Overwatch 2's "What's Next" livestream contained a ton of new information about the in-development sequel, including a reduction to team sizes. Peppered throughout the two-hour presentation were other details around new maps and modes, as well as adjustments to some heroes, which have been rounded up down below to help you keep track of the latest news.New Maps And An Added ModeDuring the "What's Next" livestream, the Overwatch team unveiled a total of five maps coming to Overwatch and Overwatch 2. These maps take players around the world, from New York City's Grand Central Station to the Colosseum in Rome. Even Lucio's home of Rio de Janeiro makes an appearance as an Escort map, where players can visit his club Sinestesia.Interestingly, the New York City location (also an Escort map) features two references to former game director Jeff Kaplan. Check the maps out below.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The management simulator Prison Architect is getting its fifth expansion, Second Chances, and it's all focused on creating a more positive and rehabilitating system for convicts that results in reduced sentences and a lower chance of them ending up behind bars.Announced during PDXCON Remixed on May 21, Prison Architect: Second Chances adds a whole bunch of new tools to help you identify inmates with a high probability of returning to prison and take steps to improve their situation. To determine which people you should focus your attention on, you can see a few different statistics, including whether or not the person has family and if they have committed multiple crimes.Helping the prison population can be done via a variety of actions, such as providing higher-paying jobs in the prison--including ones that promote furthering education--reducing sentences based on behavior, running animal therapy programs, and even bringing back reformed prisoners to run group workshops.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Godzilla and King Kong are not finished with PUBG Mobile yet, as PUBG developer Krafton Inc has teased a Titans: Last Stand event coming May 25.The 20-second teaser trailer shows Godzilla and Kong facing off, with Mechagodzilla appearing to fight them both. The event will "introduce players to a never before seen chapter of the Godzilla vs. Kong story that can only be experienced in-game as part of the Version 1.4 update" according to the official press release, and it will run until the end of the PUBG Mobile/Godzilla vs Kong crossover event on June 8. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Confirming speculation dating back several months--and hopes and dreams dating back far longer--Paradox Interactive officially announced Victoria 3 during PDXCON Remixed on May 21. The long-awaited grand strategy game was a surprise announcement for the end of the show, and it will cover a 100-year period and allow for you to play as almost any of the world's countries at that stage in history.Set between 1836 and 1936, Victoria 3 sees the world undergoing a massive transformation, with the Industrial Revolution creating a world at the end of that timeline that barely resembles the one at the beginning. In traditional Victoria fashion, the focus of the game is on internal bureaucracy and management, with about 50 different trade goods, a whole bunch of different factions and interest groups vying for influence, a customizable law system, and three technology trees that can shape your society in a myriad of ways.Victoria 3 fashions itself as a "society simulator" and its famous "pops" system returns, giving different populations of people their own characteristics, interests, and numbers within your nation. This can determine their influence and how important it is to please them when making decisions. The Capitalist pop in Prussia, for example, was shown during a media pre-briefing demonstration. They can come into conflict with worker groups based on decisions you make, such as whether to have public options for things like healthcare and require pension plans. Other interest groups care about even higher-level decisions, such as retaining a monarchy or moving to a more representative system.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Witcher's Henry Cavill may star in an upcoming reboot of Highlander from John Wick director Chad Stahelski. Sources told Deadline that Cavill "may have his eyes on" the role.The new version of Highlander is coming from Lionsgate, the movie studio behind John Wick, The Expendables, and The Hunger Games, among others.1986's original Highlander featured Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, and Christopher Lambert playing immortal characters fighting against each other. The movie is also known for popularizing the phrase, "There can be only one."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The announcement that Bungie was bringing back Destiny's first raid, the Vault of Glass, in Destiny 2 immediately brought to mind another throwback from the game's past: Vex Mythoclast. The Destiny 1 gun was accessible through the Vault in its original form, and was one of the coolest weapons in that game. There's good news coming with the reopening of the Vault when it launches on May 22: Vex Mythoclast is coming with it.Though we don't know too many official details of what to expect with Bungie's revamped take on the Vault of Glass--it will be different, in some ways at least, from the D1 version--dataminers and hints in Destiny 2 have given clues as to what players might get out of it. The details about Vex Mythoclast have been mined and are currently available on sites like the eminently helpful light.gg, which suggests that it'll be the raid Exotic available if you complete the Vault. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Halo 3's latest new map, called Edge, has now been added to the Master Chief Collection, although it's currently only available to participants in the game's testing program. Edge follows the addition of Waterfall last month, which was the first new map for Halo 3 in almost 12 years.Developer 343 Industries posted on Twitter that if you're a member of the Halo Insider Program, the Season 7 test flight is now live and enables you to try out Edge. It'll be playable in Social Matchmaking in the Master Chief Collection. In addition, this test flight also includes a handful of visual improvements for Halo: Combat Evolved.Waterfall and Edge technically aren't brand new--they're actually remakes of maps that originally appeared in Halo: Online, the short-lived title that was only available in Russia. The story behind Halo: Online is somewhat strange; it was created by Saber Interactive, which led development on the Halo: Combat Evolved remake (and which was recently acquired by the Embracer Group). It only lasted about a year before being canceled, but a thriving fan community managed to resurrect it for a while through mods.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

