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Blizzard reveals that the new hero shooter Overwatch utilizes one of Call of Duty’s mechanics that helps the gunplay feel good for players, especially on consoles. Overwatch is Blizzard’s first true foray into the first person shooter genre, and it’s also the developer’s first time launching a new game simultaneously across PC and consoles. So when it came to making the shooting and gunplay feel just right for Overwatch, Blizzard turned to Treyarch, the developers behind Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 for some pointers....

Anyone who has been gaming in 2018 knows that battle royale is the trend of the year. The PUBG craze brought the 100 player free-for-all mode to the forefront of the community and, since then, similar modes in many other games have become incredibly popular. Although the trend has worked out well in many games, Blizzard isn’t so sure that would be the case for Overwatch. There is no shortage of demand for a battle royale mode in Overwatch, but the game’s director and designers don’t want to rush into anything....

The most famous internet memes of all time These memes do not exist and are made by AI Worse than the friendzone? Online orders Memelord Jesus wearing a cross Woman on a bike Red Riding Hood’s life lesson Selling merchandise at the Crucifixion Left the oven on again Where do babies come from? Best date format Spoiler Alert This depicts the birth of Christ and see’s him with Mary and others....

Monster Hunter Rise has dozens upon dozens of decorations available for you to slot into your High Rank weapons and armour, but not all of them will be useful for your playstyle. Some are more ideal for fighting specific monsters, while others just won’t work unless your build is geared towards a particular type of weapon. It can get very confusing, but one decoration that will guarantee you a nice boon in MH Rise is the Grinder Jewel....

The Monster Hunter series is known for having a significant amount of content to keep players occupied. Some players can easily spend upwards of 1000 hours or more within certain titles. That being said, there is a general plotline that tends to be significantly shorter to complete. Now thanks to an interview with the developers, a length for the single player story of Monster Hunter Rise has been confirmed. YouTuber Arekkz got a chance to speak to Ryozo Tsujimoto and Yasunori Ichinose, the producer and director of Monster Hunter Rise, respectively....

This article contains major Morbius spoilers. Sony has released Morbius in theaters, and we, as a society, have to live with it. Taking place in the same universe as the two Venom movies, Morbius is about Dr. Michael Morbius (Jared Leto) searching for a cure for his blood disease and accidentally turning himself into a “living” vampire. He’s a vampire in the sense that he thirsts for blood and has fangs, but sunlight and other weaknesses don’t appear to be part of his lore....

It seems that all things Pokemon have been throwing fans curveballs as of late, from new ventures into DLC expansions for Pokemon Sword and Shield on the Switch to interesting new pieces of merchandise to an all-new take on the anime, most notably. Pokemon Journeys has come along with a lot of surprises, but probably the biggest change compared to past seasons is that Ash and his friends travel to a different region in the Pokemon world almost every episode....

Netflix is surely making up for lost time building hype around The Witcher’s season two, and after a long period without sharing too many details about the series they’ve now given updates on what all of their main characters will look like whenever the show makes its scheduled return in 2021. Of course, leading man Henry Cavill’s Geralt of Rivia came first, with the long white-haired buffed witcher sporting a new, more rugged armor, but he’s not the only one getting new threads as things have changed a lot more for the ladies....

Though Persona 5 Scramble has been out in Japan for some time, many are excited for the Persona game’s localization in the West. However, it seems that there may be more that fans of the Persona game may have to look forward to after some strange teases were posted from an official Atlus account. Persona 5 Scramble coming to the West was recently announced by Atlus. While Western fans aren’t yet sure when they will be able to play it for themselves, there may be more excitement on the way from the Persona franchise as well....

The Uncharted franchise is one of Sony’s most important exclusive series. The Naughty Dog-developed story of loveable rogue Nathan Drake has given millions of gamers a sense of adventure, with three games released on the PS3 and a pair of titles appearing on the PS Vita. The original trilogy will even appear on the PS4 in the form of Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, which is set to launch on October 7 with a hefty download size of 44....

