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With so many different heroes in Overwatch, there are some strange interactions that can be found such as Sigma’s climbing abilities. However, the constant changes and updates to the roster may also cause unintended bugs with some heroes’ abilities from time to time. While some of these glitches are minor annoyances, the latest bug with Ashe’s Dynamite ability is potentially game-breaking in the wrong situations. When compared to other similar abilites, the dynamite that Ashe throws has some unique properties including a burn DOT and being able to explode in mid-air if shot....

In the days leading up to Overwatch’s annual seasonal event known as Halloween Terror 2018, Blizzard Entertainment gave fans a look at several of the fresh skins on the way for the game, including outfits for Doomfist, Moira, Pharah, and Wrecking Ball. Now, in order to celebrate Halloween Terror 2018 going live today, the publisher and developer has decided to provide players with a brand new trailer detailing some of the contents of the event....

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, the Internet’s biggest and most popular battle royale style game, has become so well known that it is hard for new games to come on the scene. While it is no surprise that developers are trying to claim their own share of this genre’s profitability, it has now become incredibly difficult for them to do so without being accused of copying PUBG. The latest iteration of the battle royale formula comes in the form of High Rez Studio’s Paladins: Battlegrounds, and it is already being accused of stealing....

Warning: contains spoilers for Peaky Blinders season six episode five ‘The Road to Hell’ The Garrison Tavern really needs to vet its staff more closely. Back in season one, it hired a barmaid who turned out to be working undercover as a spy for Churchill and the Royal Irish Constabulary. Her name was Grace, and her threat was neutralised when she fell in love with the owner Tommy Shelby and became his wife....

During this year’s digital EA Play event, the publisher announced its plans to bring seven new games to the Nintendo Switch over the next 12 months, starting with the recent release of Burnout Paradise Remastered on the platform earlier this year. Now, it appears that EA is preparing to revive another of Criterion Games’ titles for the platform, as over the past few months Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered has leaked a number of times....

Anticipation for the next generation of consoles is undoubtedly building and it seems that Xbox may have multiple consoles to deliver to players. While the Xbox events have only showcased the third-party games coming to the console so far, many have been impressed with the specs that the Xbox Series X boasts. However, for players on a budget, there may be a cheaper version of the console which carries over the key improvements of the next generation....

Mortal Kombat is a franchise that is synonymous with violence. Players engage in life or death battles where the winner celebrates by massacring the defeated. The brutal fatalities helped this fighting game rise to fame in the early 90s. Even today, Mortal Kombat is a household name in gaming. Scorpion is a mainstay in the Mortal Kombat franchise, often viewed as the face of the series itself. And while the series initially started without a story, the franchise has evolved....

As a general rule, the roster of kombatants in the Mortal Kombat games tend to be a little more physically imposing than the casts of other fighting games. It’s probably something to do with the nature of the fights: Mortal Kombat’s horrifying, spine-flaying action just has a brutality that the likes of Tekken and Street Fighter can’t touch. Nobody has to pick up their eyeballs and four of their fingers after a Street Fighter match, do they?...

In Magic: The Gathering, Planeswalkers are beings who have had their inner spark ignited; unleashing their magical potential to travel between the various realms of the Multiverse. This is an incredibly rare trait among sentient species, though it is even rarer for such individuals to ascend as a Planeswalker through the awakening of their spark. Though, due to there being billions, if not trillions, of lives blooming in the Multiverse, quite a few of these gifted individuals are encountered in Magic: The Gathering....

Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is a nostalgic favorite from the PS2 era and it turns twenty this year. To celebrate its birthday, the Naughty Dog team have reflected on its success and highlighted the incredible feat they achieved by deciding to abolish the game’s load times. Speaking to GamesRadar, Naughty Dog co-founders Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin touched on the development process behind Jak and Daxter’s first journey, when the developer’s Crash Bandicoot run was coming to an end....

