evolve their Pokemon in Pokemon GO by using Mega Energy, which can be collected through Special Research tasks and Mega Raids that will be scattered throughout the game....

SINoALICE has undergone localization and was supposed to be released worldwide on July 18, but Nexon has announced that it has been delayed due to issues related to that localization. After immense success with NieR: Automata, game director Yoko Taro of Drakengard fame decided to try his hand at creating a mobile game for both iOS and Android, and thus SINoALICE was born. SINoALICE is a fairytale-themed action-adventure mobile game that allows players to take control of iconic characters such as Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, and Alice as they attempt to defeat various enemies and puzzles in dangerous lands....