Discord, the popular voice and text chat app for the gaming community, is going to start selling games, Discord Inc. announced Thursday. The platform’s subscription service, Discord Nitro, will give subscribers access to a library of games at no additional charge. This feature will include games like, Saints Row: The Third, Darksiders: Warmastered Edition, Super Meat Boy and Metro: Last Light Redux. This comes only a few months after Discord added its very own games library feature which collect

Sony is celebrating 500 million units sold across the PlayStation’s lifespan — PlayStation 2, 3, 4, Portable, Vita and PlayStation VR — with a special edition PlayStation 4 Pro. The case is a translucent dark blue that houses a PlayStation 4 Pro with a 2 TB hard drive. The special edition console also comes with a vertical stand and a matched-color PlayStation Camera, with stand. The matching DualShock 4 controller included with the console will also be sold separately. The console is available

LGBT representation in games is shaky at best, but getting better. That’s why I’m so excited about Steam’s new bundle, specifically devoted to games that are queer as heck. The standout for me is Fullbright’s Gone Home, a game about a teen girl coming to terms with her sexuality. The Queer Games Bundle on Steam costs $54.93, which is 50 percent off the typical combined price. If you already own one or more of the games included, you have the option to “complete the set” and only pay for the game

Persona’s upcoming dance games are getting an earlier Western release than anticipated; they will launch Dec. 4, 2018. The two new rhythm games — Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight and Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight — were originally slated for a 2019 release. Both games will include the soundtracks from their respective Persona games, plus new songs. A bundle of both Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight and Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight and a digital download of Persona 4: Dancing All Night will be

Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! The Pokémon Company revealed that Team Rocket, composed of Jessie, James and Meowth, will show up to antagonize your trainer throughout their adventure. It’s run by Giovanni, who — spoiler alert for a billion-year-old game — appears in Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue and Pokémon Yellow as the eighth and final gym leader. But Giovanni doesn’t have that same popularity and recognition as Jessie, James and Meowth do to this day. Last but not least, the Pokémon Company confirme

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 9 today, although most of the details about the device were already known due to a series of extensive leaks and even “accidentally” released promotional videos. One of the more interesting rumors had to do with gaming, however: Samsung was rumored to have a timed exclusive on the Android version of Fortnite. Tim Sweeney came onstage during the event to awkwardly announced that players with select Samsung devices can begin playing the beta as of today. Anyone int

Red Dead Redemption 2 gameplay footage is finally here, with just under three months to go until the game’s debut. Morgan is a debt collector for a band of thieves led by Dutch van der Linde, and yes, Red Dead Redemption protagonist John Marston is also a member of the gang. Let’s dive in and discuss it as we look ahead to Oct. 26, when Red Dead Redemption 2 will finally be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. A horse and his boyHorses are another major component of Red Dead Redemption 2. It’

All video games are worlds of facades, but We Happy Few investigates the very idea of phony fronts. We Happy Few’s tale is a gripping mystery that plays out like a highly emotive narrative adventure. But it’s hard to fret over its flaws when We Happy Few takes the risk of doing something new. What’s most impressive about We Happy Few is how carefully its world has been created. We Happy Few is out on Aug. 10 on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One.

Red Dead Redemption 2 was first announced back in 2016, with Rockstar expecting to launch the game on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in Fall 2017. That didn’t happen — the game is coming out this October instead — although the developer has released a few story trailers to whet our appetites. We’ll hopefully learn much more about the game, however, when we get a look at Red Dead Redemption 2 gameplay during Rockstar’s official livestream. The stream will take place on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, at 8 a.

In order to make The Witcher Role-Playing Game, a pen-and-paper adaptation of CD Projekt Red’s video games, feel authentic, co-writer Cody Pondsmith had to grapple with the idea of having sex at the game table. In The Witcher Role-Playing Game, he instructs potential game masters on the importance of achieving “separation” and gauging your players’ ability to do so at the table. Good separation also means the players won’t get as upset when things go wrong in a fictional relationship. Rest assur

The War of the Thorns’ in-game depiction was criticized roundly by the player base. The second pre-expansion story scenario, Battle for Lordaeron is told exclusively through a mix of gameplay, cutscenes and in-game cinematics. As it turns out, the Battle for Lordaeron is the perfect palette cleanser after the War of the Thorns, and it embodies the best parts about Warcraft’s story. The cinematic Old Soldier (which takes place just before the in-game Battle for Lordaeron scenario) is emotional, p

Every character who has ever been in a Smash Bros. game will be in the latest Smash Bros. game, called Super Smash Bros. You can listen to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s music whenever you’d like, just in case you want to enjoy more than 900 songs from the franchise’s soundtrack. It feels like a victory lap; the ultimate (heh) compendium of Super Smash Bros. content. But the exhaustive nature of Super Smash Bros. Super Smash Bros.

The best and worst parts of World of Warcraft’s sixth expansion, Legion, stemmed from the Artifact system. In Battle for Azeroth, this Artifact system is replaced by something a little less grindy: the Heart of Azeroth. A World of Warcraft YouTuber and streamer, Preach, created a spreadsheet categorizing the Azerite traits based on their rotational impact. Not only are they replacing the extremely impactful Artifact weapon system, they’re also replacing set bonuses in raids — a collection of arm

The major tweak, the addition of a new category aimed at “popular” movies, turns the prestigious event into something closer to the MTV Movie Awards. New award category We will create a new category for outstanding achievement in popular film. The biggest change is the addition of a new category: Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film. Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film is the next step in walling off the entertainment industry from critical thought. But unlike anything that might qualify

Today’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate direct held a multitude of revelations about new features that will be released when the game hits Nintendo Switch this December. Soon after the conclusion of the Nintendo Direct, the Nintendo UK Versus account assuaged our fears by confirming that, yes, Luigi is okay. This isn’t the first time one of our favorite plumber brothers has gotten offed during a Nintendo Direct. It’s still unclear when Luigi’s name will reign supreme, but for now, we can look forward

Nintendo appears to be toying with us, placing purple and yellow chairs in the background of today’s Super Smash Bros. Purple and yellow, of course, are the colors of Wauigi, the long-maligned Nintendo anti-hero and the subject of a campaign to add him to the Super Smash Bros. Despite invitations extended to characters from Castlevania, Princess Daisy and even that gigantic monster Ridley, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s developers still refuse to include Waluigi in all the fighting. Look at the ch

Rainbow Six: Siege will get two new operators when the next season of content launches later this year on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One. Operation Grim Sky is the name of the next update for the tactical shooter. The first operator belongs to the defender class. She’s a Brit, a cop “who’s an expert on mob behavior and snatch-squad tactics.”The second operator is an attacker, an American with “a remarkably sharp mind when it comes to tactical operations.”Ubisoft Montreal also said that R

Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four were the superheroes that kicked off the Marvel superhero universe — not Iron Man, the Avengers or Captain America. Including, of course, Doom’s number one nemesis, Reed Richards; Mister Fantastic, the leader of the Fantastic Four. Without the Fantastic Four, there wouldn’t be a Marvel Universe — and there certainly wouldn’t be a Marvel Cinematic Universe. Fantastic VoyageAfter everything the Fantastic Four have been through over the last three years, the

Simon Belmont is entering the Smash Bros. ring, Nintendo revealed during a livestreamed presentation about the series’ upcoming Nintendo Switch entry. The Castlevania hero is not only one of the first newcomers to be revealed for Super Smash Bros. He’s also a fan-favorite, and has been a requested Smash Bros. fighter for several games in the series now. He helps out that Belmont hero both in Smash Bros. Super Smash Bros.

PUBG Corp. is launching an extended effort to “fix PUBG,” a phrase the developers say they’ve heard from fans for some time. “Our dev team is gearing up for battle,” PUBG Corp. stated on the official page. How long is fixing PUBG going to take? Cutting down on PUBG cheatingCheaters have been a major issue in PUBG for awhile now, and PUBG Corp. seems to be taking it seriously. Until now, we have been concentrating on increasing the average FPS rate, which we have been able to achieve.