League of Legends Championship Series commissioner Chris Greeley has announced that LCS 2020 has been postponed in order to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The finals have also moved locations."As the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) continues to grow, we're committed to keeping the health and safety of players, fans, and everyone who makes the LCS possible at the forefront of every decision we make," Greely said in a tweet (embedded below). "And so, it was an incredibly difficult call to make, but this afternoon we decided, after much discussion with LCS teams, to suspend operations (including all LCS and Academy teams) for the immediate future."An update on the 2020 LCS & Academy Spring Split and Finals from Chris Greeley, LCS Commissioner pic.twitter.com/cfbwb6Vrpe — LCS (@LCSOfficial) March 13, 2020"The same factors that weighed into this decision, coupled with expanding restrictions on large-scale public events in North Texas, have also led us to move the 2020 LCS Spring Finals from Dallas to the home studio in Los Angeles," he continued. Greely added that anyone who has already purchased a ticket to LCS matches or the Spring 2020 Finals will be refunded.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

EA has announced that all competitive events tied its games are, for the foreseeable future, suspended on account of the coronavirus. The suspension applies to all events that utilize EA's games, whether they're run by the company or are a third-party organized event."Our priority is protecting our competitors, our employees, our partner’s employees and our communities," EA wrote in a blog post. "As we continue to monitor the situation around the coronavirus and receive updated guidance from health officials around the world, we will use this time to determine next steps for moving forward with all of EA's competitive gaming live events and online broadcasts."Among the events suspended are the Apex Legends Global Series, FIFA 20 Global Series, FIFA Online 4 Live, and Madden NFL 20 Championship Series.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Nioh 2 is not to be trifled with. Building on the original's tough-as-nails reputation, Team Ninja's second samurai action-RPG brings back the original's penchant for punishing and highly nuanced combat. The sequel hones the original's distinctive take on the Souls-like without completely reinventing itself. The result is a long, tough slog that will push even the most challenge-hungry players to their breaking points as they fight for every inch of ground and become master samurai.Despite the title, Nioh 2 is a prequel, revealing the secret history of a decades-long period of war in medieval Japan. As the silent, customizable hero Hide, you fight to uncover the secret nature of "spirit stones," which grant supernatural power, and defeat hordes of Yokai across the country. The plot, which you mostly hear through cutscenes and exposition between missions, has an interesting historical bent, but it is really just glue to hold the levels together. Historically relevant names like Nobunaga and Tokugawa play into the saga, but whatever flavor they add in the moment fades the second you take control and it's time to start killing demons.But that's okay. Nioh 2's story gives just enough context for you to follow along and make you feel like you're making progress without getting in the way of the gameplay. Nioh 2's definitive feature is its challenge. With core mechanics refined from the bones of Dark Souls, Nioh 2 boils down to a series of battles and duels in all kinds of situations. These battles demand intense precision: Not only are your attacks and skills limited by a stamina meter--called Ki--but any extra attack or mistimed movement will leave you exposed, often to an attack that will cost you a substantial amount of health. Like other Souls-like games, there is a painful pleasure in mastering whatever opponents the game throws your way.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

