The Fortnite Rift Tour starring Ariana Grande has made its debut, and while it'll be replaying at select times all weekend, you can catch the whole show right here. Grande's performance was the headliner, but the complete in-game event took players on a spacetime-hopping journey through Fortnite's illustrious history.
As players danced and emoted atop the party-themed Abductor hovering over The Aftermath, the countdown timer ticked away to zero and revealed a large Rift door at the center...
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EA is looking for passionate NHL fans to take part in NHL 22's Closed Technical Test. With the game's launch approaching, the goal of this test will be to stress test servers by having players compete in online matches.
Space in the test is limited, so you'll want to sign up quickly if you're interested. The test will span PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S and will start in late August. This will be a work-in-progress version of the game, and bugs are expected. NHL 22's team wants...
The Steam Deck brings unavoidable comparisons to the Nintendo Switch, and people have done in-depth, side-by-side breakdowns of their relative performance, weight, screen, and more. But while the Switch can be made colorful through a variety of different-colored JoyCons, the Steam Deck will just be black at launch. That may change, however, as Valve continues to discuss the possibility of releasing different colorways for its handheld.
According to an interview with PC Gamer, Valve...
The Apex Legends team at Respawn did an AMA on Reddit today to discuss the launch of Season 10 and the brand-new Legend Seer. The community had plenty of questions about the latest update and some possible balances it might need, but nothing came up quite as frequently as Seer feeling too powerful.
Like previous season updates, the biggest addition to the game is the brand new Legend Seer. While there were multiple questions and answers about Seer, gameplay engineer Travis Nordin gave the...
Giant Bomb's Jan Ochoa and Matt Rorie traveled to Valve's headquarters in Bellevue, Washington to check out the Steam Deck. The two touched on multiple aspects of the portable PC, talking about things like how new-user-friendly the device is for newcomers unfamiliar with the Steam ecosystem.
In the nearly 20-minute-long video, Ochoa and Rorie, sat crossed-legged on a grassy field in front of some shrubbery, ran through their impressions. They talked about several games they played on the...
For the first time, Microsoft invited the public to play Halo Infinite's multiplayer through a beta test. Over three days of action, we sank our teeth into the multiplayer preview offering and came away very impressed with what developer 343 Industries has in store for later this year. In a new video you can watch below, Persia runs through her impressions of the beta and talks about what the game has in store.
The game delivers a number of new innovations for the Halo series, including a...
Developer Double Fine has announced that the action-platformer Psychonauts 2 has gone gold in preparation for its August 25 release.
The studio took to Twitter to deliver the news, reiterating that the game will be available on Xbox Game Pass the same day it launches worldwide. Psychonauts 2 will also hit PC, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. Preordering on all platforms is now available, with pre-loading offered for Xbox owners.
The gold master, colloquially referred to as "going gold,"...
Activision has denied that a remaster of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is in the works. The publisher said unequivocally in a statement that reports about a remaster of the 2011 game are false.
"A remaster of Modern Warfare 3, campaign or multiplayer, does not exist. Any reports otherwise are incorrect," a spokesperson for Activision told GameSpot.
CharlieIntel was first to report on Activision's statement in response to the rumors, which have been ongoing for months.
Activision released...
A new Max Raid event is underway in Pokemon Sword and Shield. Until August 8, a handful of summer-themed Pokemon will be appearing more frequently in Max Raid dens across both games, including Shiny Vanilluxe.
Throughout the event, you'll be more likely to encounter Fan Rotom, Seaking, Heracross, Pinsir, and Ninjask in Max Raids across the Wild Area, Isle of Armor, and Crown Tundra. Vanilluxe will also be appearing more frequently, and you'll have a chance to encounter a Shiny version in...
Hearthstone's latest expansion, United in Stormwind, launched this week and introduced the usual suite of new cards and mechanics. That has also renewed conversation among the community, who are commonly complaining that the new expansion stifles interactivity and turns the game into "solitaire."
The critique extends from two new class-defining Quest cards. Hearthstone has used Quests before, 1-Mana spells that give a set of conditions to complete to get a big reward. It's not uncommon for...
Nintendo is notoriously slow to change, especially when it comes to connected experiences like multiplayer and online services. And while the company still certainly has a long way to go, we're starting to see small signs of a more modern Nintendo in how it's handling game updates for some of its first-party franchise titles like Mario Golf: Super Rush and New Pokemon Snap.
Both games received substantial updates this week. New Pokemon Snap's update, announced last week, adds three new...
Another weekend in Destiny 2 means that there's another chance for players to brave one of the game's toughest challenges and take on the Trials of Osiris. You'll need a team of two other players to fight through the competition, but you'll get a chance at some of the best guns Destiny 2 has to offer if you do.
As always, both the Trials of Osiris rewards and the map are randomized when the mode goes live at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET on Fridays. We'll update this post as soon as the Trials kicks...
After the game's successful launch on PC, A Short Hike quickly made a home on the Nintendo Switch. Almost a year later, the game is finally coming to PlayStation 4 in Fall 2021.
If you haven't played A Short Hike, you've likely heard about it. It was praised as one of the best indie games of 2020, winning awards at the Independent Games Festival and the D.I.C.E Awards.
A Short Hike is an exploration game about a bird named Claire hiking and flying through the scenic Hawk Peak Provincial...
Google has lifted some of the redactions in the antitrust lawsuit Epic Games filed in July, and it seems the tech company considered scooping up the Fortnite maker as Google saw Epic Games as a threat to its business model.
In newly unsealed court documents reported by The Verge, Epic Games alleges Google sought to use its power to buy "some or all" of the Fortnite and Unreal Engine developer. The reason is stated in such obvious terms: according to Epic Games, Google maintains monopolies...