Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 won't be out this year, Blizzard says Neither Overwatch 2 nor Diablo 4 have a release date at this point, and so it's not possible for either of them to be delayed. For fans of the games who were hoping that they'd be out sometime this year, though, it is possible to be disappointed: Activision said during today's quarterly financial call that neither game is expected...

Call of Duty maintained 100 million monthly players in 2020 Led by the free-to-play Warzone, Call of Duty's active audience exploded last year. As the sky is blue and water is wet, a lot of people are playing Call of Duty. And thanks to the explosive popularity of the free-to-play Call of Duty: Warzone, the series' player numbers are holding strong going into 2021. Activision had as much to...

Even virtual cycling has real cheating scandals Zwift lets cyclists compete online without leaving the house. They can cheat without leaving the house too. As Defector reports, the online virtual cycling program Zwift has seen a boost in recent years thanks in part to cyclists staying home during lockdown. Rather than leave the house, you can swap the rear wheel of your bike for a trainer...

Resident Evil Village locations have been mapped out thanks to a collector's edition bonus The scariest part of Resident Evil Village isn't the dark pits, shambling monsters, or nine-foot-tall vampire women. It's looking like a bloody tourist as you stumble through the Village streets, not knowing your spooky castles from your meat factories. Now, thanks to a leaked collector's edition map,...

Warzone will carry on into this year's Call Of Duty Like the turning of the seasons, it doesn't take a fortune-teller to predict that there'll be a new Call Of Duty coming out of Activision this year. There's not much more to tell than that right now, mind. In an earnings call this Thursday, however, the publisher did note that Call Of Duty: Warzone would continue through this year's entry,...

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition will cut back on the butt shots BioWare is tweaking FemShep's appearance and changing a few camera angles that prioritized butt framing. Those who played the Mass Effect trilogy when it was shiny and new may recall a few cutscenes with unusual camera angles. Sometimes it was the result of intentional butt framing—especially if Miranda was around—but...

During a Final Fantasy 14 expansion reveal livestream, director Naoki Yoshida revealed that the development team is working on a system that will let players visit their friends on entirely different data centers. This effectively means that players will be able to play with friends regardless of what server they are on, even if they're in a different region. If you're not a FF14 player, this...

The Prince Of Persia remake has been delayed, again Ubisoft's remake of Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time has been delayed once again. Having already seen its release pushed back from January 20th to March 18th of this year, the royal developer today announced that the Prince needs a little more time to freshen up.When that'll be, Ubisoft isn't quite ready to say."We have made the decision to...

XCOM 2 is on sale for less than $5 You can play some very good games for very cheap. Those ranks now include XCOM 2, the best tactical game of 2016 and currently on sale on Steam for $4.80. That's £2.80 or AUD$7.20 or CDN$ 6.40. That's cheap, because it's on sale for 92% off worldwide, which is to say in every Steam region. It's a mad price for a game I got 200 hours out of before it even...

Valheim tops best seller list as it enters the top 10 Steam games Co-op survival crafting game Valheim is virally popular, and today it cracked the top 10 Steam games by player count and sits atop both the Global and English-language best-seller lists. It's quite a journey for the open world game that's receiving positive acclaim from gamers, influencers, and the press, sitting at 95%...