League of Legends season 8 survival guideLeague of Legends pre-season 8 is now behind us and the real thing is here, two days after RiotGames released the cinematic teaser aptly named ''Climb'' to hype everyone up for another shot at reaching Bronze 3.JANUARY 16
Has Mirage's free giveaway gambit paid off?Torn Banner Studio's attempt at revitalising Mirage: Arcane Warfare's dwindling playerbase has now had a weekend to settle down. Giving the game away for free has prompted a lot of players to download, but it appears that not many of those players stuck around.SEPTEMBER 18
Overwatch sending another map to HotSOverwatch's latest patch that brought Mercy's new ultimate to the PTR might be hitting the live servers as early as next week. Free Overwatch weekend scheduled to start on 22 September. Another Overwatch map going to HotS.SEPTEMBER 15
Atomega - a multiplayer arena shooterUbisoft is dipping into the multiplayer online arena shooter pool with Atomega. The game was developed by the team behind Grow Home and Grow Up. Atomega will be available via Steam on 19 September.SEPTEMBER 11
Mirage: Arcane Warfare will be free today, and you get to keep itTorn Banner Studios is still coming up with ways to revitalise Mirage: Arcane Warfare's dwindling player numbers. The game will be free to download today, and you get to keep it too. Anyone who misses out can later get the title at a reduced price.SEPTEMBER 6
Valve wants to improve Dota 2 new player experienceThe latest Dota 2 update is aiming to make the initial experience more friendly for new players, both in terms of mechanical accessibility, as well as smoothing out interactions with its famously competitive and toxic playerbase.AUGUST 1
Heroes of the Storm - new updateHeroes of the Storm just got a new patch in the PTR. The patch notes are available now and the update itself will go live on 10 July.JULY 3
All about game genresWith more and more new genres appearing at a very fast rate - we break down some of the most common onesJUNE 13
After 5 years Awesomenauts goes free-to-playDutch 2D platrofmer MOBA Awesomenauts is going free-to-play for PC. One of the most streamlined and newcomer friendly MOBAs out there, available on most platforms you can think of, is changing its business model 5 years after launch.MAY 25
Fhacktions is a location-based MOBA from ParaguaySouth American developer Posibillian Tech will be holding an open beta for their location-based MOBA Fhacktions in the near future. The studio has plans to release the game for both iOS and Android.MAY 20
The Nexus Challenge 2.0 quest chainHeroes 2.0 update is live on Heroes of the Storm. Also live are the latest quest chain and the loot chest rewards for veteran players.APRIL 26
Heroes 2.0Heroes of the Storm's latest update will be in the open beta for four weeks. The update brings a new progression system and some cosmetic rewards. Before the update rolls out, a hero from Diablo 2 will join the nexus.APRIL 26
Genji and Hanamura visiting the NexusAfter Lucio, Genji is the next hero from Overwatch to join the Heroes of the Storm Nexus. He'll retain his abilities from his original game but they'll be tweaked a bit. Genji is also bringing over a map from Overwatch.APRIL 17
StarCraft II lead gameplay designer is moving to a new projectStarCraft II lead gameplay designer David Kim is moving to a new project within Blizzard after several long and fruitfull years. No word yet as to what that project might be.APRIL 8
At the top of the UK sales chartFor Honor launched on 14 February and soared to the No.1 spot on the UK sales chartFEBRUARY 22
Heroes of the DormHeroes of the Dorm started on 15 February, and playoffs will run until bracket play begins on 18 MarchFEBRUARY 17
A quest and a hero coming to the NexusWith the Lunar Festival all but finished, a new, younger and prettier event comes to take its placeFEBRUARY 14
Star Wars PvP Arena/CCGKorean Publisher Netmarble Games opens pre-registration for a new Star Wars mobile game, Force ArenaFEBRUARY 9
Dota 2 major update going liveDota 2's official site is back up and update 7.00 changes the game substantialyFEBRUARY 9
Overwatch's Lúcio coming to Heroes of the StormLúcio, the wall surfing hero, is coming to Heroes of the StormFEBRUARY 4
Blizzard and Facebook unite for Heroes of the Dorm 2017Thanks to the team-up with Facebook, the action will be exclusively streamed via Facebook LiveJANUARY 26
Battleborn Winter Update available nowThe biggest Battleborn update since the game launched is now liveJANUARY 20