Overwatch slaps a loot box band-aid on its disappointing tenth anniversary event, promising more later

Ten years is a big milestone, yet Blizzard’s Overwatch anniversary event has felt like anything but a grand celebration. Ever since its total rebirth earlier this year, Overwatch has been riding high again, reclaiming its rightful place in the pantheon of multiplayer games with a clutch of new heroes and much more proactive updates. The…

A domain related to J-Pop idol phenomenon Love Live! went up for auction and the lead bid is a very sane $615 million

Japanese fans of the mega-franchise Love Live!, which spans anime, manga, live performances, and games, recently spotted that the domain for the official fan club of Aqours expired and is now up at auction. Top bid? 97.14 billion yen, or $615 million dollars to you, sir. There are various iterations of Love Live!, all of…

Summer Games Done Quick Returns This July And The Full Schedule Features Speedruns For Balatro, Super Mario 64, And More

Games Done Quick (GDQ) has announced that its flagship speedrunning marathon, Summer Games Done Quick, will return to Minneapolis this July to benefit Doctors Without Borders. The full schedule has been released and will feature a wide range of speedruns from July 5 to July 11, including a game-breaking Balatro run, a unique tool-assisted Super…

PS5 Now Tells You Exactly How Many People Play GTA 5

Steam provides an unusual level of insight into what’s popular on the platform and how games are performing. While user reviews and charts of concurrent player counts can be weaponized to push toxic agendas, they also provide useful data points for tracking broader movements around which games are trending and why. Console storefronts on Xbox…

Daemons of the Shadow Realm stole it’s biggest twist from M. Night Shyamalan

Because the new anime Daemons of the Shadow Realm is based on a manga by Fullmetal Alchemist creator Hiromu Arakawa, you can easily assume it’s going to invest heavily in kinship between siblings, a yellow-haired older brother, and an obtuse but compelling system of magic. What I did not expect, however, was that it would…

Xbox Is Rebranding Itself, Sort Of

Earlier this week, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma put the following question to fans on social media: “Xbox” or “XBOX”? Out of the 19,176 votes cast, all caps XBOX was the clear winner with 64.8% of the total. Now, Microsoft has seemingly taken that to heart by rebranding the Xbox account on X with all-caps XBOX….