Last week, Epic kicked off its Mega Sale with a bang by offering Grand Theft Auto V for free. The giveaway proved to be so popular that it crashed the storefront for hours. This week’s freebie isn’t Grand Theft Auto V-level popular–after all, GTA V has sold more than 130 million copies–but it’s still a […]
Apex Legends Is Bolder Than Ever In Season 5, And Respawn Wants To Keep Trying New Things
Respawn has made a name for itself as a developer willing to take risks and innovate on what it’s good at. In 2019, we saw the studio tackle a live service battle royale game with Apex Legends, a genre that Respawn hadn’t broached before. Rather than simply emulate what had worked for other developers in […]
Infinity Ward Is Teasing Captain Price In Call Of Duty: Warzone Season 4
The official Call of Duty app sent players a mysterious message yesterday about an event happening in Call of Duty: Warzone on Thursday, May 21, possibly in connection to Season 4. The notification is cryptic but players think it could mean a major change is coming to the Warzone map, Verdansk, sometime soon. A video […]
Pokemon Go Is Adding Reshiram, Zekrom, And Kyurem Soon
Terrakion has returned to Pokemon Go for a limited time, but it isn’t the only Gen 5 Legendary coming to the game this month. Reshiram, the cover monster from Pokemon Black, is making its debut in Pokemon Go next week, and it’ll be followed later this year by Zekrom and Kyurem. Reshiram will arrive in […]
System Shock 3 Is Moving Forward With Tencent's Involvement
System Shock 3, which was announced back in 2015, but has faced a rocky road since then, and for a while the game’s future was unclear. While Otherside Entertainment has been working on the game for some time, and brought on System Shock lead designer Warren Spector to help craft the sequel, reports of layoffs […]
Oculus Quest Is Back In Stock, But Supplies Are Limited
Half-Life: Alyx has taken the VR world by storm, and if you want to get in on it, the Oculus Quest is a great, versatile VR headset that’s compatible with Valve’s latest game and a bunch of other great titles. Unfortunately, Oculus’s stock of both the 64GB and 128GB model has dwindled, but there are […]
Microsoft is building Industry Clouds for health care and other fields
The coronavirus pandemic has put the world’s health care systems to the test, to say the least. The “flatten the curve” mantra is fundamentally about not overburdening these systems, after all — and Microsoft believes its Cloud for Healthcare can help. Announced this week at its Build 2020 event, Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare is a […]
Is Tom Nook actually a crook?
The question of whether Tom Nook is a nasty money-grubbing landlord, or a generous benefactor has plagued Animal Crossing fans since the first game’s release. Nook immediately ignited strong emotions by surprising the player with a mortgage — just some gaming fun for you! The counter-argument goes that Nook is good, because he has given […]
The technologies the world is using to track coronavirus — and people
Now that the world is in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic, governments are quickly deploying their own cocktails of tracking methods. These include device-based contact tracing, wearables, thermal scanning, drones, and facial recognition technology. It’s important to understand how those tools and technologies work and how governments are using them to track not just […]
Aztec Zenyatta is the latest Overwatch Anniversary skin
The orb-slinging support takes a turn as an ancient sun god. Anyone can appreciate the beauty of Overwatch‘s latest Anniversary skin. After Little Red Ashe referenced a classic story and Masquerade Reaper hinted at Overwatch lore, Aztec Zenyatta has given the support a godly makeover. This Legendary skin will be available when the 2020 Overwatch […]