Overwatch’s 27th hero is Brigitte Lindholm, Blizzard Entertainment announced. Repair Pack – Brigitte throws a Repair Pack that can heal an ally. – Brigitte throws a Repair Pack that can heal an ally. Barrier Shield – Brigitte deploys a frontal energy barrier to absorb a limited amount of damage. Brigitte is the 27th hero overall, as well as the first hero to come to Overwatch in 2018.

Several developers credited on well known AAA-console titles such as the BioShock and Dishonored series have formed a new studio and will launch The Blackout Club, billed as a “cooperative paranormal horror mystery,” for PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox one early next year. Question is the name of their studio and today it released a trailer introducing The Blackout Club. After one of their group goes missing and the grownups don’t seem to care, the kids begin their own investigation. The Blac

Several developers credited on well known AAA-console titles such as the BioShock and Dishonored series have formed a new studio and will launch The Blackout Club, billed as a “cooperative paranormal horror mystery,” for PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox one early next year. Question is the name of their studio and today it released a trailer introducing The Blackout Club. After one of their group goes missing and the grownups don’t seem to care, the kids begin their own investigation. The Blac

Learning to type is an important life lesson, and who better to teach you the proper way to glide across a keyboard than noted technophile David Lynch? David Lynch Teaches Typing is a new game from Rhino Stew Productions, a company that makes experimental narratives and is led by Luke Palmer. Players will learn to use the home row, upper row, lower row and number pad areas of the keyboard properly. The game is probably just as fun if you spend your time ignoring the instructions on screen, pictu

Learning to type is an important life lesson, and who better to teach you the proper way to glide across a keyboard than noted technophile David Lynch? David Lynch Teaches Typing is a new game from Rhino Stew Productions, a company that makes experimental narratives and is led by Luke Palmer. Players will learn to use the home row, upper row, lower row and number pad areas of the keyboard properly. The game is probably just as fun if you spend your time ignoring the instructions on screen, pictu

Ion Maiden is being developed in the Build Engine, the technology that powered 1996’s Duke Nukem 3D and 1997’s Shadow Warrior. It’s also a roundabout way to bring to life what is, in spirit anyway, a new Duke Nukem 3D. Some may remember that Bombshell began life as Duke Nukem: Mass Destruction developed by 3D Realms and published by Interceptor. In Ion Maiden, protagonist Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison is back, pitted against the cybernetic army of Dr. Jadus Heskel. Voidpoint is developing the game

Ion Maiden is being developed in the Build Engine, the technology that powered 1996’s Duke Nukem 3D and 1997’s Shadow Warrior. It’s also a roundabout way to bring to life what is, in spirit anyway, a new Duke Nukem 3D. Some may remember that Bombshell began life as Duke Nukem: Mass Destruction developed by 3D Realms and published by Interceptor. In Ion Maiden, protagonist Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison is back, pitted against the cybernetic army of Dr. Jadus Heskel. Voidpoint is developing the game

Deep Rock Galactic launched today onto the Steam Early Access platform and Xbox Game Preview. In Deep Rock players take on the role of cranky space dwarves employed by an intergalactic mining company. From there it’s a quick trip to the jump-off point, deep within the bowels of an asteroid infested with alien arachnids. Straight from the get-go, Deep Rock piles on the atmosphere. At times Deep Rock evokes the best parts of Left 4 Dead.

Deep Rock Galactic launched today onto the Steam Early Access platform and Xbox Game Preview. In Deep Rock players take on the role of cranky space dwarves employed by an intergalactic mining company. From there it’s a quick trip to the jump-off point, deep within the bowels of an asteroid infested with alien arachnids. Straight from the get-go, Deep Rock piles on the atmosphere. At times Deep Rock evokes the best parts of Left 4 Dead.