Netflix may have found itself in a legal battle with the United States government over the Space Force trademark. The streaming service debuted its workplace comedy, Space Force, last week but a trademark filing for the series conflicts with the US military’s own plans for the phrase. Netflix has filed for a Space Force trademark in several regions around the world, while the United States has a pending trademark application for Space Force, a branch of the US Air Force....

There’s a new Mass Effect game in the works. We’ve known about it for a little while now as concept art from last month shows the very earliest stages of development, but now that we have a fancy teaser trailer, it’s very much confirmed. The teaser is pretty much what you’d expect: about a minute of the camera zooming through the universe with some long-distant radio bursting sounds of humanity’s great scientific accomplishments leading up to becoming a space-faring species....

New Pokémon Snap takes one of the oldest, most bizarre, yet surprisingly brilliant offshoots of the Pokémon franchise and updates it for the current generation, 22 years after the launch of the original game back in 1999 on the N64. It’s a polished update to the original formula that deepens and expands the experience in many ways while preserving the core idea that made the first game so brilliant in the first place....

The pandemic continues to impact 2020, as another large-scale event has been canceled. New York Comic-Con is the latest in a long list of entertainment events that have been shelved due to the risks of large crowds, however, the convention is still making to make sure fans won’t miss out entirely. The coronavirus has been ravaging the world since March, causing nearly every big event to cancel in its wake. Plans for gaming conventions such as E3 and PAX were canceled as was the year’s biggest event, San Diego Comic-Con....

It’s been almost 6 years since the last proper Prince of Persia game, the appropriately and succinctly titled Prince of Persia, hit, but during that time there have been plenty of rumors suggesting the prince might soon appear. However, most of those rumors have failed to amount to anything more than baseless speculation, despite a strong belief Ubisoft has something Prince of Persia-related in the works. Our latest rumor is yet another “take this with a grain of salt” situation, but it does provide some potentially intriguing insights into where Ubisoft may be taking the franchise in the future....

PC gamers will be happy to know that NieR: Automata finally has a release date set for their platform: March 17. The news was broken today on Twitter by the developer Platinum Games to general acclaim. Up to now it was uncertain when the PC version of the game would launch, though the studio had assured fans that one was in the works. The PS4 release of NieR: Automata is set for March 7 and 10, depending on whether buyers live in North America or Europe, respectively....

The world of Animal Crossing is innocent by nature, producing little scares and a few urban legends throughout its long, beloved history. However, there was one anomaly that appeared recently which caused the New Horizons community to declare a mystery, but Nintendo was quick to debunk any brewing conspiracy theories. A substantial amount of events will soon be commandeering an island near you during the month of May, continuing Nintendo’s intent to keep the new content bar high....

While the success of the Nintendo Switch has been nothing short of phenomenal, it seems that Nintendo is already starting to think about its next major hardware release. The problem is that it sounds like they’re not quite sure how they’re going to follow an act as impressive as the Nintendo Switch. During an investor’s Q&A session (as translated by VGC’s Robert Sephazon) Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa spoke glowingly about the success of the Switch so far and how it has allowed Nintendo to focus more on its long-term software plans....

Smash Ultimate players will get a better look at Pyra and Mythra next week via a live stream hosted by Masahiro Sakurai. Last week, Nintendo opened its Direct by revealing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate next DLC character will be Pyra, who will also be able to transform into Mythra. Other than that, not much has been revealed about Smash’s new character. That will change on March 4, 2021, when Masahiro Sakurai will host a 35-minute stream featuring Pyra and Mythra Smash Ultimate gameplay....

Let the Bowsers hit the floor! Let the Bowsers hit the floor! Nintendo wants Super Mario 35 fans to defeat 3.5 million Bowsers, in order to earn 350 Platinum Points for their My Nintendo account. Super Mario 35 is a battle royale that was released to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the series. The game is a multiplayer version of the original Super Mario Bros., where players compete against each other on the same stages....