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New Overwatch 2 Changes Continue An Upsetting Trend
23.2.2024
Since Overwatch 2’s controversial launch, Blizzard has made a lot of massive changes to its hero shooter formula. First, it changed the core team makeup from 6v6 to 5v5, then it gutted its promised PvE mode, reworked heroes, added new game modes, and gave every character passive healing abilities....
Gigantic’s Return Feels Like The Anti-Overwatch In The Best Way
20.2.2024
I never played Gigantic when the team-based MOBA shooter was active from 2017 to 2018, or when it was briefly revived in 2023. Now, publisher Gearbox and developer Abstraction Games are reviving the Motiga shooter as Gigantic: Rampage Edition, and when I played a few rounds via a remote preview...
Overwatch 2’s Latest Change Has The Community Shook
14.2.2024
Overwatch 2’s ninth season is underway, and it’s bringing some sweeping changes to the hero shooter. On top of reworking Pharah and giving every hero both a health buff and a passive heal, Blizzard also increased the projectile size of most heroes’ weapons. In layperson’s terms, they made...
Meet The Star Wars Game That Feels Like It's Never Coming Out
9.11.2023
Back in 2021, developer Zynga (FarmVille, Words With Friends) unveiled a squad-based, Overwatch-like hero shooter using the Star Wars license. Dubbed Star Wars: Hunters, this free-to-play PvP experience was originally slated to launch later that year, but was delayed to 2023 in July 2022. Now,...
Gearbox Is Reviving A Dead Hero Shooter For 3 Days (No, Not Battleborn)
4.10.2023
You remember Gigantic, don’t you? The hero shooter from Motiga that was released in 2017 and, uh, died a year later? Well no worries if not, because Gearbox is bringing the ill-fated hero shooter back for a limited-time event from October 5 to 7, 2023. Read more
Despite Advancements, Games Still Aren't Doing Enough To Stop Toxic Voice Chat
21.7.2023
I started regularly playing competitive online games in 2007, with the launch of Halo 3. Back then, participating in in-game voice chat was harrowing for a 17-year-old girl whose voice betrayed her gender and her youth. I was subjected to such frequent and horrific hostility (rape threats...
Overwatch 2 Pre-reviews Think It's Worth A Sequel, But Say The Grind Is A Major Bummer
30.9.2022
Overwatch 2 is almost here, arriving as a free-to-play game on October 4 that will totally supplant the OG hero shooter. While it isn’t playable to the general public yet, a handful of gaming outlets got early access to Blizzard’s upcoming sequel, publishing prereviews just in time for launch day....
One Year And 14 Million Active Players Later, Valorant Is Going Mobile
2.6.2021
Officially launched on June 2 of last year, Riot Games’ hero shooter Valorant has enjoyed massive success on PC, with more than a half-billion matches played and over 14 million active players. Today Riot announced plans to expand the franchise, starting with Valorant Mobile. Read more