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How Baptiste, Brigitte, Genji, And Other Overwatch Heroes Got Made

The hero Baptiste is getting a ton of love in Overwatch right now: Blizzard Entertainment has given the support character a short story and a special skin for the Baptiste Reunion Challenge, which ends Monday. In honor of Overwatch's 30th hero, I caught up with principal game designer Geoff Goodman and lead writer Michael Chu to talk about exactly how these characters come to life.

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'Fortnite' Fortbyte #67 Location: Accessible By Flying The Retaliator Glider Through The Rings Under The Southern Most Sky Platform

Fortbyte #67 is "Accessible by Flying the Retaliator Glider through the rings under the southernmost Sky Platform" which, yeah, that's almost too long to put in a headline but I did it anyway!

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Rocket League's 'Ball Chasing' Meta Explained: High Risk, High Reward

For years, the highest level of competitive Rocket League play relied on strict adherence to rotations, a strategy where players immediately circle back to defend after making an attempt on goal, allowing their teammates to advance and launch their own attack.

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Borderlands 2 VR Release Date Announcement For PC Should Be Imminent

As gamers awaited more information on Borderlands 3, virtual reality HMD owners were treated to the surprise news that Borderlands 2 would be coming to VR. The game's debut was limited to PlayStation VR but there's good news on the horizon.

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Earn Rewards In 'Elder Scrolls Online' For Being Bad Or Playing 'The Elder Scrolls: Legends'

While most adventurers try to make an honest living by helping those in need and slaying dangerous beasts for valuable treasures, there is a conniving underbelly in Tamriel that's overflowing with stealthy, sneaky, and sinister individuals. I'm speaking of course about the Thieves Guild and the Dark Brotherhood in Elder Scrolls Online, two of the most iconic and beloved factions in all of The Elder Scrolls.

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Dr. Disrespect Prepping For Comeback Stream After Brief Two-Week Twitch Ban

Two weeks ago, Guy "Dr. Disrespect" Beahm was banned from Twitch for streaming inside the bathrooms at E3 in violation of state law.

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'Destiny 2' Servers Are Offline For Extended Maintenance: Here's When They Come Back Up

I was planning on tying up some loose ends in the armory today, but it looks like I'm just going to have to wait. The same is true for anyone here to play Destiny 2, because the servers are going through some extended downtime to make backend changes that look towards the future.

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Is Destiny 2’s Heroic Menagerie Worth The Trouble?

This week, Destiny 2 released a heroic version of the Menagerie which requires you to find your own fireteam and unlike the original, does have fail states which can kick you back to orbit.

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Where's The Hidden Battle Star In The Loading Screen: 'Fortnite' Season 9, Week 8 ?

All season long Fortnite has been putting out loading screens every week as the reward for completing a full set of challenges. That's nothing new, but what is new is that instead of alternating between battle stars and banners, they're alternating between battle stars and Fortbytes. Here for the week 8 loading screen, we are back to a Fortbyte instead of a battle star.

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Here's What People Are Getting Wrong About Game Streaming, Microsoft Or Google

I've noticed an image traveling around whenever we talk about game streaming, whether it's with Project xCloud, Google Stadia, or whatever unnamed services we have yet to see.

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The Master Notes For The Exstimulo Potion In 'Harry Potter: Wizards Unite'

I'm not sure that we're quite going to call these things secrets, but they do not seem to be particularly discoverable in-game. If you've started brewing potions in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, you may have noticed some question marks at the top of your screen.

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Found At The Center Of Any Of The First Three Storm Circles: 'Fortnite' Fortbyte #20 Location

It's a curious Fortbyte today, and not perhaps most conducive to a guide. For all of Fortnite's Fortybtes so far here in Season 9 we've had to go to a particular location or do a particular thing, but this is the first of what we could consider mobile Fortbytes, which are easy to find so long as you're going after them.

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About Hitting A Wall In 'The Division 2' Ice T Expresses A Common Complaint

Ice T is a big gamer, and has frequently posted about his time playing The Division 2. He was a day one raider on console, but it is now clear that he never ended up beating it (like most console players), and now at 500 Gearscore he's "beat the breaks off this game" which I assume means he's done pretty much all he feels like he can do with it.

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There's Something Off About The 'Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order' Gameplay Demo

With E3 2019 behind us, it's time to reflect on the various games shown off in Los Angeles last week. One of the game's I've been looking forward to most this year has been Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.

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