World of Warcraft: Legion Day 2 journal — loving my first zone and dungeon
I’m finding my love of Warcraft in Odin wrong places. OK, I may be working too heard for a clever intro there. After unlocking...
How Blizzard should prepare for next wave of DDoS attacks
Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: Legion launch faced a cyberattack. According to Blizzard, a distributed denial of services (DDoS) attack causing high latency issues and disconnections during connection happened at the launch of the new expansion.
Newzoo: Esports revenues are on pace to grow 52% this year
Competitive gaming is going through a growth spurt in 2016. Esports-related revenues are on pace to generate $493 million in 2016, according to a...
Nvidia is making a Fallout 4 mod to promote its new graphics cards
The latest modder working on new content for Fallout 4 isn’t exactly a person working out of their basement. Nvidia is planning to release...
Titanfall 2 multiplayer gets 6 new Titans
Respawn Entertainment is releasing six new Titans to play in Titanfall 2 multiplayer (the new modes have drawn some criticism, but we think people...
Eve Online gets a free-to-play option a mere 13 years after its original release
Eve Online is about to open up its complex universe. Developer CCP Games announced today that its massively multiplayer online space game will have a...
HTC invests $5 million in VR studio from Pixar and Lucasfilm veterans
Steel Wool Studios, a virtual reality studio made up of veterans from Pixar, LucasFilm, and Telltale Games, announced today that it has received $5 million in Series A funding from HTC. Steel Wool will use the funds to support its game, simulation, and narrative VR experiences.
2K enters the VR scene with Carnival Games
The midway is coming to virtual reality. Publisher 2K has announced its first virtual reality title, a new entry in the Carnival Games series. It will come out for the HTC Vive and PlayStation VR on October 28 for $20. An Oculus Rift release will follow later this year.
10 tips for staying alive in the Battlefield 1 open beta
While playing the Battlefield 1 open beta, I was once again reminded it’s hard to stay alive in a game full of die-hard players....
Cyberattackers spoil World of Warcraft: Legion launch with DDoS attack
World of Warcraft’s big day is coming under fire. Blizzard has noted on Twitter and in its Battle.net client that it is suffering a...