Right now, you can still download and play Halo Online mod ElDewrito. Microsoft has begun DMCAing Twitch streams and Youtube videos depicting Halo Online, which apparently even surprised 343. Streamers should not broadcast Halo Online gameplay because as previously shared, the code for ‘Halo Online’ was never lawfully released or authorized for this purpose and would likely violate Twitch’s community guidelines.” Others claim that the Halo Online assets were open sourced after development ended,

Riot Games has teamed up with the University of California, Berkeley to support the launch of the inaugural League of Legends Intramural Esports league, and to sponsor scholarships for student-athletes playing on the school’s League of Legends competitive team. “We’re looking forward to advancing the potential of our students and of collegiate esports with this partnership between Cal and an industry giant like Riot Games.” The growth of collegiate esports is remarkable in its own right, but it’

The dropshotting change in particular seems incredibly important. The dropshotting change in particular seems incredibly important. The changes were accidentally added to the previous test server, but this time they’re being added intentionally. Above: The new dropshotting changes in action, as seen on the previous test server, via Reddit poster Medisniper. Read the full test server notes here.

After trying to queue into a Competitive game for 20 minutes, a colleague of mine asked me if the playlist was broken. Generally speaking I’m strongly in favour of Destiny 2 adding unique loot that rewards the players who are still grinding the game despite its myriad problems . Get used to that common theme for Destiny going forward and put the time in https://t.co/Dlg44d3jj6April 24, 2018Over on Reddit , there’s been a wide range of reactions. “I 100% believe that there need to be certain thin

Impressive Impressions Does Magic: The Gathering Arena capture the feeling of the real game? After implementing a basic economy in its closed beta earlier this year, Wizards of the Coast has released details on how Magic: The Gathering Arena’s free-to-play and paid structures, and its first game events, will work. Alongside the previously implemented gold economy, earned by playing matches, the closed beta will test a paid currency economy called gems. Wins are rewarded with card packs, all the

Gaming laptops are usually pretty expensive, but every once in a while, you can snag one at a good price. For today only, you can buy the MSI GL62VR laptop for just $949 (after rebate) from Newegg, a $350 drop from the MSRP. For graphics, you get a 6GB GTX 1060, which should be all you need for 1080p gaming. You can get the laptop from Newegg here. You’ll also get a $100 rebate card with the laptop, and if you mail it, the total price drops to $949.

Just a week after the Netherlands Gaming Authority declared that some videogame loot boxes are in violation of Dutch gambling laws, Belgium’s Gaming Commission has come to the same conclusion. The commission looked at four popular videogames—Star Wars: Battlefront 2, Overwatch, FIFA 18, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive—and found that three of them contain loot boxes that contravene the country’s gambling regulations. Geens actually spurred the investigation into loot boxes in November 2017,

Now he’ll spend up to 15 months in a federal prison for selling Windows restore discs. During his original sentencing, Senior US District Judge Daniel T.K. What landed Lundgren in hot water was a project to manufacturer and sell thousands of Dell restore CDs for Windows PCs, for a small fee. Lundgren reasoned that many computer owners either lose or throw away their restore discs. Lundgren pleaded guilty to the ensuing conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods and criminal copyright charges, bu

It’s a sad but all-too-common occurrence that we’ve seen from many a company trying to break into this sector. One of the only manufacturers to buck the trend was Kingston, maker of our pick for the best gaming headset. Believe us when we say, then, that Adata’s XPG EMIX H30, despite sitting in the Cloud’s shadow, is also reaching for the sun. That’s a lot of cash, especially for a gaming headset. Its robust design, inclusive feature set, and exceptional comfort make it a good headset.

Diablo creator David Brevik announced his new passion project, a 2D sandbox RPG called It Lurks Below, earlier this year, citing games like Terraria, Minecraft and, yes, Diablo as major influences. Today, he—and by he, I mean Graybeard Games, the indie studio Brevik founded—announced It Lurks Below’s Steam Early Access launch: it’s now available on Steam for $20. It Lurks Below will remain in Early Access for a few months, but Brevik reckons it will fully release later this year. The current bui

