Tag: games
Fortnite’s Battle Royale mode will be free starting next week
It was always planned for Fortnite to be free-to-play once the game game finished its stay in Early Access, but now a big chunk of the game is going free far earlier than...
Hearthstone pro tour requirements will be “reevaluated” after disastrous tournament
Blizzard have released a statement on the technical issues around the HCT tournament, saying that they’re aware of the problems and are working on solutions.
Blizzard’s statement on the technical issues surrounding the Hearthstone...
Rainbow Six Siege: Blood Orchid’s first patch fixes map glitches and not much else
The publishers note that patches after the season launch are generally lighter, and indeed though the list of fixes is fairly long in quantity, few are substantial in quality. The exception...
Slay a rogue war god in Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire’s launch trailer
Guild Wars 2's gods tend not to take much interest in its world of Tyria any more. Its latest expansion, Path of Fire, pits you up against the one unfortunate exception:...
Square Enix are hiring for more Nier, to the joy of sad robots everywhere
Automata was wonderfully weird and weirdly successful for a game about sad robots coming to terms with their own existence in a nihilistic world. It did have a good butt, though,...
A disconnect decided a quarterfinal match at the Hearthstone Americas championship
A professional Hearthstone player lost a quarterfinal match after a disconnect robbed him of his advantage in a crucial game. Luker went on to lose 3-1 to Nalguidan in Quarterfinal number...
Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite is great for comic fans who suck at fighting games
Like many people whose passions could be considered ‘nerdy’, I have two notable circles on a Venn diagram of my interests: Marvel comics and videogames. It’s not often that they overlap,...
Quirky platformer A Hat In Time gears up for release with a speedrunning contest
It feels like an eternity has passed since A Hat In Time - Gears for Breakfast’s debut title - first released a playable demo and turned to Kickstarter for funding. Given that it...
Total War: Warhammer 2’s Lizardmen can summon velociraptors to battle
Though they were the first race to get their own trailer, the Lizardmen are the last in Total War: Warhammer II to get a campaign preview (so High Elf fans can...
The Order of the Ancients are the Assassin’s Creed Origins bad guys
Ubisoft have released another trailer for Assassin’s Creed Origins. The video focuses on on the mysterious Order of the Ancients, a powerful group manipulating Egypt in an attempt to gain divine...
