For some, it’s safe to say the Helldivers 2 honeymoon is over. Yesterday Arrowhead released its first balance patch, which finally made orbital strikes more consistent and the Flamethrower a legitimate powerhouse. It also nerfed the most popular equipment in the game, the Railgun and shield backpack. Guess how that went down with players who’ve…

Overwatch 2’s latest season dramatically changed how the game is played by giving DPS heroes the ability to reduce the healing their enemies receive. The ripple effects from this change left many tanks and support heroes struggling to stay alive. In a blog post reflecting on the changes, game director Aaron Keller admitted that the…

Just a couple days after Electronic Arts slashed the price of four Command and Conquer games to nearly nothing on Steam, it’s become apparent why: EA released more than a dozen old-time classic videogames on Steam today including Populous, Dungeon Keeper, Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, The Saboteur, and a big bundle called Command and Conquer:…

In a few weeks, Discord Quests will Twitch drop-ify your DMs and servers and give you rewards for streaming games to your friends. In a blog post, Discord says the new feature is the platform’s solution for developers struggling to “break through and bring their ideas to life as a successful business.” Now, just like…

It’s not easy being a non-Balatro player amidst a horde of committed fans. People say things like, “A joker duplicating the joker that gives you x4 for playing the same hand, and one that did x4 for four of a kind,” or, “If you wanna scale that kind of build you basically then need red…

Hearthstone turns 10 this year, which makes me feel both incredibly old and surprisingly emotional. Blizzard’s card battler was the game I played every night when I moved to America in 2014, and I’ve never stopped since. It was my first digital CCG, and I spent almost every night for six weeks alone in a…