Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime opens BlizzCon with message of inclusivity
Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime opened the BlizzCon 2017 fan event today with a message of friendship and inclusivity. He delivered this amid the storms...
Hanzo and Alexstrasza join Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm
Blizzard unveiled today that Overwatch’s Hanzo and World of Warcraft’s Alexstrasza are joining its multiplayer online battle arena Heroes of the Storm at the...
StarCraft 2 is going free-to-play on November 14
Blizzard revealed that StarCraft II is going to become a free-to-play game at its BlizzCon event in Anaheim, California. StarCraft II goes free on...
Pokémon Go creator Niantic acquires social mechanics startup Evertoon
Pokémon Go creator Niantic Labs has acquired a startup called Evertoon, which is exploring ways to add “social mechanics to digital products.” CEO Niantic...
Call of Duty: WWII — Sledgehammer Games’ best tips for getting good at multiplayer
Death is inevitable in Call of Duty multiplayer. But you can always find ways to survive longer in a multiplayer round, and we caught...
Call of Duty: WWII — Sledgehammer’s 3-year journey to bring Call of Duty back
Michael Condrey, studio head and cofounder of Sledgehammer Games, has just completed a three-year march to take Call of Duty back to the Second...
Call of Duty: WWII — How Sledgehammer put a serious twist on Nazi Zombies
Sledgehammer Games is known for well-paced storytelling. In Call of Duty: WWII, Sledgehammer applied its touch to the single-player campaign as well as to...
The DeanBeat: This week’s tale of the game juggernauts
Gamers have many ways to keep score. This column is about how I like to look at the game companies during the busy fall...
Xbox One X review — wait and see
Microsoft has a new Xbox coming out this month, and it’s exactly like the old Xbox and also its mirror opposite. The Xbox One...
Call of Duty: WWII — Here’s what happens when you hit Prestige rank
When you hit Prestige, or the top level in Call of Duty multiplayer, it’s usually a solitary affair. But in Call of Duty: WWII,...