The announcement of Diablo Immortal at BlizzCon went about as badly as it could have. The reveal of a mobile game rather than a full-on Diablo 4 led to a “huge backlash” at what is traditionally a two-day celebration of all things Blizzard. But for reasons unknown, the plan changed a couple of weeks prior to BlizzCon, and the Diablo 4 reveal was scrapped. That in itself doesn’t really explain why Blizzard would decide to pull the plug on the reveal, though. I’ve reached out to Blizzard for more

Gigabyte added three new graphics cards to its GeForce RTX lineup that cater to users who like liquid cooling. Starting with the former, the new Aorus GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and 2080 Extreme Waterforce WB models both trade the air cooling solutions found on other custom models for full-coverage waterblocks. The 2080 Ti boosts to 1,770MHz, which is 225MHz faster than Nvidia’s reference blueprint, and 135MHz higher than Nvidia’s own overclocked Founders Edition model. To help keep things stable, Giga

That’s evidenced by a nice discount available at HP for a customizable Omen gaming laptop with a 144Hz display that supports G-Sync. When you hit the product page, click the customize button and bump the processor + GPU option to a Core i7-8750H and and GeForce GTX 1070. Next, navigate a few categories below and upgrade the storage to the 128GB M.2 NVMe + 1TB HDD option, which is a $50 upgrade. This brings the tally to $1,599.99, which isn’t terrible for the hardware selection (it also comes wit

Over the weekend, upset fans bombarded Siege with negative reviews, dropping its reception to “mixed” on Steam. Ubisoft is planning an expansion for Siege into Asian territories, most notably China, which has a historically harsh and slow regulation process for games. As seen below, the global alterations are limited to small aesthetic features on maps and bits of the user interface. Ubisoft’s explanation for making the smaller aesthetic changes global is simply that it’s practical. Part of the

Ashe, the new Overwatch hero Blizzard revealed at Blizzcon on Friday, is already live on the PTR. Here’s her description, from the PTR patch notes:New Hero: Ashe (Damage):Ashe’s arsenal of weapons makes her a versatile offensive hero, capable of setting up the perfect situation to shoot down dangerous enemies from range or deal high area-of-effect burst damage to groups of heroes. Aiming down the sights lets Ashe line up precise shots, increasing damage at the expense of speed. This update seems

More than 100 million people have played Hearthstone as of today, a remarkable achievement that Blizzard is celebrating in a couple of ways: First, with a nice video featuring various members of the development team saying “thank you” to the players, and second, with six free Boomsday Project card packs for everyone. Hearthstone players will also have the opportunity earn up to 500 gold in the Celebrate the Players quest, which can be repeated up to five times (on the same day, if you’re really

Credit: RikkuSuave on RedditCase in point: Redditor RikkuSuave happened across Mothman while playing with friends and took some amazing photos with the mysterious creature. However, there are also reports of a ‘Wise Mothman’. Hey, Diseased Grafton Monster, why can’t you be more like Wise Mothman? I haven’t encountered Mothman yet myself. I hope if I encounter Wise Mothman, it won’t hold that against me.

SK Hynix on Sunday launched what it is billing as the “world’s first 96-layer 512Gb (gigabit) CTF-based 4D (four dimensional) NAND flash” memory, or 4D NAND for short. Our friends at TomsHardware broke this down quite nicely back in August when SK Hynix first introduced the concept of 4D NAND technology. The company named the product ‘CTF-based 4D NAND Flash’ to distinguish it from current 3D NAND flash technologies,” SK Hynix said. With the introduction of a multiple gate insulators architectur

Underworld Ascendant faces quite a challenge: Ultima Underworld, the 1992 game that inspired it, was a transcendent experience that served up a living, breathing world unlike any that had been seen before. I don’t expect Ascendant to surpass it in any way, but can it live up to the standard it set? James cast doubt on that back in his June preview, describing it as “a 3D homage to Ultima Underworld stripped of the theatrics and imagination required to convincingly roleplay a character.” Underwor

That said, the Mystic Knight ups the ante with a built-in rain cover to keep the bag and your gear inside dry, “even in the pouring rain.” MSI Urban Raider (left) and Mystic Knight (right)These are both 25-liter bags that can fit up to a 17-inch laptop. The Mystic Knight also sports a roll top that can be used to expand the capacity of the main compartment. OK, maybe it’s not the only thing that’s worse, but it certainly ranks up there. The Mystic Knight ($139.99) and Urban Raider ($119.99) are

