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Review: Overwatch 2 is a fun and colourful shooter with repulsive monetisation

Overwatch 2 is so close to greatness, but intrusive monetisation and launch problems are weighing it down.

Netflix to charge $6.99 for new ad tier starting this November in 12 countries

12 countries will soon get a cheaper ad-supported Netflix plan. 

Activision will reportedly replace 2023's Call of Duty with Modern Warfare 2 expansion

We're not getting a new Call of Duty game in 2023, but we are getting a Modern Warfare 2 expansion to make up for it.

Blizzard apologises for rough Overwatch 2 launch with free cosmetics and Double XP weekends

Overwatch 2 had a rough launch, and you’re entitled to compensation. 

Games that birthed a genre: How Ultima Online gave us MMORPGs

We’re retracing the lineage of MMORPGs all the way back to their source: a little game called Ultima Online. 

Streamer breaks her back in two places at a disastrous TwitchCon foam pit

Multiple streamers have been seriously injured due to an unsafe foam pit at TwitchCon San Diego. 

Mario sounds just like Chris Pratt in The Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer

The Super Mario Bros. Movie looks surprisingly awesome, but Chris Pratt isn’t even trying with that accent. 

Overwatch 2 is still unplayable for many after Blizzard suffers two DDoS attacks

Another rough game launch for Blizzard. 

CD Projekt Red announces five new Witcher games and Cyberpunk 2077 sequel

The developer promises a whole trilogy of Witcher games will be released in just six years. 

Players mourn Overwatch as servers shut down to prep for Overwatch 2

Anyone who says, “Overwatch is a dead game,” is technically correct for the next 24 hours. 

Red Dead Online player to lose 6,000 hours of progress after Stadia shutdown

250 days of playtime gone in the blink of an eye. 

Google is officially shutting down Stadia, to the surprise of no one

Google will begin refunding all Stadia-related purchases in 2023.