Watching PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on Twitch has become a regular pastime for modern gamers. But if we’re being honest, the beginning portions (looting, setup, etc.) aren’t all that exciting. For avid viewers who just want to get to the good stuff, Twitch has added new filtering options. Now, the streaming service allows filtering of PUBG streams by the number of remaining players, with options of more than 50, 25-50, or fewer than 25....
Surrounded on all sides by Washington State’s finest, John Rambo famously uttered the phrase “nothing is over.” While war, killing and unwanted shoeshines were likely what the big man had in mind, the idiom could just as easily apply to the franchise’s own future. With 3 sequels already in the bag and an alien-hunting addition mercifully scrapped, the Stallone-led series appeared to have been all played out — that is until Teyon Studios unleashed its latest take on the Rambo mythos....
Our quick take Nikon Coolpix A - 3.5 / 5 Small And Practical Paltry Performance Image Quality That Wows To recap The Coolpix A is a roller-coaster ride from love through to loathe: when on point its pictures are exceptional, but it’s the getting there that hinders this pricey compact camera. Slow autofocus that’s not always accurate and a manual focus system that’s not as detailed as some competitors make for an experience that’s not quite where it should be....
The recent massive Nintendo leak has revealed photographs of what is believed to be a Wiimote prototype, along with a ton of other sensitive information. Around July 24th a truly huge amount of internal Nintendo files were leaked online (an estimated 2.5 TBs to be exact). Since then, new content has been steadily bubbling up from the darker underbelly of the internet, revealing some fascinating insight into the behind the scenes goings-on at Nintendo....
Fallen Legion: Revenants arrives in early 2021 as the sequel to Fallen Legion: Rise of Glory. Fallen Legion: Rise to Glory originally came out in 2018 as a compilation of two previous Fallen Legion games, Sins of an Empire and Flames of a Rebellion. Rise to Glory allowed you to play both campaigns on PS4 and the Nintendo Switch, letting you see both sides of an intricate plot steeped in political intrigue....
Though EA continues to take a ton of heat for its questionable-at-best monetization practices, particularly their implementation in staple sports franchises like Madden and Fifa, Activision Blizzard have faced a near-equal amount of scrutiny regarding its handling of popular gaming institutions like Overwatch and, of course, Call of Duty. The seminal military shooter franchise that helped to cement the popularity of FPS games on consoles back in the mid-to-late 2000s, the Call of Duty series has been at the forefront of every shady scheme and duplicitous ploy known to gaming over the past few years....
OG Esports has decided to part ways with OG Seed, the European esports organization announced today. OG Seed was picked up by the organization as a secondary Dota 2 project, similar to Academy teams in League of Legends. The five-man roster will officially be released on July 1st, 2020. OG’s main Dota 2 squad made history in 2019, becoming the first-ever team to win two, back-to-back titles at The International. Shortly after their historic victory, the organization signed OG Seed....
Mass Effect fans have been on the edge of their seats since the announcement of Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, which will be a complete remaster of the original trilogy’s games. Since the announcement on N7 Day, the excitement has only heightened, but now players have a solid release day to look forward to thanks to the official confirmed date for the remaster. May 14th is when Mass Effect: Legendary Edition will see the light of day, and with it all the technical upgrades and changes that players have been asking for over the years....
Perhaps the most surprising thing about the Oscars 2021 nominations is how unsurprising they were. There were course a handful of snubs, from One Night in Miami and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom being left out of the Best Picture category to LaKeith Stanfield surprising awards watchers with a Best Supporting Actor nod thanks to Judas and the Black Messiah (displacing Chadwick Boseman from Da 5 Bloods). But by and large? Things proceeded the way prognosticators pretty much expected....
Ghost Town Games’ Overcooked 2 is the stress-inducing game that you can’t help but love. In fact, since its release in 2018, it has enjoyed exponential growth in popularity. The developers, for their part, have been more than happy to continue to provide content for the game, rather than creating another sequel. It is our delight, then, to report that there will be another free seasonal update dropping on October 1....
