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Hawaii is a stepping stone through 2021 for the Overwatch League

On Sunday, May 2nd, after the first batch of regular season matches concludes, two teams in the West Region will qualify for the first international tournament in the Overwatch League’s 2021 season. Whether it be the San Francisco Shock or the London Spitfire, two teams will need to prepare for a long flight to Hawaii. “We’ll only be working with a couple of finalists,” said Overwatch League commissioner Jon Spector on how only four teams will compete in each of the season’s four tournaments. “Once they qualify on Sunday we’ll

10 Life Is Strange Remastered Collection Moments We Will Rewind Over and Over

Square Enix has announced that the Life Is Strange: Remastered Collection will release sometime later this fall following the release of the latest entry in the series, Life Is Strange: True Colors, this September. Including both the original Life Is Strange and its prequel, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, the Remastered Collection enhances the games with improved visuals and animations to make the games play better than ever. To celebrate the upcoming release, we’ve decided to take a look back at 10 moments we can’t wait to replay over

7 Most Underappreciated Games of 2020

Despite how difficult a year it may have been, 2020 will at least go down in history as another great year for gaming. In fact, there were so many good games that came out this year, it feels like a lot of titles have not received the recognition they deserve. Below, we’ve compiled a list of seven of those games, detailing which releases from 2020 we think were the most underappreciated. Be sure to leave your own opinion in the comments section as well.Star Renegades7 Most Underappreciated Games of 2020

Final Fantasy 14 Will, Unlike Many Real-World Governments, Address Its Housing Shortage

In many parts of the world, new home ownership has turned from an expected rite of passage into a distant dream for young people, as the number of renters increases and house values increase at a much faster rate than wages are. Final Fantasy XIV, too, is facing a house shortage crisis--but developer Square Enix actually has a plan to deal with it within the MMO.In a new post on the game's website, producer and director Naoki Yoshida has discussed how an influx of new players following the release of

Candyman Reboot’s New Trailer Mixes Social Commentary With Big Scares

The upcoming horror reboot Candyman was supposed to have been released this month but like so many movies over the past few months, the release date has been pushed to later in the year. The film will now arrive in September, but while we wait, a new teaser has arrived.The new Candyman trailer mixes clips from the powerful animated Candyman prologue that was released earlier this month, with new footage. A voiceover from co-star Colman Domingo states that "Candyman is how we deal with the fact that these things happen.

Finding The Cyberpunk In Cyberpunk 2077

In our first hands-on preview of Cyberpunk 2077, Tamoor Hussain lamented the relative lack of humanity he witnessed in the game's main questline as he played through the opening hours as a street kid. After all, in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the most impactful stories were often the smaller, more intimate ones. He eventually found a glimpse of that in a sidequest involving two monk brothers and their vow of non-violence, which complicated a rescue mission with grey decisions.With the benefit of this knowledge and my own Cyberpunk 2077

Free Minecraft Nether Update is Here!

One does not simply walk into the Nether, but it seems that's what everyone is about to do anyway... Today we're releasing the full Nether Update in all its glory! Traverse through familiar, fiery wastes into new unexplored fungal forests, spooky valleys, and deltas brimming with basalt. Dig your way through these biomes and you might be able to find a new curious material, suspiciously titled "ancient debris". What will you make of it (it’s totally not Netherite)? Fight your way through hordes of Piglins… Or don't! They’re actually pretty

Beyond Finland: Working at Rovio’s RPG-Focused Studio in Sweden

Daniela Fontes is a Data Analyst at Rovio’s Stockholm studio. She joined Rovio in 2019 after founding a VR game studio based in Portugal. She works closely with the game teams at Rovio to set KPIs, monitor game performance, and improve the player experience. In my role as a data analyst at Rovio, I work closely with our game teams to design, implement, and analyze tests that ultimately help the game team make decisions. I also work with support functions like user acquisition and user research to deliver insights to