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remaster may not be the cutting edge racing game many were expecting this year. With next-gen consoles releasing in November, many racing game fans were hoping for Gran Turismo 7 or the latest Forza game. But Electronic Arts is doing work to change some minds. The publisher recently shared an assortment of new screenshots from Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remaster. The screenshots compare the updated version of the racing game to the original version of the game....

In its heyday, Blockbuster Video boasted over four thousand locations in the United States alone. That’s a lot of return slots. As the Blockbuster conglomerate grew, millions of people headed out to get their video fix by driving to the closest blazing bright blue and yellow sign to browse in person. If you were a film aficionado from the late 80’s to the early 2000’s, Blockbuster was (probably) your jam. (Hi....

Warning: contains Clickbait finale spoilers. First up, fair play to any production that manages to deliver in the middle of this pandemic. Netflix thriller Clickbait started filming in Melbourne in December 2019, was forced to stop in March 2020, then came back eight months later and got the job done. That is no mean feat and praise is owed to all concerned. The precise nature of Clickbait’s job was to create a twist-filled thriller, which it absolutely did....

From the Mortal Kombat X announcement trailer to confirmation of Forza Horizon 2 and Homefront: The Revolution, the week prior to E3 is already turning out to be full of big announcements, continuing the trend of early announcements which also included Far Cry 4, Halo 5: Guardians, Battlefield Hardline, etc.. With so many of the bombs expected to drop next week at E3 arriving early, we’re beginning to wonder just how much surprising news can be left for the showroom floor....

It has been over four years since the release of the last Alien game, Alien: Isolation, and fans of the franchise have been waiting patiently for a sequel of the terrifying game. Recently, IP holder 20th Century Fox has filed for a trademark for Alien: Blackout, which apparently is geared towards a video game product. There are not a lot of details surrounding Alien: Blackout yet, but what we know from a Creative Assembly job listing is that studio is busy working on a tactical first-person shooter game....

Indie publisher New Blood Interactive is a company built off of memes, so it’s not really surprising that its bloody character-action FPS Ultrakill would get a body pillow. What started as some crazy meme where fans were inexplicably attracted to Ultrakill’s main character, a robot named V1, has now resulted in this unholy product that you can buy and love. You can most certainly love it. Going for $40 on the New Blood store, this pillowcase is currently on pre-order and will be shipped sometime in the future....

A new cooperative board game based on the Dungeons & Dragons RPG is set for release later this year. Aimed at new players, Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Begins promises an exciting introduction to the heroes, magic, and monsters of D&D. Released in 1974 by TSR, Dungeons & Dragons became the poster child for Roleplaying Games everywhere, bringing with it a new gaming format that is still played today. With tabletop gaming seeing somewhat of a renaissance at the moment it is no wonder that toy giant, Hasbro - the parent company of the current owner of D&D Wizards of the Coast, wants to see some of the action....

In any given year, British TV can be relied on to provide plenty in the way of crime drama, and 2023 is no different. Between these returning series and newcomers A Town Called Malice, Blue Lights, Marlow, Payback, Rebus, Steeltown Murders, The Gold, The Sixth Commandment, Wolf and more, crime continues to flourish on the small screen. Happily though, that’s far from all that UK TV will offer this year. There’s fantasy too, in the form of Netflix’s South London super-powers drama Supacell, ghost detective series Lockwood & Co....

Whether you enjoy playing them or not, there’s no denying that the recent surge of music and rhythm games in the past few years has made for the perfect party gaming experience. If there’s one name that’s almost immediately associated with these genres, it’s Harmonix. Even though they have been a staple of the rhythm game market for years, their 2007 release of Rock Band was one of the releases that changed the face of the genre....

New Pokemon Snap is full of some truly remarkable interaction chains. There are so many different ways to make your way through each course and a near-infinite number of ways to interact with all of the Pokemon you’ll encounter along the way. The game does a great job of rewarding you for paying attention to your surroundings because simple interactions often lead to more complex encounters later on. Most of the time these interactions have logic to them and feel like solving a puzzle....