Long delayed, Diablo II: Resurrected is finally getting its first Ladder season today, seven months after the game’s launch and two weeks after the game received its most substantial balance update in nearly a decade. Diablo II: Resurrected’s inaugural Ladder season has been a long time coming, as various post-launch …
Read More »How To Find Bugsnax DLC Secret Area
We’re all talkin’ ’bout Bugsnax again thanks to the new Isle of Bigsnax update, giving Grumpuses everywhere a brand-new area called Broken Tooth and around a dozen new creatures to discover. Once you’ve completed all of Broken Tooth’s quest and caught all of its Bugsnax, you might think you’ve already …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14's Director Is Nicely Asking Players To Stop Taunting Each Other In PvP
Final Fantasy XIV’s recently introduced Crystalline Conflict PvP mode seems to have unleashed the less-than-welcoming side of the MMORPG’s playerbase, with the game’s director asking fans to ease up on in-game behavior that could be considered uncooperative or abusive in nature. Naoki Yoshida, director and producer of Square Enix’s MMO, …
Read More »Alien: Isolation Receiving Companion Book 8 Years After Launch
In an unexpected turn of events, Alien: Isolation is set to receive a comprehensive companion book detailing the making of the game and more… eight years after its launch. Titled “Perfect Organism”, the book will take a deep dive into the game’s development and dissect its story and characters, which …
Read More »Why WoW: Dragonflight Doesn't Include Player Housing
World of Warcraft players have long wanted the ability to own and decorate houses in Blizzard’s MMORPG, but it won’t be coming with the game’s newly announced Dragonflight expansion. In various interviews, game director Ion Hazzikostas has explained why. The short version is that player housing would be a huge …
Read More »Tribeca Festival's 2022 Game Selections Highlight The Storytelling Of Cuphead And OxenFree II
This year’s Tribeca Festival will once again show off video games that excel at storytelling. Like last year, the long-running film festival will highlight the artistic excellence of games that made the cut, which includes a mix of indie cult-classics, and popular big-budget titles. A total of 10 games have …
Read More »LOTRO Hits Highest Player Count In 10 Years
The Lord of the Rings Online is having a big resurgence. The game reached more than 3,700 peak concurrent players on April 21, according to SteamDB. This is just shy of LOTRO’s all-time peak concurrent player record of 3,965 that was set more than 10 years ago in 2012 when …
Read More »Nintendo Switch Online Adds More SNES And NES Titles
Three more classic Nintendo games are now available for Nintendo Switch Online members, and these include SNES and NES titles released as far back as 1985. The first is Dig Dug II, a NES puzzle arcade game originally released in 1985 from developer Namco. Also now available is Mappy-Land, in …
Read More »Amazon Prime Members Now Get Free Cloud Games On Luna
Amazon Prime members in the mainland US can play some games for free, as long as they have a high-speed internet connection for cloud gaming. Amazon is now offering access to a small, changing selection of games to anyone with an Amazon Prime account. This month, Amazon Prime members have …
Read More »2K Is Reportedly Developing A Rocket League Competitor
2K Games is reportedly working on a Rocket League competitor called Gravity Goal. According to Exputer, the game will have formats similar to Rocket League with 1v1, 2v2, and 3v3, but what makes Gravity Goal stand out from Rocket League is that it draws a lot of inspiration from the …
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