If you had asked me to write out a checklist of features I would expect to find in a Metroidvania, my final list would be pretty close to what I found in Mindseize. It's a decent one, too. Solid, even. And, for all that, just a little bit dull. There’s nothing wrong, per se, with an unimaginative adherence to the basic Metroidvania formula, but Mindseize also fails to inspire with its approach to theme-setting and story development. The final result is a competent but unspectacular action-platformer with precious few ideas of its own.You play a father bent on exacting revenge on an evil sci-fi organisation that, uh... seized the mind of his daughter. An early unsuccessful encounter with the Big Bad leaves Angry Dad disabled but, with the help of a good sci-fi organisation, able to continue his crusade by transplanting his own mind into a robot. It's nonsense, of course--though it's inoffensive nonsense, sparing in its narrative dumps and blessedly easy to ignore.More urgent matters involve exploring the various planets, each of which is presented as a vast network of 2D platforms appropriated from conventional stock--the jungle area, the industrial factory, the rainy dystopian nightscape, the caves littered with glowing crystals, and the caves that are a bit darker because there are no glowing crystals. They're all there, present and correct, and no more imaginative than similar scenes in countless other games.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Ori and the Blind Forest was a delight in 2015--a tough-as-nails combination of a metroidvania structure and Meat Boy-like demands with a surprising amount of heartfelt heft. Five years later, Moon Studios' followup, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, is every bit as graceful and lovely as its predecessor, even if some of the emotional beats and exploration feel a little less novel the second time around.Will of the Wisps picks up almost immediately where Blind Forest left off, with Ori's patchwork family unit welcoming a new member, the owlet Ku. The family is happy and loving, but Ku wants to fly and Ori wants to help her. Soon the two are swept off in a gale to a new forest deep with rot, which begins the adventure in earnest.Because this setting is disconnected from the one in Blind Forest, the geography is new, yet familiar. The painterly imagery is comforting, especially in the opening hours as you explore similar biomes. They're beautifully rendered again, but a little samey if you've played the first game. After a while, Will of the Wisps opens up to more varied locales, like an almost pitch-black spider's den or a windswept desert. The theme throughout the story is the encroachment of the Decay, a creeping evil that overtook this neighboring forest after its own magical life tree withered. But if it's meant to be ugly, you wouldn't know it from many of the lush backgrounds--especially in the case of a vibrant underwater section. Ori is often swallowed up by these sweeping environments, emphasizing just how small the little forest spirit is compared to their massive surroundings.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Week 4 of Fortnite: Chapter 2, Season 2 has arrived, and it brings the second set of TNTina's Trial challenges to the game. Much like the previous set, most of the challenges revolve around explosives, but there's also one that will send you around the island to visit three particular locations: Grumpy Greens, Mowdown, and Risky Reels. If you need help finding them, this guide will show you where to go.Where Are Grumpy Greens, Mowdown, And Risky Reels?If you've been playing a lot of Fortnite, you're likely already familiar with Risky Reels. It's been a fixture of the game since Chapter 1, and it's located prominently near the center of the map. The other two areas--Grumpy Greens and Mowdown--are not quite as well-known and may be a bit harder to find as a result, but they're fortunately not too far off from Risky Reels. We've marked down where all three areas are located below:Risky Reels, Grumpy Greens, and Mowdown locations map Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

If you're one of the many people excited about the latest installment in the Fast & Furious franchise--titled F9: The Fast Saga--you're going to have to wait to see it. The film will now be released on April 2, 2021 in the US.Originally shceduled to release on May 22, the official F9 account tweeted out a message announcing a new global release date of April 2021. While COVID-19 (the coronavirus) is not listed as a factor, the tweet does mention taking consideration of everyone's safety. You can see the full message below.#F9 pic.twitter.com/agQAFNLm9w — #F9 (@TheFastSaga) March 12, 2020F9's rescheduling is the latest film to see a delay. Recently, A Quite Place 2 had its release postponed with no new date scheduled at this time. Originally, it was supposed to release on March 20.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Each new season of Destiny 2 inevitably carries a few bugs with it, even as Bungie works to squash a whole bunch of other issues with its seasonal update. We've already seen that some requirements are incorrect for upgrading a part of the Season of the Worthy's new activities, the Seraph Bunkers. Now it seems some players are finding themselves kicked out of Gambit matches for no reason, or winning matches when the other team suddenly disconnects.The issue seems to be related to leveling up your season pass while in a Gambit match. If someone in a match levels up, other people get disconnected from the match, as some players report. That can lead to an instant win or an instant loss.Bungie tweeted that it's investigating the issue, and although the issue sounds like it can be frustrating, our quick test proved that it doesn't happen in every Gambit match.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Animal Crossing: New Horizons makes its highly anticipated debut on Nintendo Switch next week, and ahead of its release, you'll be able to get a small taste of it in the series' mobile spin-off, Pocket Camp. A New Horizons collaboration event is now live in the Animal Crossing mobile game, and it introduces a handful of items inspired by the upcoming Switch title.Among the daily log-in bonuses you'll receive as part of the event are the Nook Inc. aloha shirts that Timmy, Tommy, and Tom Nook wear in New Horizons, as well as Leaf Tickets and Gold Treats. These will be distributed each day until the release of New Horizons. You'll also be able to craft special Timmy and Tommy Nook Inc. banners for a limited time.On top of that, a Fishing Tourney Island Excursion event is underway. You can catch deserted-island fish and earn items from New Horizons as rewards, including the Dodo Airlines plane and a workbench. The Fishing Tourney Island Excursion runs through March 18. You can read more on the official Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp website.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

