Month: December 2016

Major Blizzard Titles Celebrate Diablo’s Anniversary

Major Blizzard Titles Celebrate Diablo’s Anniversary

Posted by | Dec 29, 2016 |

As the 20th anniversary of Blizzard’s popular Diablo franchise approaches, all other major titles prepare to celebrate with an exclusive demon-themed event. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Blizzard’s long-running franchise Diablo and, to celebrate the occasion, the company is releasing a host of special in-game events in some of its other currently active titles. Blizzard fans are in for a treat, as a large amount of Diablo-themed bonus content will be showing up in fan-favorite games very soon. Diablo III will be receiving an in-game event named “The Darkening of Tristram,” allowing players to run through a...

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Kid Buys $250 of Pokemon Merch After ‘Borrowing’ Mom’s Thumbprint

Kid Buys $250 of Pokemon Merch After ‘Borrowing’ Mom’s Thumbprint

Posted by | Dec 28, 2016 |

Six-year-old Ashlynd Howell from Arkansas starts out her career in Pokemon collecting early, using her mom’s fingerprint to go on an Amazon shopping spree. One young Pokemon fan has got everything she wanted for Christmas this year, after ordering her own gifts personally from Amazon, using her sleeping mother’s fingerprint. While Touch ID is designed to boost your phone’s security, six-year-old Ashlynd Howell from Arkansas found the feature very useful when it came to ordering her own Pokemon-themed Christmas presents, the Wall Street Journal reports. While her mother Bethany lay asleep on the couch, Ashlynd used the parent’s thumbprint...

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Pokemon Generations Finale Releases

Pokemon Generations Finale Releases

Posted by | Dec 24, 2016 |

After several fantastic weeks of running, Pokemon Generations has finally reached its conclusion, finishing with the story of the ancient king AZ and his Floette. It’s the end of the road for weekly series Pokemon Generations, which released its final episode yesterday for free on YouTube. The eighteenth episode of Nintendo’s popular animated show is entitled ‘The Redemption’ and features legendary king AZ and his search for Floette. Those who have played the sixth generation of Pokemon titles will be well familiar with the story of AZ, something that this episode of Generations shows us in beautifully drawn detail....

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Overwatch Holiday Web Comic Banned in Russia

Overwatch Holiday Web Comic Banned in Russia

Posted by | Dec 21, 2016 |

UPDATE: Blizzard has clarified that it made the decision not to release the Overwatch web comic in Russia. Unfortunately for Russian fans of Blizzard’s latest first-person shooter Overwatch, the country has restricted all access to the game’s latest web comic. The country claims that the inclusion of the series’ first LGBT character makes the content inappropriate for viewing by its citizens. For those who haven’t yet read the festive online comic, the holiday content can be found here and reveals that the series mascot Tracer is the first Overwatch hero to openly be a member of the LGBT community. The offense...

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Super Mario Run Passes 37 Million Downloads in Week One

Super Mario Run Passes 37 Million Downloads in Week One

Posted by | Dec 19, 2016 |

Despite having been out for less than a week so far, Super Mario Run is already performing extremely well for Nintendo, claim new stats from online analysts. It’s been less than a week since Nintendo’s first major solo game launched for iOS devices and Super Mario Run is performing exceptionally well so far. The game, which launched last Thursday for iPhone users all over the world, has already surpassed 37 million downloads in total. Stats provided by market data analyst App Annie report that Super Mario Run has been downloaded 11 million times from the US appstore alone, making it the...

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