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Should Bungie Be Given a Second Chance With Destiny 2?

To say that Destiny had a very tumultuous history is a bit of an understatement. Over the past half a decade or so, senior members of Bungie (including high-profile individuals who worked on Halo …

April 12, 2017 | 01:00 EDT

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Best Buy Charge $20 For Cancellations Of Destiny 2 Pre-Orders

According to a post on the Best Buy forum, consumers who think twice about their pre-order for the upcoming Destiny 2 will be hit with a $20 fee for access to the early access beta, regardless of…

April 10, 2017 | 05:01 EDT

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Destiny 2 Reveal Trailer, Release Date and More Info

This morning, Bungie officially confirmed that  Destiny 2 is on its way for a release this year. This comes days after Bungie teased the game earlier in the week with a tweet online. Destiny 2 is on…

March 31, 2017 | 11:32 EDT

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Gwent PS4 Technical Beta Takes Place This Weekend

Gwent: The Witcher Card Game is gearing up for its eventual release on PlayStation 4 with a technical beta this weekend. The beta begins at 10:00 AM (PST) on today (March 31st) and runs until April…

March 31, 2017 | 10:45 EDT

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[The Wire] Destiny 2 Officially Teased

Bungie officially teased Destiny 2 this morning with a tweet from the Destiny Twitter account. While the tweet doesn't offer us much, it does imply that a more substantial reveal could be just around…

March 27, 2017 | 05:16 EDT

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Gwent: The Witcher Card Game Update Adds Positioning System

Gwent has been in beta for a while and the players produced a ton of feedback to the devs to improve it. The guys at CD Projekt Red apparently take this feedback by heart, considering that the effort…

March 25, 2017 | 10:49 EDT

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[Rumor] Destiny 2 Release Date Leaked

Today Italian site Lega Network got their hands on some pictures of new Destiny 2 promotional posters, supposedly from GameStop Italy. The posters reveal a release date of September 8, as well as…

March 23, 2017 | 10:45 EDT

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GWENT: The Witcher Card Game Challenger Tournament Announced

Polish developer CD Projekt RED have announced the first official tournament based around GWENT: The Witcher Card Game. This card game originally made its debut in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, but…

March 18, 2017 | 01:45 EDT

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Rocket League Getting New Dropshot Mode

Rocket League developer Psyonix has announced that a new mode will be coming to the popular rocket-powered soccer game as part of a free update. This mode is called 'Dropshot' and is the latest is an…

March 14, 2017 | 11:30 EDT

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ChannelFireball to Exclusively Host Magic: The Gathering Grand Prix

Today, Wizards of the Coast has announced that beginning in 2018, Magic: The Gathering Grand Prix will be organized and run by one company - ChannelFireball Events, a new company formed by…

March 9, 2017 | 03:53 EST

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Riot Games Win Scripting Lawsuit, Awarded 10 Million Dollars

Riot Games, the developer behind the popular eSports MOBA League of Legends, has been awarded the hefty sum of 10 million dollars after a lawsuit between Riot Games and prolific scripting and botting…

March 5, 2017 | 09:00 EST

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Bungie Announces Final Destiny 1 Live Event, Explains Destiny 2 Carryovers

Bungie has announced the final Destiny 1 live event, "Age of Triumph", that will be starting at the end of March. The event is being described as a "fun memorable celebration that will bring the…

March 3, 2017 | 11:06 EST

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Activision Reports That Destiny 2 is Coming This Fall

Activision Blizzard released its financial results for Q4 2016 yesterday and with them came the news that the planned sequel for their multiplayer shoot and loot game Destiny (tentatively titled …

February 10, 2017 | 02:20 EST

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Rocket League Toy Cars are Coming!

