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Watch us play Destiny: Rise of Iron

Destiny‘s latest major expansion, Rise of Iron, is finally upon us. Join Zam’s resident Destineer Steven Strom as he explores the icy wilderness of Fell Winter Peak and the DLC’s fin...

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No Man's Sky patch recovers corrupted save files

Both PlayStation 4 and PC versions of No Man’s Sky received a quiet update earlier this week, but development studio Hello Games only just released detailed patch notes explaining what w...

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Blizzard moves away from the 'Battle.net' name

Many of us have spent a better part of our lives with Battle.net somewhere in our periphery. I can still fondly recall playing a few matches of the original StarCraft with my brothers over th...

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Got a jailbroken phone? Don't get the latest Pokemon Go update

The recent Pokemon Go update (1.7.0 on iOS; 0.37.0 on Android) introduces the Buddy System, and it’s pretty cute! Unfortunately, if you have a jailbroken, rooted, or otherwise unlocked smartp...

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Pikachu can ride on your shoulder in Pokemon Go's new buddy system

Pokemon Go will soon release a new update (ver 1.7.0 on iOS; ver 0.37 on Android), which introduces the cute new Pokemon buddy system. Intrepid dataminers, however, have discovered a cute lit...

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Collective Nouns for Pokemon: The List

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Pokemon Go is coming to Apple Watch this year

At today’s Apple event, Niantic Labs announced that it’s rather popular Pokemon Go will be arriving on Apple Watch. The gadget will alert you whenever Pokestops are nearby, and when a Pokemon...

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Five years late, 3DS StreetPass finally accepts more than 10 Miis at a time

As someone with a chunky, small, first generation 3DS, I have put a lot of time and attention into this little handheld console. I used to carry it with me on walks for no other reason than to make us...

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The floor is ACTUALLY LAVA in Klei's newest game

Ah, “the floor is lava,” that most sacred of childhood games. As a reliable cure for boredom while your parents are mattress shopping, there really was no better — and now it’s getting the ultimate ra...

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No one likes a gloater: Overwatch now turns 'gg ez' messages into hilarious self-owns

In online games, ‘gg’ (‘good game’) is considered a sign of good sportspersonship, but ‘gg ez’ (‘good game, easy [to win]’) is just bragging. Clearly, as a big name in the online multiplayer space,

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Overwatch's newest battleground is a fairy tale castle

Blizzard has unveiled its latest all-new map for Overwatch: the German castle of Eichenwalde, with village streets, castle ramparts and royal throne rooms ready to be shot up with reckle...

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Niantic is struggling to stamp out Pokemon Go cheaters

Software development is an arms race, fought between developers and the various hackers, crackers, exploiters, and cheaters who see any brick wall as an invitation to grab a sledgehammer. It’s no...

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Pokemon Go's catch rate deemed a 'bug,' will be addressed

One of the subtler changes introduced with last week’s updates to Pokemon Go has made catching the little ‘Mons a lot harder. This affects even extremely weak Pokemon, and as a result, p...

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Pokemon Go has reached Brazil, just in time for the Olympics

Pokemon Go continues to transfix the world, and as we head into 2016’s Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the city’s mayor has appealed directly to the app’s developer to launch the game in B...

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Let's Play Near Death

Near Death is a survival sim with a strong story and creepy The Thing vibes. You play as a pilot who crash lands at an abandoned Antarctic station in 1982, with nothing but a space h...

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Someone's already reached the level cap in Pokemon Go... but they had to cheat to get there

Reddit user _problemz claims to have become the world’s first Pokemon Go player to hit the game’s highest level, but don’t worry — they needed cheating software to get there, and even then, i...

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Seven custom control schemes for Overwatch gamepad users

There is no shortage of variety in Overwatch. With 21 characters — 22 if you are counting Ana — spread across 4 classes competing in 4 game modes on 12 unique maps, Blizzard has epitomized the idea th...

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Sacramento is a trip. A really pretty trip.

Sacramento is a gorgeous little watercolor ‘walking simulator’ by Itch.io creator DZiff (with sound by Glass Body). I played a bunch and fell a little bit in love with the dreamy, wistful tone of the...

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Let's Play Zombie Night Terror

Zombie Night Terror is a unique puzzle/RTS hybrid that puts you in the director’s chair of an ongoing zombie apocalypse movie. Your goal — to infect as many people as you can and reign suprem...

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Blizzard has restored Overwatch accounts hit with progress loss bug on PS4

Last week, a number of PlayStation 4 users reported seeing their levels, stats, and skill ratings reduced or even reset while playing Blizzard’s mega-successful team shooter, Overwatch. While...