You are invited to a murder There are many mystery titles out on the market for budding sleuths. From Capcom’sPhoenix Wrighttitles to Frogwares’Sherlock Holmesadventures, there’s a veritable daggerful of crimes waiting to be solved by whodunnit? loving video game fans. And Joining this grisly genre is one of the most notable sleuths in the history of fiction: Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, who is headed to PC and consoles this fallin a brand new release:The First Cases....

DOTA 2 News Yatoro has made a comeback to Team Spirit with the start of the new year. Unfortunately, Satanic moves to the substitute position. Team Spirit have called upon one of their superstars to bolster the team’s results in 2025. Illya “Yatoro” Mulyarchuk returns to the active roster, replacing Alan “Satanic” Gallyamov and completing the lineup. Yatoro returns to Team Spirit, Satanic moves to substitute Yatoro wentinactivealong with Mira back in September last year....

‘Playing with Power’ [Update:The documentary is out today on Crackle. It consists of five episodes, most of which run roughly one hour.] In just the past year or so we’ve gotten two Nintendo-heavy documentaries. There’sConsole Wars, a feature film that deals with Nintendo’s rivalry with Sega; andHigh Score, a Netflix series that covers all of gaming history, but with large swaths of Nintendo peppered in throughout. Both projects overlap quite a bit, and we’re probably going to get that same feeling with this new work,Playing With Power....

Tekken 7 News Alex Jebailey has trolled the fighting game community with the announcement of their own “NFT” – but it’s not what you’d expect. Community Effort Orlando, one of the most iconic fighting game tournaments of the year, recently released the trailer for the 2022 edition of their event. Business as usual for the FGC - typically events like this are announced months in advance so folks can buy hotel rooms and pre-register....

FUTTIES Best of Re-Release Batch 2 is live inEA FC 25with FUTTIES Team 2, and it brings back over 100 amazing items to Ultimate Team packs. Compared to the first batch, the second one is significantly bigger. While EA Sports hasn’t reduced the minimum overall of the available cards (beginning at 88), we should find more cards from packs. Let’s quickly take a look at all the special items that you can find in packs as part of Batch 2....

League of Legends News Arcane, the hit League of Legends animated series became one of the most watched shows on Netflix ever in it’s three-act first series. But will it get a sequel? The League of Legends animated series Arcane took Netflix by storm in November, with fans now clamoring for a season two. The three-act season one released over a trio of weekends, and with its cliff-hanger ending, fans desperately want to know if we’re getting a sequel....

Guides Optimization is the key. Assassin’s Creed Shadows' PC version boasts stunning visuals and includes next-generation graphics features like Ray-Traced Global Illumination, a first for an Assassin’s Creed game. It’s no doubt the best-looking game in the franchise. However, this GPU-intensive title isn’t the most optimized AAA release of 2025, especially on low to mid-budget PCs. There is no option to completely turn off the Ray-Traced Global Illumination feature, which affects game performance....

Not to be confused with the mobile companion app for Assassin’s Creed IV Assassin’s Creed: Piratesis a mobile game not to be confused with thefree companion appthat will be tied in withAssassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. This is an actual game that has no direct tie-in with the console/PC versions. You play as Alonzo Batilla during the Golden Age of piracy in the Caribbean. Players can upgrade their ship and engage in huge naval battles all in an effort to claim La Buse’s legendary treasure....

AsBattle for Azerothenters its final months,World of Warcraftplayers are preparing for an imminent scourge invasion which arrives with theShadowlandspre-patch event. But ahead ofShadowlands’release date, it’s clear Blizzard is pulling out all the stops to make the next expansion a success, including by adding a free mount chosen by the players. While hundreds of mounts can be earned in-game through different methods, as othermounts remain exclusively rare, players occasionally receive free ones as part of promotions or limited time events....

Valorant News The player many have called the best in Brazil is finally getting his shot internationally. Vivo Keyd have made some major reinforcements heading towards VCT Champions 2021. Leonardo “mwzera” Serrati, long considered the best player in the region, has joined the VK on loan for the event and will be making his debut internationally. mwzera’s VALORANT career mwzera has been a member of Gamelanders almost since VALORANT came out....

League of Legends News Cloud9’s coaching staff is three members shorter as Mithy, Reignover and Westrice depart, leaving the org room to bring in new faces. (Image by Michal Konkol/Riot Games) In the midst of some serious roster changes, C9 is looking to revamp their entire LCS side ahead of the 2022 season. Today, Cloud9 bids farewell to LCS Head Coach Alfonso “Mithy” Aguirre Rodríguez, LCS Assistant Coach Kim “Reignover” Yeu-jin and Academy Head Coach Jonathan “Westrice” Nguyen....

Hands-on at gamescom You’ll be able to explore Los Angeles, Santa Monica, some beaches, a golf course, and maybe even more in the final version ofDead Island 2. But what Deep Silver was showing at gamescom 2014 was pretty limited. I only got to run around a small, closed-off section of the Los Angeles suburbs. It was a short taste of what the Southern California zombie-slaughtering life is like. I played in a group with three others, with each of us playing one of the two available classes in the demo....

Remember late last year when our own Dale North got a look atKlonoa: Door to Phantomileat the Tokyo Game show? The U.S. version, simply calledKlonoa, is due to come out next week (on May 5th) and is looking pretty great. Hit the jump to check out two new gameplay videos and a slew of new screens from the cute little platformer. You play the role of Klonoa in the game, who must save the land of Phantomile from a terrible evil....