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...
PlayStation Now on PC feels like an evolution for console gaming
I’m running around a mythical city as Kratos, the god of war, but I’m not using a PlayStation console. This is strange. You no...
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.
Social whales: The industry must shift priorities to create strong game communities (VB Live)
If Moby Dick taught us anything, it’s that whale hunting doesn’t equal long-term success. But that’s only if you’re thinking of whales in terms...
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...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with improved app and update downloads
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs and phones. The highlight is a significant change to Delivery Optimization of app and...
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...
Microsoft’s Solitaire, the most boring game ever, tops 100 million users
We all know that solitaire is a game that you play only when there is nothing better to do. And Microsoft shared a number today...
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...