Blizzard announced today that sales of the limited-edition Pink Mercy skin for Overwatch and a Pink Mercy t-shirt designed by community artist Vickisigh, which were available for purchase in May, raised more than $12.7 million for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. “BCRF does critical work every single day to support women’s health and develop new research and strategies for preventing, treating, and curing breast cancer, and we’re proud to make this contribution to their efforts,” Blizzard

THQ Nordic has finally revealed that Darksiders 3, the tale of Fury’s quest to rid our shattered world of the Seven Deadly Sins and the twisted beings that serve them, will be out on November 27. A new trailer showcasing the whip-wielding Sister of the Apocalypse in action was also released on IGN. Fury, Rider of the Black Horse, will be the third of the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to take the lead in a Darksiders game, following War in the first and Death in the second. (Condemning enemies

Fortnite Season 5 is only three days away, which I know because Epic tweeted out an image today saying exactly that. What’s interesting about this image is that it closely resembles a Kitsune mask. (Get up to date at our Fortnite Season 5 hub. The text accompanying the teaser in the news section of the Fortnite client hint at worlds colliding, too. Just before Season 4, Epic tweeted out one new image each day leading up to launch.

The company’s new Alpine 12 Passive and Alpine 12 AM4 are both passive coolers, meaning they don’t come with a cooling fan, and between the two are compatible with modern sockets. According to Alpine, its new passive coolers are powerful enough to cool compatible CPUs up to 47 watts. Apparently these coolers repel dust as well—Artic says dust doesn’t settle on Alpine 12 Passive and AM4 coolers, so there is no maintenance involved. The Alpine 12 Passive and Alpine 12 AM4 Passive are available now

The cryptocurrency-induced GPU shortage has been over for a while, but a current-gen graphics card under the original MSRP is still a rare sight. Custom GTX 1080 cards have usually stayed at around $510-530, but Zotac’s AMP Edition model is just $489.99 right now on Amazon and Newegg. Zotac’s ‘Icestorm’ cooling system and ‘Spectra’ seven-color lighting system are built-in. For video output, there’s one dual-link DVI-I, three DisplayPort 1.4 connectors, and one HDMI 2.0b port. You can buy the GTX

The brilliant Monster Hunter: World is making its debut on PC this year and now we know the PC system requirements and the release date. PC Gamer: Why has it taken this long for Monster Hunter to come to PC? Do you think PC players are a particularly good fit for Monster Hunter, given their history with MMOs and ‘living’ games? We’re supporting mouse and keyboard for our PC players, include the option to customise key assignments. Will you support modding for the Steam version of Monster Hunter

Fanatical’s Sega Week Sale is live, bringing discounts to Sonic, Bayonetta, Vanquish, Total War: Warhammer, and a number of the publisher’s other franchises. Total War: Warhammer, for example, is the storefront’s 24-hour daily Star Deal. Onto Total Warhammer 2. If historical battles are more your cup of tea, though, Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia is going for 20 percent less its recommended sale price. Check out Fanatical’s Total War discounts here, and its Sega Week Sale in full this way.

Monster Hunter: World is coming to PC next month but seems unlikely to ship with mod support, according to producer Ryozo Tsujimoto. When asked if the game’s Steam variation will come with mods, Tsujimoto tells us: “We don’t have anything to announce at this time.” Ryozo Tsujimoto also informs us that Monster Hunter: World will not support cross-platform multiplayer at release. If we find bugs that are happening only on PC for example, or issues arising after a title update, then we would put pa

Monster Hunter: World is finally coming to PC next month, but will the game take advantage of meaty PC hardware to make some visual upgrades? “When the game launches the visuals will have parity with the console versions,” he says, “but we’re considering releasing a free update after launch.” Monster Hunter’s a good looking game on console, but even if we won’t see any visual upgrades it will hopefully run at a faster clip on PC. A “free update after launch” sounds promising, though I’m not sure

The Monster Hunter: World PC system requirements are out, and it looks like the will run on some fairly old cards if you’re not worried about how it looks on low settings. The recommended and minimum specs target a steady 30FPS of performance, but hopefully we’ll be able to push past that to 60 when the Monster Hunter: World release date arrives next month. We also know that visually Monster Hunter: World PC “will have parity” with the Playstation 4 version, but free future updates might give it

