The inaugural season of the Overwatch League kicked off back in January, and while Stage 4 and the Playoffs are still ahead of us, the season’s climactic finale is now in sight. The Grand…
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WoW Player Gets a Year in Prison for Blizzard DDoS Attack
A World of Warcraft player has been fined and sentenced to a year in prison after carrying out a DDoS attack on Blizzard’s servers. GamesIndustry.biz reports that Calin Mateias was extradited to the US…
Google’s Digital Wellbeing is schooling Apple on how to combat smartphone addiction
Along with updates to Google Assistant, Lens, Gmail and just about every app with the word Google before it, there was one unveiled at I/O that isn’t about enhancing Google’s ecosystem of…
Battlefield V Will Have a Single-Player Mode
The upcoming Battlefield V will include “compelling single-player stories”, seemingly pointing to a continuation of the campaign style introduced in Battlefield 1. While Battlefield’s traditional competitor, Call of Duty has apparently dropped…
EA Insists Its Loot Boxes Are Not Gambling
Despite gambling regulators clamping down on loot boxes in video games, EA CEO Andrew Wilson insists that the publisher does not consider the likes of FIFA Ultimate Team packs gambling. “We don’t…
4 ways Android P’s gesture navigation is better than the iPhone X’s (and 4 ways it’s not)
As expected, Google today introduced a new way to navigate Android with gestures instead of virtual buttons, and it’s sure to spur opinions among both Android and iOS users. But while it…
Overwatch Donating All Proceeds from New Pink Mercy Skin to Charity
From now until May 21, a limited time Pink Mercy legendary skin will be available for purchase for Overwatch. In an official blog post on the Overwatch website, the development team revealed…
Microsoft, Qualcomm ship an SDK to solve the Snapdragon’s 64-bit app problem
Running Windows on top of the Qualcomm Snapdragon chips enables amazing battery life but includes all sorts of complications, including clunky emulation and some app restrictions. As expected, Qualcomm and Microsoft are…
What Nintendo Switch Online Could Mean for the Future of Virtual Console
After months of silence, Nintendo has finally confirmed that Virtual Console — a service that offers a variety of classic games from previous console generations — will not be coming to Switch….
Valve Tries Its Hand at Battle Royale with Dota 2’s The Underhollow
Dota 2’s International 2018 Battle Pass is here, bringing with it an all-new Battle Royale inspired game mode. The Underhollow is a brand new game mode available to owners of the International…