World of Warcraft now has a standalone pirate-themed battle royale mode

There's a new world record in one of Skyrim's biggest speedrunning categories from one of the game's most prolific runners, and it breaks 17 months of dominance from a relative newcomer to the scene.

players confused by the various fish in the game needn't scratch their heads any longer as one talented fan has created an interactive guide to make the activity easier. While it's arguably one of the core pillars of the farming RPG, anyone who's spent some time trying to catch every aquatic animal knows that it can be a laborious task given certain restrictions on when certain fish spawn. This new resource should make it significantly simpler to reel in any fish no matter the time of year or the location.

The wait for a new Mass Effect game has been a long one, especially if you don't consider Andronmeda a true Mass Effect game and you didn't re-experience a polished version of the original trilogy via its Legendary Edition. That wait won't be coming to an end any time soon as even though a new Mass Effect game is coming, it's still a long way off. Thankfully, Blasto is here to dry your tears and give you big hug via his new body pillowcase.

Minecraft's annual April Fools gag is upon us once again, and this time it's a celebration of the game's most useless item that offers so many new features it might as well be a proper new update.

In a recent announcement, Blizzard confirmed the imminent addition of trios to World of Warcraft's Plunderstorm battle royale game mode. The introduction of this battle royale mode via Patch 10.2.6 seems to have garnered an overall positive response from the community, prompting World of Warcraft's developers to take this progressive step forward.

WhatsApp has unveiled a significant update for its Android users, introducing a redesigned bottom navigation bar aimed at enhancing user experience and accessibility within the app.

When most people think of video games, they likely think of stealing cars in GTA, or a little plumber eating mushrooms that make him grow. Video games have been about a lot more than that for a long time, though. Sometimes, all we want a video game to do is let us live in a reality different from our own. That reality can be as close to real life as you like through a series like The Sims, or you can experience what it's like to build and run your very own theme park, something RollerCoaster Tycoon fans have been doing for the past 25 years.

World of Warcraft Classic is nearing the release of Phase 3 for Season of Discovery, and the next stage is scheduled to add the Sunken Temple as a Level 50 raid, and give players a powerful world buff for braving its depths. It's fair to say that World of Warcraft Classic struck gold with Season of Discovery, as the number of subscribers has risen steadily ever since its debut in November 2023. Whereas adding a Hardcore Mode was insanely popular for streamers and grizzled Classic veterans, Season of Discovery was made with a broader appeal in mind.

Troubled city building game Cities: Skylines 2 is getting a little less troubled, as new patch 1.1.0f1 adds various performance and bug fixes alongside the main event: much requested mod support and tools in the form a nifty editor. We got a first look at the new editor tools last October, which looks to simplify the process by combining what was previously several different separate editors into a single application. It was later available only to some closed beta testers, but is now released for everyone. Emphasis on everyone, actually, since the tool looks refreshingly approachable, even for those with basically no modding experience.

Upcoming battle royale brawler Battle Crush is getting its second beta test, as revealed at the Future Games Show Spring Showcase, letting players check out the godly 30-player elimination action and other PVP modes.

Some hotfixes have applied some ability tuning to the Plunderstorm Battle Royale which includes a nerf to Fire Whirl. Edit #1: This article originally said players «move at 70% of normal movement speed». It has been updated to the correct text as «move 70% faster».

Blizzard has introduced a new game mode to World of Warcraft. Titled Plunderstorm, it is essentially a new battle royale-styled PvP game mode. Check out the trailer celebrating the launch of the new mode below.