When Apple Arcade launched in September 2019 with a suite of games, many players praised Grindstone in particular. This week the cartoony puzzle game finally launched released on PC.Grindstone is, for now, an Epic Games Store exclusive. While it'll normally cost $20, it's currently on a launch discount and is listed for $15. In addition, as a part of Epic's Mega Sale, you can grab a $10 credit for use on a single title, which would bring Grindstone's price down to $5.Developed by Capy, who also made Below and Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery, Grindstone tasks players with navigating a character through maze-like levels arranged on grids. Players must hack through chains of same-colored enemies and avoid traps.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

All weekend long, publisher Paradox Interactive is hosting a huge sale on Steam in conjunction with its PDXCon Remixed digital convention. The Steam Paradox Interactive Sale, which runs until May 24, includes discounts on PC games like Crusader Kings III and Empire of Sin. On top of all the game deals, three titles are free to play for the next few days: Cities: Skylines, Stellaris, and Surviving Mars.Both Cities: Skylines and Stellaris serve as pillars in the 4X genre, helping players get acclimated to the genre's rather slow output. Not quite a 4X game, Surviving Mars features many of the same city buildings elements players can expect from other Paradox-published strategy RPGs. All three games can be downloaded and played with no strings attached until May 24. If you end up enjoying them and want to keep playing, you can buy either of these Paradox-published titles at up to 80% offThe sale also slashes prices for other titles from the publisher's catalog. This includes strategy RPGs Crusader Kings III at 20% off, Empire of Sin at 50% off, and Surviving the Aftermath at 25% off.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Niantic is partnering with Verizon and other companies for a Special Weekend event in Pokemon Go. The event runs from May 29-30 and features special Pokemon spawns, exclusive Research tasks, and other perks for ticket holders, with some bonuses available for non-ticket holders as well.The partner companies for this event include Verizon (the US), 7-11 (Mexico), and Yoshinoya (Japan). You'll be able to obtain a ticket for the event through your region's respective partner and redeem that on Niantic's website to participate. Those who do have a ticket will get access to special Pokemon spawns and other exclusive bonuses.Trainers, we’ll be holding a Special Weekend event with selected partners on May 29–30! Some bonuses will be available worldwide, even for Trainers without a ticket. Learn more: https://t.co/BF6CoYuuSH pic.twitter.com/xR5rIVepsD — Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) May 21, 2021Special Weekend Ticketed FeaturesPlayers who have a ticket for the Special Weekend event will be able to encounter Clefairy, Jigglypuff, Eevee, Marill, Sableye, Stunky, Spritzee, and Swirlix more frequently in the wild from 11 AM to 5 PM local time on May 29. Shiny Eevee will also be appearing more frequently for ticket holders, and the following Unown letters will be available in different regions when you use an Incense:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

