Can You Turn Off Overwatch Text Chat on Console?

If you, like me, are a console Overwatch player and find yourself perturbed by the sudden addition of a text chat vibing in the bottom left corner of your screen after the launch of the game’s cross-play beta, fret not. There’s a way to keep enjoying the perks of having a…

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Where to Find All 5 Silver Blade Journals in Sea of Thieves

Sea of Thieves is getting its biggest and most exciting update yet. Tied in with Season 3, the new “A Pirate’s Life” update will see this swashbuckling world cross swords with Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise. Not only will this season revolve around a brand new storyline, but it will…

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EA Acquires Playdemic as it Continues its Mobile Expansion

EA continues to expand its mobile studios, as the company has bought out Playdemic from Warner Bros. and AT&T. According to EA’s press release on the acquisition, the company spent $1.4 billion bringing the Golf Clash developer into its ranks. Warner Bros. released a statement as part of the press…

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Stop Treating Hideo Kojima Like He’s the Riddler

In 2001, Hideo Kojima fooled a video game industry and an audience that were not accustomed to being fooled. The creator of the Metal Gear series created misleading trailers with asset replacement to convince the world that Metal Gear Solid 2 was a fairly straightforward sequel to the previous game — and…

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Sonic the Hedgehog is Actually a Demon According to Shin Megami Tensei Mobile Game

It has always been a little weird that Sonic has needed to append “the Hedgehog” to his name. It’s very much adding information that asks more questions than immediately needed answering. Now we know the actual reason why Sonic has been so insistent on insisting he is a hedgehog: because…

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Overwatch Cross-Play Beta is Live, Get to Pushing Payloads

Overwatch’s cross-play beta is live now, so you can now push payloads with all your friends no matter what platform they play on. All you have to do to access cross-play is create a Battle.net account and link your respective system to the site. This will allow you to add friends…

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Sea of Thieves Secret of the Grave & Headless Monkey Journal Locations

Sea of Thieves is getting its biggest and most exciting update yet. Tied in with Season 3, the new “A Pirate’s Life” update will see this swashbuckling world cross swords with Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise. Not only will this season revolve around a brand new storyline, but it will…

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Poor Dougie’s Key, Chest, Medallion, Bottle, & Key Locations in Sea of Thieves

Sea of Thieves is getting its biggest and most exciting update yet. Tied in with Season 3, the new “A Pirate’s Life” update will see this swashbuckling world cross swords with Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise. Not only will this season revolve around a brand new storyline, but it will…

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Sonic Crosses Over With Minecraft in New Pack

I think a foundational aspect of a lot of virtual spaces is the ability to express your fandoms. It’s the same kind of logic that currently drives games like Fortnite or even to an extent things like Funko Pops. Minecraft is no stranger to this concept, with crossovers including Mass Effect, Mario, and How to…

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Sonic Being a Terrible Swimmer in Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: A Review

I have a dirty little secret. As much as I know the Olympic games are a shitshow politically, I often get really into them. Events I know nothing about are fodder for learning a bit about human strength, agility, perseverance, and indeed beauty, and events I do know something about,…

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MICROREVIEWS

A ‘Rare’ Interview with Donkey Kong Country Composer Eveline Novakovic

In 2007, video game composer Eveline Novakovic (née Fischer) faced a difficult decision. Working at Rare had been the perfect job — it was a state-of-the-art games studio nestled away in the English countryside, and a place where she could be creative alongside a team of other talented individuals. But…

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EA Play Has a Date and Time, and I Hope it Shows More Dragon Age Than a Glowing Tree

EA Play, the Electronic Arts showcase that is definitively not part of E3, but part of Summer Game Fest, finally has a time to go along with its July 22 date. The company has announced it will be holding its showcase at 10 a.m. Pacific/1 p.m. Eastern time on that…

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