With the mounting spread of COVID-19 (aka coronavirus), the number of people working from home is rising every day. It can be difficult transitioning into working within your home, especially if your office has a lot of the tools you need for your daily duties. One of them might even be a monitor, and while you may not need to plug your laptop into one to get your work done, they're a handy tool to have that increases your screen space and makes doing your work easier. To help make the transition easier, we've collected an assortment of the best budget monitors under $200, all of which feature free Amazon Prime shipping, so you don't have to leave the house to get your cheap display.Of course, while we're focusing on cheap monitors that are good for your daily work routine, many of these computer monitors are also great for gaming. Just keep in mind that while they are great for gaming, they won't stack up against their more expensive counterparts--these are still budget PC monitors. Read on for our picks of the best budget PC monitors under $200.Many of these monitors are currently discounted, though please note that Amazon's prices fluctuate on a dime, so what you see below may not represent what you see when you click through. Please note the price before you make your final purchase.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Blizzard has begun its Overwatch Archives 2020 event, and this year the game is revisiting some of its previous stories. Each week will unlock one of the previous Archives Brawls, with two special challenge missions attached for each. Overwatch Archives 2020 will last through April 2.The star of the show, as usual, are the new cosmetics that you can earn by participating in the limited-time event. This year the weekly challenge rewards include three Epic skins: Holi Symmetra, Rustclad Torbjorn, and Bear Mei. There are also five new Legendary skins and other cosmetics to unlock, via purchase or loot box. You can see some of the cosmetic items below.The Overwatch Archives events have been a chance for Blizzard to fill out the world of Overwatch with additional details about characters and backstory. This year's Archives revisits old ones, so it may not add much new to the lore, but then Blizzard is also at work on a major expansion of its story with Overwatch 2.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

"March Mayhem" is an appropriate descriptor for the state of the world right now--but it's also the name of Green Man Gaming's latest PC games sale. Coronavirus may be dominating the news, but at least we still have game deals, right? The latest PC games sale at Green Man Gaming features a variety of titles for great prices, many of which can be redeemed on Steam.The March Mayhem sale, which runs now through March 31, includes discounts on Rainbow Six Siege, its special editions, and even its Year 5 Pass, which released last month. If you're in the mood for some survival horror, Outlast and Outlast 2 are down to $3.40 and 6.37, respectively. You'll also find Borderlands 3 for just $26; of course, the loot-shooter also releases on Steam tomorrow, and you can get it there for $30 right now as a pre-order discount.Speaking of pre-order discounts: While not part of the March Mayhem sale, Green Man Gaming also has pre-order discounts on some of 2020's most hyped releases, including Resident 3 Remake for $46.79 and Doom Eternal for $52.79.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Remedy Entertainment's latest title, Control, is set to receive two expansions that will continue the story from the main game. The first of the two will be released on March 26, Remedy has revealed.Titled The Foundation, the first expansion will task players with investigating the disappearance of Helen Marshall--a supporting character that mysteriously goes missing in the main game's closing moments. There are suggestions that Marshall went to investigate some of the deeper parts of the Old House, which is hinted at again in the first teaser for the DLC.pic.twitter.com/7hw0DQkByt — Control (@ControlRemedy) March 12, 2020Players of Control will recognize the name of the expansion and what it refers to, which leaves the direction for this expansion wide open. The area in question was only briefly glimpsed in the main game, but it's unclear yet if that might change with this imminent DLC.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

When it comes to Legends of Tomorrow, by far the weirdest show in The CW’s Arrow-verse, do rules ever apply? It seems not, thankfully. When a show like Legends of Tomorrow can travel through time, change historic events, and keep a chain-smoking master of the occult on the payroll, all bets are off.Likewise, Supernatural has never had a problem getting silly. Over its 25 seasons, the characters on the CW series have visited a reality where their lives are a TV show, attended a convention that celebrated them, and been transported into a Scooby-Doo cartoon. So, in a way, it makes perfect sense that these two shows are crossing over.Of course, when it comes to Legends of Tomorrow and Supernatural, a run-of-the-mill crossover just doesn't fit the bill. So, instead, the Legends are visiting... the set of Supernatural. The CW has released new photos of the March 24 episode of Legends, titles "Zari, Not Zari," and they show Sara Lance (Caity Lotz), Constantine (Matt Ryan), and Charlie (Maisie Richardson-Sellers) spending time with none other than Baby, Dean Winchester's beloved Chevy Impala from Supernatural.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Epic Games, owner of the Unreal Engine widely used across the games industry, has acquired the company behind the facial animation work deployed in games such as God of War and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.Cubic Motion is the creator of facial animation technology that is used in conjunction with facial rigs used for animations to produce subtle facial expressions that can be used to convey expressions in a more natural way. It's the reason Epic Games wants to include it in its suite of tools available to Unreal Engine developers."Facial animation that conveys the slightest nuance of human expression is essential to crossing the uncanny valley," Epic Games CTO Kim Libreri said in a statement to GamesIndustry.biz. "We believe that holistically combining Epic's Unreal Engine with 3Lateral's facial rig creation and Cubic Motion's solving technology is the only way to answer this challenge, and ultimately, to reach the pinnacle of digital human artistry with Unreal Engine."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com