Today in San Francisco, Blizzard confirmed the next expansion for its popular online card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. The Grand Tournament will be an expansion on the level of Goblins vs. Gnomes, and you can learn more about it in the Hearthstone livestream. The expansion will add over 130 new cards, and the pricing […]
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Watch Destiny Players Complete Nearly Impossible Task in Raid
July 22nd, 2015 
Mark If you’ve played Destiny‘s Vault of Glass raid, you know about the Gorgons. For the first time, one team has managed to kill every one of them in the Gorgon section of the raid. The Gorgon section is really the only “stealth” sequence in the entire game, and it requires you to pass through a […]
Best-Rated Madden NFL 16 QBs Include Rodgers and Brady
July 22nd, 2015 Mark Electronic Arts on Wednesday released the QB ratings for this year’s Madden NFL 16. One of the biggest changes from last year is that NFL legend Peyton Manning drops out of the top five. He’s replaced by Andrew Luck, the Indianapolis Colts star who beat the elder Manning brother in the playoffs last season. Take […]
NHL 16’s Revived EASHL Mode Gets a PS4/Xbox One Beta
July 22nd, 2015 Mark NHL 15 owners will be able to participate in a beta for NHL 16‘s EA Sports Hockey League mode later this month, EA announced today. The popular mode, which was conspicuously missing from NHL 15, makes a return in NHL 16. Before that happens, anyone who owns NHL 15 on Xbox One or PS4 will […]
The Massive Medieval Campout That Game of Thrones Fans Will Love
July 22nd, 2015 Mark Elaborate Costumes To get into the massive medieval campout called the Pennsic War, attendees must dress in pre-16th-century garb. Every Pennsic War starts on the last Saturday in July. (Photo by: Ron Lutz II, http://www.ronlutzii-photographer.com) Lords and Ladies The event is run by the Society For Creative Anachronism, a group so large that it has […]
Snoop Dogg Rallies for NCAA Football 14 Xbox One Backwards Compatibility
July 22nd, 2015 Mark Rapper Snoop Dogg really wants NCAA Football 14 to be one of the Xbox 360 games made playable on Xbox One through backwards compatibility. He’s so enthusiastic that he’s been asking his 12.5 million Twitter followers to visit the Xbox Feedback site and vote for the game. His attempts appear to be working. When he […]
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Comments Off on Snoop Dogg Rallies for NCAA Football 14 Xbox One Backwards CompatibilityGaming Deals: PC Summer Sale Encore, $15 Game of Thrones PC, $36 Xbox Live
July 22nd, 2015 Mark Green Man Gaming’s summer sale is nearly over. On top of the available discounted prices, you can get an additional 20 percent off when you use the promo code ENCORE-ENCORE-ENCORE. Highlights include The Elder Scrolls Online for $12, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood for $4, and the Valve Complete Pack for $20. Telltale’s Game of Thrones […]
Posted in Xbox360 Comments Off on Gaming Deals: PC Summer Sale Encore, $15 Game of Thrones PC, $36 Xbox LiveThese Xbox One Exclusives Will Skip Microsoft’s Gamescom Briefing
July 22nd, 2015 Mark Upcoming Xbox One exclusives Sea of Thieves from Rare and Dead Rising creator Keiji Inafune’s ReCore will not been seen at Microsoft’s Gamescom briefing next month. Xbox boss Phil Spencer confirmed the news on Twitter, explaining that the quick turnaround between E3 and Gamescom was to blame. “Another demo so close to E3 is just […]
Smash Bros Creator Pays Tribute to Iwata
July 22nd, 2015 Mark The creator of Smash Bros has paid tribute to Satoru Iwata, the “best superior he has ever had.” In his latest Famitsu column (translated by Kotaku), Masahiro Sakurai described Iwata as “a man who understood him better than anyone.” Sakurai wrote that the reality of Iwata’s death still hadn’t “sunk in.” The Nintendo boss had […]
This Is Now the Most-Requested Game for Xbox One Backwards Compatibility
July 22nd, 2015 Mark Call of Duty: Black Ops II is now the game most requested to receive backwards compatibility support on Xbox One. The game has overtaken Red Dead Redemption, which had held the top spot for several weeks. Following Microsoft’s E3 announcement of backwards compatibility for Xbox 360 games on Xbox One, the company posted a poll […]
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