Blizzard has released a new gameplay video for its upcoming multiplayer shooter Overwatch, highlighting the character Zenyatta. The Diablo III and World of Warcraft developer describes Zenyatta as an “omnic monk who wanders the world in search of spiritual enlightenment. It is said that those who cross his path are never the same again.” Zenyatta […]

A good 4X strategy game is a bit like a slow-burning fire–something to be stoked every now and again with a click of the mouse and watched through half-lidded eyes into the late hours. When that contented sort of complacency sets in, I’m more easily coaxed into “just one more turn.” These empire-building games make […]

Visceral Games has been hit with layoffs that parent company Electronic Arts describes as “a small staffing change.” Asked about the layoffs, which were first reported by Game Informer, an EA spokesperson told GameSpot, “We made a small staffing change in our Visceral studio today to support the needs of the studio’s two current development […]

Madden fans don’t have much longer to wait to find out which athlete will grace the cover of Madden NFL 16. The cover vote is down to two finalists: New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski and Odell Beckham Jr, the ridiculously talented wide receiver for the New York Giants. Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson […]

WB Games will offer a special collector’s edition of Batman: Arkham Knight, it was revealed today. The Amazon listing for Arkham Knight shows two separate editions: the standard game and something called the Comic Bundle. Clicking on this reveals the image below for what is actually called the Serious Edition. This $70 bundle consists of […]

With the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One market continuing to grow, Ubisoft announced on Tuesday that it plans to release some–but not all–of its major franchises exclusively for the new consoles. While Ubisoft will continue to ship Just Dance games on older consoles like the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, you shouldn’t expect the company’s […]

Ubisoft believes the newest entry in the Rainbow Six series has the potential to become the best-selling shooter in the company’s history, even surpassing Far Cry 4. During a conference call with investors today, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot made it clear the company has high hopes for the game. “Over its lifetime, we believe Rainbow […]

Kevin and Alexa chat about their initial impressions of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate after the reveal this morning.

This week on The Lobby we ask Senior Reviewer Kevin VanOrd why The Witcher 3 got a 10, Jeff Gerstmann his thoughts about Project CARS, and Alexa Ray Corriea is Syndicate is a new start for Assassin’s Creed.

In The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the sacred is always at war with the profane, and beauty is always at war with blood. The series has always contrasted its world’s physical glamor with its intrinsic violence, but never has that contrast been this uneasy, this convulsive. That The Witcher 3 depicts the immediate brutality of […]