Blizzard’s latest Overwatch short story reveals more about the history of the combat medic Baptiste, and the philosophical differences that led him to part ways with the villainous group Talon. And if drawn-out narratives for multiplayer shooters aren’t your thing, there’s also the opportunity lay eyes on what could be an upcoming new skin. Alas, it’s already too late, as he encounters a pair of old friends who make him the proverbial offer he can’t refuse. As the bullets start to fly, Baptiste

Though few might remember it, Final Fantasy 14 originally launched in 2010, and was Not Good. That 2010 version of Final Fantasy is forever lost to time, though. At E3, Easy Allies interviewed Final Fantasy 14 game director Naoki Yoshida and, with WoW Classic looming, asked a reasonable question: Would Final Fantasy 14 ever get classic servers that recreated its 2010 version? When it first released in 2010, Final Fantasy 14 was an absolute disaster of a game. If you want to find out more about F

In The Witcher games, Geralt rides a horse named Roach who, among other things, is always nearby and comes a-runnin’ when Geralt whistles. “Basically, because those cars are equipped with AI, if you call it, you can see the car driving towards you. So you can see when it arrives, basically,” lead quest designer Pawel Sasko told VG247. “You can see as your motorcycle arrives, you can see as your car arrives. So you can just leave it wherever you want, it can go somewhere, just call it, and AI mak

CD Projekt’s Witcher-based card game Gwent is getting a new expansion later this month called Novigrad. Novigrad will also add a new resource to the game called Crowns that can be used to activate the new Fee keyword, enabling powerful abilities on cards that bear it. Bounties can be placed on enemies, and some cards can trigger more powerful abilities if you’re able to cover the cost—which doesn’t always have to be paid in gold. Gwent: Novigrad is set to go live on June 28, and can be preordere

Mortal Kombat 11’s ranked Kombat League gets underway tomorrow with the beginning of the Season of Blood, a four-week spineripper of competitive fun and games that offers exclusive skins and gear for advancing through the ranks. Kombat League contests (or kontests, probably) are best-of-three fights leading through nine seasonal ranks ranging from Apprentice to Elder God. There are also daily and seasonal quests, with rewards for completing tasks like playing ranked Kombat or spilling 10,000 pin

But there’s a new Stalker 2 in development, with GSC Game World once again behind it. Stalker 2 ceased development in early 2012, and GSC Game World hasn’t picked up where it left off. “Stalker 2 is a new project in which we use all the best ideas that our company has,” said the developer. As for the game itself, GSC Game World isn’t giving much away. Another secret code was spotted in the Stalker 2 announcement earlier in the year, and while GSC Game World isn’t giving away any clues, it confir

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Frontier has shown off Planet Zoo’s E3 demo, previously revealed behind closed doors. The gameplay, narrated by developers, gives us a pretty detailed look at a built up zoo full of animal exhibits, from big enclosures to wee terrariums. Planet Zoo’s easily one of most exciting things we got to see at E3, in no small part to the interesting stuff Frontier’s doing with its menagerie. And like Planet Coaster, you can build your zoos around certain themes. We’ll see more when the beta kicks off thi

I saw The Outer Worlds behind closed doors at E3 last week, and I was going to write about it and tell you how cool it looked, despite the gameplay demo being a fairly slight 20-or-so minute showing compared to Cyberpunk 2077’s near hour-long presentation. Now I don’t have to, because pretty much everything I saw has been put on the internet anyway! It kicks off at the 4.30 mark:You’ll see one of the game’s towns in action, how you can switch allegiances, and how to manipulate characters in conv

We saw a cinematic, we saw Keanu, but Cyberpunk 2077’s E3 demo has so far only been shown off behind closed doors. Like the first E3 demo, however, CD Projekt Red will be making it public eventually, and you won’t have long to wait. “It’s going to happen at exactly PAX West,” CD Projekt Red community lead Marcin Momot said on Twitter. PAX West starts on August 30 and will run until September 2 this year. While the first demo was full of spectacle and certainly memorable, this one makes Cyberpunk