What if it was Wreck-It Ralph that broke the internet, not Kim Kardashian? The first teaser trailer for Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 toes that line of questioning, combining popular internet memes and websites to reimagine the virtual world. There’s an eBay auction, for example, that Ralph and Vanellope stumble onto for a very important velvet painting of a sad cat. Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 co-director Rich Moore said part of the reason the team decided to pull

What if it was Wreck-It Ralph that broke the internet, not Kim Kardashian? The first teaser trailer for Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 toes that line of questioning, combining popular internet memes and websites to reimagine the virtual world. There’s an eBay auction, for example, that Ralph and Vanellope stumble onto for a very important velvet painting of a sad cat. Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 co-director Rich Moore said part of the reason the team decided to pull

No one signs up to get helped by a show like Queer Eye because everything is going well. Queer Eye is providing a service that, ideally, society can be prodded into providing on a much larger scale. Queer Eye is what actual help looks like in the context of a reality show. Queer Eye is investing in making men happier and healthier, without asking anyone to fundamentally change who they are. If traditional masculinity can sometimes feel like a prison, Queer Eye presents us with a nail file, if no

No one signs up to get helped by a show like Queer Eye because everything is going well. Queer Eye is providing a service that, ideally, society can be prodded into providing on a much larger scale. Queer Eye is what actual help looks like in the context of a reality show. Queer Eye is investing in making men happier and healthier, without asking anyone to fundamentally change who they are. If traditional masculinity can sometimes feel like a prison, Queer Eye presents us with a nail file, if no

After months of rumor, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates has announced that he will be the lead writer on Marvel’s Captain America series, starting this July. “For two years I’ve lived in the world of Wakanda, writing the title Black Panther,” Coates said in an essay in The Atlantic. And Captain America, the embodiment of a kind of Lincolnesque optimism, poses a direct question for me: why would anyone believe in The Dream? What is exciting here is not some didactic act of putting my words in Captain Amer

After months of rumor, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates has announced that he will be the lead writer on Marvel’s Captain America series, starting this July. “For two years I’ve lived in the world of Wakanda, writing the title Black Panther,” Coates said in an essay in The Atlantic. And Captain America, the embodiment of a kind of Lincolnesque optimism, poses a direct question for me: why would anyone believe in The Dream? What is exciting here is not some didactic act of putting my words in Captain Amer

A founding member of the Avengers is back in the game this week — and I’m not talking about Voyager, the hero mysteriously retconned into the history of the Avengers. The current Avengers crossover, Avengers: No Surrender, was announced with a tease of this character’s return, and a new series starring the character was just announced yesterday. In this week’s Avengers #682, Bruce Banner is back — the Hulk has been resurrected. Written by Al Ewing and drawn by Joe Bennett, The Immortal Hulk #1 w

A founding member of the Avengers is back in the game this week — and I’m not talking about Voyager, the hero mysteriously retconned into the history of the Avengers. The current Avengers crossover, Avengers: No Surrender, was announced with a tease of this character’s return, and a new series starring the character was just announced yesterday. In this week’s Avengers #682, Bruce Banner is back — the Hulk has been resurrected. Written by Al Ewing and drawn by Joe Bennett, The Immortal Hulk #1 w

Each Into the Breach game starts you off with one named pilot and two anonymous ones. As a bonus, when you unlock a pilot you’ll be able to select that pilot from your hanger from here on out. REACTOR CORESI mentioned reactor cores earlier. Doing so grants you a variety of boons, from bonus reactor cores, to energy for your power grid to reputation. With it you can buy everything from new guns to passive abilities to bonus reactor cores.

Amazon Alexa- and Google Home-compatible smart devices can now speak to you with Pikachu’s voice, courtesy of the free Pikachu Talk app. But now that Pikachu Talk is available stateside, we had to know: What’s it like to have an actual Pikachu talk back to you? I’m surprised by how invested Pikachu was in telling its totally inscrutable story, but it’s nice to know that Pikachu can get passionate about something. I asked Chelsea for a brief review of the Pikachu Talk app. It seems like using Pik

Sega today blocked its U.S. PlayStation Store demo for Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, after it became clear that the company had accidentally made the full game available for free. The demo was designed to include the full game, with only the first few sections available for play. Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is the latest game in the combat-adventure series, set among underworld criminals in Japan. Sega issued a statement from its Twitter account: “We apologize, but have had to remove the Yakuza 6: