LYNE is an immersive and relaxing puzzle game that's guaranteed to help you unwind.

LYNE Review: Peaceful Puzzles and Pacifying Polygons

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Sometimes, I just wanna play a chill puzzle game. No frantic clicking, no obnoxious pinging, no screaming children--just untimed puzzle solving and calm colors. LYNE is an indie game from Thomas Bowker, and it's available on Steam, Android, and iOS....
Will Lucio's rework cause the hero to drop down a couple tiers? The Overwatch meta is in for some significant changes.

Lucio’s Rework: Pumped Volume or Dropped Bass?

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Good ol' Lucio. Remember when I said he's never a bad pick? Let's talk about that for a minute. Lucio is the number one most picked hero in professional play, boasting a preposterous 100% pick rate. Everything that makes him...
Quests are one of the biggest additions to Hearthstone in the upcoming Journey to Un'Goro expansion, and will completely change how players approach the game.

Quests: Making Hearthstone Great Again

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Hearthstone's Journey to Un’Goro expansion will be launching in the next week or so. It will bring many changes with it, including a Standard rotation and 135 new cards. One of the new card types that Blizzard is introducing are Quests....
Hearthstone's new Hunter Quest promises more complex deckbuilding - Un'Goro expansion also reveals the new warlock legendary.

Hearthstone: New Hunter Quest and Warlock Legendary

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The release of the Hunter quest for Hearthstone's Journey to Un'Goro expansion is the fifth we've seen so far, which means there's only four to go. The new Hunter quest is one of my favorites, mostly because of the...
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The Grind: How to Escape Semi-Pro CS:GO

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If you want to make it out of Counter-Strike's semi-professional scene and qualify for ESL Pro League, then your team has to start from the bottom, which means competing in ESEA's Open division. After a successful season in Open,...
Atlas Reactor was one of our favorite titles at PAX East 2017, combining turn-based combat with familiar MOBA mechanics.

Atlas Reactor: Trion’s Fresh Take on Turn-Based PvP

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PAX East is a showcase of the newest and most noteworthy games, and every year at the convention developers proudly display their hard work to a crowd of over 80,000 people. Trion's Atlas Reactor was one of my favorite games...
Although gacha systems have been regulated in Japan, we're starting to see more and more Western gaming companies adopt eerily similar business practices.

New Profit: The Impending ‘Gacha’-fication of Esports

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Walking around arcades as a child, I remember always thinking to myself, "how ridiculous are those capsule vending machines? Who in the world would want a tiny plastic Pokémon figurine?" As it turns out, I couldn't have been more...
Rogue's new Quest will be released in Hearthstone's Journey to Un'Goro expansion. Unfortunately, it looks pretty awful.

Hearthstone: New Rogue Quest and Paladin Legendary

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We've seen three quests from Journey to Un’Goro so far. Keep in mind there will be one for each class. Priest’s quest seems amazing, offering deathrattle synergies and massive health gain. Shaman’s quest just might enable a new aggressive...
While many players buy Dota cosmetics, Valve's management of the marketplace and the items themselves leaves much to be desired.

The Declining Value of Dota Cosmetics

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The sale of Dota cosmetics is an essential part of Valve's free-to-play business model. Unlike League and Heroes of the Storm, Dota doesn't require any money to unlock characters, and unlike Overwatch, the game is free to install. At...
Overwatch fans entering the arena at Blizzcon.

The Overwatch Community Will Kill Esports

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With almost unanimous critical approval, Overwatch was 2016's Game of the Year, and rightfully so. It's fast, and it's fun. But as far as becoming a relevant esports title, it's still about two years away from being two years away....
Bastion might finally have a place closer to the top of Overwatch hero tier lists.

Bastion: The Little Robot Who Rekt

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Let's talk about Bastion. That's right, everyone's favorite killbot who's got a soft spot for woodland animals. Bastion could be mistaken for the forgotten lovechild of Snow White and Terminator, and today we're putting this Overwatch hero under the microscope. Bastion's Evolution Before Winston...
Journey to Un'Goro is adding a host of interesting new Murlocs, as well as a powerful Quest for Shaman.

Shaman’s New Quest: Uniting the Murlocs

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Aggro Murloc was a thing back in beta. Warlock Aggro Murloc was actually viable, if not top tier. However, since then Murlocs haven’t received much love. The Murlocs that have been released since beta mostly fit in niche settings....

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