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Blizzard Announces “Welcome Back” Weekend for WoW

According to the Battle.net launcher, Blizzard has announced a “Welcome Back” weekend for World of Warcraft, which will run from March 21st-24th, 2019. During this free weekend, all inactive World of Warcraft accounts will be temporarily reactivated and upgraded to the Legion…

Microsoft Wants Xbox Everywhere Possible

A recent email from a Halo fan proves the point that Microsoft knows what it’s doing. Despite a severe lack of excellent IPs this console cycle, Xbox has continued to drive innovation by pushing the envelope in two major ways. The first is…

Bethesda Confirm an E3 Appearance

After multiple announcements with Sony and EA will no longer making an appearance at this year’s E3, the traditional E3 show is now gone, I guess. More so in recent years as you can now sit and watch whomever you like, as…

Splatoon 2 Gets Demo and Discount

Splatoon 2 has been out for a while now, but who says you can’t still build the player base? Nintendo certainly doesn’t. Splatoon 2 will be free to try through an online demo running from 3/19 at 7:00 am PT to 3/25 at…

James Gunn Back to Direct Guardians 3

After being fired for some problematic tweets that resurfaced, James Gunn has been given the reigns once again for the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Right-wing conservative accounts, including Fox News and other GOP-friendly news outlets, were quick to put the…

New Pokémon Starter Getting a Funko Figure

Pikachu was released by Funko in a regular 4″ and 6″ mega pop, followed by Bulbasaur in 4″. Now, another original starter joins the growing list of Pokémon figures. In its listing for the new figure, Funko announced that while its tail…

Humble Bundle is Offering Grid 2 For Free

A long, long time ago, two generations before now, racing games were still part of the bread and butter of video games. The PlayStation 2 was awash with Need for Speed, Gran Turismo, Midnight Club, FlatOut, Crash Tag Team Racing, TOCA (which…

Hollow Knight Collector’s Edition is Live

Hollow Knight, a beloved Metroidvania title has opened preorders for a Collector’s Edition, and it’s loaded. Hollow Knight is now available in a physical edition for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation® 4, and PC as a DRM-free disc with a Steam key, including a…

MP Spark Debate on Rape Day & Steam

Video games have been catching a lot of headlines in recent weeks. THQ Nordic, the publisher responsible for Wreckfest, Satisfactory, Darksiders 3, and Several others hosted a Q and A session on a site called, 8 Chan. A site which is known…

Nintendo to Release VR Labo for Switch

The Nintendo Switch has been praised highly for its versatility, large games library, and other things. Now it seems the system is becoming even more versatile. About this time last year, it was announced that Nintendo was to launch something new called…