It Could Take you 40 Hours to Unlock Characters in Star Wars: Battlefront 2

You might have to pump the breaks on getting into some hot Bossk action on the field. EA’s Star Wars: Battlefront 2 already waded into a minefield with the loot boxes (getting real sick of typing out loot boxes… dammit!). But there is another… controversy with the game. As it turns out, characters you might […]

Activision Patents Bad Matchmaking to Sell Microtransactions

Blizzard unaffected, because you’re buying those boxes anyway. Apparently, Reddit’s /r/gaming board has found out about a new patent by Activision. Specifically, one that rewards the purchase of in-game weapons and items with favorable matchaking. Here’s how it works, according to the patent filing’s helpful flowchart: Notably, the system rewards players who buy the item […]

Overwatch Anniversary event, free weekend, and Game of the Year Edition!

The team at Blizzard is excited to celebrate the upcoming one-year anniversary of Overwatch with their latest seasonal event, Overwatch Anniversary, as well as a free weekend and the release of Overwatch: Game of the Year Edition! Overwatch Anniversary Event The upcoming anniversary event begins on Tuesday, May 23. To get ready for the celebration, the […]

Overwatch is now live on consoles and PC

“The world could always use more heroes”—and today, the watch begins for gamers around the globe. After drawing more than 9.7 million players to Blizzard Entertainment’s biggest open beta ever, Overwatch—the company’s team-based first-person shooter—is now live on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Overwatch takes place on a near-future Earth, where teams of soldiers, scientists, […]