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By Tanner Dedmon - October 18, 2019 06:02 pm EDT Share 0 Comments 0 Riot Games will be retiring its Twisted Treeline game mode and map at the end of the season which means players have just over a month to get their final games in. But even though this game mode is being removed, that doesn’t mean that it’ll be the last players see of the buff-granting Vilemaw monster that’s found on the map. Riot is currently exploring ways to incorporate Vilemaw into other game modes, and if those explorations work out, we could see the monster return for seasonal events or in other ways. This week’s Quick Gameplay Thoughts post from Riot Games design director Riot Meddler gave a preview at the possible outcomes for Vilemaw in the future. The Rioter said that there aren’t any set plans for what will happen with the monster at this time, but a few ideas are being discussed that range from having it occasionally replace the … [Read more...] about League of Legends May Use Twisted Treeline’s Vilemaw in Other Game Modes

By Matthew Aguilar - November 20, 2019 12:12 pm EST Share 0 Comments 0 The addictive gameplay of Sniper Elite is coming to the tabletop courtesy of Rebellion, who has started a brand new board game division called Rebellion Unplugged. This new division will introduce its first entry into the genre with Sniper Elite The Board Game, and there's quite a bit of tabletop experience behind it, as the new division is led by Duncan Molloy, who previously founded and acted as the Creative Lead of Osprey Games' board game line. Several projects are already in the works in addition to Sniper Elite The Board Game, which will be playable at PAX Unplugged later this year. “We’re absolutely delighted to be launching Rebellion Unplugged,” said Rebellion CEO and founder Jason Kingsley OBE. “My brother Chris and I have been making video games for more than 25 years, and our love of the medium has its roots in our childhood love of board games. … [Read more...] about Rebellion Announces Sniper Elite Board Game and New Tabletop Division

By Tanner Dedmon - November 20, 2019 12:39 pm EST Share 0 Comments 0 Twitter Gaming will be a part of The Game Awards this year as will five different users who had some notable gaming tweets in 2019. The Twitter account for the social media platform’s gaming experts shared a tweet on Wednesday that announced the voting for this year’s Gaming Tweet of the Year was officially open. It promised “spicy takes” and “dank memes,” and judging from the reactions to the tweets, it looks like the nominees didn’t disappoint. The video below mimicked the format of The Game Awards’ main award categories and showed off five different tweets from members of Twitter’s gaming community. To vote on which one you think is the best nominee, all you have to do is hit the tweet below which should then begin a conversation in your messages with The Game Awards’ Twitter account. You’ll then be asked to vote on which one … [Read more...] about Twitter Announces Nominees for the Best Gaming Tweet of the Year

By Tanner Dedmon - November 20, 2019 04:01 pm EST Share 0 Comments 0 Anyone who tunes into The Game Awards on December 12th already knew they’d be seeing awards distributed to the best nominees of the year along with reveals pertaining to new and existing games, but it looks like they’ll also be treated to a live musical performance. Geoff Keighley, the producer and creator of The Game Awards, announced this week that Green Day would be making an appearance during the show to give everyone watching the event “a special videogame-inspired performance and announcement.” The announcement about Green Day’s appearance at The Game Awards was shared on Twitter in the same way other recent announcements for the awards show were made public. A brief video showing Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool, and Mike Dirnt was shared to preview the show, that video seen below. So excited for this one! @greenday will rock #TheGameAwards stage on … [Read more...] about Green Day to Perform at The Game Awards

By JK Schmidt - November 20, 2019 05:33 pm EST Share 0 Comments 0 Few shows received as much media attention or scrutiny as the final season of Game of Thrones, leaving HBO and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss with the monumental responsibility of protecting the production from spoilers leaking. And while there were a lot of precautions taken about the episodes for Season 8, a lot of major details still hit online before the episodes actually aired on the network. But the showrunners did plan for some of these mishaps, and it's been revealed that they actually filmed an alternate ending for the series in an effort to protect the spoilers. According to Tormund Giantsbane actor Kristofer Hivju who spoke with Metro at a Game of Thrones event earlier this week, HBO TV is sitting on an alternate ending for the series — though it's unclear if it will ever see the light of day. "Well, we shot an alternative ending," explained Hivju. … [Read more...] about Game of Thrones Final Season Shot Alternate Ending According to Kristofer Hivju