Month: December 2024

Valve has banned more than 40,000 accounts in Dota 2 that were found to be cheating by releasing a patch that hid specific bits of data only cheaters could read.

Earlier this week, Valve released a blog post that was quite bluntly called, “Cheaters Will Never Be Welcome In Dota,” in which detailed recent steps it took to ban 40,000+ accounts that had been cheating in t…

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Developer Motive Studios has confirmed that while Gunner Wright will return to voice Isaac Clarke in the upcoming Dead Space remake, the main character of the sci-fi series will only have dialogue under certain situations.

Isaac in Dead Space from 2008 was voiced but had no real dialogue, with Wright only providing grunts and screams. That changed with Dead Space 2 and 3, which saw Isaac …

The Season of the Risen is fast coming to an end in Destiny 2, making this your last opportunity to take on the Trials of Osiris before Bungie introduces a new pool of weapon and armor rewards. It’s a freelance weekend, making this a good opportunity to play on your own or with a team. Here’s where you’ll be battling it out in the final Trials of the season, and what weapon you can earn for goi…

The new season of the DC show The Flash will kick off in November with a five-part special event titled “Armageddon.” The Flash Season 8 premieres on November 16 on The CW.

“Armageddon” is set to feature a host of actors from other Arrowverse DC shows. These include Javicia Leslie as Batwoman, Brandon Routh as The Atom, Cress Williams as Black Lightning, Chyler Leigh as Sentinel, Kat McNa…

Well, it’s over. WandaVision Episode 9, “The Series Finale,” is streaming now on Disney+, and regardless of how you may have felt about it, the final chapter was at least full of Easter eggs and references for us to break down. If that’s what you’re interested in, take a look below. If you haven’t watched the episode yet, what are you doing here? There are going to be way too many spo…

A group of US Senators, including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, are calling for greater scrutiny over Microsoft’s proposed buyout of Activision Blizzard, citing concerns about the reports of misconduct at the Call of Duty giant. The Wall Street Journal first reported on this. After the publication of this story, Activision Blizzard released a statement (see it below) in which it said Mic…

Summer is winding down, and GOG is celebrating the cooler weather by slashing prices on more than 4,000 PC games. The Autumn Sale runs until September 11, and it’s offering some of the best deals of the year on hit games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Yakuza: Like a Dragon. All games on GOG are offered DRM free–allowing you …

It’s another light month on the gaming calendar, but May still has an appealing number of smaller releases scheduled for launch. From samurai epics to 2.5D action-RPGs, this month has some interesting games across a wide variety of genres. May also brings a return to long-distance assassination and a groovy icon revving up his chainsaw. Here are the biggest upcoming games releasing in May.

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Moviegoers in Austin, Texas attending an opening night screening of The Batman–already hunkered down for a three-hour runtime–were in for a shock when a live bat was released inside the theater. According to CBS Austin, the incident was “a prank” and not intended to actively harm anyone.

“Local animal control was immediately contacted, and they have been overseeing the situati…