In many ways, Psyonix's football racer Rocket League is the gift that keeps on giving. Released back in 2015, the deceptively simplistic and (also deceptively) hard to master eSports game has managed…

February 5, 2017 | 09:30 EST

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CD Projekt Red Announces Gwent Beta Transition Plan

Gwent: The Witcher Card Game has been in Closed Beta since last year, and fans who got their codes have been enjoying testing out the mini-game turned competitive collectible card game in its early…

February 3, 2017 | 10:00 EST

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Niilfgaard Invades The Battlefields Of Gwent

CD Projekt Red has announced the latest playable faction for GWENT: The Witcher Card Game, as the Nilfgaard empire is set to invade the battlefield. Gwent is a free-to-play collectible card game…

January 31, 2017 | 11:30 EST

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Battlefield 1 They Shall Not Pass DLC Details

If you read the title above you'd be forgiven for thinking this new DLC pack might be a crossover between the World War 1 and Tolkien's fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings. While this notion isn't as…

January 25, 2017 | 10:00 EST

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Magic: The Gathering Deck Tech - Modern Skred Red

Every now and then an unusual Magic: The Gathering deck rises above the crowd to claim a competitive tournament. Sometimes it's a deck in an unfavorable meta environment, sometimes it's a new brew…

December 2, 2016 | 11:00 EST

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PS4 Pro Ha[d] a Better Framerate in Battlefield 1 Multiplayer

With the release of the more powerful PS4 Pro, enterprising individuals have begun testing the differences between the PS4 and PS4 Pro, with the latest test on a now redacted patch revealing some…

November 16, 2016 | 05:50 EST

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Battlefield 1: New Updates, Tweaks, and Events Incoming

EA announced on Thursday through a post on the Battlefield website that they plan to continue to support Battlefield 1 for the foreseeable future, and they proceeded to lay out some of those plans…

November 4, 2016 | 10:15 EDT

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Battlefield 1 Impressions - Refighting The Same War

Battlefield 1 was a revelation when it was first announced earlier this year. A modern-day AAA FPS title that is set before the year 2000? Inconceivable! Well, the inconceivable has finally launched…

November 1, 2016 | 01:00 EDT

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Green Man Gaming Apologizes For Broken Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2 Keys

Green Man Gaming has apologized to users who have ordered Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2 only to find that their keys were invalid as reported by Eurogamer. The issues are highlighted by a pair of…

October 31, 2016 | 12:23 EDT

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Gwent: The Witcher Card Game Preview - Everything We Wanted

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was one of the best games from last year, and yet a lot of people spent as much time playing the game itself as they did the clever card minigame it included. Gwent in The…

October 31, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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Battlefield 1 Adding Russian Army as DLC

EA has updated the page that gives customers information on the Battlefield 1 Premium Pass and with it has confirmed some details about the four planned DLC packs for the game. Confirmed with the…

October 31, 2016 | 09:20 EDT

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Magic: The Gathering Set Review - Eldritch Moon

Eldritch Moon is the second set in the Shadows Over Innistrad block, Wizards of the Coast’s return to the much-beloved world of Innistrad. Released on July 22, 2016, this set ended the second block…

October 28, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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Battlefield 1's Launch Outsells Battlefield 4 and Hardline Combined

As mostly expected by the rapturous response to Battlefield 1’s reveal, the title is doing extremely well in its first week of sales in the UK, outselling the combined week 1 sales of Battlefield 4…

October 24, 2016 | 04:27 EDT

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Battlefield 1 Rent a Server Program Details, Will Cost More on PC

With the imminent release of DICE's Battlefield 1, a recent post by a  Battlefield community manager has detailed the pricing for their Rent a Server Program in addition to more information on what…

October 20, 2016 | 09:15 EDT

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Battlefield 1 Glitch Drops Resolution to 160x90

Many gamers, myself included, don’t put a heavy emphasis on graphical fidelity. A game's aesthetic doesn't matter much when the gameplay is good in theory. Gameplay is far more important than…

October 19, 2016 | 05:02 EDT

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2016's Team Fortress 2 Halloween Event Is... The Previous Ones

'Tis the season to be spooky, and that usually means Team Fortress 2's annual "Scream Fortress" event is just around the corner. Unfortunately, this year won't see a new Halloween mode for the Valve…

October 13, 2016 | 05:00 EDT

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EA To Run New "Rent-a-Server" Program for Battlefield 1

On Friday, an announcement was made on the official Battlefield 1 website concerning a new "Rent-a-Server" program that will be offered by EA. Traditionally, players who rented servers and needed…

October 9, 2016 | 07:31 EDT

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Rocket League's DLC pack Aquadome launches today

Rocket League started as a small indie project from experienced game developers and is now a gaming phenomenon. Psyonix continues to push more DLC for the soccer meets RC car game. The developer…

