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Activision Blizzard is currently under investigation following accusations of harassment, discrimination, and fostering a hostile work environment. You can read more about the investigation here. The Diablo franchise has traditionally relied on a fairly simple equipment system. Every player can equip Rings, Pants, Boots, Helmets, and an armory’s worth of weapons, but Diablo Immortal adds yet

Activision Blizzard is currently under investigation following accusations of harassment, discrimination, and fostering a hostile work environment. You can read more about the investigation here. Since gear in RPGs tends to determine a player’s strength and survivability, dungeon crawlers like Diablo Immortal are all about loot. While you can improve your existing gear, it’s only a

There was a time when Diablo Immortal was an incredibly controversial mobile-only entry in the legendary Diablo franchise. However, not long before the game’s launch, Blizzard confirmed that Immortal would also be available for PC on day one. That means that those who want to try Diablo Immortal are no longer limited to mobile devices

Activision Blizzard is currently under investigation following accusations of harassment, discrimination, and fostering a hostile work environment. You can read more about the investigation here. While Diablo Immortal sadly features some of the worst aspects of modern mobile gaming, it’s still a deep and impressive RPG in its own right. That also means that Diablo Immortal

Activision Blizzard is currently under investigation following accusations of harassment, discrimination, and fostering a hostile work environment. You can read more about the investigation here. There are few bigger thrills in a loot-based game than finally finding that one rare item that just so happened to finally drop. While Diablo Immortal is filled with those pieces

Activision Blizzard is currently under investigation following accusations of harassment, discrimination, and fostering a hostile work environment. You can read more about the investigation here. The Diablo franchise has always let players choose between a vareity of classes, but once you’ve chosen your starter class, the games usually lock you into your selections until you decide

The Star Wars franchise is undergoing a newfound renaissance. While new movies are years away from hitting the big screen, the television and video game mediums are thriving. Lucasfilm and Disney have developed critically-acclaimed shows that expand the Star Wars universe, and many studios are busy working on similar experiences in video game format. Several

Activision Blizzard is currently under investigation following accusations of harassment, discrimination, and fostering a hostile work environment. You can read more about the investigation here. The Diablo games have no shortage of social features. Not only can players team up to conquer the forces of hell but they can also form and join clans to make

In 2023, Capcom will finally release Street Fighter 6. When the game was announced a few months back, all we knew about the sequel at that time was that it was going to feature a new character named Luke and a very wide, beefy take on Street Fighter protagonist, Ryu. Thanks to the new Street

Activision Blizzard is currently under investigation following accusations of harassment, discrimination, and fostering a hostile work environment. You can read more about the investigation here. Diablo Immortal will live on in infamy as the “out-of-season April Fool’s Day” joke that Blizzard announced at BlizzCon 2018. The game was originally supposed to be for mobile platforms

PlayStation will kick off 2022’s video game reveal season with a special State of Play presentation. Though reports suggest this won’t be PlayStation’s biggest showcase of the year, the upcoming event’s start time still marks the start of “Not E3 2022” in the minds of many fans who are still lamenting the loss of gaming’s

Activision Blizzard is currently under investigation following accusations of harassment, discrimination, and fostering a hostile work environment. You can read more about the investigation here. Hearthstone‘s new Throne of the Tides mini-set isn’t quite the game-changer that the CCG’s full expansions usually are, but it still features enough new cards to shake up the competitive meta

Activision Blizzard is currently under investigation following accusations of harassment, discrimination, and fostering a hostile work environment. You can read more about the investigation here. After years of hype, several changes, and more than a few debates, Diablo Immortal is finally set to launch this week. As is sometimes the case with modern video game releases,

Even though E3 2022 was canceled earlier this year, June is still shaping up to be “reveal season” for some of gaming’s biggest names. In fact, PlayStation will kick off the month with a special June 2022 State of Play broadcast that promises to offer a peek at what PlayStation fans can look forward to

Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment has finally revealed the sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Set five years after the events of the first game, Jedi: Survivor continues the adventures of Cal Kestis, one of the only Jedi left in the entire galaxy, and his found family of rebels. Despite winning a vital victory

