Players are dropping out of World of Warcraft’s hardest dungeon mode in droves, and Blizzard is changing everything from class balance to dungeon mechanics to try and stop the bleeding. Public testing of the next Mythic Plus dungeon season is underway this week, with the first versions of many of those changes in play. That…
Enad Global 7 has announced that 38 employees at its Piranha Games studio will be laid off after the most recent game in its Mechwarrior series, Mechwarrior 5: Clans, “performed below expectations.” Separately, the company also announced that Toadman, whose most recent release is the 2024 shooter EvilVEvil, is being closed entirely. “The team at…
First reported by IGN, it appears that Marvel Rivals’ season one update has disabled mods in the game. Until now, there was actually a surprisingly lively scene of modders creating skins and other cosmetic additions for the NetEase hero shooter. Users in the Marvel Rivals Discord have said that the update has introduced asset hash…
Does it come in black..? Leaks and rumours regarding the upcoming ‘Switch 2’ have seemingly exploded since the beginning of 2025, with accessory maker Genki in particular causing a stir with its recent exhibit at CES 2025. Not only that, but photos shared via Reddit seem to showcase a genuine Joy-Con from the Switch successor,…
Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson caused a bit of a stir over the weekend when he “basically announced Minecraft 2,” after the vast majority of respondents to a poll on X said that’s what they want him to make. Not literally Minecraft 2, of course—he’s not allowed to do that—but a “spiritual successor,” similar to…
A mere year after Team Fortress 2 players set a new record for a single hat trade, with an absurdly rare Crone’s Dome going for approximately $18,000 worth of keys, those crazy cats are at it again. “Good start to 2025” says Team Fortress 2 player and hat aficionado Vytal.”Biggest trade in TF2 history.” Vytal…
As 2024 came to a close, we asked you to take a look back and share your favorite screenshots you took while playing in 2024 using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are the Share of the Year highlights: cuterboy296 shares Astro Bot in the God of War themed level tossing the Leviathan Axe. riainwonderland shares a back…
Marvel Rivals Season 1 is upon us, and with it comes new heroes, new maps, and some pretty interesting buffs and nerfs. In the run-up to its release, I got to check out this season, and while the new heroes may be a little broken and a pain to play against, they are also incredibly…
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 was only fully revealed this week at CES 2025, but already the GPU is causing quite a stir. Though arguably the least powerful of the just unveiled 50-series, the RTX 5070 has been the subject of a number of headline-worthy claims. Alas, most folks will have to wait until the…
Video game historian Kate Willaert digs in. The world of video games is packaged with male lead characters, but pinpointing the exact moment a female protagonist was introduced is more challenging than you might think – especially when you take into account arcade and home releases and the global nature of the video game market….