Microsoft announced plans to acquire Activision Blizzard today, making it the company’s largest acquisition ever–not just in gaming, but across all industries. The proposed $70 billion deal will mean Microsoft owns the rights to some of the biggest franchises in gaming, including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft. But …

Microsoft’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard is a massive shift in the gaming industry that would place huge franchises like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft under the Xbox umbrella. The continued consolidation in the industry has raised questions among the community of antitrust violations and if that could …

Nobody Saves the World is the latest from Drinkbox Studios, the developer behind the Guacamelee games. This is the studio’s first action-RPG, though, making it more in line with a series like The Legend of Zelda. But progression isn’t quite as straightforward as some others in the genre, instead relying …

Nobody Saves the World is an action RPG dungeon crawler, with a twist. The latest from Drinkbox lets you change at will between 15 different forms, from fantasy mainstays like Knight and Rogue to stranger selections like Turtle or Zombie. Each form has its own suite of abilities, and as …

Nobody Saves The World is an action-dungeon-crawler, but not like any other you’ve played before. The new game from Drinkbox is a hodgepodge of wildly different gameplay elements. While it eases you in, there are a few things you may like to know before you start shapeshifting your way around …

The action-RPG Nobody Saves the World now has a release date, and it’s closer than you might have thought. The game from Guacamelee studio Drinkbox is coming on January 18 to PC and Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. If you’re an Xbox Game Pass subscriber on PC or consoles, …

As part of its CES showing, Razer announced a new partnership with watch brand Fossil for a new limited-edition smartwatch aimed at gamers. The Razer X Fossil Gen 6 Smartwatch packages Fossil’s own Smartwatch platform alongside three exclusive Razer watch faces and a pair of interchangeable straps. The watch will …

Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal made the holiday season happier for a bunch of kids. O’Neal said that he surprised a bunch of kids at an elementary school in Georgia with free PS5s, Nintendo Switch systems, and other items like bikes. “As long as I’m on this Earth, I’m going …

The arena shooter Splitgate drew immediate comparisons to old-school Halo multiplayer when it released in beta last summer. But while the release of Halo Infinite’s free-to-play multiplayer could have been an existential threat for Splitgate, 1047 co-founder Ian Proulx thinks it might have actually helped the game’s popularity. Proulx told …

Valve has announced the winners of its annual community-voted Steam Awards. The Game of the Year award went to Resident Evil Village, with other individual category awards going to games like Deathloop, Forza Horizon 5, and Cyberpunk 2077. It’s worth noting that in the Steam Awards, a game doesn’t necessarily …