When it comes to local co-op games, few can beat the quirky fun of Ghost Town Games’ Overcooked franchise. Persistently popular, both Overcooked and Overcooked 2 have been well-received by fans and critics alike, with the series showing no signs of slowing down. All eyes are on the upcoming Overcooked: All You Can Eat that’s coming to next-generation consoles, but in the meantime, it seems Ghost Town Games has more in store for fans....
Blizzard Entertainment’s team-based title Overwatch gains another fan in Canadian-American inventor Elon Musk, who praises the game in an interview with Y Combinator. Fans of the smash-hit Blizzard Entertainment game Overwatch and technology enthusiasts alike are in for a bit of good news. In an interview with American seed accelerator Y Combinator, well-known inventor, engineer, and business magnate Elon Musk talked space travel, productivity, and artificial intelligence. What Musk also discussed with Y Combinator’s Sam Altman was video games....
Overwatch finally reveals its newest hero, the healer sniper Ana Amari, along with an array of fantastic skins, but Blizzard warns there’s no shortcut to collecting them. It was quite some hype that Blizzard had been building for its next character in Overwatch. With all the teases and hints littering the game and other media, it was only a matter of time before the game’s first downloadable character was announced, and many fans believed they knew who it would be....
Blizzard has confirmed details about the permanent ban system that is being put in place for Overwatch. This new permanent banning procedure will kick off on Wednesday 27 September, and will focus on Competitive Play in the acclaimed multiplayer shooter. These plans for Overwatch were revealed by community manager Josh Engen over on the game’s forums. In short, any gamer who gets three or more seasonal bans within Competitive Play could end up getting a permanent ban from the mode, which would therefore stop them from taking part in any further competitive matches....
In response to a number of fan questions regarding the newly-released Overwatch comic ‘Reflections’, Blizzard reveals new character details about Torbjorn and Tracer. With the end of 2016 drawing ever closer, Blizzard is celebrating the holidays in a big way by releasing Overwatch’s first Winter Wonderland holiday event, prompting players to busy themselves earning special Winter loot boxes. However, that’s not all Blizzard has up its sleeve for the end-of-year festivities, as the studio has also released a special comic for the holidays, titled “Reflections”....
PlayStation VR is still getting new experiences, including a parkour action game called Stride. Though PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan has said the real future of VR is still a ways off, the device is steadily getting support from developers like Joy Way. For those who may not have heard of Stride before, the game released back in September 2020 in Early Access, receiving very positive reviews from players. Now, the official PlayStation YouTube channel has uploaded a new gameplay trailer for Stride that confirms the game is coming to PlayStation VR this year....
They say time heals all wounds, but fans of the original Star Wars Battlefront series… well, they’re still waiting. The blow dealt with the closing of practically all Star Wars video game titles has been softened since, with publisher EA handing the license to more established studios. But while DICE is hard at work on bringing a brand new take on Battlefront to life, fans are still left to wonder about the Star Wars: Battlefront 3 that almost was....
The Morrowind Rebirth mod has recently been updated to version 5.2, bringing with it a ton of bug and balance issue fixes, along with plenty of in-game changes and new additions. The mod can be downloaded from the official Morrowind Rebirth page on Mod DB. Morrowind Rebirth 5.2 is a complete overhaul mod for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks in 2002....
Update 4/30: Mortal Kombat 11 currency rewards are now reportedly raised for PC players. Original story follows. Since the Mortal Kombat 11 release date last week, NetherRealm Studios has been busy addressing the community and its concerns about a number of aspect of the new fighting game. Indeed, the developers have promised to target the issues that players have taken with the Mortal Kombat 11 Towers of Time and the game’s currency rewards....
NBA 2K21 just brought a new season in the game for its fans, and with a new season there comes a new Signature Challenge event - and it’s a special one this year, specially curated by none other than Tracy McGrady himself! The veteran basketballer T-Mac unsurprisingly chose perhaps his most popular in-game moment ever to base the event on, as you’ll have to match his stat-line from his famous 13 points in 33 seconds match, along with securing a dub....
