Faced with the continued success enjoyed by League of Legends, many have wondered just how much money the free-to-play game draws in each year. Microtransactions, it turns out, are a profitable business model.
Read MoreMinecraft is an institution. It almost feels as ingrained in video game history as any mascot title. Millions of people play it. Billions of YouTube views prove the game has an audience outside of playing it. Yet few know that Minecraft wasn't the original name for this global phenomenon.
Read MoreThough the release of Modern Warfare next month has captured the attention of most Call of Duty fans, Black Ops 4 soldiers on, ushering in a new season. Operation Dark Divide will introduce new content and gear with a superheroes vs. villains theme.
Read MoreGears 5 makes you take a quick jaunt through the Boot Camp tutorial mode. Fortunately for us, the good folks at The Coalition have made it relatively easy (if clandestine) for more experienced players to forego this formal training.
Read MoreRockstar Games is the latest publisher to release a launcher for their PC titles. The distribution platform just went live, joining the ranks alongside Electronic Arts' Origin, Ubisoft's Uplay, and the Bethesda.net Launcher.
Read MoreIn honor of League of Legends' tenth anniversary, Riot Games has announced a special celebration and livestream. The developer also revealed that the battle arena game pulls in an average of 8 million concurrent players daily, making League the most popular PC game in the world.
Read MoreIf there is a universal truth across every single video game platform, it's this: timed exclusives suck. Fortunately, it appears Activision and Infinity Ward will be doing away with timed exclusives when Call of Duty: Modern Warfare releases next month; at least where multiplayer is concerned.
Read MoreWe are now two weeks out from the release of Destiny 2's highly anticipated third-year expansion, Shadowkeep. And as is tradition, Bungie has released a ViDoc -- a video documentary -- that lets players hear from the developers and artists who make Destiny 2 and its expansions possible.
Read MoreE3 was once the show to end all gaming shows. It was the only event worth caring about; the one every company saved its important announcements for. Now it looks to be careening toward the edge of a cliff.
Read MoreHow would you like to earn a ton of legendary loot in Borderlands 3 without having to work all that hard? It's possible, thanks to a new loot farming location discovered in the game.
Read MoreUnless you've been living under a rock for the past ten years, chances are you're all too familiar with the sandbox building game Minecraft. Love it or hate it, it's hard to deny that the game is a juggernaut in the industry. And lately, it's actually become incredibly popular again. But why?
Read MoreLoyal fans of the Crash Bandicoot series may remember a character who only had a brief appearance in the life of the game's franchise. Crash's girlfriend Tawna was first introduced to players in the first game, but vanished in subsequent entries. Where did she go? And why did she disappear?
Read MoreBorderlands 3 is a game full of choices. What guns will you use? Which character should you play? You'll make many snap decisions in your hours of shooting and looting, but there's one that should never be taken lightly: what will your Vault Hunter look like?
Read MoreThe weapons and armor upgrade system acts as one of many ways you can customize your playstyle in Greedfall. The best items to use often differ from situation to situation, adding some extra depth, variety, and fun to an all too often monotonous gameplay mechanic.
Read MoreSometimes it's not enough to just beat a game. From speedruns to knife-only playthroughs, players across all franchises have accomplished a number of impressive feats over the years. Continuing this legacy, one Resident Evil 4 player managed to beat the game with 0% weapon accuracy.
Read MoreThe Mortal Kombat reboot has officially started shooting according to writer Greg Russo. Russo shared the news on Twitterafter teasing that production would soon get underway.
Read MoreThe upcoming remake of Seiken Densetsu 3, or Trials of Mana, looks to take the series to new heights, all while helping more Westerners get excited over one of the longest-running Japanese franchises. Stick around while we tell you everything you'll need to know about the Trials of Mana remake.
Read MoreRunning and gunning around the worlds of Borderlands 3 rewards players with exciting goodies, but getting from point A to point B on foot can be a chore. That's where the vehicles come in.
Read MoreGears 5 arrived on Oct. 5 for some and Oct. 10 for others. It came rather quietly, without the marketing blitz we're used to seeing from other major AAA franchises. But when the smoke cleared, all of that mattered not. Gears 5's launch was, for the Xbox One and Xbox Game Studios, record-breaking.
Read MoreBlizzard Entertainment's efforts to breathe new life into flagging online team brawler Heroes of the Storm continue with The Scarlet Heist, a new 1920s themed event. Though details about the event remain scarce, it's slated to introduce some fresh cosmetic items.
Read MoreWe're getting closer and closer to Death Stranding's release, which means we're at that glorious point in the marketing cycle where producer Hideo Kojima gives interviews to the press. He recently spoke to Game Informer about Death Stranding's realism, and we have the best bits for you here.
Read MoreNiantic announced the addition of Pokemon from the Unova region to Pokemon Go. These Pokemon, first seen in Pokemon Black and Pokemon White, will spawn in the wild, during raids, and hatch from eggs, with specific Pokemon appearing only in raid battles and certain areas of the world.
Read MoreWe're just a few days away from seeing Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered on PC and PlayStation 4. And we're the same number of days from seeing the non-remastered Ni no Kuni on Nintendo Switch. How about a trailer?
Read MoreThe NES library included with Nintendo Switch Online has a few glaring omissions; namely, there are zero Dragon Quest games available through the service. Don't worry, though; Square Enix will definitely let you pay for them separately.
Read MoreAre you thinking about buying Borderlands 3 on PC? If so, you might want to hold off for a couple of days, or at least be very careful about how you're saving your progress in Gearbox's latest looter shooter.
Read MoreThere are all sorts of things in the gaming world we just accept without question. For example, Agent 47 from Hitman is bald. That's probably just a design choice, right? Actually, there's more to it than that.
Read MoreIf dwarves in space sounds like an intriguing concept, make sure to check out Deep Rock Galactic during its free weekend on Steam.
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