In its three years of existence, the Overwatch League (OWL) team known as the San Francisco Shock has gone from stumbling new kids on the block to defending Overwatch League Grand Finals Champions. It's become one of the most-watched of the 20 teams in the League.
Read MoreGenshin Impact transformed from a derided, purportedly shameless Breath of the Wild clone into an anime-shaped snowball of success. The game has won numerous awards and experienced faster financial success (at least in the short term) than its supposed inspiration, Zelda.
Read MoreIt looks like the Nintendo Switch release of Super Mario Galaxy is the closest thing fans will get to another sequel. That's okay, because it gives everyone a chance to once more see all the Easter eggs that Nintendo put into the original game, including a Pokémon reference.
Read MoreA 21-year-old California man has been sentenced to three years in prison by the U.S. District Court in Seattle for hacking into Nintendo servers and leaking confidential information. Ryan Hernandez is expected to pay upwards of $259,000 in damages to Nintendo.
Read MoreThe Nintendo Switch has been a highly successful console for Nintendo, selling 63 million units worldwide as of Nov. 2020. In traditional fandom fashion, many have taken to making custom Switch consoles themselves, referencing everything from popular memes to blockbuster movie franchises.
Read MoreA trio of surprise statements from BioWare announced the departure of two key members of the company's senior leadership team, Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah. The news was first shared by Laura Miele, EA's chief studio officer, on BioWare's official blog.
Read MoreUsually, console updates feature quality of life improvements that help streamline experiences and add new features. However, companies sometimes sneak in changes that displease a chunk of their audiences, which is the case with the recent Nintendo Switch update.
Read Morehe recent Demon's Souls PS5 remake from Bluepoint Games, which released to critical acclaim on Nov. 19, used a rubber ducky placeholder asset during the design and testing phase and it nearly broke the entire game.
Read MoreVR enthusiasts and fans of the long-dormant Medal of Honor series have been patiently awaiting the return of the series, Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, since its 2019 announcement.
Read MoreAmazon Prime members can get a free copy of Electronic Arts' Battlefield 3 for the entire month of December. The third installment in the Battlefield series is one of the most popular of the franchise, so this deal is definitely not one to miss.
Read MoreSurvival horror continues to be a robust video game genre in 2020. While this year probably didn't see any original horror titles that are going to launch a new franchise, like a Silent Hill or a Resident Evil, it still offered plenty of jump-scares, gore, and disturbing scenes.
Read MoreIts arrival on Nintendo's miniature hardware gave it the ability to be compatible with yet another Game Boy multiplayer enabled peripheral. It also holds the distinction of being the only FPS to ever see a release on the Game Boy. The game we're speaking of is the little known Faceball 2000.
Read MoreThis is no Super Mario Bros., sealed NES copies of which sold for just over $100,000 in 2019 and then $114,000 in 2020. The rarest Game Boy game is Spud's Adventure. Spud's Adventure, as could be expected from a non-iconic title, sells for a price closer to ClayFighter: Sculptor's Cut.
Read MoreThe relationship between the world of fast cars and fast consoles has by and large been a successful one. Video games allow auto enthusiasts to drive their dream cars, regardless of price obstacles, decorated in whatever garish paint jobs they can imagine.
Read MoreThere are many great titles up for Game of the Year at The Game Awards this year, but Sony's The Last of Us Part 2 is a strong contender, earning the most nominations.. In light of the renewed attention that Naughty Dog's action-survival feature has received, Sony released a new trailer.
Read MoreSea of Thieves was first released in 2018 to an overall middling reception. Over the course of the following year, however, developer Rare earned some of the acclaim the game's day one version was lacking through a series of updates. Now, Rare has announced yet another significant change-up.
Read MoreRomance isn't dead, and especially not in gaming. Haven is a romantic adventure from indie studio The Game Bakers, and was made to be played solo or with a loved one. Antagonists Kay and Yu are on the run, traveling across space to begin their new life together on a mysterious planet.
Read MoreFans of Gravity Rush, Siren, and the Silent Hill series are in for some interesting news. The creative mind behind those games, Keiichiro Toyama, is leaving Sony to start up his own independent studio. Toyama announced the opening of his new studio, Bokeh Game Studio, on Twitter.
Read MoreGeoff Keighley, host of The Game Awards, revealed this week that Among Us developer InnerSloth will unveil a brand new map for the social deception game during the awards show on Dec. 10.
Read MoreOf course, there were predecessors to the Game Boy, if only a few. However, one in particular, the Milton Bradley Microvision, served as a direct inspiration for the improving form and function of the Nintendo Game & Watch, in turn resulting in the cartridge-based Game Boy itself.
Read MoreWhile it's not quite the biggest game in the Assassin's Creed series, Valhalla is still a hefty experience that will take at least 60 hours to complete. Even so, there's still plenty about the game to keep pondering about.
Read MoreGorons are some of The Legend of Zelda's most popular characters; they've been in every Zelda game in one iteration or another, and you meet many different Gorons throughout the course of the series.
Read MoreLong before the era of walkthroughs, guides, and data mining, fans were left to take whatever they heard at the playground about a specific video game as the truth. One of these infamous rumors revolved around a mysterious Pokémon known as MissingNo., a top secret Pokémon.
Read MoreThere are a number of hidden Easter eggs that are worth checking out in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla. Players will have to dig deep for these finds, searching every corner of the map and interacting with every NPC — or you can just check out the list below.
Read MoreIn the span of a few years, Uldren went from uneasy ally to unforgivable enemy, and would see his story twist and turn a few more times after that.
Read MoreKirby's design is so basic, yet so appealing, one might assume he was created without much thought. And if that was your first guess, you would have guessed correctly. This is the true story of how Kirby almost didn't become a video game character — and why he looks the way he does.
Read MoreWhen it comes to SEGA, everyone has become accustomed to seeing the world's most recognizable "Blue Blur" hold down the fort for the Japanese publisher/developer. But at one point in time, Sonic wasn't the sole mascot for the company.
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