Overwatch Competitive Season six changesJeff from the Overwatch team sat down to go through some of the changes that are waiting for you in the Competitive Season six. The season will be a month shorter but there will be more points awarded per win. Also, your skill rating decay shouldn't hurt as much anymore.AUGUST 23
Operation Blood Orchid - meet the OperatorsOperation Blood Orchid will have two Operators from Hong Kong and one from Poland. Today, we'll get to know the first two. More information will be divulged on 26 August.AUGUST 22
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds sells 8 millionPlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has sold 8 million copies according to Brendan Greene, and is now right behind DOTA 2 on SteamCharts pushing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to the third spot. An Xbox version of the game should be available before the end of the year.AUGUST 21
Andromeda is now complete and still brokenEA and what's left of BioWare are done with trying to repair Mass Effect: Andromeda's singleplayer. During the weekend the publisher has announced that there will be no further patches or updates to the game's singleplayer, but multiplayer will remain on life support.AUGUST 21
Rainbow Six Siege - Operation Blood OrchidRainbow Six Siege is getting a new map and three new Operators. Operation Blood Orchid, will be available to season pass holders on 29 August for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. The map is located in Hong Kong and players will be hunting the members of a criminal organisation in a theme park.AUGUST 18
World of Tanks is getting a campaign on consolesWorld of Tanks is getting a solo and co-op campaign mode on consoles titled War Stories on 22 August 2017. All console versions of the game will receive an episodic mission system to re-enact historical battles or participate in fictional ones set up by the developers.AUGUST 18
Robocraft is leaving Early Access next weekFree-to-play arena shooter Robocraft is leaving Steam Early Access next week. The game has been in Early Access for about three years and calling it a full release doesn't change much at this point, especially since it's a free-to-play title. Still, it's a good reason for the devs and community to celebrate.AUGUST 18
PUBG sells 7 million and hits over 400,000 concurrent playersPlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is well on its way to overtake Counter-Strike in the top 3 of Steam's most played games. The battle royale shooter has sold over 7 million copies now, and has hit 400,000 concurrent players.AUGUST 17
Crackdown 3 has been delayed into 2018Crackdown 3 was scheduled to release 7 November 2017, but the game's release has now been delayed to an unspecified date during Spring 2018. Crackdown 3 was initially supposed to release in 2016, and Microsoft hasn't really named a concrete reason for the delay.AUGUST 17
Digital Extremes' new game is another hero shooterDigital Extremes is working on a hero shooter called The Amazing Eternalns. The game looks like Overwatch mixed with a trading card game for maximum RNG lootboxyness, but it does have a unique art style at least.AUGUST 17
Call of Duty World League Championship finalsCall of Duty World League Championship wrapped up and Optic Gaming took home the trophy. This year's prize pool was the biggest in Call of Duty history. The Championship was presented by PlayStation 4 and hosted by Major League Gaming in partnership with Activision Publishing.AUGUST 14
Why the LawBreakers idea of a AA game falls flatLawBreakers has launched close to a week ago, and despite a mild overall reception Boss Key Productions aren't overly worried. The game's creators have described the title as double-A (AA), as opposed to their AAA competition, but that isn't entirely true.AUGUST 14
Battlefront 2's first DLC will be tied to The Last JediEA's thralls are still pretending that Battlefront (2004) never happened and that Battlefront (2015) was actually pretty good. Battlefront 2 will release a few months before The Last Jedi hits theaters, but appropriate DLC will be deployed in time to exploit the free publicity generated by the movie.AUGUST 14
Rainbow Six Siege Operation Blood Orchid DLCRainbow Six Siege's latest DLC pack will be available on 29 August for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. More details will be revealed on 25 August during the Rainbow Six Siege Pro League Finals.AUGUST 11
The Overwatch League has two more teamsTwo more teams from The Overwatch League have been acquired. The team for London was purchased by Jack Etienne of Cloud9, and Stan and Josh Kroenke purchased a team for Los Angeles.AUGUST 10
Overwatch - Summer Games are liveOverwatch's Summer Games are now live. The standard Loot Box has been replaced with a special Summer Games box, and LucioBall has a new map. Last year's items are available at a discount.AUGUST 9
CODumentaryDevolver Digital will be releasing a documentary about the Call of Duty franchise in September. The CODumentary was created in the UK by Jonathan Beales. The film was shot in North America, UK and Europe.AUGUST 8
Rainbow Six: Siege has over 2 million daily playersRainbow Six: Siege has around 2.3 million daily users and over 20 million total registered users since its launch in 2015. UbiSoft has plans to continue supporting the tactical squad based shooter for a long time.AUGUST 7
Overwatch Summer Games event starts next weekThe Overwatch Summer Games event from 2016 will be making another appearance in 2017. This time around there is a new Lúcioball stadium, some changes and nerfs to that mode's mechanics, and you guessed it - skins and lootbox things, new and old.AUGUST 2
PUBG's loot boxes are here to stay, because moneyThe addition of a lootbox style cosmetics delivery system to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has caused a bit of an uproar within the games growing community. The game's creator has named long-time viability as the chief reason for the feature that isn't going anywhere anytime soon.AUGUST 1
Will the botched Modern Warfare remaster hurt CoD:WW2?Modern Warfare Remastered is enjoying a "Mostly Negative" review score on Steam only 5 days after its standalone PC launch. The general mood towards Activision and the series is trending towards overall displeasure. Will this affect the sale of Call of Duty: WW2?AUGUST 1
Nazi Zombies and Call of Duty: WWIICall of Duty: WWII - Nazi Zombies was revealed at San Diego Comic Con. Nazi Zombies cooperative mode will feature an original story from Sledgehammer Games. Call of Duty: WWII is set to launch on 03 November 2017.AUGUST 1
New Battlefield coming in 2018 - current one still doing greatA new entry in the Battlefield series will be releasing in 2018, while the current iteration has gained 2 million players since May 2017. EA will also be announcing some sort of big deal release for Battlefield 1 during this year's Gamescom.JULY 31
Destiny 2 PC beta details and requirementsWith the console beta's now behind us, Bungie is preparing for the upcoming PC beta round of testing. Early access is reserved for everyone who pre-ordered the game. In this case, early means one day earlier than everyone else.JULY 28