The StarCraft 2 beta’s premiere tournament came to a close last sunday as IdrA faced off against WhiteRa in the finals and TheLittleOne took on fellow Team Liquid player NonY in the third place decider match of the HDH Invitational. Now the matches are online on YouTube in high definition quality and offer quite possibly [...]

A wealth of new information on the personal storyline system in Guild Wars 2 was released yesterday and today ArenaNet’s Ree Soesbee follows up by answering a few community questions on the topic. There isn’t any new media to be found, but it’s definitely worth a read. There is also a great interview up over [...]

An observant gamer can save a lot of money by frequently visiting digital download sites to check for new special offers. You can sometimes save as much as 80% on games with these deals, or even gain a free game for pre-ordering an upcoming title, which can quickly lead to a very healthy gaming collection [...]

The constant stream of new Guild Wars 2 information continues as Ree Soesbee, Lore & Continuity Designer, chimes in on the official website with more information on Personal Stories in Guild Wars 2. A few tidbits had already been leaked a few weeks ago in a couple of interviews, but Ree uncovers a whole slew [...]

Patch 13 for the StarCraft 2 beta was supposed to be a great addition with many new features and a wealth of balance changes, but an unexpected flaw came along with it. Almost every match saw all the involved players dropping within just a few minutes of playtime, which made StarCraft 2 practically unplayable. As [...]

Valve introduced the new game guides feature on Steam a few days ago, with the release of strategy guides for Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening, Just Cause 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. This was done in partnership with Prima, which had already written and published strategy guides [...]

The StarCraft 2 beta saw an enormous overhaul with patch 13 last friday, which included much more than just some balance changes and bug fixes. Blizzard also improved the matchmaking system, integrated Facebook functionality, unlocked 3v3/4v4 play and enabled UDP networking for improved game performance. The list of changes is long and great, with a [...]

An observant gamer can save a lot of money by frequently visiting digital download sites to check for new special offers. You can sometimes save as much as 80% on games with these deals, or even gain a free game for pre-ordering an upcoming title, which can quickly lead to a very healthy gaming collection [...]

Guild Wars 2 is shaping up to be a truly innovative piece of work, with every new tidbit of information forming an ever more original online world. Whether it’s dynamic events and a personal story system, a unique combat system and an interesting new take on the elementalist, or simply a design manifesto – each [...]

In my previous comparison of streaming platforms I indicated that Livestream was the easier and less demanding option. This is entirely true, but some of you may have a few issues with the default ProCaster settings, as I have had. Livestream ProCaster can have a tendency to disconnect in the middle of a broadcast and [...]

Every digital download service has its special sales to get people to buy more games. I cover those extensively every week in those lovely Discount Drone features, but sometimes something comes along that just can’t wait until friday. This is one of those times. Stardock has temporarily reduced the price of all of its titles [...]

Surprising news comes from Blizzard today as they’ve announced that the StarCraft 2 beta will take a recess after May 31st. The beta will be inaccessible for a few weeks as Blizzard prepares the game and their Battle.Net infrastructure for the final beta phase and launch. This final beta phase will take place a few [...]