Following its late January console debut, the Monster Hunter: World PC release date has finally been announced—August 9, 2018. In his beginner’s primer, published on the day of its console launch, our Steven explored why people love Monster Hunter so damn much. Capcom tells us Monster Hunter: World has since become the developer’s biggest-selling game, having shifted eight million copies globally in less than six months. Check out the Monster Hunter: World system requirements to see how your mac

Fanatical has launched its Sega Week Sale, which knocks up to 90 percent off some of the publisher’s best PC games. Everything from Sonic Mania to Alien: Isolation, Bayonetta, and Vanquish has been given the chop—the sum of which can be perused here. To celebrate the occasion, the digital storefront is giving away $600 worth of Sega goodies, starting today with Total War: Warhammer 2’s Serpent God edition. Check back every day this week for more prizes in-line with Fanatical’s Sega Week Sale. On

Game of ThronsWhen battles in EVE Online start reaching the critical mass of several thousand players, coordination and communication are everything. “When the Fountain War kicked off, all we did for two weeks was feed ships to TEST,” Baltec says. Goonswarm fleet doctrines of that era were outdated, relying on highly specialised ships like strategic cruiser-class Tengus and battleship-class Tempest Fleet Issues. We could have called it ‘Megathron fleet,’ ‘Megafleet,’ or anything boring like that

When Chinese gaming giant Tencent rebranded its digital store as ‘WeGame’ last year, Andy asked: could a showdown with Steam be in the offing? Tencent is now set to launch an international variation of WeGame, which could make that scenario a reality. As reported by the South China Morning Post (via gamesindustry.biz), an international version of the store and social platform—currently exclusive to China—will launch in Hong Kong. “The Hong Kong version of WeGame is now under development,” a Tenc

In May, Walmart Canada leaked Rage 2—after which Bethesda returned with a tongue-in-cheek reply, before officially confirming days later. Despite being so close to E3 2018, id Software studio director Tim Willits reckons the leak helped the shooter stand itself apart from another, similarly-themed big hitter: Fallout 76. He suggests a number of journalists have since questioned the developer’s intentions—some have implied the Walmart leak was staged, says Willits—but is adamant the leak wasn’t p

Datehacks’ long-term work-in-progress Age of Fire Dark Souls mod lets you play as your favorite bosses. Which means Gwyn can now battle Dark Souls’ toughest boss combo—the aforementioned lightning hammer-wielding garroter, and his companion Dragonslayer Ornstein. When it comes to Dark Souls mods, I often vouch for the player-made projects that up its challenge—but I’m all over this one, questions of lore aside (it’s thought Gwyn and Ornstein are/were pretty tight). According to this subreddit th

Nier: Automata. Short Story Long is a collection of short stories fleshing out the world of Automata, authored by the series’ two lead writers; Yoko Taro and Jun Eishima. Announcement: NieR: Automata: Short Story Long, out spring 2019. Fans of the original Nier will find some extra details to appreciate here, but it’s otherwise an entirely standalone story within the broader setting. You can read it here, semi-illustrated, as part of The Dark Id’s excellent Let’s Play for Nier: Automata.

The sun is shining (allegedly, depending on where you are), the birds are singing, so what better time to hole yourself up in front of your PC and beat another ten thousand of Warhammer: Vermintide 2’s ratmen over the head with a bloody great hammer? Clearly developers Fatshark agree, as they’re celebrating the Summer Solstice with the Warhammer fantasy equivalent; Sonnstill. The new look will hold until July 12th, but after that it’s back to the usual grim gothic vibes. They’re nothing too fanc

Neocore’s Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr may have some dents in its armour, but it’s hard to deny that it captured the look, sound and atmosphere of Games Workshop’s gothic-fantasy universe. Still, it fell a little short of what some people look for in an action RPG. This week’s Warzone update goes some way to address that, but not without issue. Warzone is Inquisitor’s endgame, at least for now. While Warzone is a hefty time investment and provides something for players to do after the m

In the format set by the weekly Friday Fortnite UMG tourneys, NerdOut’s Anything Goes competition will see teams of two fighting for more kills in a series of Fortnite matches. However, Anything Goes means what it says: anything goes. While the duos queue up as a squad, in Friday Fortnite they’re not allowed to sabotage one another. It’s all going down in a few hours, and you can watch through your favorite streamer or the broader coverage over at the Anything Goes tournament website. Check out