While anime has been popular in the US for a long time, the explosion in streaming services has really helped push the genre even further into the mainstream. Specialist platforms such as Crunchyroll and Funimation host many of the best new and classic titles, while Netflix is increasingly becoming a destination for exciting original series. The anime content on Hulu has also grown hugely over the last few years too, and there's now a huge number of series on movies available to subscribers.But with so much anime available on Hulu, it's hard to know where to start. Anime can be a daunting genre for newcomers, and even for fans, it's sometimes hard to keep up with the sheer quantity of titles available. So we've looked through Hulu's current library of anime titles and picked some of the must-see classics and underrated gems that are worthy of your time.So check the best anime shows and movies on Hulu below. All of these titles are included with the basic Hulu subscription, which starts at just $6 a month. You can check out our full breakdown of Hulu plans and pricing for 2021 (including the Disney Plus bundle with Hulu) for more details if you're considering signing up. There's also a 30-day free trial if you just want to try it out or watch a specific show.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The internet lost its collective mind when the Lucasfilm updated its website, listing Dave Filoni--one of the masterminds behind Star Wars: The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian--as executive creative director at the studio. Lucasfilm has some good news and some bad news for us, though. The title is real, but Filoni stepped into it months ago, Lucasfilm told IGN."Dave has been serving as Executive Producer / Executive Creative Director at Lucasfilm for quite some time now," a Lucasfilm spokesperson told the site. "We simply updated our website. Nothing has changed with his current and future projects. He is busier than ever in a galaxy far, far away!"Even if the move happened months ago, fans are excited with good reason, and they're not alone. Actors like Katee Sackhoff (Bo-Katan Kryze on The Clone Wars and the Mandalorian) and Ming-Na Wen (Fennec Shand on the Mandalorian and the Book of Boba Fett) both expressed excitement on Twitter following the news.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Two original cast members are on their way out at CW's The Flash, but a new speedster will soon join the ranks, growing the Allen family by one. The CW has revealed the first official photo of Impulse, who will be played by Jordan Fisher for the second half of the show's seventh season..@jordanfisher as Impulse can’t come fast enough! #TheFlash pic.twitter.com/PIIIAq55EQ — The Flash (@CW_TheFlash) May 21, 2021The image shows Fisher in Impulse's white-and-red suit with his yellow goggles. Bart Allen in the comics was a distant relative of Barry's, born in the 30th century, while this Bart will be Barry and Iris' son. Fisher will also be playing an older version of the character, who has typically been portrayed as a teenager in the comic pages.Fisher is set to join The Flash for the show's 150th episode, for which actress Jessica Parker Kennedy will also return as Nora West-Allen/XS. Fisher will also be a recurring character throughout the remainder of the season. The show's 144th episode, Family Matters, Part 1, aired this week, so it seems likely that this episode will air sometime in July.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

In a letter to the "Captain" posted on the game's official Twitter, Frostpunk's mobile adaptation has received a lengthy update in FAQ form.Developer NetEase Games ran down a few key features coming to Frostpunk Mobile ranging from microtransactions to the different ways to play. Regarding microtransactions, the letter confirms that only the simpler Serenity mode will have them--with the more difficult Endurance mode foregoing them entirely--but even then the offerings are "mainly architectural appearances" that can also be earned in-game.#CabinetReport📄 Letter from dev teamDear Captain:We received a letter signed by the Frostpunk Mobile development team.Do you need to take a look at it?#Frostpunkmobile pic.twitter.com/NnbAUsYrhY — Frostpunk Mobile (@FrostpunkMobile) May 18, 2021The letter also confirms that the game will launch with a single scenario different from the PC version, although the mobile game's scenario does also feature snow and a single central generator. Outside of that, the team is "working hard to try to optimize and put in more and more interesting features."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

We're in Week 10 of Fortnite, which means the season is nearing its final days. Fortnite Season 7 is just around the corner, and as players scramble to finish up their Battle Pass tiers to 100--or for the hardcore, tier 220--many players are wondering: when does Fortnite Season 7 start? While some details will be kept behind the walls of Epic until very late in the season, here's everything we know so far about Fortnite Season 7.When Does Fortnite Season 7 Start?Fortnite Season 7 is currently expected to go live on the morning of Tuesday, June 8, though this date is based on a bit of speculation. In Fortnite and on Epic's site, the Season 6 Primal Battle Pass currently runs through June 7, which implies the new season kicks off the following day. However, Fortnite seasons have been quite varied in length for the past year or so. Both the pandemic and Epic's own internal plans have altered start and end dates before, so consider this subject to change for now. While the longest season of Fortnite ever, Chapter 2 Season 2, went on for 17 weeks, earlier seasons tended to go 10 weeks. But we're already in Week 10, evidenced by the Week 10 challenges, with at least a few more weeks guaranteed.What's In The Fortnite Season 7 Battle Pass?The Fortnite Battle Pass tends to be one of the most secretive details of this otherwise leaky game. We didn't learn of the Season 6 Primal theme until a few hours before it launched. However, some seasons, like the Marvel season last summer, have been leaked in advance. For now, no one outside of Epic knows what the theme will be for Fortnite Season 7.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com