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Once again, Blizzard has scattered the trail of crumbs for a new Overwatch hero coming to the game, and the 31st addition seems like a very eclectic persona. The first teaser was hidden in a developer update video posted to Twitter, Blizzard’s preferred platform for releasing new information to players. Game director Jeff Kaplan settles into his introduction on new popular topics for the game before he’s swirled into a black hole and mathematical equations accompanied by music take over the update....

Competitive multiplayer games like Overwatch are all about finding an edge over your opponent. Most of the time, this edge is found through ways the developers intended through mechanics. But this isn’t always the case. Overwatch is highly competitive and any sort of trick to get one over on your opponent, and unless it’s the use of hacking, will likely be an acceptable measure to take. Even with the recent announcement of Overwatch 2, a new trick has been found that allows the character Widowmaker, already known for her agility, to be even more mobile than before by using an already implemented mechanic in a new way....

‘Tis the season to get your friends together for an online skirmish and unlock some sweet new character skins in Overwatch. Er, that’s the way that the song goes, right? If not, don’t sweat it, because you’ll be too busy teaming up with others and winning match-ups. The Overwatch Winter Wonderland event is officially underway, taking place through January 2. What does this year’s Winter Wonderland bring? This event has gone strong for some time now, and, based on the trailer, this year’s looks to be just as fun as ever....

Pacific Rim: The Black quickly became a big animated hit when it first premiered on Netflix. After the disappointing live-action movie sequel, Netflix’s animated series offered a fresh look at the IP, complete with beautiful and high quality animations. The series is coming back with a second and final season this month, and you can check out the official trailer down below: Season 2 pretty much picks up from where the first season left off, and protagonists and siblings Hayley and Taylor continue their journey to Sydney....

The talk of the town these past few days has been about BlizzCon. More specifically, it’s Blizzard’s decision to announce a mobile game, Diablo: Immortal, which did not sit well with their hardcore PC fanbase. We’ve already covered Diablo: Immortal quite a fair bit, including the reaction from the Path of Exile community. The action role-playing game (ARPG) from New Zealand-based Grinding Gear Games has become the main alternative for anyone seeking to move away from Diablo....

There have been so many games released this year it’s hard to keep up and just as hard when putting together a selection of the Best PC Games 2017. There’s simply not enough time in the day to play everything you want to. All of us here at PC Invasion have different tastes but these are the games that I thoroughly enjoyed this year even if I don’t have quite as much time as Peter and Tim to get stuck into games....

Incendium Games has announced that Phantom Halls, a game that is awesomely described as a mashup of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Scooby-Doo, has packed its bags and left Early Access after 18 months. If you haven’t been keeping up with Phantom Halls, it’s a side-scrolling game that sees a bunch of teenagers from a highschool Occult Studios Club slugging it out with various creatures inside a procedurally generated haunted mansion....

You gotta love it when a game’s premise is explained in the title. The biggest core tenet of Pig Eat Ball is that you’re a pig who completes levels by eating tennis balls. On various themed space stations. And the pig’s father is a king with a cake for a head. Simply put, this game is insane, and I mean that in the best way possible. Mommy’s Best Games did a knockout job with this one....

Bad news for retro fans, as it’s transpired over the weekend that Sony has finally closed off the ability to purchase PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and PSP games from the web based version of the PlayStation Store. As spotted by users on the ResetEra forums (care of Eurogamer) users have found that using the old region-specific domain that still allowed users to purchase games for Sony’s old systems now redirects to an error message, before further redirecting users to the default page on the current webstore that only has PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 titles available for purchase....

Peridot, the next game from Pokémon Go maker Niantic, has begun to roll out via its recently-announced soft launch. So far, the cute Tamagotchi-like app has become available in Malaysia - and footage of the game’s opening stages has been posted online. Around 10 minutes of footage from one user reveals Peridot’s opening tutorial, item shop and a list of possible tasks to increase your creature’s happiness. These tasks include pointing your phone camera (and therefore your Peridot pet) at specific objects like a flower, a cat or a dog....

