New ‘Overwatch’ heroine, engineer Brigitte Lindholm, is now live

Brigitte Lindholm, daughter of Torb and squire of Reinhardt, has officially joined Overwatch as the 27th character.

News         March 21, 2018

Blue shell your commute: Mario Kart temporarily races onto Google Maps

Nintendo and Google have teamed up for Mario Day, March 10, to temporarily add Mario Kart to the Google Maps app for iOS and Android.

News         March 9, 2018

One year after Orisa, Blizzard teases the 27th ‘Overwatch’ hero

Blizzard has released the first official teaser for hero 27 in 'Overwatch', which fans expect to arrive in the next few weeks, one year after Orisa.

News         February 23, 2018

Microsoft isn’t shutting down unofficial mouse and keyboard support on Xbox One

Microsoft said it is not taking a hard stance on allowing the usage of a mouse and keyboard for Xbox One games. Instead, it is letting developers decide what is right for their game.

News         February 19, 2018

Ubisoft’s ‘Sam’ A.I. wants to help you play video games

Ubisoft and Google have teamed up to create Sam, the first gaming-specific A.I. virtual assistant. We spoke to its creative director Charles Huteau to learn more.

Features         January 25, 2018

Learn how to quickly and easily pin a game or app on Xbox One

Here's a quick guide on how to pin a game or app on Xbox One, making it easier to access your favorites in one place.

Guides         January 12, 2018

Darth Vader is just as menacing in pink in ‘Star Wars Battlefront II’ mod

A new mod for the PC version of 'Star Wars Battlefront II' is letting Darth Vader finally get over his goth phase and diversify his palette.

News         January 4, 2018

‘Monster Hunter World’ will stalk its way onto PC this fall

'Monster Hunter World' finally brings the franchise back to consoles on January 26, but PC gamers just have to wait until fall 2018 to join.

News         January 3, 2018

‘Civilization VI’ for iPad brings the full sweep of history to your fingertips

You didn't misread that -- PC gaming giant Sid Meier's Civilization VI is available now, in its entirety, for iPad.

Apple         December 31, 2017

Dear game designers: Please rip off these brilliant game ideas from 2017

Good artists borrow, but great artists steal. Here are 10 ideas from this year's best games that we hope someone steals in 2018.

Features         December 29, 2017

EA is really going all-in on Star Wars

EA is going all-in on Star Wars for the foreseeable future, announcing new games in the next few years from Motive, DICE, Visceral, and Respawn.

News         December 21, 2017

‘Pokémon Go’ levels up its augmented reality abilities with Apple’s ARKit

'Pokémon Go' will be getting an upgrade soon on all iOS 11 devices capable of supporting the new ARKit augmented reality features.

News         December 19, 2017

Winter Wonderland returns to 'Overwatch' with some a-Mei-zing additions

'Overwatch's annual Winter Wonderland event returns with new skins, map variants, and another a-Mei-zing new gameplay mode.

News         December 12, 2017

Lara Croft raids again in newly announced Tomb Raider game

Fans of Lara Croft's adventures have something to look forward to with official confirmation that a new Tomb Raider game is in the works.

News         December 7, 2017

‘Civilization VI’ sacrifices Sean Bean for ‘Rise and Fall’ in February

'Rise and Fall' is the first major expansion for 'Sid Meier's Civilization VI', coming to PC on February 2018.

News         November 28, 2017

‘Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV’ review

In our ‘Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV’ review, Square Enix brings Final Fantasy, fishing, and VR together to make one of the most solid and complete-feeling PSVR games to date.

Reviews         November 22, 2017

Do players really like loot boxes, or are game publishers forcing them on us?

Loot boxes and the like are fundamentally reshaping the economics of video games, and it’s only just beginning. Should players be worried?

Features         November 16, 2017

We’re all wizards now — ‘Pokémon Go’ developer sets its sights on Harry Potter

Pokémon Go developer Niantic announced its follow-up Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, an AR game set in J.K. Rowling's wizarding world.

Entertainment         November 8, 2017

Get back to cave exploring and treasure hunting when ‘Spelunky 2’ comes to PS4

Spelunky 2, the sequel to Derek Yu's genre-defining rogue-lite platformer, was announced for PS4 at Sony's Paris Games Week show.

News         October 30, 2017

‘Shin Megami Tensei 5’ gets a teaser trailer, is coming to Nintendo Switch

Nintendo and Atlus confirmed that Shin Megami Tensei 5, a long-anticipated RPG, will be coming exclusively to the Switch.

News         October 23, 2017

VR objects are coming to your Facebook news feed with ‘3D posts’

Interactive 3D posts are coming to your news feed, as part of a general expansion of Facebook's Spaces VR hangout platform's utility.

News         October 11, 2017

Face the ‘Destiny 2’ Trials of the Nine PVP challenge at 10 a.m. PT today

'Destiny 2's Trials of the Nine Crucible event, replacing the weekly Trials of Osiris, launches today, September 15, at 10 a.m. PT.

News         September 15, 2017

Thatgamecompany’s ‘Sky’ coming first to Apple devices this winter

Journey developer Thatgamecompany announced its next project, Sky, coming first to Apple TV, iPad, and iPhone this winter.

News         September 12, 2017

‘BioMutant’ Hands-On Preview

It feels like a standard Action-RPG, but our Biomutant hands-on preview has us more than intrigued by this post-apocalyptic kung fu fable.

Reviews         September 1, 2017

For Microsoft’s Mike Ybarra, Xbox is about letting gamers be gamers

Microsoft VP Mike Ybarra sat down with Digital Trends at Gamescom 2017 to discuss Xbox One X, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and the future of consoles

Features         August 24, 2017

Will ‘Final Fantasy XV’ have mods on PC? Hajime Tabata says “maybe”

'Final Fantasy XV' game director Hajime Tabata talks about everything new in the upcoming PC port of Final Fantasy XV.

Features         August 24, 2017

Here is everything announced at Nvidia’s Gamescom 2017 presentation

Nvidia's Gamescom 2017 didn't have any major hardware announcements, but it did highlight some social features in upcoming titles.

Guides         August 21, 2017

Beta sign-ups are now open for PlanetSide 2 on PlayStation 4

Massively multiplayer online shooter PlanetSide 2 is coming to PlayStation 4 and you can sign up now to participate in a closed beta on the game's website.

News         August 15, 2017

Think the government is doomed? See if you can build a better one in ‘Seed’

Scholar and activist Lawrence Lessig talks about ‘Seed’, the independent massively multiplayer game where he’s helping develop experiments in player governance.

Features         August 5, 2017

Mario’s voice actor joined Instagram and his videos are delightful

Charles Martinet, the voice actor of Mario, Luigi, and Wario for Nintendo, has started an Instagram account to which he regularly posts delightful videos.

News         August 4, 2017

Doomfist finally arrives in ‘Overwatch,’ ready to land a barrage of punches

Doomfist finally joins the hero roster for Overwatch, adding his melee-focused, robo-fisted brawling to the assault hero group.

News         July 27, 2017

‘D&D Beyond’ finally brings tabletop role-playing into the 21st century

The developer of Dungeons and Dragons Beyond tells us how digital tools will make the iconic D&D roleplaying game friendlier for new players.

Features         July 18, 2017

‘Minecraft: Story Mode’ Season 2, Episode 1 review

‘Minecraft: Story Mode’ season 2 continues where the first season left off as a solid entry in Telltale’s canon without rocking the boat in any substantial way.

Reviews         July 10, 2017

‘PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ delayed until the end of the year

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is one of the surprise hits of the year but fans will have to wait several months longer for the full version.

News         July 7, 2017

‘Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne’ expansion to launch in August

Blizzard announced that Knights of the Frozen Throne will be the next expansion set for its genre-defining digital card game.

News         July 7, 2017

Retro platformer 'Cuphead' is never coming to PlayStation, developers confirm

Retro-styled platformer 'Cuphead' is finally coming out this September after several years of delay. It will remain an PC and Xbox exclusive.

News         July 7, 2017

'Horizon Zero Dawn's new patch adds New Game+ and Ultra Hard difficulty

Horizon Zero Dawn's new update may give us enough of an excuse to jump back in and brush up until The Frozen Wilds arrives later this year.

News         July 6, 2017

Watch this fan trailer for the ‘Overwatch’ series that we wish was real

A fan trailer has stitched Overwatch's cinematics into a convincing teaser for a Netflix series that we'd be pumped to watch if it were real.

News         July 6, 2017