Switch 2 GameCube Controller ‘Early Purchase’ Goes Live Next Week (North America)
Open to paid NSO subscribers a week later. Alongside the Switch 2 release, Nintendo is adding the GameCube library to the Switch Online + Expansion Pack. If you want to experience this library of games in the most authentic way possible (outside of the real thing), you’re going to want one of the new GameCube…
The PC game releases we’re most excited about in May
An initial glance at May game releases almost had me calling it a quieter month, but I think it’s just because there’s no gauntlet of back-to-back RPGs. I’ll gladly accept the breather, but there’s still plenty on the docket for these next few weeks if you’re looking for something to play with a friend. Among…
DrLupo admits to cheating in $100,000 online chess tournament, faces brutal backlash from Reddit: ‘Dude went from ‘what’s a horsey?’ to ‘I can see 15 moves ahead’ in 2 minutes’
Popular gaming streamer Benjamin Lupo, better known to his fans as DrLupo, has been kicked out of the PogChamps 6 online chess tournament for a “fair play violation”—in other words, he got caught cheating. Hosted by Chess.com, PogChamps—not to be confused with the PogChamp Twitch emote—is a series of amateur chess tournaments featuring well known…
Stadium’s roadmap for Overwatch 2 is planned out for the next three seasons, with more heroes, maps, and custom games on the horizon
Stadium is more than just an Overwatch 2 mode—it’s different enough that it could almost be classified as its own game, and a separate game needs a separate roadmap. The developers have planned out the next three seasons of Stadium, albeit roughly, that’ll coincide with the regular cadence of seasons. Season 17 will introduce two…
‘Stadium is Overwatch 2’s most-played mode’: Blizzard confirms Stadium’s success with 7.8 million hours played across 2.3 million matches in the launch week alone
I’ve been playing a lot of Overwatch 2’s Stadium mode since it launched a couple of weeks ago. But I do like to diversify, so I also decided to check out the hero bans in ranked. Or at least I tried to. It took me a whole seven minutes to find a match—outrageous, I know….
The Past, Present, and Future of Overwatch 2’s Stadium
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Oblivion is a lot better now that I can read
The other day, I was frantically crouch walking around Skingrad in Oblivion Remastered, tailing the neighbors of a seriously paranoid guy named Glarthir, and thought: This is new, right? When did Oblivion get all these weird, engrossing sidequests? Didn’t I play this game a lot back in the day? Technically yes, I played Oblivion in…
French President Emmanuel Macron gives a shout-out to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on Instagram: ‘You are a shining example of French audacity and creativity’
14 years after Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk presented US President Barack Obama with a copy of The Witcher 2 as an official diplomatic gift, French President Emmanuel Macron is getting in on the “recognizing the cultural value of videogames” action. No, he hasn’t added Donald Trump to his Steam friends list, but he did…
Gaming website Polygon sheds staff, editor-in-chief departs following sale to Game Rant owner Valnet
Gaming website Polygon, which was launched by Vox Media in 2012, has been sold to Canadian publisher Valnet, owner of Game Rant, FextraLife, and TheGamer, among a number of other online entertainment, sports, and hobbyist publications. A substantial number of Polygon staff members have been laid off or quit, including site co-founder and editor-in-chief Chris…