There’s a new GeForce driver release available, version 397.31, which delivers optimized graphics support for BattleTech and Frostpunk. Both of those games landed on PC yesterday, and we have reviews up for each one (BattleTech here and Frostpunk here). Beyond the game optimizations, the release notes (PDF) also mention developer support for Nvidia’s RTX ray tracing technology for DirectX 12. Unfortunately this doesn’t mean you can enable ray tracing in games, but it does allow developers to sta

Finding a mid-range or high-end graphics card for MSRP is still pretty difficult at the moment. Case in point (sort of—more on that in a moment), EVGA’s GeForce GTX 1070 Ti FTW Ultra Silent Gaming (08G-P4-6678-KR) is on sale for $510 at Amazon today. “Take your EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti to the next level with exclusive EVGA Precision XOC / EVGA OC Scanner X integration. With the click of one button, EVGA Precision XOC will detect, scan, and apply your optimal overclock!,” EVGA states on its produ

Update: Sorry folks, Office Depot’s site is out of stock. Original story: Thanks to the crypto boom, AMD’s graphics cards have mostly been priced out of competition against their Nvidia counterparts. The ASUS RX 580 with 4GB of GDDR5 memory is currently $250 at Office Depot, a $100 savings over the current Newegg and Amazon prices. That’s in the sweet spot between the $190 4GB GTX 1050 Ti and the $330 6GB GTX 1060. You can buy it from Office Depot while supplies last.

As part of its ongoing Southern San Andreas Super Sport Series (try saying that after a few pints), GTA Online introduced The Vespucci Job last week—an Italian Job-inspired police chase ’em up, complete with knock-off Minis. For the second week running, the new mode is subject to double GTA$ and RP. I loved 1999’s Grand Theft Auto: London, therefore the idea of touring an old school Mini Cooper-like brief around San An appealed to me—even if I wasn’t immediately sold on The Vespucci Job mode its

Ninja Theory’s Hellblade was arguably a surprise success last year, selling over half a million copies on both PC and PS4 and getting positive notices from the likes of us . When I visited Ninja Theory in Cambridge in late 2014 to see Hellblade in a really early state, most of the staff were working on the now-defunct Disney Infinity. Antoniades was realistic in our conversations about the difficulty of working with big publishers as a mid-sized independent studio, and how that led to Hellblade,

While most wargames portray blood, death and screaming skies, 11-11: Memories Retold takes a more pensive approach to its depiction of battle. Billed as an “artistic, story-driven narrative adventure”, the project set during the First World War marks a collaboration between Bandai Namco, DigixArt and stop-motion clay animation specialists Aardman. 11-11: Memories Retold is truly an exciting step for us as it marks the first time that Aardman has collaborated on a game of this scale and we’re del

Slay the Spire is an excellent roguelike deck building game, but don’t just take my word for it. I had this big card game background and I thought that roguelikes would pair really well with deck building games. In a roguelike you’re always restarting from ground zero and in a deck building game you’re always starting from ground zero again and building a new deck every time. He doesn’t have so much of a card game past but he’s played a lot of action and roguelike games. It’s an interesting comb

Original story:Following the release of its 0.6 update last week, Microsoft has “initiated actions” against ElDewrito, the player-made Halo Online mod. Within, 343 states Microsoft’s intentions but also mentions an “open discussion” between the publisher and the current ElDewrito team. “Back in 2014, Microsoft, 343 and Sabre Interactive partnered to develop ‘Halo Online’—a title that was being developed exclusively for the Russian market,” says 343. “As time went by, Halo Online faded and fell o

I remember the excitement of that first trailer, a stylish riff on Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi, featuring timelapse shots of Liberty City set to Pruit Igoe by Philip Glass. Liberty City had appeared twice before in the main GTA series, in top-down form in the original and in primitive 3D in Grand Theft Auto 3. Liberty City is split into four boroughs—Algonquin, Broker, Dukes, and Bohan—each of which has its own unique personality. Liberty City sounds amazing too, and I don’t think Rockstar No

Reading from this post’s headline alone, Steam’s ‘Games From Denmark’ sale discounts some pretty impressive games. Reading from the full list of special offers running now through Friday at 10am PST/6pm BST unearths even more gems worth your time. Likewise, Ultra Ultra’s wonderful Echo is worth a gander at £12.72/$16.74, as is Carlson Games’ 140 for £1.35/$1.69. If you fancy (re)discovering the Bald Butcher’s murderous past, know that Hitman 2 and Absolution also have 75 percent discounts, comin