October 4, 2016 | 05:17 EDT

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Rocket League AquaDome Update Details

A brand new update is coming to Rocket League, and with it, a new map, new cars, and new achievements andtrophies, among other things. This update releases for free across all platforms on October…

September 30, 2016 | 07:24 EDT

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Battlefield 1 Campaign Details Revealed

World War 1 to this day remains one of the most brutal and complex wars in the modern age, with a ton of different factors influencing this war, and the (arguably more famous) war that came after it…

September 28, 2016 | 10:00 EDT

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Battlefield 1 Gets an EA Access and Origin Access Trial

In just a few short weeks players will finally be able to properly play DICE's World War 1 shooter Battlefield 1. While the wait is certainly close to being over, subscribers to Electronic Arts' EA…

September 26, 2016 | 09:15 EDT

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Gwent: The Witcher Card Game

  Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, based on the popular minigame from The Witcher 3, lets players experience the game a whole new way.

September 21, 2016 | 10:31 EDT

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Gwent Team Planning a Public Stress Test

Want to play Gwent: The Witcher Card Game before anyone else? Even before the closed beta? You may get the chance too soon if you can get into their public stress test in the works. CD Projekt Red is…

September 21, 2016 | 10:23 EDT

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Mechs Vs. Minions, A New Board Game From Riot

Riot’s new game isn’t what you’d think. Speculation about the developer's next project has ranged all over the gaming genre spectrum but few anticipated what they were actually working on; a board…

September 20, 2016 | 03:32 EDT

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League of Legends

League of Legends is one of the most played video games of all time, and the most popular MOBA currently available, with hundreds of champions to choose from. Players can choose from over 150…

September 18, 2016 | 10:03 EDT

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Paragon

Paragon is a third-person massive online battle arcade where teams must traverse a beautiful, three-dimensional landscape to capture the other team's Core. In a match, ten players were divided into…

September 18, 2016 | 09:57 EDT

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Battlefield 1

Head back to World War 1 in the latest Battlefield title, bringing the series back to its roots experience the war between nations.  Battlefield 1 puts players in the shoes of soldiers from the…

September 18, 2016 | 05:56 EDT

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Rocket League

Gret is ready for some high-octane fun with Rocket League, the popular online multiplayer game where you and your friends play a friendly game of soccer with cars! The goal of Rocket League is…

September 18, 2016 | 03:44 EDT

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Psyonix is Coming Down on Toxic Players in Rocket League

A few days after Rocket League developer Psyonix released the new Rumble mode to the public and introduced players on the MacOS and Linux to soccer with rocket-powered cars, the developer has…

September 18, 2016 | 10:37 EDT

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Can Battlefield 1 Sustain the Season Pass and Paid DLC Model?

With the release of the Battlefield 1 open beta, anyone who was even mildly interested with DICE's World War One shooter had a chance to either try the game out for themselves, or at least see…

September 5, 2016 | 09:00 EDT

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Battlefield 1 Beta Impressions - Now With Less Trench Foot!

If you were to ask someone to describe the first World War to you, chances are that they will tell you that it was a horrible conflict where millions of soldiers died fighting for even the most…

September 3, 2016 | 12:00 EDT

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Battlefield 1's Open Beta requires Xbox Live Gold, but not Playstation Plus

Battlefield Insider subscriber early access invite codes for the Battlefield 1 Open Beta flew into inboxes this morning - a day ahead of the official launch date of August 31st. If you're one of the…

August 30, 2016 | 02:57 EDT

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Paragon Impressions - Fun with Friends, Not Competition Ready

Is there anyone who actually likes MOBAs? It feels like most players have an ongoing love-hate relationship with the genre, assuming they don't outright loathe it even as they hop into their next…

August 29, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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Battlefield 1 Season Pass Costs Nearly As Much As the Game

Sometimes, a headline is clear as day. Other times, a story has so many potential factors that its tough to decide which one deserves the featured place. Where do we start with Battlefield 1's season…

August 24, 2016 | 10:58 EDT

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Epic Games' Plans for Paragon

The free open beta for Epic Games' new third-person perspective PC and PlayStation 4 multiplayer 5v5 online battle arena (MOBA) game Paragon now fully underway. Despite the game having no official…

August 24, 2016 | 10:15 EDT