Finally, you can play as a healer in Fortnite! According to the latest blog post from Epic Games, Fortnite now has an item called the Chug Splash. And unlike other blue, liquid treats, this one doesn't only give health back to the player using it.
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Imagine a future where you've soured on your Google Stadia username. How much would you have to pay to change it? What kind of fee does Google have lined up? As it turns out, the answer is zero dollars; but only for the first username change. After that, you pay.
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Virtual reality is still relatively niche, all things considered. But that doesn't mean it can't still be financially lucrative. Take the Oculus Quest, for example, which is selling a lot of content since it launched in May.
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According to lead quest designer Pawel Sasko, Cyberpunk 2077 has more to offer than the endless, urban sprawl of Night City.
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Are you a current World of Warcraft subscriber who's a little bit curious about how WoW Classic is shaping up? If so, you're in luck; you'll be able to try the game for free -- for one day only -- on June 19.
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Just how barren was the Artifact category on Twitch? It was so empty that, at one point, a slew of streamers decided to stream porn and all sorts of other things under the guise of gameplay. Now Twitch is suing them; if it can find them, of course.
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Fallout 76's Nuclear Winter -- a battle royale mode -- was only supposed to be available from June 10 through June 17. That period of time was a trial, of sorts, giving players an early look at Nuclear Winter while it was in beta. Now it seems Bethesda has changed its mind.
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Kombat League, a new seasonal ranked mode, launches on Mortal Kombat 11 tomorrow, June 18. As part of the four-week Season of Blood, players will have nine tiers to fight their way through, ranging from Apprentice to Elder God.
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Shenmue 3 developer Ys Net caught a whole lot of flack for making an exclusivity deal with the Epic Games Store on PC. Now it appears the studio might be willing to reevaluate things.
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When Destiny 2 was announced for Google Stadia, many assumed that the Stadia version would leverage the game's existing PC community. As it turns out, that will not be the case at launch.
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 announcement was one of the biggest surprises of E3 2019. The dark undertones of the First Look trailer, which clocks in at less than a minute and a half, threw fans through a loop.
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Celebrate Halloween in June with Overcooked 2's fresh new DLC, Night of the Hangry Horde. The update introduces a new horde mode, pitting players against waves of ravenous enemies known as the unbread. Throughout eight new kitchens, you'll race to feed ghastly baddies attacking the castle.
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According to quest director Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz, CD Projekt Red hopes to incorporate transgender and non-binary options into Cyberpunk 2077's character creator. This news follows the controversy sparked earlier this week by a screenshot featuring a hypersexualized depiction of a trans woman.
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Well that's not a good look. E3 2019 officially came to a close yesterday, and that's not exactly the time you'd expect to get laid off if you work in video games. Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened to a bunch of developers at Amazon Game Studios.
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Microsoft surprised everyone by unveiling a new Flight Simulator at its E3 2019 press conference. But are you aware of all the impressive tech being used behind the scenes in the game? We got a peek behind the curtain, thanks to a PC Gamer interview with Microsoft's Phil Spencer.
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A lot of Microsoft's exclusives have been showing up in other places lately, but did you know that one of the company's biggest franchises could've appeared on a competing console?
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How often do we get a really positive community story in video games? It seems like it's happening less and less these days, as games launch buggy and broken, and players become more cynical. But then you read about what the No Man's Sky community is doing, and you can't help but smile.
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Steam's In-Home Streaming feature was neat, but it's most glaring drawback was right there in the name: it didn't work outside of your house. Now Steam has updated the feature to support streaming from just about anywhere, changing its name to something more appropriate in the process.
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The Epic Games Store, for all of the hate it catches on the internet, is doing at least one thing gamers like: it's giving away a bunch of free games. Now we have the name of the next title up for grabs in Epic's shop, and if you don't already own it, you might want to download it today.
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Microsoft shocked the world this past Sunday when it announced that Phantasy Star Online 2 would finally be coming to the West. Fortunately, the game won't be exclusive to PC and Xbox One forever.
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Cross-save is coming to Destiny 2 this fall, allowing players to sync their character progress across multiple platforms. Unfortunately, we learned today that cross-save will not allow you to access seasons or expansions you might've purchased on other platforms.
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Bethesda put The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim on Amazon's family of Alexa devices; why not put Fallout Shelter inside your Tesla?
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The Nintendo Switch is downright fantastic for on-the-go gaming, but that's provided you find the right grip.
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Is there a Banjo-Kazooie game coming to the Nintendo Switch? Or are we once again being misled by a premature product listing? That's the question we're asking after an unannounced Banjo-Kazooie product showed up on Amazon Germany, getting fans of the bear/bird team all in a tizzy.
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Square Enix is porting a lot of its older games to newer consoles as of late, and that's not by accident. It seems the company has an internal projected devoted specifically to this task, because Square Enix wants all of its past titles to be available for purchase digitally.
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In Watch Dogs: Legion, you can conceivably play as any character in the game, so long as you've recruited them to your cause. But one strange question lingered in our minds following the game's reveal: what happens if all of your recruits get killed?
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Phil Spencer, who oversees all things Xbox at Microsoft, got to deliver an E3 presentation this year without a prime-time rebuttal from Sony's PlayStation team. And you might be surprised to learn that he would've preferred the competition.
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