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Fortnite’s New Battle Pass Features ‘This Is Fine’ Joke
9.6.2023
A meme that has likely felt apt the past few days if you’re in New York, the “This is Fine” meme has long been a symbol of catharsis for those of us hopelessly accepting crushing realities beyond our control. And now, after paying 1,000 V-Bucks and reaching level 26 in the battle pass, it can...
Fornite's New Season Sees Island Collapse, Transformers And Dinos Take Over
8.6.2023
Epic Games’ mega-popular shooter Fortnite is just about to enter its third season of its fourth chapter and after mysterious fractures began appearing across the latest island, we finally know what’s been lurking below. And it looks like there’ll be dinosaurs.Read more
Diablo IV’s Post-Campaign Seasons Sound A Lot Like Destiny 2
11.5.2023
Diablo IV’s campaign promises dozens of hours of button-mashing chill time across multiple character classes, but the real longevity of the action-RPG looter will be based around its seasonal content updates. Blizzard shared a bit more about how those will work in a new blog post, and the whole...
Game Removes Loot Boxes, Players Revolt Instead Of Celebrate
13.12.2022
Popular free-to-play mobile game Brawl Stars is doing something a bit different. In an era where it seems every game is trying to nickel and dime you with more and more stuff to buy, instead it’s removing loot boxes and all random rewards entirely from the game. It’s yet another sign that loot...
Marvel Snap's Honeymoon Period Might Be Over With Frustrating New Season
6.12.2022
Today, the new season of free-to-play card battler Marvel Snap launched across all platforms, and with it, a brand new battle pass. Many fans online and folks I know IRL were caught off guard by this, even though the game includes both a timer and warnings. Some feel the seasons are too short...
The Best And Worst Battle Passes Of 2022 From Overwatch 2 To Fortnite
2.12.2022
Ah, the battle pass. Once a feature seemingly reserved for the battle royale, it’s now as ubiquitous in the gaming industry as everyone’s favorite dripless MC. In the past year or so, franchises like Halo and Overwatch embraced the battle pass for the first time, likely in the face of proof that...
Modern Warfare II Reveals A Game-Changing, Non-Linear Battle Pass
10.11.2022
In a November 9 blog, as part of a stuffed first season, Call of Duty announced that it was introducing a pliable battle pass system to both Modern Warfare II and Warzone 2.0, a huge deviation from Call of Duty’s norm. Read more
Overwatch 2’s Free-To-Play Grind And Battle Pass System Has Players Wanting Loot Boxes Back
18.10.2022
In the two weeks Overwatch 2 has been live—yes, it’s only been two weeks— players have become so disappointed with the hero shooter’s free-to-play grind and battle pass system that they’re longing for the days when the original game had loot boxes.Read more
Fortnite's New Season Appears To Ape Splatoon Now
19.9.2022
Fortnite, it’s fair to say, is a game built on other people’s ideas. At the height of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ success, in swooped Epic with its pristine, beautifully animated reinterpretation of the battle royale format. Since then, everything from Team Fortress 2's medical bazooka...
Overwatch's Paid Loot Boxes Are Finally Going Away
10.8.2022
Overwatch’s Loot Boxes may not have been the first in video game history, but they quickly became one of the most important, even if we were sick of them as early as June 2016, which was...one month after the game’s release.Read more