The Witcher 3 had great sidequests. In an interview with Gamingbolt CD Projekt RED level designer Miles Tost implies that Cyberpunk 2077’s sidequests will be less self-contained, and might actually affect the critical path. “Sidequests are great opportunities for us to tell stories of our cyberpunk world. And yes, that also means that our sidequests could affect the main story.”Earlier this year quest designer Patrick Mills told us that to expect sidequests to be “something similar to The Witche

It’s the gifs which made me fall in love with Opus Magnum. With them it’s a puzzle game which has the capacity to take hours of concentrated, messy tinkering and present it back to you as an elegant, perfectly looping mechanical process. For example, face powder is one hex tile of Elemental Earth joined by an alchemical bond to an adjoining hex tile of Neutral Salt. Getting the Elemental Earth is quite easy because it’s the basic reagent the level starts you off with. With programming puzzle gam

Next week you’ll be able to pay to run private leagues in Path of Exile and add mods to make the game absurdly hard. “We designed private leagues with the needs of two groups of players in mind,” reads the announcement on the Path of Exile site. “The first group is players who want a more challenging Path of Exile experience. “Philosophically, it’s important to us that Private Leagues don’t make the game easier. Though private leagues cost money to set up, Path of Exile’s expansions and base gam

A new PC remake of PT has emerged that captures the original game’s haunted, looping corridor. On PC, there have been a bunch of fan remakes of PT—this is just the latest. Sam Horti wrote about two prototypes back in January, and we covered PT for PC’s shutdown in July. I assume this remake will meet the same fate as PT for PC, but I guess we’ll see. Konami has never released another version of PT, but it really should.

GOG’s latest week-long sale knocks up to 90 percent off games with a Polish connection. That includes The entire series of Witcher RPGs and their expansions. There are quite a few notable games in the sale. It’s a ferocious and cool cyberpunk action game with a great art style. Speaking of cool action games with a strong sense of style, SUPERHOT is half price.

Watch lead producers Mike Gamble and Ben Irving zoom around Anthem’s extremely pretty open world. We get to see a lot of the Storm Javelin, a glass cannon archetype that can float and summon lightning storms. An explanatory post on the Anthem site shows how you can use lightning storms to set up combos with other Javelins. There’s plenty of combat in the stream, but it looks more fun just to fly around that vertiginous world. The devs discuss the suits’ abilities, weapons, and customisation opti

One team using it to interesting effect is Amazon Game Studios’ Orange County office, which is making the MMO New World. In this case it’s being used to reveal new parts of the game’s fictional supernatural continent. Over the past few weeks, the developer has unveiled a couple more locations on its substantial map—Brightwood and Weaver’s Fen. It’s nice to get a look at a location in the game that isn’t just a bunch of trees. If you want to get in line for the alpha, Amazon reiterated how you do

Water cooling systems have advanced significantly over the last decade. They are designed to provide a taste of the performance offered by custom systems with simple plug and play operation. Nearly every water cooling component on the market uses the same G1/4” threading, which means fittings from different manufacturers will work with other manufacturer’s blocks, pumps and radiators. While water cooling can be a big investment, it’s definitely not a big hassle. With so many options on the marke

Invictus Gaming has become the first Chinese team to win the League of Legends World Championship, beating European side Fnatic 3-0 in the final. Both Invictus and Fnatic eased through their semi-finals 3-0 last month, setting up what many hoped would be a blockbuster final. For the past five years, a Korean team has been crowned world champions. This year, no Korean team reached the semi-final, with USA’s Cloud 9 and Europe’s G2 Esports taking joint third and fourth place. The last time a Europ

On an average day, about a dozen new games are released on Steam. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in the deluge of new things to play unless you sort through every single game that is released on Steam. Phantom HallsSteam pageRelease: October 31Developer: Incendium LLCPrice: $19.99Here’s another horror game featuring curious teenagers, only this is a side-scrolling squad-based shooter set in a haunted mansion. The Witch’s House MVSteam pageRelease: October 31Developer: FummyPrice: