Overwatch 2 players are no longer required to set up two-factor authentication to play the game following last night’s patch that effectively disabled the recently added and extremely unpopular SMS Protect feature. Note that this only applies to veteran Overwatch players, including those who’ve played since June 9, 2021. Blizzard has also patched in fixes for known issues related to [...]
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EA and Criterion Games have officially unveiled the next Need for Speed game, titled Need for Speed Unbound, along with a release date for the highly-awaited racing title. The game is set to arrive on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox X|S on December 2nd, promising plenty of street racing action, high-speed police chaces, car customization options, and a whole lot [...]
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Overwatch 2’s launch earlier this week was fraught with serious issues ranging from multiple DDOS attacks, drops and connection problems, long queues, missing items, locked heroes, and a reportedly broken console account linking system, all of which are still in the process of being fixed. According to Blizzard, the root cause of the stability issues is the sheer number of [...]
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Overwatch is now dead and Overwatch 2 has officially taken its place. The sequel/reboot/expansion’s highly-awaited and much-hyped launch, however, was plagued by various technical issues although the blame can’t be laid entirely at Blizzard’s feet. Shortly after the servers came online, Blizzard President Mike Ybarra tweeted that the servers were being hit by massive DDOS attacks, causing drops and other [...]
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Trove’s projectile-throwing Boomeranger class has just been revamped with a whole new skillset in the voxel sandbox MMO’s latest PC update. The Boomeranger now has a passive skill called Final Fairy that will change its attacks and skills depending on whether a bow or a melee weapon is equipped. “With the Bow equipped basic attacks will shoot Fire Arrows, Ice [...]
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Rogue Planet Games has kicked off Halloween festivities in PlanetSide 2 with the return of its annual Nanite of the Living Dead event. The event will run until October 31st and will feature the usual array of seasonal directives and activities with a fresh new twist added for this year’s run. Sanctuary has once again been adorned with Halloween decorations [...]
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Fatshark’s new Warhammer 40K: Darktide class preview video series introduces fans to the archetypes (base classes) and classes (specializations) that they’ll be able to choose from in the new co-op first-person shooter. The series kicks off with a preview of the Preacher class for the Zealot archetype, a holy warrior who won’t hesitate to bash enemy faces in with a [...]
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The online multiplayer tactical FPS 'World War 3' went free to play earlier this week on Steam after having been in paid closed beta since October 2018. The free to play launch marks the game's transition to open beta. With the free to play transition the game's playerbase has jumped from a daily peak of 450 to 11,600+. With the [...]
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Indie development studio Right Brain Games is currently working on a new multiplayer sandbox game called Antilia that promises a true sandbox experience with very few limitations on what and where you can build structures. “Antilia features a dynamic structure system with ‘building pads’ which are scattered across Forra and abundant in cities,” touted the studio. “To build or expand [...]
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Obsidian Entertainment’s Honey I Shrunk the Kids- inspired multiplayer survival sandbox Grounded has just moved out of early access and into full release on Steam. The game’s Version 1.0 launch comes with a new story mode that reveals why the characters are so tiny, how they ended up in the backyard, and who shrunk them down to the size of [...]
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