The battle that’s long been brewing at Gearbox Software is finally ready for release, but we won’t be able to issue a verdict for another few days. Though the Borderlands creator’s latest project Battleborn officially launches tomorrow, its multiplayer servers didn’t switch on until tonight–which means we haven’t yet been able to assess the final…

The launch of the Oculus Rift has not been entirely smooth, and many people who preordered the headset months ago are still waiting to get their hands on one. Despite this, Oculus today announced that the Rift will be available in “extremely limited” quantities through certain retailers starting later this week. The company revealed this…

Game of Thrones is back, and the mystery, twists, and intrigue are coming thick and fast. In a new video posted by Entertainment Weekly [beware, the story contains spoilers], one of the show’s stars has addressed a big plot point in this week’s episode. It’s spoiler-heavy, keep that in mind. For GameSpot’s overview of the…

Just in time for Star Wars Day, Star Wars Battlefront is getting a new patch tomorrow, May 3. EA has now announced exactly when the update will arrive across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, though we don’t know all the details yet about what it includes. Writing in the Battlefront forums, the game’s community…

Mighty No. 9, the new platformer from Mega Man designer Keiji Inafune, has crossed a new development milestone. It was announced today that the game has “gone gold,” meaning development on the game, which had been delayed multiple times, is finished. It will be available starting June 21. In a statement, Inafune apologized for the…

In the world of Harry Potter, May 2 is an important day. It’s when the Battle of Hogwarts took place. Not everyone survived the fight, however. Now, author JK Rowling has, as she did last year, come forward to apologize for the death of one character in particular. This year, it’s Remus Lupin. “Once again,…

After a week of rumors and reports, Activision today officially announced Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. As part of the announcement, Activision released the first trailer, which sets up the Infinity Ward-developed game’s story. It also uses a pretty cool version of the David Bowie song “Space Oddity.” Check it out: Here is the official…

The administrators behind Nostalrius, an unauthorized World of Warcraft server running a vanilla version of the PC MMO that Blizzard recently shut down, will meet with the game developer at its headquarters. This was announced today, May 1, in the Nostralrius forums. “The last few weeks have been full of exciting events that we did…

Bran returns this week as he ventures into his family’s past, learning more about Hodor and his connection to Ned Stark. In addition, there was a whole lot of death this week, and one big moment right at the end of the episode. We’re taking a look at the biggest moment of the week and…

Marvel’s new superhero movie Captain America: Civil War is a huge hit internationally. It debuted this past week in a number of international markets, and now it’s been confirmed that the film has brought in $200.2 million from 37 offshore regions-all ahead of the US release. . According to Deadline, which supplied the numbers, this…