Monster Hunter: World dominates the UK chartsCapcom's new RPG Monster Hunter: World is at the top of the UK sales charts for the second week in a row. The game is currently available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Dragon Ball Fighterz dropped from number two all the way down to number six.FEBRUARY 5
The next COD will be Black Ops 4According to a tweet by an industry insider, Activision might be working on a new Call of Duty game. The rumors say that the upcoming title will be called Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. The new game could end up being a modern, boots on the ground type of a COD title.FEBRUARY 5
Overwatch's Lunar New Year Event 2018Blizzard recently shared that Lunar New Year 2018 will be the Year of the Dog. The event will kick off on 08 February and probably bring a new game mode, as well as some new skins and sprays.FEBRUARY 2
CoD: WWII The Resistance community eventAlong with The Resistance - Call of Duty: WWII's first DLC, Activision is throwing a community event. The event is available to all players until 27 February, and offers new game modes, weapons and uniforms.JANUARY 31
Overwatch dev update reports on toxicityAfter polishing up their report feature, the Overwatch development team has seen an increased rate of player reports, as well as a decrease in abusive chat behaviour. Jeff Kaplan also talked about changes that are coming for Mercy and Hanzo. He touched on the topic of buffs for Mei and Symmetra.JANUARY 26
Overwatch - Blizzard World is almost hereBlizzard will soon launch Overwatch's latest map - Blizzard World. In addition to the new map, the game's standard Loot Boxes will offer up some fresh cosmetic items. Lunar New Year and Uprising events are set to make a comeback in 2018.JANUARY 22
Overwatch League's opening week audienceOverwatch League has kicked off and north of 10 million people watched. The league's first season will have matches each Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Playoffs and finals are scheduled for July.JANUARY 18
Overwatch League partners up with TwitchOverwatch League and Twitch announced a two year partnership deal. The League's first season will run until June. Playoffs and finals are scheduled for July. In-game skins themed around each team available.JANUARY 10
Symbiosis of gambling and gaming is at its peakDust from the stampede of enraged gamers is high up in the sky these days, following atrocious exploitation policies from two publisher/developer tag teams - EA/DICE and Activision/Bungie. Yet while these two outfits are taking the heat over the gambling controversy, there are others doing just the same but going unchecked.JANUARY 2
Diablo 3's 'Darkening of Tristram' is backBlizzard will celebrate Diablo III's 21st anniversary with a new Darkening of Tristram event. The event will bring unique transmogrification effects, achievements, portraits, pets, and more. Darkening of Tristram will start on 01 January.DECEMBER 29
Destiny 2 DLC plans for March 2018 leakedIn case your wallet managed to survive Curse of Osiris and The Dawning, worry not, Bungie and Activision have you covered. Destiny 2 will be getting a new DLC named Gods of Mars, come spring 2018.DECEMBER 28
Overwatch is giving away free loot boxesBlizzard is giving each Overwatch player five loot boxes for logging into the game. The giveaway is a part of the Winter Wonderland event. The loot boxes will contain items relevant to the event.DECEMBER 26
Call of Duty: WWII The Resistance DLCActivision will release Call of Duty: WWII's first DLC pack in January. The DLC will bring new maps, a new mode and a continuation of the Nazi Zombies saga. PlayStation 4 owners will be the first to give the DLC a go.DECEMBER 20
Destiny 2: The Dawning is now liveDestiny 2's traditional holiday event is now live across all platforms. The event brought back the Mayhem matches, new decorations and fresh items. The Dawning will also let you craft gifts for other players.DECEMBER 20
Overwatch players are toxic because Blizzard says so?Overwatch's toxicity issue continues to become more and more serious. A banned player started a thread on the Battle.net forum and Overwatch Game Director responded. Jeff Kaplan's response completely missed the point and blamed the ban on the player's toxic chat behaviour instead of his poor play-style.DECEMBER 19
Call of Duty: WWII - the Xmas No1Call of Duty: WWII is 2017's Xmas number one. The franchise has now matched the number of Xmas number ones set by EA’s ‘FIFA’. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds for Xbox One debuted at number four. Super Mario Odyssey claimed the title of the top-selling Switch Santa title.DECEMBER 19
Overwatch: Winter Wonderland 2017 patchWinter Wonderland 2017 patch has introduced a new notification system to Overwatch. Players will now receive in-game notifications instead of e-mails. New character skins, highlight intros and emotes are available.DECEMBER 13
Destiny 2 endgame locked behind Curse of OsirisDo you like the content you had in the base game? Do you like endgame you had until Tuesday? Did you purchase Curse of Osiris, no? Well too bad, you don't get to play the Destiny 2 endgame you previously paid for. It is locked until you pay Bungie's toll. I mean, buy the expansion.DECEMBER 8
Destiny 2 had 1.2 million concurrent players over the weekendConcurrent player counts are hard to come by on consoles, but Bungie has released some vague figures for the performance of Destiny 2 over the past weekend. Does Destiny 2 have a chance of growing past its current performance on consoles?DECEMBER 4
Destiny 2: The Curse of OsirisBungie's The Curse of Osiris DLC pre-loads will start on 05 December. The DLC will bring new weapons, new emotes and new armour. The storage requirements start at 44 GB for Xbox One.DECEMBER 1
Overwatch getting patched all over the placeOverwatch for PC, PlayStaion 4 and Xbox One received a new patch today. The new patch fixes Moira and matchmaking in Competitive play. Doomfist received several fixes in a patch that's now live in the PTR.DECEMBER 1
Bungie promise Destiny 2 patch transparency, eventuallyFollowing the public outcry caused by hidden XP scaling in Destiny 2 that caused players to earn less progress than the game let on, Bungie are now either reforming their ways or grasping at straws.NOVEMBER 30
Destiny 2: free trial amid the XP controversyDestiny 2's free trial kicks off on 28 November. During the Thanksgiving weekend a Reddit user posted some damning evidence of lowered XP gains in the game. Bungie has since deactivated this system.NOVEMBER 28
Call of Duty WWII at No.1Call of Duty WWII is still at the top of the UK sales chart. Star Wars Battlefront II's sales hurt by microtransactions. Forza Motorsport 7 and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus back in the top 10.NOVEMBER 27