Move over Fortnite, PUBG and Apex Legends—there’s a new battle royale king, and he’s a plumber in a red hat. Mario Royale is a browser-based battle royale version of the original Super Mario Bros that dumps 100 players into a world and asks them to race to the end. “What I’ve done here is a true sin,” says creator InfernoPlus, but players don’t seem to mind. Each round is quick, and most people die within a minute, which makes it easy to jump into another round. It’s fun, chaotic, and well worth

It’s become a bit of a confusing mess with the introduction of the USB 3.2 specification, which doubles the bandwidth over USB 3.1 by allowing for up to two lanes of 10Gbps operation, for 20Gbps total. USB-IF wants manufacturers to use the following marketing terms:USB 3.2 Gen 1: SuperSpeed USBUSB 3.2 Gen 2: SuperSpeed USB 10GbpsUSB 3.2 Gen 2×2: SuperSpeed 20GbpsOn top of all that, this is not the first time that USB names have changed. USB 3.2 Gen 1 used to be called USB 3.1 Gen 1, and prior to

Chippy is a new twin-stick bullet hell shooter from Facepunch Studios, the developers behind Rust and Garry’s Mod, in which you fight and destroy 14 giant multi-form bosses, competing for the best time. The bosses look like large, segmented squares with intricate designs, and you blow them apart piece by piece, breaking off different sections until nothing remains. The scoreboard is purely based on completion time, and you can replay each level individually for the best score. I like the bouncy

Epic Games’ former production director tried to cancel Fortnite in its early stages of development—and says the game “would not exist” had he stayed at the company. He “tried to cancel Fortnite” before that, back when it was still just a concept, and he told Game Informer he would’ve again tried to cancel it before the development team added a battle royale mode. Fortnite initially released with a co-op zombie shooter mode called Save the World in July 2017, and Epic added battle royale in Septe

Credit: Hideo Kojima, TwitterCyberpunk 2077 swag jackets from E3 have been popping up on eBay, where they’re selling for hundreds of dollars. But CD Projekt Red says you shouldn’t buy one—at least not yet, because a “similar version” will be available for less from the developer’s store at some point. You can see some of the completed eBay listings in the picture below. Rafal Jaki, CD Projekt Red’s business development director, pleaded with fans to hold onto their money. “The plan is to have a

The developers of excellent multiplayer shooter Insurgency: Sandstorm will add two new maps, two new game modes, a hardcore rule set for every mode, and mod support before the end of the year—all in free updates. “That same treatment is coming to Insurgency: Sandstorm as well,” the team said. “This includes but is not limited to community created levels, game modes, rulesets, gameplay modifications, factions, weapons, and weapon upgrades.” It’s also working on a new mode based on Ambush, which w

The Google Stadia version of Destiny 2 will be its “own ecosystem”, and will not support crossplay of any kind with PC, Bungie has said. “Stadia players will only be able to play with other Stadia players”, Bungie said in an FAQ published this week. Google’s Stadia service will stream a PC version of a game to your TV, desktop or laptop, so you’d expect fewer barriers to crossplay than between PC and consoles. Destiny 2’s presence on Stadia was just one of many announcements Bungie made last wee

After months of silence my @Fallout 76 Canvas bag v2.0 arrived. The quality is much better overall, comparison below with the original bag at the top. pic.twitter.com/b0mBa3sdZkJune 14, 2019Customers who preordered Fallout 76’s premium Power Armor Edition last year have finally begun receiving the canvas bags that became the centre of an unlikely controversy. So began the sorry saga of bag-gate, which gave people who love having sticks to beat Bethesda with yet another one of those. Although som

This is the third time we’ve had to write a story saying Mewgenics isn’t dead, but guess what: Mewgenics isn’t dead. But he’s still got time to think ahead, as he confirmed on Twitter this week: “After over 6 years stuck in limbo, Mewgenics is now officially back in development!” After over 6 years stuck in limbo, Mewgenics is now officially back in development! pic.twitter.com/RmcpmGN57uJune 14, 2019We don’t know much about what it will be like, though programmer Tyler Glaiel has been sharing s