After 20 years of waiting, diehard fans were rewarded with the announcement that Larian Studios would be developing Baldur’s Gate 3. While promotional material revealed the game’s antagonist and new characters, fans were also relieved to see that it retained the turn-based roleplaying gameplay of previous Baldur’s Gate installments. advertisingAccording to the AMA, Baldur’s Gate 3 will revisit the first two games’ stories “in meaningful ways.” Vincke promised that players would get to see return

The Icebrood Saga, Guild Wars 2’s fifth Living Story season of DLC, is scheduled to begin rolling out mid-March. The image evokes a connection to the first Guild Wars game’s Cantha region, but it isn’t overt. advertisingRELATED: Guild Wars 2 Writers Fired After Confrontation with YouTuberOn the official Guild Wars 2 website, there’s an animated version of the concept art. https://t.co/P0xroe4mua pic.twitter.com/ATPr65NHXX — Guild Wars 2 (@GuildWars2) March 12, 2020In other words, while ArenaNet

EA is halting all live esports events amidst growing concerns around the spread of novel COVID-19. Only online events, where “participants and staff are remote and separated,” will proceed as planned. That means Apex Legends Global Series, EA Sports Fifa 20 Global Series, FIFA Online 4 Live Events, and Madden NFL 20 Championship Series events are being shuttered until further notice. EA says the move is to protect “competitors, our employees, our partner’s employees and our communities,” as well

While most Pokemon games can be enjoyed from the safety of one’s home, making them quarantine-optimal, Pokemon GO is not. Today, Niantic confirmed that the previously scheduled March Community Day in Pokemon GO has been suspended. The Community Day, previously announced to focus on the Pokemon Abra, will be rescheduled for a later date at another time. The Abra Community Day was scheduled to take place Sunday, March 15, just a couple days away. Pokemon GO and the competitive Pokemon Sword and Sh

Twitter user Gitv_Kyle recently discovered that although the in-game vendors were supposedly decrypting engram items that matched players’ maximum power level, he was receiving slightly underpowered gear. In a video, he showed how when his character equipped slightly underpowered gear, it reduced his engram’s power levels. When the player asked if the engrams’ released items had always been based on the power level of one’s armor and weapons, others confirmed that this wasn’t the case. While thi

Describing the ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak as “unprecedented,” Electronic Arts announced today that it is suspending all live events in its competitive gaming series, including the Apex Legends Global Series, EA Sports FIFA 20 Global Series, FIFA Online 4 Live Events, and Madden NFL 20 Championship Series, indefinitely. This suspension of events and broadcasts will start today, March 13th, and will be in effect until the global coronavirus situation improves.” EA doesn’t operate big-mo

In response, many fans are trying to simulate the rest of the NBA season using one of the best selling games of 2019, NBA 2K20. Real-life NBA team Phoenix Suns plans to continue playing the current season using the NBA 2K20 video game. advertisingRELATED: Suspended NBA Season Causes NBA 2K20 Servers to CrashThe Phoenix Suns made the announcement on Twitter yesterday that they would continue to play the Suns season using NBA 2K20. advertisingThe season isn’t over yet…We will continue to play th

Traditionally, FMV games have not been great. The situation has improved in recent years, though, with games like Her Story and Telling Lies (which, not coincidentally, come from the same developer), as well as Late Shift, a fully live-action, HD FMV thriller released in 2017. And it looks like a pretty good ride to be on. I definitely want to finish it though, to see who’s really behind the dastardly super-secret biolab shenanigans which I will not spoil here, sorry. Until then, you can find ou

Following a recent leak of upcoming Call of Duty games rumored to be in development, the same leaker released some details regarding one of the Call of Duty games. Specifically, they announced which platforms the Call of Duty game is rumored to be on. Moreover, the Call of Duty free-to-play title is reiterated as a Sledgehammer Games-developed Call of Duty title. Given the recent release of the free-to-play Call of Duty: Warzone, a new full-fledged free-to-play Call of Duty title may have a simi

