Gavin Sheehan Archives

Well, that's one way to get everyone's attention. This morning, Epic Games released a brand-new blog post letting fans know that it would be putting over $100 million dollars in prize pool money to go toward upcoming plans for an esports competitive scene for Fortnite.

Some pretty interesting news for those of you who are Rock and Morty fans: Big Pixel Studio, the makers behind Pocket Mortys, has been acquired today by Adult Swim. Neither company has revealed details of the agreement.

In the most recent video for Inside Xbox, Hello Games founder Sean Murray decided to drop by the show and discuss the recent addition of No Man's Sky on the Xbox One.

A couple months ago we told you about the new Sonic The Hedgehog sneakers that were in the works from PUMA and Sega, and today we finally have confirmation that both of the sneakers will be released on June 5th.

The new addition of Operation Para Bellum is right around the corner for Rainbow Six Siege, but before it gets added tot he game, Ubisoft is taking every opportunity to introduce the two new operators and their gear to you so you become familiar with it.

If you're a fan of Final Fantasy Tactics, prepare to have your heart broken: it was revealed this past weekend that there was going to be a sequel to the PS1 game, until it was scrapped by Square Enix.

For a lot of battle royale players, they've already moved onto PUBG or Fortnite and have left H1Z1 behind. But Daybreak Games isn't planning on just going off into the sunset, as the company is working toward releasing the game on the PlayStation 4.

You know what gives nerdy gamers pleasure every once in a while? Seeing companies file for new trademarks. And we're sure this one won't be blown out of proportion as Square Enix has filed a new one, specifically in Europe.

July can't come soon enough as we're slowly counting down the days until we see Octopath Traveler come to the Nintendo Switch. And Square Enix is adding some wood to that slow-burning fire as they've released a new set of images from the game this month.

As we continue to parse through our own interview and other interviews from the Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 event this past week, we're learning a lot more about the initial planning for the game and how we ended up with the title being released this October.

Well, that didn't take long, now did it? Free League had barely launched their Kickstarter for their upcoming board game Crusader Kings yesterday, and today the project is already funded. We're talking Zombicide-level of quick funding where they didn't even need to do much campaigning.

Of all the games that probably didn't need another title made to its library, Leisure Suit Larry is probably sitting near the top of the list. While the game has a fanbase of nostalgic Atari players and gamers who are basically into the idea of "tryin' to get some", this series has never had much value as a whole in terms of content.

So far, the reception to Fortnite on iOS has been pretty outstanding as it continues to dominate the Top 10 downloaded games for iOS, and Epic Games reaps in the rewards of seeing crossplay in the weirdest ways. But there's still a question of when Android users will be seeing a version of the game.

It's pretty much a foregone conclusion that you're going to be getting some DLC for Bethesda Softworks' 2017 game Prey, it's just a matter of when. But the developers are having some fun with it in the meantime and their most recent ploy to tease you kinda got us smiling.

Russian developers Studio MONO have released a new trailer for their upcoming action RPG game INSOMNIA: The Ark, in which you get a better look at the dystopian world these people live in and you'll have to survive in.

The latest community day may have come to an end in Pokémon GO, but Niantic left a little surprise behind for players as it appears they've made the Shiny Ho-Oh available in raids.

Kan Gao, the creator of To The Moon, took to YouTube over the weekend to proclaim that his 2011 indie hit would be getting made into a feature-length animated film. 

We're only a few days away from seeing the new Anniversary event from Overwatch kick off, but it hasn't stopped people from spoiling the surprises for everyone as the skins for this year's event have already leaked.

A little bit of cool news this week from The Gentlebros Games as the developers have announced you'll be getting a sequel to Cat Quest in the form of Cat Quest II: The Lupus Empire.

One of the biggest criticisms on social media that was hurled at Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 when the reveal of Blackout, their battle royale mode, came up on the screen was that it was a last minute ad to cash in on the trend. But you might want to pump the breaks on that line of thinking.

It's pretty obvious by our own posts that we're pretty stoked about the upcoming anniversary content for Overwatch, but of all the things they've done before it happens, this is probably one of the coolest videos they could have put together.

We're only a few days away from Overwatch's second anniversary, and when the event kicks off and the update is loaded, we'll be getting a brand-new map out of it in Petra.

It's kind of an interesting thing when you see two game companies who are technically in competition with each other be friendly. Case in point, a recent Twitter interaction from PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds with Call of Duty.

A cool announcement this week from Circle Entertainment and Classic Games LLC as the retro RPG game Shadows of Adam will be coming to the Nintendo Switch sometime in late 2018.

You're getting a new Halo game this year, but it's not going to be the one you expected. 343 Industries is teaming with Play Mechanix and Raw Thrills to bring you the biggest experience they can in Halo: Fireteam Raven.

This week, PCube and Arc System Works announced that BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle would be launching a demo of the game for fans to try out before the game is released in late June in Europe.

Bless Online hasn't even entered Early Access yet, but it isn't stopping the developers from hyping their plans to come. The company released details this week about its upcoming Founder's Pack that will be released at launch.

This weekend seems to be the time for partnerships, as Ubisoft announced a brand new partnership with Lenovo Legion to become the official PC and monitor sponsor for Rainbow Six Siege Pro League and Majors.

If you thought Blazing Griffin was just going to create Murderous Pursuits as a single game with no bonus content, you were wrong. This week, the developers showed off plans for monthly updates they're calling "Mr. X's Menagerie of Murder".

Montreal Comiccon is going to be getting a boost in gaming as the organization has partnered with the Canadian Gaming Expo to bring indie game developers to the event as part of their initiative to grow their audience.