Gamers threaten to boycott all the time. Pokemon Unite players are currently boycotting the gamebecause a dog is too powerful. Battlefield players were enraged when women were added to the game. Pokemon Go players are leaving en masse because ofanti-consumer price changes. Many of these are empty threats, more players either return after a short period or just play a different game. But for professionalLeague of Legendsplayers there’s far more at stake, and they’re currently willing to put their livelihoods on the line to protest changes to Riot’s game that are systematically dismantling the esport as they know it....

I’ve been wanting to talk about Lego 2K Drive for a while now. Though I didn’t do the preview myself (you can read ours here), ever since the event was set up I’ve been aware of its existence, and if 2K gets things right, it could be the perfect game for me. There’s still no racing game that has replicated the thrill of Burnout 3: Takedown, Mashed, or Destruction Derby 64, and I have high hopes that the cartoonish carnage of Lego with 2K’s competence in the sports game market will combine to create exactly that....

The Last Of UsHBO’s third episode left millions of us with shattered hearts on Sunday night as it retold the tale of Bill and Frank, greatly changing that chapter of the first game. Turns out quite a few people were unsurprisingly moved by the song that anchored the episode as its listens onSpotifywent through the roof less than an hour after the episode debuted. Revealed by Spotify (thanks,NME), apparently listens of Long, Long Time by Lisa Ronstadt rose by a massive 4,900 percent between 11 pm and 12 am on Sunday night, so the first full hour after episode three had come to an end....

Like A Dragon: Ishinfeatures a Japan teetering at the brink of the Tokugawa Shogunate’s last days. Amidst all the political and social instability is one man named Sakamoto Ryoma, who may as well bemore of a legend than he is a man. Name changes aside, Ryoma kept his strong sense of right and wrong throughout the journey. Related:Like A Dragon: Ishin - Best Characters In The Game The main story is a lot to take in, and you’re probably wondering what’s next in store for Ryoma....

Marvel Snaphas added new limited paid bundles, offering weekly or daily selection of various in-game currencies. The new addition to the game’s market, however, hasn’t gone smoothly among fans so far, as players criticize the poor value of these bundles. Over this weekend, the team at Second Dinner introduced the first-ever weekend bundle to Marvel Snap, containing 200 credits, 200 gold, and one thousand collector’s tokens. While everything from the package seems like a valuable addition to many players' efforts of expanding their card collection, fans believe the price tag of $19....

TheMass Effectgames might well be more intrinsically linked to player choices than any other titles to have become before or since. That’s why the slow-going dream sequences in Mass Effect 3 aren’t exactly all that popular with its fanbase since your choices have very little bearing on how they unfold. Now there’s a mod to change that, bringing characters back from the first two games to haunt Shepard’s recurring nightmare....

Mass Effect Legendary Editionis absolutely the best way to experience the original Mass Effect trilogy, but the remastered games don’t bring back everything from the originals. One of the smaller features of Mass Effect 2 that never returned was Cerberus Daily News, a small section of the Mass Effect 2 home screen that provided the player with news stories from around the Milky Way. A lot of these stories previewed upcoming plot beats in DLC and Mass Effect 3, but some of them were just fun fluff....

With a whopping 89 different playable characters to choose from, debates surrounding who the best character inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimateis will likely rage on until the next game comes out. However, a large group of pro players have come together in an attempt to create the game’s first official tier list, ranking every single character and how viable they are in game.UltRank reached out to 155 Smash Bros. Ultimate players who featured on several top 101 leaderboards across the globe, with 71 choosing to participate....

If you all forgot aboutMultiVersus, no one would blame you. Ever since grabbing the award for Best Fighting Game at last year’s Game Awards, we’ve had pretty much nothing but radio silence and the odd cryptic tweet from director Tony Huynh that more content is on the way. The last time we got a new update of any real significance was back in November 21, when Marvin the Martian was added to the roster....

The Super Mario Bros. Moviehits cinemas today which means there’s going to be a lot of news about it and other things related to the plumber in the coming days. SinceMarionow has an animated blockbuster,Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto was asked when we might see him in a new adventure on theSwitch, and the director had a promising, albeit rather vague answer for Mario fans. “Well, all I can say is please stay tuned for future Nintendo Directs,” Miyamoto replied, a cheeky smile spreading across his face as he answered....

Hellblade 2has been a long time coming. The original won plaudits in 2017, and seemed to be a solid foundation to build upon. It was a little short, and maybe too prescriptive or reliant on tropes in places, but it was a good game. For a fairly small studio, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice was impressive in both its graphics and its quality, and the sequel could have used it as a comfortable springboard....

Overwatch 2has been soldiering along rather quietly as of late, implementing the ocassional matchmaking fix or character rework to make sure the game runs as smoothly as possible. Since Ramattra’s addition last year, Blizzard has promised that it’s working on two new heroes to add to the roster at some point in Season 4. Before today, the only info we were given about these heroes was that they’re both going to be Support, but now we’ve been given a first look at a character called Lifeweaver....

Whether you’ve been aPokemonfan since its inception or you’ve become one along the way and gone back to look at some of the early artwork, you may have noticed some of the initial designs differed from what the Pokemon actually looked like. Turns out the changes in color and sometimes even shape of the Pokemon were never intended. The original designs have now been discovered and will gradually be used to replace the miscolored images in the asset archive....