Black Ops 4 Boards the Battle Royale Train and It’s Called Blackout
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 joins the battle royale craze with a mode of its own developer Treyarch revealed today. It’s called Blackout and pulls characters from all across…
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A Tiny Satellite Headed to Mars Looks Back at Earth
A few days after launching from the California coast, a satellite about the size of a briefcase looked back towards Earth and our lunar neighbor and snapped a picture. It’s…
Trevor Noah Will Help Reveal Battlefield V on May 23
The Daily Show host Trevor Noah is giving EA/DICE an assist with their Battlefield V reveal on May 23. Noah tweeted out the news a short while ago. #ad The…
The First Rage 2 Gameplay Trailer Shows Off What Bethesda Calls “The Perfect Mix”
E3 is about a month away, and today we are getting our first solid look at one of the games headlining Bethesda’s showcase this year. Here’s a just under two-minute…
Get a Taste of Competitive Fortnite at Microsoft Stores Over the Next Few Months
Millions of us jump online to game with friends across the world every night. But one of my favorite gaming moments ever was playing at an MLG tournament for Rainbow…
343 Industries Sets Expectations For First Big Halo: The Master Chief Collection Patch
Microsoft and 343 Industries knows the Halo: MCC package was, shall we say, less than ideal. Ok, it was a straight-up disaster. The games themselves were fine, but the integration…
PUBG’s Hunt for a Blue Zone Solution
The folks at PUBG Corp. want to change the blue zone. They tried changing it earlier this month only to be met with a quick pushback from many in the…
Everyone is Determined to Avoid Avengers: Infinity War Spoilers Based on Ticket Presales
We all know Avengers: Infinity War is going to have a ridiculous box office haul, but a tweet from ticket seller Fandango this morning shows just how crazy the hype…
PUBG’s Randomly Flying (And Flipping) Cars Get Fixed on Xbox One
One of the more infuriating bugs (and sometimes hilarious) is now a thing of the past for PUBG. A few days ago, the developers deployed a patch fixing the bug…
Michael Ironside is Sam Fisher Once Again
Ubisoft is killing it right now. But, before Rainbow Six: Siege, Assassin’s Creed: Origins, and now Far Cry 5 – there was Splinter Cell. And Splinter Cell isn’t Splinter Cell…
Spider-Man PS4 Swings By on September 7
September 7. That’s the release date for Insomniac Games hotly anticipated take on Spider-Man hits PS4. It’s been a long two-years since that stunning debut trailer at E3 2016, but…
Hubble’s Powerful Optics Received a Gravity Assist to Spot a Single Star 9 Billion Light Years Away
Officially designated MACS J1149+2223 Lensed Star 1 (nicknamed Icarus), this star is the farthest ever seen. Now, we’ve seen galaxies further away (with stars within them) – but this is…
SpaceX Nails It Again, Successfully Places 10 Iridium NEXT Satellites Into Low-Earth Orbit
This morning’s launch marks the 24th successful launch in a row for SpaceX. A Falcon 9 rocket thundered into the early morning sky above California’s coast carrying the fifth set…
Sea of Thieves Forges Thousands of New Pirate Friendships
Sales numbers are easy headline grabbers, but it’s the connection pirates are forging in Sea of Thieves that jumps out in today’s blog post from Rare Studio Head Craig Duncan.…
Battlefield 1’s Self-Teaching AI Bots Don’t Revive Each Other Either
EA’s Search for Extraordinary Experiences Division (SEED) and DICE teamed up to build a self-learning AI-agent in Battlefield 1. A single neural network controls all the characters seen in the…
“Visually Climbing Mount Everest,” Crafting God of War in One Seamless Take
God of War’s trek into Norse mythology is one of the most anticipated games of 2018. I’m also pumped to see Christopher Judge’s (Teal’c!) take on Kratos. We already know…
Sea of Thieves’ Launch Trailer Shows That Rare Magic is Coming Back
The days of toiling away at Kinect Sports are over. Rare is looking for a return to form and Sea of Thieves is shaping up to deliver. We are five…
Tomb Raider’s Teaser Website Goes Up, But Lets Slip Title and Release Date Already (UPDATE)
A splash page went live this morning teasing something Tomb Raider related being revealed tomorrow morning. But it didn’t take long for folks to take a peek at the HTML…
A Fresh Batch of Exoplanets Were Just Confirmed Orbiting Cool Red Dwarf Stars
NASA’s Kepler along with a pair of telescopes on Earth confirmed 15 new exoplanets recently. All of them orbiting red dwarf stars. One of the brighter red dwarfs, dubbed K2-155,…
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Ditches November for October 12 Release Date
The last time Call of Duty wasn’t a November game was way back with Call of Duty 2. It hit PC on October 25, 2005 followed by the Xbox 360…
The Division 2 is Happening, and We’ll See A Lot More at E3
Ubisoft’s latest game announcement will come as little surprise. This morning, a press release popped up revealing a sequel to Ubisoft’s newest franchise bearing the Tom Clancy name – The…
PUBG Will Start Testing A New Vehicle/Limb Penetration System This Week
The folks behind PUBG are working on a system that will add vehicle and limb penetration mechanics to bullets. You’ve probably noticed the uptick in people leaning during firefights lately.…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover is On Its Way Back to Drilling on Mars
In December 2016, a critical part of Curiosity’s drill stopped working. Two stabilizers flanking the drill bit steady the drill against its target rock. You can see how the setup…
H1Z1 Cruises Out of Early Access With New ‘Auto’ Royale Mode
The once king of Battle Royale finds itself struggling amidst two juggernauts in the genre – PUBG and Fortnite. A quick glance at the title’s SteamCharts page tells the story.…