At EA Play today, Respawn announced the newest character for Apex Legends coming along with the game's season two: Wattson. The mega-genius young woman is part of the lineage of the creators of the in-universe game and presents a lot of new counter opportunities the developers are excited about. Wattson, as a scientist and electrical engineer, can place fences wherever she wants to block enemies ... more.

As it gears up for next week's Season of Opulence, Bungie has announced a few more details about what will change when the new season hits next week. First, the developer outlined how the reward structure for the new activity, The Menagerie, will work. Before you can play the activity, you'll have to complete weekly bounties, open up chests on the new Nessus Barge area, or complete another activi... more.

In the wake of Telltale's closure, its games have are being delisted from major online retailers. Not even its most popular and best-selling game, Minecraft: Story Mode, will escape this fate. Mojang yesterday posted an official announcement that on June 25, both seasons of the game will disappear from online retailers. The company wasn't able to find a way to keep the games for sale, it seems, ... more.

As the weather heats up in anticipation of E3 (just kidding, the weather just does that), we have a number of competitive events going on this weekend. This weekend's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major is the DreamHack Masters event in Dallas, which holds a $100,000 for first place. (Stream / Schedule) DreamHack also includes events for a number of other games, including: Fighting gam... more.

Square Enix has announced that Star Ocean First Departure, a PSP remake of the first Star Ocean game, is now headed to PlayStation 4 and Switch with an additional letter in its name. Star Ocean First Departure R is a hi-res update to the original PSP game. Gematsu is also reporting the title will include "additional features." No release date or price has been announced. This isn't the first ... more.

The World Heatlh Organization (WHO) voted today to adopt the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11), an update to what the WHO views as a serious diseases that includes a new entry called "Gaming disorder." Gaming disorders are now part of a pair of "Disroders due to addictive behaviors" that also includes gambling disorders. While the WHO previ... more.

This morning Atlus releases a teaser trailer for the much rumored Persona 5 R. The teaser carries a PlayStation logo at the front, but there are no other details about additional potential platforms, like Switch. Billboards in the teaser have the words, "New Projects" displayed, which could potentially mean Atlus is working on multiple Persona 5 projects. The website offered at the end of the tea... more.

Click to watch embedded videoBethesda games are known for three things: Expansive worlds, glitches, and Easter eggs. Youtuber Shesez's latest episode of Boundary Break higlights the latter in Fallout 3, as he moves outside of the game's normal boundaries to find some cool Easter eggs and secrets. Some of the cool things Shesez is able to find within Fallout 3's assets are how the game renders the... more.

Valve has released its charts of the best-selling and most played games on Steam in 2018, and while new releases like Monster Hunter: World and Assassin's Creed Odyssey has breakout years it was games with regular content drops that seem to be doing most well. Though Valve doesn't disclose specific sales or revenue numbers in its charts, it does stratify games into distinct tiers, giving us a gli... more.

Yesterday Capcom stealth-launched a new crossover event for Monster Hunter: World, this time crossing over with the Assassin's Creed series. The "SDF: Silent, Deadly, and Fierce" event, which lasts until January 10, has players facing off against "nimble, fierce, and impetuous monsters" to earn Senu's Feather. The event features a new armor that makes players look like Bayek from Assassin's Cre... more.