Valorant has kicked off Season 5: Act 1 featuring a new underwater map called Pearl, the new Ascendant rank, two new reward tracks, and more. “Pearl is the wonder in the deep blue. The newest Valorant destination mixes technological marvels with tactical three-lane gameplay. You’re going to have to survive without the rotation and mobility support of doors, ascenders, or [...]
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Following up on last week’s Junker Queen reveal, Blizzard Entertainment is back with a new dev blog showcasing Overwatch 2’s new tank hero. Armed with a massive axe, the queen of Junkertown is resourceful, fierce, and definitely no stranger to survival. “Junker Queen was built for Overwatch 2's 5v5 playing field. She has an unparalleled ability to claim space, and [...]
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Fall Guys going free-to-play has apparently caused the entire gaming community to descend on the colorful platform battle royale which apparently is now known simply as Fall Guys. As expected, this wreaked havoc on the servers which were pushed way beyond their limits and had developer Mediatonic scrambling to fix matchmaking failures, disconnects, long queues, and other issues that popped [...]
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PvPvE shooter The Cycle: Frontier has concluded its pre-season and officially begins its first full season following its Early Access launch earlier this month. The start of Season 1 also marks the debut of the game’s new Fortuna Pass. Like most battle passes, the Fortuna Pass features a reward track with various items that players can unlock for free as [...]
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Toadman Interactive has announced the sequel to their popular voxel-based tactical shooter Block N Load. Block N Load 2 will offer the same 5v5 base-building and first-person shooter action as the original game but with better graphics as well as new heroes, weapons, abilities, and blocks to use. “It’s time to get block to business! The sequel to the acclaimed [...]
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Fortnite continues to assimilate popular franchises into its cosmetic lineup with the addition of new character skins from the Naruto franchise. Last year, saw the arrival of Naruto’s Team 7 skins which included Kakashi Hatake, Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha, and Naruto Uzumaki himself. Naruto’s Rivals (and friends) now join Team 7 in the popular battle royale shooter’s latest patch. These [...]
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DOTA 2 and League of Legends competitor Heroes of Newerth has officially shut down after 12 years of operation. Developer S2 Games rolled out the MOBA’s final patch way back in February 2019 and announced their plans to sunset the game in December 2021. Several farewell events took place since then leading up to its final day of operation.” “HON [...]
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Square Enix and People Can Fly is hoping to get more players to try Outriders ahead of its Worldslayer expansion launch later this month. The team is currently running a free-to-play event that will give players unlimited access to the game from now until 10:00am PDT on June 23rd. Those who played the demo before will get to pick up [...]
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4X real-time strategy game Dune: Spice Wars is now officially a multiplayer game as of its first major update since it launched into Early Access in April. Players can now either team up in 2v2 matches or face off against each other in free-for-all matches with up to four players. “Take the reins of either the Atreides, Harkonnen, Fremen, or [...]
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The Cycle: Frontier is barely a month into its pre-season but the survival shooter is apparently already having problems with cheaters. Yager Developments rolled out the first game patch over the weekend that should help cut down on cheating although they didn’t really go into detail on what they did exactly. “We tuned our values in the afternoon and there [...]
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