In the midst of growing concerns around the spread of novel COVID-19, Disney has decided to suspend production on several live-action movies. Those movies include The Little Mermaid, Home Alone, Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings , The Last Duel, Nightmare Alley, Peter Pan & Wendy, and Shrunk. We will continue to assess the situation and restart as soon as feasible,” a Disney spokesperson told Deadline . Disney’s precautionary measures are being echoed by several big studios looking to mi

Amazon has opened pre-orders for The Boys Funko Pops. If you are interested, you can pre-order with the following links:You can also take a look at Amazon’s product descriptions and images for The Boys Funko Pop figures below:From The Boys, A-Train, as a stylized Pop! From The Boys, Homelander, as a stylized Pop vinyl from Funko Figure stands 3 3/4 inches and comes in a window display box. From The Boys, Homelander Levitating, as a stylized Pop vinyl from Funko Figure stands 3 3/4 inches and com

Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt RED revealed a new piece of cool-looking, but incredibly expensive merch for fans of the game. CD Projekt RED has released several items for fans to get their hands on, such as the Cyberpunk 2077 collector’s edition which has postcards, a map of Night City, and a figure of protagonist V.On Twitter, CD Projekt RED announced that a new Cyberpunk 2077 backpack is available for pre-order on its official store. RELATED: Cyberpunk 2077 is in PlaytestingThe Cyberpunk

If you have a gaming-ready PC, you can lend your graphical power to fighting the COVID-19 outbreak. That’s not a thing I ever thought I’d write, but it turns out 2020 is occasionally weird in good ways too. You can still turn the application off and reclaim your GPU’s full power for playing games whenever you want. PC Gamers, let’s put those GPUs to work. Join us and our friends at @OfficialPCMR in supporting folding@home and donating unused GPU computing power to fight against COVID-19!

Today, Bungie kicked off the highly anticipated return of the Trials of Osiris in Destiny 2. advertisingTwitch streamer GrenaderJake and his crew are claiming “World’s First” to get a 9-win streak in the new Trials of Osiris. For the first time players visit the Lighthouse, they’re going to earn Pinnacle Trials Armor, some materials, and some exclusive emblems. They didn’t realize that players only get to visit the Lighthouse once after getting a 9-win streak in Trials. advertisingDestiny 2 play

The Vegeta Eating Noodles Funko Pop is now available exclusively on Amazon. If you are interested, you can purchase the figure with the following link:You can also check out Amazon’s product image and description of the Vegeta Eating figurine below:

Amazon has put up a listing for the NieR: Glory to Mankind Vinyl Set, revealing a release date. According to the product page, the bundle will be coming out on March 20, 2020, in the U.S. region. If you are interested, you can pre-order with the following link from the online retailer:The soundtrack features 13 Hybrid Orchestral Pop arrangements of the music from NieR Automata. You can find the full track listing below:

Amazon has opened pre-orders for the Dead Cells Prisoner’s Edition on the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. If you are interested, you can pre-order with the following links from the online retailer:The Dead Cells Prisoner’s Edition will be released on July 11, 2020, in the U.S. region. You can check out the product description for the bundle below:

Overwatch Archives 2020 is here, and it’s brought the unexpected. Overwatc 2020 Archives Event New Brigitte Emote “KATT” 🐱💖Finally, a cat raised by brigitte appeared. A brand-new emote for Brigitte has her picking up the absolute unit of a cat and cuddling him – excuse me, I must stress how large Jetpack Cat is. As we previously reported , this year’s Archives event didn’t bring any new story content for the first time in Overwatch history. Check out Big in 2020: Overwatch 2.

It’s called The Uncensored Library, and it’s not just an elaborate sculpture made for a coffee table book. The Uncensored Library is a genuine virtual library inside Minecraft built to house journalism from countries where complete press freedoms don’t exist or selective censorship denies access to certain articles. Just pop into the game, load up The Uncensored Library server, and pore through a bunch of books housing republished articles blocked from social media and news outlets in five count

So kudos to Origin PC for kicking off its St. Paddy’s Day sale a few days early—shopping when sober is the financially responsible thing to do. To that end, if you head over to the boutique builder’s website, you’ll see that every single gaming laptop is on sale right now. Origin PC Gaming Laptops | All Models | Save up to $200In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, Origin PC is offering discounts of up to $200 on every single gaming laptop. In order to save $200, you have to drop down to a Core i7