Following the massive success of Blizzard’s new first-person shooterOverwatch, one writer ponders whether this success will translate to the eSport world. It’s been a month sinceOverwatchwas released, and by all quantifiable measures,Blizzard’s first new IP in 17 yearshas been an unequivocal success. From hooking in over7 million playerswithin its first week to toppling Riot Games’League of Legendsfrom the number one spot on theSouth Korean weekly gaming charts, it’s probably safe to say that few people predicted this level of success – including Blizzard....

To celebrate the Lunar New Year inOverwatch 2, Blizzard has announced that some new Legendary Twitch drops are available. These latest drops allow players to earn themed cosmetics by watching some of theirfavoriteOverwatch 2streamers on Twitch.Following the start of the new year,Overwatch 2is gearing up to launch its latest event that will celebrate the Lunar New Year: Year of the Rabbit. This should not come as a surprise sinceBlizzard has hosted an annual in-game Lunar New Year Eventfor players to check out....

As players make their way throughPokemon Brilliant Diamond&Shining Pearl’s Sinnoh region, they should start to notice special patterns on certain walls and ledges. Investigating these grooves up close will reveal that it’s actually possible to climb up and down rocks at these points. Despite these markings showing up fairly early on in the story though, players won’t actually be able to do anything with them until they’ve reached a certain point in the games....

Pokemon GOhas a never-ending pool of monsters with unique traits and abilities. With the standard variants, the game developers also have other variants that branch off the main ones. There are Shiny, Shadow, Mega, and many more variants of a single monster with different power levels. That said,Niantic is returning with a brand newMega Raid this May 2023.Mega Pinsir has debuted as a Mega Raid boss, and some trainers are incredibly excited to battle it....

An artist has created some incredible art to imagine how some of gaming’s biggest male protagonists would look if they were female instead. The work itself is a product of artist Hossein Kalantari and journalist Brittney Lin. As for where the idea for the project came from, it had to do with the disparity between male and female protagonists in the games industry. A recent study found that last year 23% of video game main characters were male with 18% were female....

Rainbow Six Extraction’snew Missing in Action feature sounds like something that could completely change the way the shooter franchise has been played. With the dedicated fanbase theRainbow Sixseries has developed, many players have grown used to the progression and operator system, especially with how it has been used inRainbow Six Siege. While the new game will use operators fromSiege,gameplay is focused on cooperative play and elimination of the biohazard Archaen threats....

Kaguya-sama: Love Is Warhas a lot of fun, hilarious charactersthat give life to this devious romantic comedy series. While the Student Council President Miyuki Shirogane and Vice President Kaguya Shinomiya are the central duo of the series, there are many other characters that have quickly become fan favorites. RELATED:Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - Things The Anime Changes From The Manga One such character is Yu Ishigami, the surly and antisocial Treasurer of the Student Council....

While fans of the classic survival-horror gameClock Towermay never get a new entry in the series, the next best thing is coming a little earlier than expected.Remothered: Broken Porcelain, which is essentially a spiritual successor to theClock Towerseries, has had its release date moved up by one week and is now launching on October 13 instead of October 20. EVP of Global Marketing at Modus Games, Shane Bierwith, offered a reasonable explanation as to why the decision was made to releaseRemothered: Broken Porcelaina week earlier than expected....

Summary In the high-tech world of Bethesda’sStarfield, the Old West-styled Freestar Rangers stand out as somewhat of an oddity. What sets them apart fromStarfield’s other factionsisn’t just the antiquated stylings of their outfits, but also their dedication to looking out for the common person. Serving as both the police force and fiercest protectors of the libertarian-led Freestar Collective, the Freestar Rangers keep the peace in the wildest reaches of known space....

Next week, the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack is coming to the digital version ofMinecraft: Wii U Editionand the best part is that it is absolutely free. On May 17, thoseMinecraftfans who are owners of the digital version of theMinecraft: Wii U Editionwill receive the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack as a free update, which includes themed skins, textures, music, and an entire pre-madeSuper Marioworld ready to explore. For anyone not sure what to do with these new resources, Nintendo has released a trailer that shows off just some of the possibilities....

The future ofCall of Dutyis a little up in the air right now. With Microsoft poised to take over the franchise with its Activision-Blizzard acquisition,Call of Dutycould be about to undergo some pretty big changes, one of which will apparently include putting the series on Nintendo Switch for at least the next decade. ButCall of Dutyhas been down this path before, and if there’s anything thatCall of Duty: Black Ops 3’s previous-gen ports should have told Activision, it’s that sometimes it’s best to move onto new hardware rather than release an unfinished product on old tech....

TheStar Warsfranchise has explored numerous video game genres over the years, from fast-paced third-person shooters to sophisticated strategy games. One genre thatStar Warshasn’t been explored much in recent years, however, is the first-person shooter. The franchise does have experience in the FPS world in the form of classics such asStar Wars: DarkForcesandRepublic Commando, but the latter released nearly twenty years ago when the genre was very different from how it is now....

It’s no secret thatThe Division’s end-game is seriously flawed, but one writer thinks Ubisoft Massive can fix this problem by taking a few lessons fromDiablo 3. Loot-based games are a tricky thing to balance properly. Not only do the developers need to get the drop rates just right, players also have to have reasons to grind for rare loot beyond just collecting things for the sake of collecting things. Some games manage this by offering up a variety of builds that players can experiment with, or adding in some compelling end-game content that puts all that hard-earned loot to good use....