Update: Respawn announced on Twitter that the Seer balance update will go live next week, following a Prowler and L-Star nerf going live later today. The Apex Legends team at Respawn did an AMA on Reddit today to discuss the launch of Season 10 and the brand-new Legend Seer. The …
Read More »Forza Horizon 5 Full Map And 2020 Toyota Supra Revealed
Forza Horizon 5 developers have shown new gameplay footage, including a brand new car and a full map reveal for the game. In a 30-minute livestream creative director Mike Brown and associate art director Conor Cross showed off some gameplay of some of the biomes in Mexico in Forza Horizon …
Read More »PUBG: New State Gets Second Alpha Test In Asia, Middle East, Egypt, And Turkey
PUBG: New State, the futuristic counterpart to PUBG Mobile, is getting a second alpha test for iOS and Android. The second alpha test takes place August 27 through August 29 in Asia, the Middle East, Turkey, and Egypt. Set in 2051, PUBG: New State is a free-to-play battle royale game, …
Read More »Coca-Cola, State Farm Reconsidering Overwatch League Sponsorships
Some Overwatch League sponsors are reconsidering their partnerships with the esports league in the wake of the Activision Blizzard lawsuit. As reported by the Washington Post, both Coca-Cola and State Farm are reassessing their sponsorships of the Overwatch League moving forward in light of the allegations of sexual harassment and …
Read More »Call of Duty Mobile Season 6 Aether Hunt Event Starts August 6
A new zombies-themed event is starting on August 6 in Season 6 of Call of Duty Mobile. Announced on the Call of Duty blog, the Aether Hunt event will have players battle against the undead hordes to acquire aether and unlock special rewards, including the zombie Richtofen operator skin. Using …
Read More »Splitgate Servers Continue To Suffer From The Game's Overwhelming Popularity
Splitgate, an arena shooter that combines Halo-style gameplay with portals, continues to be too popular for its own good. In a recent tweet, 1047 Games said that the servers for the game were no longer down for maintenance and that it had banned a number of people for using queue …
Read More »Rainbow Six Siege Developers Answer Burning Questions About Cheating, Ranked Play, And Much More
The Rainbow Six Siege developers at Ubisoft released a massive AMA for Y6S2 addressing players’ concerns. The blog post covers mouse and keyboard on consoles, cheaters, playlists, and much more. Two big topics covered in the AMA were cheaters and people using the mouse and keyboard on consoles. The developers …
Read More »Blizzard's Head Of Human Resources 'No Longer With The Company'
The head of Blizzard’s human resources department became the second executive to leave the company today in the wake of a recently filed discrimination lawsuit. As reported by Bloomberg, Jesse Meschuk, the company’s head of global human resources, has now departed the company, shortly after Blizzard president J. Allen Brack …
Read More »The Game Of Life: Super Mario Edition Is Available Now, Plays Nothing Like The Original
A new Nintendo-branded board game has been announced: The Game of Life: Super Mario Edition. The board game is available now and lets two-to-four players journey through the Mushroom Kingdom as Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Yoshi. The Game of Life: Super Mario Edition shares the same wheel spin mechanic as …
Read More »Tencent Stock Dips After Chinese Media Calls Video Games "Spiritual Opium"
Tencent’s stock has taken a dip after a state-run news agency in China said video games are like “spiritual opium” or “electronic drugs.” As reported by WSJ and Bloomberg, Tencent’s stock fell about 11% after The Economic Information Daily ran an article blasting gaming in reference to a student who …
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