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‘Star Wars’ Humble Bundle gets you 12 games for $12

For the next several days you can get 12 Star Wars games for just $12 in the latest Humble Bundle deal supporting Unicef and the Star Wars: Force for Change charitable organizations. The deal includes three new Star Wars games: Star Wars … Read More

Microsoft drops price Xbox One Assassin’s Creed Unity Bundle, again

The Xbox One Assassin’s Creed Unity Bundle originally came with a sticker price of $399, but Microsoft has reduced the price twice in recent days, with the latest promotion offering the bundle for $329 for a limited time or while … Read More

Toxicity in gaming: A relationship between industry and individual

Let’s face it, we’ve probably all had that encounter with a foul-mouthed player while in an online game who shouts racist, hateful, or just obscene remarks.  Let’s also fess up then that most of us have at one point … Read More

Deal Alert: Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel just $39 [expired]

Those of you who were not quite ready to shell out $60 for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel when it released last month can now grab the game from Amazon for just $39.99. The price is good for the Standard Edition on Xbox 360, PlayStation … Read More

Games about games, 2014’s hottest trend

Sunset Overdrive. Bayonetta 2. Super Smash Bros. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. What do all these games have in common?

For one, they’re some of this fall’s biggest releases. Also? They’re all part of a growing number of video games about … Read More

Hearthstone arena pro-tips from Blizzcon

This year’s Blizzcon featured professional Hearthstone players Trump from Team SoloMid, and ItsHafu from Team Cloud 9 giving their suggestions on how to dominate in the Arena.  In case you missed the panel or don’t want to watch the … Read More

Blizzcon’s Overwatch has yet to impress

Everyone is talking about Blizzard’s newest IP release, Overwatch.  This team centric, objective driven, non-twitch focused first person shooter (FPS) has many game enthusiasts excited and eager to see the official release.  I on the other hand feel cautiously … Read More

With Mario Kart 8, Nintendo gets DLC right

This week, Nintendo rolls out the first of two downloadable content packs for the Wii U’s Mario Kart 8. The release marks the beginning of a new strategy for the Kyoto-based game maker: instead of a steady stream of … Read More

What Can We Do to Preserve Gaming’s Past?

Gaming has a nostalgia problem.

Not nostalgia itself, of course. There’s plenty we can still learn from older titles, and fun is fun no matter how old a game might be. That’s why, when the Internet Archive launched The … Read More

Is Strife Really the Next-Gen MOBA We’ve Been Waiting For?

When you think of MOBAs like League of Legends, DOTA 2 or Smite, a few unflattering words probably burst immediately to mind – things like “toxic” and “worst community ever.”  The truth is that there’s just something about the … Read More