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Overwatch’s Year of the Rooster Event Coming Next Week
Overwatch has been the obsession of many gamers since its release. Its almost universal appeal with its colorful cast of meaningful characters and easy to pick up and understand mechanics has been supplemented with content after launch. To celebrate the Chinese Year of the Rooster, Blizzard will be adding more content for players to chase in the addictive (and heavily flawed if we’re being h...[Read More]
Overwatch’s Roadhog Gets Update That Is Off the Chain
If you have ever played Blizzard’s Overwatch, then you have been at one of the ends of a lot of players’ controversy: The Roadhog Chain. For those who do not know, Roadhog has the ability to lob out a hook, and if that hook touches another player, it will reel them back towards Roadhog and stun them. Problem is, it seems players were able to be pulled from behind walls and objects and massacred by...[Read More]
Uber Teams with Overwatch in the Best Way
PAX East is officially in full swing and right of the bat, Blizzard shows off something awesome. Basically, there are three amazing rides with three cosplayers set up to drive lucky customers of Uber around Boston, but only while PAX is happening. Customers can find an Uberwatch option in the Uber app that can get one a ride with pickup at specific locations around the convention center. Destinati...[Read More]
Mists of Pandaria unveils itself on September 25, 2012
While I may have been off by a week or two, Mists of Pandaria will be released on 9/25/12. I had been guessing at a mid September launch. Aside from the regular and collector’s editions, Mists will launch with a digital and digital deluxe edition. This is the first time Blizzard has offered a digital deluxe edition in their Warcraft line. Here’s the official announcement:
Random Word Association Contest: Diablo 3
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Congratulations to Justin Forsythe (@rogXue) for winning a Diablo 3 code and 3 Guest Pass codes! Thanks for participating, and good luck next time! Diablo 3 has had a lot of bad press from those who have applied Blizzard’s failure with the always-on DRM and their own servers to the review of the game’s quality. Thom managed to separate the issues, as a good journalist...[Read More]
Review: Diablo 3
Nearly a decade in the making, Diablo 3 finally decided to grace the gaming public with its presence, and after all the login errors settled, what were we left with? A solid Diablo experience that saw upgrades to many of the core systems and a pretty, though not overwhelming, visual presentation. In the end I was satisfied but still wanting more; read on for more details.
MMO’s Tavern – It’s Super Effective
Welcome to this week’s MMO’s Tavern. I hope you all had productive weeks. Between crashes in Orgrimmar and heated matches of Conflict at the Mill, my productivity has just shy of plummeted. That’s enough of that, on with the show!
MMO’s Tavern – Maybe I’m getting old…
Sorry, no news this week just me ranting. So if you come here for the news and not my writing style now is the time to turn around. Now that it’s just us, why don’t you grab a seat up here at the bar and I’ll pour you all some free drinks while I tell you about the way things used to be. More likely I’ll just complain about whipper-snappers and how they pollute my fictional game worlds.
MMO’s Tavern – I am an April Fool
Welcome back for another happy hour at MMO’s Tavern. In keeping with tradition, Blizzard announced something as soon as that week’s MMO’s Tavern is posted. Since last Friday, Blizzard sent out another 450,000 beta invites for the Mists of Pandaria beta test. I just want to reiterate what I said on the first week, always check your battle.net account page to see if you have gotten beta access. T...[Read More]
Review: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (PC)
I know what you’re thinking: “This game came out over a year ago. Why is it just getting reviewed now?” I can answer that for you in two parts. First, with the release of patch 4.3, all of the intended Cataclysm content and most of the gameplay balance adjustments have been made and the final version is now in the hands of the players. Second, like any MMO, the game that initially ship...[Read More]
The 2010 Video Game Awards
In case you missed Spike TV’s 2010 Video Game Awards, we’ve got you covered! Check out everything that happened!
EA v ActiVision – Winner Is…?
Amidst the Schwarzenegger v. EMA/ESA court battle, there is another battle that has been going on. That would be the battle between gaming industry giants, EA and ActiVision. Slightly less direct, but just as well known, EA and ActiVision have been battling it out through the use of press releases and interviews for some time now. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, let me weigh you ...[Read More]