[UPDATE] With the release of Sombra on all platforms today, the teleporting hacker character will now be included in the upcoming free weekend. Original story: Overwatch developer Blizzard announced a free weekend for its first-person shooter on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. It lasts from November 18 at 11 AM PT to November 21 at…

With Fantastic Beasts opening in theaters this week, star Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl) has taken an opportunity to stand up for the butt of many Harry Potter fans’ jokes: the Hogwarts house Hufflepuff. He’s sick of the abuse, and he’s ready to let us know about it. In a video posted to the MTV…

After a player discovered and shared a picture of a vagina rendered in Watch Dogs 2, Ubisoft issued a statement to Polygon, saying it will remove the explicit texture. “We’re aware that one of the NPC models in Watch Dogs 2 is rendered in a way that is particularly explicit,” Ubisoft said in the statement.…

The stunning first full-length trailer for Disney’s new live-action Beauty and the Beast movie was a massive hit. Entertainment Weekly reports that the trailer picked up an enormous 127.6 million views worldwide in the 24 hours since it debuted on Monday. That’s more than any other trailer ever. Fifty Shades Darker had the previous record,…

Nintendo and Microsoft may be competitors, but that hasn’t stopped Nintendo from speaking out today to congratulate Microsoft on the Xbox’s 15th anniversary. Writing on Twitter today, Nintendo said, “Happy anniversary, Xbox! Congratulations on 15 fantastic years.” The tweet is accompanied by a happy-looking Mario. Nintendo apparently sent Xbox boss Phil Spencer a hard-to-find NES…

It’s the second week of the PlayStation Store’s 10th Anniversary Sale, and the deals have been revealed. Although there aren’t quite as many as last week, there are still some good discounts that you might be interested in if you own a PS4, PS3, or Vita. PS4 users get discounts on games like: Additionally, those…

Eve Online‘s latest expansion, Ascension, is now live, providing free access to the space MMO for all. Developer CCP detailed the new expansion in a press release today. In addition to the game going free-to-play, Ascension has now put all characters into two different categories. Characters in the Omega clone category behave similarly to those…

Horror video games have had a bit of a lull lately, but as 2016 comes to a close and we usher in a new year, the Dead Air Crew dives into the horror release schedule, complete with house infiltration, the return of an iconic series, and more. As GameSpot’s weekly horror podcast, we discuss the…

Wireless VR is the dream, and thanks to the boffins at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), it may soon become a reality. Photo credit: MIT CSAIL According to a recent news post from MIT, researchers at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a prototype called “MoVR,” which can make any…

A movie featuring the supernatural superhero team Justice League Dark has been in development at DC for several years, with a variety of filmmakers attached to it. A live-action film looks like it might still happen, but in the meantime, an animated version is set to be released next year. A first trailer has arrived–check…