Overwatch 2 Season 12 arrives on August 20, which means a fresh Battle Pass full of skins and cosmetics to grind through. The new update marks the debut of the long-awaited Hero Juno and fans will also be hoping that more high-profile crossovers are in the works after Transformers in Season 11. But, above all else, the community always wants to know what this season’s theme will be and which Hero will receive a Mythic skin.

What’s in Overwatch 2 Season 12 Battle Pass? Theme and rumored skins

If you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber, specifically one that has opted for the higher tiers, then you have access to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog. It’s a great service to have attached, as you’ll instantly gain access to a wide assortment of video game titles. Today, we’re finally learning what games are coming to the service through the rest of this month. This comes directly from the latest post on the PlayStation Blog. If you haven’t already kept tabs on what’s inbound, let’s highlight what you’re in for.

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog Titles For August 2024 Revealed

It’s almost time to smash bugs and smash leaderboards in Diablo II: Resurrected. Well, mostly that second one, anyway; you’re not responsible for smashing bugs, especially since that’s Blizzard’s job. So really you’re stepping on the smashed pulp of bugs on your way to smashing leaderboards when the OARPG’s update goes live on Tuesday, August 20th.

Diablo II Resurrected launches a bug-fixing patch August 20 and Ladder Season 8 August 23

Exquisite Blood is an important material in Diablo 4 that players need to summon Lord Zir, but it can be rare to come by, especially if you don’t know where to look. Thankfully, some players have shared their best tricks for farming it. Killing the Blood Maiden in Helltides...

Diablo 4 players reveal best Exquisite Blood farm in Season 5

Even with new lineups, beating Team Rocket members in Pokemon Go is as challenging as ever. While the game prompts the right counter types to use against their Shadow species, it doesn’t work against some Grunts. When picking Pokemon to use in the Team Rocket battle, you can click...

Overlooked Pokemon Go feature reveals Team Rocket counters but there’s a catch

Season 5 is off to a bit of a rough start in Diablo 4. Despite the overall positive response to Infernal Hordes, there have been a few bugs plaguing players and making it difficult to progress. A problem that’s come up the most recently is that Pit bosses are one-shotting them.

Diablo 4 players baffled as one-shot bosses make the Pit impossible

Check out the latest, action-packed trailer for Fracked to see gameplay, the snowy landscape, and more from this VR action-adventure game. Fracked will be available on Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest 2, and Meta Quest Pro on August 29, 2024. Fracked is already available on PlayStation VR and PC VR. Stranded in a remote mountain facility, you play as a reluctant hero forced to defend the planet in a final stand against a legion of interdimensional enemies. Take aim and run head-first into explosive action as you shoot, ski, and climb your way across an extreme adventure.

Fracked - Official Meta Quest Announcement Trailer | VR Games Showcase 2024

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"They accidentally gave us 2 washers and a dryer when we only ordered 1 of each". Last month, Lowe’s experienced a glitch that lowered the price of its $2,300 Midea jumbo capacity refrigerator to just $169.

‘Lowe’s messed up’: Shopper says they got $2,300 fridge at Lowe’s for just $169

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The best DLC expansion packs ever released for great video games.

10 best video game DLCs ever made

The next entry in the critically acclaimed Dragon Age series, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, is set to release on October 31st, 2024 for the PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Pre-orders are now open, with those who pre-order either the standard or deluxe editions receiving in-game cosmetics. In Dragon Age: The Veilguard, players take control of Rook, a fully-customizable protagonist, as they unite their crew and become the hero of Thedas. You can check out a trailer above and read below for more details:

Dragon Age: The Veilguard to launch on October 31st, pre-orders available now

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A new Starfield leak appears to show DLC's land vehicle in action.

Starfield Leak Reveals First Look at Vehicle Gameplay

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It's been eight years since former TV child star Sawyer Sweeten, best known from Everybody Loves Raymond, died tragically by suicide at only 19 years old. Sawyer Sweeten, his twin brother Sullivan Sweeten, and their older sister Madylin, played Ray Romano's TV children on Everybody Loves Raymond, the Emmy-winning sitcom that originally aired on CBS 1996 to 2005.

The Tragic Suicide of Former TV Child Star Sawyer Sweeten ('Everybody Loves Raymond'): 9 Years Later

Fortnite fans gave Epic Games the side eye after catching a glimpse of yet another Peely skin variant. Players are calling out Fortnite for “milking” this banana for profit. Peely made his debut in Fortnite on February 28, 2019, during Chapter 1, Season 8. Part of the “Banana...

Fortnite players say Epic is “milking” Peely skin after Peelverine reveal

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

These are our votes for the toughest Souls games FromSoftware has made.

All FromSoftware Souls games ranked from easy to impossible

Franchise mode in Madden 25 brings many new features to the table along with the team relocation option from Madden 24. With Team Builder‘s introduction to the series, the latest iteration of Franchise offers more customization options than ever before. Aside from being able to change your team’s uniforms, logos, roster, ratings, and more, you can also choose to relocate them to a different city.

How to relocate in Madden 25 Franchise mode

Call of Duty games have famously giant file sizes, but ahead of the October 25th launch of Black Ops 6, Activision is going to make some changes so that Call of Duty titles don’t take up as much space on your hard drive — including separating Warzone from the default download for the annual games.

Activision is finally doing something about Call of Duty’s giant downloads

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This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

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The experiment was just one discovery of a 25-page paper covering how SBMM works in Call of Duty.

Activision secretly experimented on 50% of Call of Duty players by 'decreasing' skill-based matchmaking, and determined players like SBMM even if they don't know it

Those having issues accessing their servers in Minecraft, it’s not just you, as there seems to be a widespread issue affecting Minecraft Realms this August 13, and this is something Mojang is aware of. Minecraft Realms Connection Issues Status for Aug. 13:. Update 2 (Aug. 14): Mojang says the...

Minecraft Realms Slowdowns and Connection Issues Happening This Aug. 13, Mojang Investigating

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All Hero buffs & nerfs in Overwatch 2 Season 12 confirmed so far

Overwatch 2 Season 12 launches on August 20 and it’s set to bring a ton of Hero buffs and nerfs to make sure matches feel as...

All Hero buffs & nerfs in Overwatch 2 Season 12 confirmed so far

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