Hearthstone boss Ben Brode gives me new insight on what ‘casual’ means
Hearthstone doesn’t give players a great place to goof around. The Ranked modes for Standard and Wild, Hearthstone’s two main formats, are filled with...
Fans worry Star Wars: Battlefront II is flirting with the pay-to-win dark side
Electronic Arts and DICE are running an early beta test for Star Wars: Battlefront II right now, and the sci-fi shooter is attracting a...
Everything Is Going to be OK wins IndieCade’s 2017 Interaction Award
If you’re going through a period of intense anxiety and dread, Nathalie Lawhead wants you to know that Everything Is Going to Be OK....
Hearthstone adds its first new Warlock hero, and you can get it at a Fireside Gathering
Most people play Hearthstone online, but you’ll get a nice reward if you compete with some nearby card-slingers. Blizzard announced today that players who...
Mantis VR adds integrated headphones to any PlayStation VR
PlayStation VR is the most comfortable high-end virtual reality headset, but its lack of integrated headphones holds it back. Sony is planning to address...
EA extends Star Wars: Battlefront II open beta test to October 11
Don’t cry, Jedi, Sith, Stormtroopers, Smugglers, and Battle Droids. EA announced today that it is extending the open beta test for Star Wars: Battlefront...
Echo sneaks its sci-fi stealth and puzzles to PlayStation 4
Echo, a third-person sci-fi game, is coming out for PlayStation 4 on October 11. The indie title first launched for PC in September. Releasing...
WWE 2K18 scores the secret recipe for KFC’s Colonel Sanders as a playable wrestler
WWE 2K18‘s newest character isn’t a wrestler. Heck, I’m not even sure if he was a real person. Give me a second. *checks Wikipedia*...
Anamorphine is a VR adventure that addresses post-traumatic stress disorder
It’s been an interesting year for games and mental illness. Releases like Hellblade show that developers aren’t afraid to tackle this difficult subject and...
SmartBoy review: Turning your phone into a GameBoy is cool, but it’s also a pain
The Nintendo GameBoy library is a sweet chocolate box of retro gaming: little cartridges containing quaint, meticulously machine-coded 8-bit treasures. It would be a...