Overwatch 2’s fight against cheaters and bad player behavior continues on, and while it’s likely a never-ending war, Blizzard is opening its latest player behavior-focused dev blog with a victorious claim against bad apples: The studio has banned over 500K cheaters and either banned or suspended another 40K accomplices, all while promising new anti-cheat tools […]

The grind for exotic item drops in Destiny 2 is apparently very real. So real, in fact, that players are willing to write and share macros in order to AFK farm for the big shiny. This behavior hasn’t gone unnoticed by Bungie, however, and the developer is now updating its ban policy to account for […]

Last month we first heard about Midnight Murder Club, a new multiplayer PvP FPS from developer Velan Studios that basically tells players to go play hide-and-seek with firearms in a dark and booby trap-filled mansion. The shooter held a closed alpha in July while release timing is currently aiming for sometime in the fall. If […]

The Overwatch 2-playing world is close to the launch of Season 12, and when it does arrive, it will bring a host of updates to the shooter’s competitive play as detailed in the game’s latest Director’s Take post. System Designer Gavin Winter outlines several new additions to the competitive scene that will arrive in the […]

Last April, a Redditor who claims to have connections with former Bungie devs raised a few eyebrows with initial details of a Destiny 3-style project codenamed Payback; there was bare little information beyond the fact that a classless system was the main hook while this tipster wasn’t sure whether the game was even in development […]

The next season for Apex Legends – you know, the battle royale shooter that wanted to double-charge players for battle passes until fans furiously pushed back – is hoping that the gameplay features of its upcoming Shockwave season will be enough of a distraction from that kerfuffle, particularly as the FPS is bringing several updates […]