Gaming

The latest freebies have arrived on the Epic Games Store, one of which is a rather fine MMO, and the other has you investigating a range of murders. Obviously, because it was mentioned in the headline, the MMO is The Elder Scrolls Online. Normally a $20 title, you can grab the massive game this week for nothing out of pocket. …

In a vacuum, Genesis: An Overwatch Mini-Series is great. The three-part anime is lovingly animated and well-acted, and finally expands upon the origins of Overwatch in a way that goes beyond voice lines and passing mentions in comics or short stories. But each time I finished one of the episodes, I was hit with the painful reminder that we had …

The Last of Us Part 1 on PC is being modded by one fan to include a brutal and bloody first-person mode. As reported by ComicBook.com, YouTube user Voyagers Revenge uploaded an eight-minute video of the mod in action, showing the intense and graphic battles of The Last of Us from a new perspective. Featuring a handful of sections of …

Pokemon Go is about to add a new way to share how you play, as Niantic has announced the next major social feature for its flagship title, Routes, is launching today. Routes lets a player choose a PokeStop or Gym as a starting point, and then record the paths in which they play Pokemon Go around their neighborhood. After completing …

“It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart, and head.” So says Henri Cartier-Bresson, the French photography pioneer. Cartier-Bresson had the knack for capturing moments at their most intimate – he had an eye for the candid, and a mechanical sense of timing that came to define him. He understood …

While Nintendo loves a lawsuit and emulation is often a contentious issue for publishers, few situations have been quite as high-profile as the recent attempt to launch GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin on Steam. The 20-year-old emu engine has long been available online, but this attempt to become more “mainstream” ended pretty predictably. But now, after a few months of …

Here’s the best deal we’ve seen yet on a Nintendo Switch OLED: Woot has the hybrid console on sale for $289.99. That’s $70 less than the MSRP on the device. The only catch is that this is the Japanese model. Functionally, it’s exactly the same as the US model. You can select English for the language, and the Switch is …

Audio Logs is back for a brand new series! It’s the GameSpot show where the people behind the games you love tell the untold stories of how they were made. This week we’re joined by Remedy Entertainment’s Creative Director Sam Lake to discuss the journey to making the studio’s next game: Alan Wake II. Sam discusses the various ideas and …

Today, July 20, marks 54 years since the Apollo 11 mission and man’s first steps on the moon. There’s a lot of technology, science, and innovation to thank for our ability to take that giant leap – and I think it’s perfect that Starfield is paying tribute to one of those innovations, one of the oldest when it comes to …

Overwatch 2 is in a rough spot as Blizzard prepares for one of its biggest content drops yet next month. After a collection of bad news since its October 2022 launch, including the gutting of PvE content and charging $15 for story missions, Overwatch 2’s engagement and money investment has declined—despite the promise of more content on the horizon. The …