Blizzard's famous Diablo series celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, Blizzard is holding in-game events not only in Diablo III, but also some of the developer's other big franchises. These include Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone, Overwatch, StarCraft II, and World of Warcraft.Diablo III's in-game event is called The Darkening of Tristram--it lets players run through a ... more.

A new feature may be on the way to Windows 10 that improves performance when playing PC games. That's according to a file discovered in a leaked version of a forthcoming preview update.Twitter user WalkingCat reports the addition of a dll called "gamemode" in the latest build of Windows 10 (version 14997). A subsequent tweet notes it "looks like Windows will adjust its resource allocation logic (f... more.

A major area of focus for PlayStation this year has been in the area of hardware. Sony launched the PlayStation 4 Slim, the PlayStation 4 Pro, and PlayStation VR. According to PlayStation Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida, fans can expect "amazing software" to be released in 2017 to take advantage of the hardware. This came up in a 4Gamer interview, which was translated by DualShockers.A... more.

A new image from the upcoming film version of Stephen King's horror novel It has come online--and it's scary. We see Pennywise the clown emerging from a sewer pipe, lurking like the terror he is.See Pennywise in his unnatural habitat in a new #ITMovie photo: https://t.co/NAvt9tX4Sn — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) December 26, 2016Hemlock Grove's Bill Skarsgard plays the murderous clown in It. ... more.

Christmas has come and gone, but there are still some deals to be had on video games. Now through the end of the year, you can get a bonus gift with the purchase of an Xbox One or Xbox One S at a number of US retailers. The bonuses include things like an extra controller, a stereo headset (white or black), or a free game. Here is a breakdown of what's available, as written by Microsoft:Best Buy, ... more.

Netflix has renewed Fuller House for a third season. As announced on Twitter, Season 3 will debut on the streaming site sometime in 2017.Here's the announcement video, featuring the show's major characters:Holiday wishes, answered. 🎁 Fuller House Season 3, coming 2017. pic.twitter.com/pJkRASTpBj — Fuller House (@fullerhouse) December 25, 2016The Fuller House renewal order from Netf... more.

The newest weekly Heroes Brawl event for Heroes of the Storm is now available--and as you'd expect, it has a winter theme. The game mode is called Snow Brawl, and it involves chucking snowballs.There are two types of snowball items--fluffy snowball and heavy snowball. You can pick them up throughout the map, and you're able to hold one at a time. As usual, the goal is to destroy the enemy side's c... more.

Xbox executive Phil Spencer has spoken out to clarify some comments he made earlier about how the video game industry can grow in the future.In 2015, Spencer said he wanted that year's E3 show to focus more on Microsoft's own franchises and expanding them. Asked on Twitter recently if this is still Microsoft's directive, Spencer said it is. He cited things like EA Access, Fallout mods, the Game P... more.

2017 is a big year for Zelda. The series celebrates its 30th anniversary next year, and the newest entry, Breath of the Wild, comes out for Nintendo Switch and Wii U.We'll have to wait a while longer to play the RPG, but Nintendo has now released even more art from it. Posted on Facebook, the images include concept art for Link, the very nice holiday scene (below), and a third that shows Link hunk... more.

Hall of Fame QB Brett Favre is famous for his comebacks--now he's returned to the Madden series.Multiple versions of the QB are now in Madden NFL 17's Ultimate Team mode as part of the game's Ultimate Freeze event. Additionally, Chemistry level 4 is switched on when Favre is teamed up with some of his former teammates such as Sterling Sharp and Antonio Freeman.There are two 96-rated versions of Fa... more.