Gamescom PUBG Invitational winners get a golden frying pan trophy
Bluehole has crowned the first champion of its Gamescom PUBG Invitational tournament by giving a golden frying pan (really, it’s a cast-iron skillet) to...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ rough first tournament had 140,000 simultaneous viewers
The first official tournament for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is underway in Germany starting today, and the event has a viewer count in the millions …...
Overwatch’s new short is a-Mei-zing
Overwatch debuted its new CG short today, “Rise and Shine,” at its Gamescom event in Cologne, Germany. It focuses on Mei, the Chinese ecologist...
Blizzard gives Hearthstone the silly animated short it deserves
Hearthstone has been one of Blizzard‘s biggest games since it launched in 2014. The digital card battler for PC and mobile helped to popularize...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds esports broadcasts need to copy golf
I’ve spent the last two Friday nights sitting at my computer talking about other people competing in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Don’t pity me. I don’t...
The Crew 2 hands-on: Flying, boating, and driving through NYC
Ubisoft unveiled The Crew 2 earlier this summer, and now it has unveiled hands-on demos of the gameplay that takes you into the skies, the...
Social VR is evolving, and AltspaceVR paid the price
Last month, AltspaceVR, one of the most beloved startups in the burgeoning, albeit struggling, VR consumer industry announced it was shutting its doors due...
Cat Sorter VR transforms your HTC Vive into a chaotic feline assembly line
If you can’t get enough of cats in actual reality, you can now obsess over kitties in virtual reality, too. The adorable Cat Sorter...
Xbox Live is down — Microsoft is working on a fix (updated: it’s back online)
Microsoft knows that Xbox Live is not working for a ton of people right now, and it has engineers investigating the problem. A significant...
Ethereum leads AMD and Nvidia GPUs to a historic quarter
The Bitcoin-like Ethereum cryptocurrency has jacked up the video card market. AMD and Nvidia GPUs saw a massive spike in shipments (to retailers and...