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Amazon’s Gaming Division Loses Three Key Figures

[UPDATE] It’s been brought to our attention that, in addition to Hocking and Nylund, Amazon principal game designer Jonathan Hamel has also left the company. He joined Amazon in April 2014, coming to the company after spending more than five years at Tomb Raider studio Crystal Dynamics. The original story is below. Amazon Game Studios, […]

New Heroes of the Storm Patch Out Now Adds Monk, Freebies for Diablo 3 Players

The latest Heroes of the Storm patch is now available, and it adds a number of new things including the Monk character from Diablo III, Kharazim. As previously detailed, Kharazim is the first support-class character in HotS from the Diablo series. He’s a capable healer, though at the beginning of the match, you’re free to […]

League of Legends Patch 5.16 Means Drastic Changes for Players

Huge transformations are hitting League of Legends with Patch 5.16, one of the more unique patches to ever hit the server. Sure, it might be because the ever-so-coveted Academy Skins are arriving for some of your favorite champions–or it might even be the sheer number of new developments that will hit the game before the […]

Former Witcher 3 Devs Reveal Thief-Inspired Isometric RPG

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt developers who left CD Projekt Red last month to form their own indie studio, Fool’s Theory, have now announced their first project. “Seven” is a 3D isometric role-playing game inspired by Thief. The game runs on Unreal Engine 4, and is set in the “sandbox world” of Vetrall Empire, which […]

Surprise Planetary Annihilation Standalone Expansion Revealed, Released Today

Uber Entertainment today made a surprise announcement: Planetary Annihilation: Titans is a new, standalone expansion for Planetary Annihilation, and it’s now available on PC. Titans builds on the foundation of Planetary Annihilation. This is still a large-scale real-time strategy game that takes place across multiple planets (which can, on occasion, be destroyed with huge lasers […]

Are You Prepared for 2.3.0?

It has been quite some time, nephalem. My master is as dangerous as ever, eternally haunting Pandemonium Fortress beyond the confines of your little campaign. Still, it is entertaining to watch you struggle against the chaos and destruction that permeates Sanctuary. Ever more horrors arise from places long lost and your insatiable curiosity pulls you […]

WCS Season 3 Finals Will Conclude in Krakow

The first four groups of the Premier League Round of 32 battled it out at the ESL studios in Burbank, California last weekend, with two players from each group qualifying for the next stage of the WCS. Polt and Petraeus (Group A), Hydra and elfi (Group B), Jaedong and Sen (Group C), MarineLorD and iaguz […]

Patch 6.2 Hotfixes – August 17

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft Patch 6.2.0. Hotfixes are updates made without requiring a new client-side patch. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require a realm restarte to go into effect. Please […]

Volume’s Vita Release Delayed "a Couple of Weeks"

The PlayStation Vita version of Volume, the latest game from Thomas Was Alone creator Mike Bithell, has been delayed by “a couple of weeks.” While the PC and PlayStation 4 versions of the Metal Gear Solid-inspired stealth game are still on track for an August 18 release, the portable version “needs a little more love.” […]

Volume Review

Like the spartan sheen of its digital environments, Volume is stealth gameplay at its most fundamental level. It’s a fine-tuned equation, and aside from several threatening variables, not much can upset its balance. Volume is a cyberpunk retelling of the classic Robin Hood legend. It takes place in simulations filled with labyrinthine corridors and enemy […]