Sylveon in Pokemon Go is a rare evolution of Eevee that a lot of people are searching for. Due to its rarity, people have also been calling it as rare as a legendary Pokémon in Pokemon Go. Check out how to get Sylveon in Pokemon GO right here. How To Get Sylveon In Pokemon Go As of this moment, Sylveon isn’t available in Pokemon Go. Sylveon is one of the eight evolutions and probably is the rarest of them all to get....

Pokemon GO players just wrapped up the January Community Day and are likely organizing and renaming a giant pile of Piplups, but Niantic is already teasing something new for the mobile AR game. Players already know that there is a Special Weekend Raid event coming up, but a serious of mysterious tweets suggest that’s not all that is happening in the near future. For the last handful of days, Pokemon GO has been tweeting emojis that mimic the phases of the moon....

Pokemon GO players are in for a treat because Niantic just released a new blog post announcing a bunch of new events that will be coming to the game. The new events are in celebration of Pokemon Day and the release of Netflix-exclusive Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back - Evolution movie. These new events in Pokemon GO won’t only bring Armored Mewtwo back, but more Clone Pokemon and Pokemon with party hats will also be available in the game....

PS Plus members will be able to download the PS4 versions of Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, Limbo, Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones and Sound Shapes for free next month, Sony has announced. God of War prequel God of War: Ascension will also be available on PS3, alongside Castlestorm Complete Edition. Here’s the full list of games coming to PS Plus on August 4: Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (PS4) God of War: Ascension (PS3) Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones (PS4, PS3 and PS Vita) Castlestorm Complete Edition (PS3 and PS Vita) Sound Shapes (PS4, PS3 and PS Vita) Limbo (PS4) And here are the games leaving PS Plus in August:...

Table Top Racing: World Tour, the downloadable miniature car racer, has been downloaded “millions of times” since launching on PS4 as a PlayStation Plus freebie earlier this month, Playrise Digital has announced, with the game set to arrive on Steam next Thursday, May 26. The Steam version will be priced at £14.99, with a 15% launch discount also available to early adopters. As with the PS4 version, a Supercharger DLC pack introducing four new cars and a new track will also be available on day one, again with a 15% launch discount....

The PlayStation 5 has been shrouded in mystery ever since news first hit of the console’s development back in April of last year. However, it has been revealed by an industry professional in a recent podcast episode that the PlayStation 5 will likely be revealed sometime next month. The PlayStation 5, or the PS5, is a gaming console by Sony that has been in development for several years now. Though, within the last year, the gaming community has received quite a bit of information regarding the new system, such as its logo, which some fans have taken and done their own spin on....

Ubisoft has dropped a pair of new videos for upcoming co-op squad alien shooter Rainbow Six: Extraction. The two videos are mainly focused around the game’s story, and specifically the Archæans threat agents will be facing. You’re a member of REACT, who are a dedicated unit created to face the threat of the Chimera Parasite. The parasite is creating a bunch of enemies known collectively, as the Archæans. They come in many shapes and sizes, and thankfully the second video offers up some tactics on how to defeat them in Rainbow Six: Extraction....

It’s been a little over seven years since Ubisoft released its take on the competitive shooter formula injected with the Tom Clancy brand. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege has found wild success in the gaming community and has proven to be one of Ubisoft’s greatest hits, as the French publisher has consistently pushed out content to keep fans engaged. Last month, Siege entered its final season of content in its seventh year, Operation Solar Raid, bringing the total roster of playable characters up to 65....

Rainbow Six Siege has embraced the April Fool’s shenanigans today in a rather unique way: Ubisoft has launched a limited-time event for the shooter, titled Rainbow is Magic. In a nutshell? It turns everything a lovely shade of pink. Yes, it’s an April Fool’s thing, but the event itself is real and actually runs all week. This joins Ubisoft’s previous efforts with For Honor, which unleashed a bunch of rampaging Rabbids in the medieval hack-’n-slash title....

Back in 2018, Red Dead Redemption 2’s voice actor for Arthur Morgan, Roger Clark, won an award at the Game Awards 2018 for Best Performance. This reward was truly deserved, as Arthur Morgan managed the capture the hearts of many-a-player, and he continued on a legacy of excellent characters designed by Rockstar Games. From Red Dead Redemption’s John Marston and Arthur Morgan to Grand Theft Auto greats like CJ, Trevor, and so many more, Rockstar Games has a stellar reputation for character design....