Author: Avinash

It’s easy to presume the worst for the fortunes of Riot Games’ tag fighter 2XKO following layoffs that affected its developers, but game director Shaun Rivera wants to make sure that fans know the remaining team is still fully committed to ongoing development. Rivera shares a few broad details on three primary development foci, which include prototyping of local duo play, maintaining the fighter’s high skill ceiling while better defining each character’s strengths and weaknesses, and providing direct support for tournament organizers like exclusive in-game prizes. Rivera also calls attention to some specific feedback that the remaining devs will address, like keeping…

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Ubisoft has released its roadmap for Assassin’s Creed Shadows through to the end of March, showing off the game’s next title update, a parkour challenge for players to compete in, and a release date for the game’s DLC on Switch 2.The game’s next title update lands on February 17–that’s tomorrow–and will introduce three new additions to the game, all of them significant in their own way. The first is a detailed stats page, which can be accessed from the inventory, which will let you dig into all the stats relating to your loadout at a micro level. If you want…

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TAMPA, Fla. — Aaron Judge fretted like many Yankees fans as big-name free agents kept signing elsewhere. “It was brutal,” the New York captain said Monday after the year’s first full-squad workout. “Early on it was pretty tough to watch. I’m like: Man, we’re the New York Yankees. Let’s go out there and get the right people.” Judge spoke at length about the Yankees’ lack of World Series title since 2009, of homering and striking out against 22-year-old flamethrower Carlos Lagrange during the workout, about captaining the U.S. in the upcoming World Baseball Classic and last year’s elbow injury. “The…

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Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi and teammate Usman Tariq leave the field after Pakistan lost their T20 World Cup game against India (AP Photo) Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi launched a scathing attack on the senior core of the Pakistan national cricket team after their crushing 61-run defeat to India national cricket team in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at R Premadasa Stadium.Led by Suryakumar Yadav, India dominated the Group A clash on Sunday, handing Pakistan a heavy blow and leaving them in a must-win situation against Namibia to have any chance of reaching the Super 8s. T20 World Cup:…

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Rachel Homan has that look back in her eyes. The Canadian skipper — arguably the greatest female curler of all time — has gotten past all the distractions caused by the double-touch fiasco and has finally found her game that makes her the best in the world. Heading into Monday, Homan’s playoff chances weren’t in her favour with a 1-3 record at the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina. But after two big wins against China and Japan, her team is back to .500 and is firmly in the mix to reach the semifinals. The off day on Sunday was what…

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Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile will soon be going offline. Activision has announced, through their support site, an end date for the mobile battle royale game, with servers set to shut down on April 17, 2026. That means that the game will remain active for two more months, but will not be playable after this time.This does not come as a huge surprise–Activision ended support for the game in May 2025, and the game has not been available for new players to download since then. Players have not been able to purchase anything in the game since then, and new…

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While High on Life 2 and its predecessor both had substantial Xbox Game Pass deals, developer Squanch Games still sees PlayStation as the primary platform for the series.”That was a no-brainer, like our lead platform is Sony, Steam is right behind it as far as units sold,” Squanch Games CEO Mike Fridley said of the simultaneous PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC launch for High on Life 2 in an interview with TechRadar. “Shockingly, even after a delay on the Sony launch [on PS4 and PS5]–because of an exclusivity clause with the first game that Microsoft had–it’s [PlayStation] still our…

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“That was a very satisfying half of the year,” begin Artur Ganszyniec’s closing comments as the credits roll on CD Projekt’s original Witcher game from 2007. Five months prior, he took to YouTube to share a full let’s play of the cult classic RPG in a series appropriately called “The Witcher with a designer’s commentary.” The last episode just went up yesterday.If you’re a fan of the original Witcher RPG or the blockbusters that followed it, it’s a treasure trove of insights into the series’ humble beginnings. Ganszyniec was lead story designer on the original game and also wrote some…

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