Generally speaking, video game sequels fare better than sequels in other mediums. Video games may be art, but they’re also technology. As technology improves and offers developers new ways to expand upon their old ideas (or explore new ones), video game sequels often show us how far we’ve come. It’s honestly not uncommon for a

Anytime a new Sonic the Hedgehog project gets announced, fans clamor to discuss what it should be influenced by. The classic Genesis games for their iconic look? The Dreamcast Sonic Adventure series for the story? Sonic’s various appearances in animation also get brought up, whether it is the wacky slapstick of Adventures of Sonic the

This article is brought to you by NVIDIA. “Honestly, it helps pretty much any game that requires responsiveness,” says Seth Schneider, Senior Product Manager at NVIDIA. We’re discussing the clever wizardry behind Reflex, the company’s solution to the perpetual problem of local latency which, in competitive shooters, can be a matter of (virtual) life and

Even Nintendo was unsure of how gamers would react to the DS. Initially marketed as a “third pillar” that would stand side-by-side with the Game Boy Advance and Gamecube, the first dedicated two-screen handheld was initially seen as a gimmick. It was Nintendo’s last-ditch attempt to fend off the impending Sony PlayStation Portable which seem

V Rising may add a vampiric twist to the typical survival game, but it still features many of the design elements that define that genre. That includes needing to craft various items that include potions, gear, and, for our purposes today, glass. Glass is one of those V Rising items that you may not realize

V Rising isn’t just one of the most surprising hits of 2022; it’s a genuinely great vampire-based survival RPG that makes the most out of its horror atmosphere and blend of genres. Of course, it’s also an incredibly deep game that often forces you to learn new mechanics and consider new possibilities. Even deciding which

Developers have access to an array of video game engines that help power their projects. Some studios stick to their own proprietary engines, such as CD Projekt RED’s REDengine and Capcom’s RE Engine, but other studios use more widely available digital toolboxes to create games. For years, one of the most popular and influential game

Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022 is set to bring fans all the latest news, announcements, and trailers from the galaxy far, far away. During the four-day event, we’ll hear about all of Lucasfilm’s plans for the future of Star Wars movies, TV series, games, books, and comics; and those fans lucky enough to attend the

Almost every long-running video game franchise has a signature weapon that shows up in almost every entry. For God of War, that weapon is the Blades of Chaos. For Half-Life, it’s the crowbar. For The Legend of Zelda, it is most certainly the Master Sword. Also known as the Blade of Evil’s Bane, the Master

In a recent episode of his podcast, industry reporter Jeff Grubb suggested that the previously rumored Last of Us Part 2 multiplayer project (commonly known as “Factions”) will likely not be released in its originally intended form. However, that’s only because the mode has reportedly grown significantly larger over the course of development. “I think

The Super Nintendo isn’t just arguably the best Nintendo console ever; it’s a console that really changed people’s expectations for what new consoles could be and should be. While many of the best SNES games were also innovators, some SNES titles were truly ahead of their time.  In my look at some NES games that

Marvel’s Spider-Man is an award-winning title that turned the PlayStation 4 into a must-buy console for many fans of truly great superhero video games. Against all odds, lightning even struck twice with its spin-off sequel, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. In another universe, however, those games may have been associated with Xbox. Mind you, that’s not

If you’ve felt like the recent additions to Xbox Game Pass have been lacking, you’re not alone. In fact, it seems like more and more people have taken to social media and other outlets to share their frustrations with Game Pass and their plans to at least temporarily cancel their subscriptions to the service. While

Not long ago, Sony announced that it would revamp its PlayStation Plus Service and offer PlayStation fans something closer to an Xbox Game Pass alternative. While the service may not be ready to properly challenge Microsoft’s juggernaut subscription program quite yet, the revamped PlayStation Plus library is still filled with worthwhile games that include quite

2022 has been a hectic year for gaming. Between the release of major titles like Elden Ring, Dying Light 2, and Horizon Forbidden West in rapid succession, and a flurry of (not always great) news, it’s been a tough year to keep up with. Now that things are slowing down a bit, though, it’s finally