Today, the Overwatch team announced that they will be removing the "Defeat" screen when a team loses and replacing it with the number "2." The "Victory" screen, when a team wins, will remain as is. Sources suggest Jeff Kaplan explained the change in an official forum post: "We want to ensure that when players lose a match they haven't actually [...]
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Star Citizen has received the prestigious Cult of the Year Award 2016 from the Committee For Excellence in Cults based in Genva, Switzerland. Previous winners include the posthumously awarded Jonestown, Heaven's Gate, both the new left and Alt-right, and KickStarter-backed MMORPGs. "It is a well deserved achievement for Robert Space Industries and the Star Citizen team," says Committee President Solomon [...]
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I TOLD YOU he was OUR GUY. President Trump is finally acting on his campaign promise and banning Chinese MMORPGs from being published in the United States. Just like China banned Korean games. Two can play the same game. China has been purposely dragging down the genre, to brainwash us into loving bad games, turning our brains into puddy for [...]
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In what is aptly called a stunning revelation, the competitive shooter Battleborn has announced it will drop its buy-to-play model and add a monthly subscription instead. I don’t think any of us expected this. When the change is live sometime later this month, new players will only have to pay $14.99 to gain access the game, and pay the same [...]
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The next Hearthstone expansion, Journey to Un'Goro, will go live on April 6th for both mobile and PC devices. Over 135 new cards will be available to collect and use. And the expansion marks the beginning of the Year of the Mammoth. The expansion introduces Quest cards, unique legendary cards that have requirements to be completed; finish them and you [...]
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The next update for Elite Dangerous, Commanders 2.3, will go live the week ending April 16th, adding the ability to fly multi-crewed ships. Up to 3 players will assume roles aboard a vessel—or they can be passengers—where the ship's owner is automatically the pilot, and the two passengers can either be gunners or fighter cons. The Commanders 2.3 Update with [...]
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Psyonix is collaborating with Universal Pictures and Dodge to bring The Fate of the Furious to Rocket League in the next DLC. That means Vin Diesel's Ice Charger will be available to players for a small fee. For $1.99 USD (or regional equivalent), players will be able to grab the Ice Charger itself, in addition to exclusive Ice Charger premium [...]
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Previously in Conan Exiles, players were forced to siege others primarily with explosives that they had to manually place next to enemies' walls. That all changes today with the release of the Trebuchet, the game's first siege weapon. The Trebuchet lets players launch boulders and "explosive Demon-fire jars" at enemies' bases, after which you can watch their walls come crashing [...]
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It's the day before April Fool's Day and, because April Fool's Day happens to land on a Saturday, we're getting all of the press releases about various game's April Fool's pranks today. Perhaps the most interesting, seeing as it's somewhat believable, is that War Thunder will be getting modern vehicles for the weekend. New vehicles being introduced as part of [...]
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You guys remember APB Reloaded, right? After soft-launching on Xbox One last year, the team at Reloaded Productions set their sights on a PlayStation 4 version. That PlayStation 4 version went live earlier today. The game will be in "a 'Soft Launch' mode for the first 30 days," during which time the team won't advertise the launch much. If you [...]
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