This is the reason why we haven’t cured cancer yet — we’re spending 600 million collective hours playingCall of Duty: Black Ops. Over 20 million players have amassed the ludicrous figure in a mere 45 days following the game’s launch. Averaging out the number gives each player roughly 87 minutes of playtime per day from release until December 24. Evil publisher Activision is keen to point out that this far exceeds the average amount of time Facebook users spend networking their socialisms....

For the 25th anniversary ofHalf-Life, Valve not only released a documentary about the iconic FPS, but also sent out a pretty significant update to celebrate. While theHalf-Lifepatch brought with it some bug fixes, there was one that it didn’t manage to iron out. Until now, that is. In a short clip uploaded to Twitter/X by user @VinciusMedeiro6, another update that rolled out recently has fixed an issue with the Blast Pit chapter of the game....

Genshin Impacthas justdrip marketedtheir newest upcoming playable character, and this time, it’s a familiar face. Arlecchino played a pivotal role in the Fontaine Archon Quests, and very soon, players will be able to wield her in battle. Arlecchino: Dire BalemoonHead of the House of the Hearth#GenshinImpact#GenshinImpact4ꓸ5#ArlecchinoTo this day, Arlecchino still recalls that night when she was first appointed as a Harbinger.Up the stairs and down the long gallery, with naught to see through the windows…pic....

I knew there must have been a reason to stay on Atari’s mailing list The Atari 2600 (or VCS, as it was originally called, but since Atarireleased another VCS, we’ll call it the 2600) can’t claim to be my favorite console. Most of its games were incredibly inferior ports of arcade titles, but people were just amazed that they could bring the arcade experience to their TV. Never mind that it could barely manageSpace Invaders, it was new at the time, and that was exciting....

Revenge will have to be served a bit colder It appears that the retro-infused platformerBattle Princess Madelynis still not quite ready to launch on the PS4 and Nintendo Switch, with publishers Hound Picked Games announcing that both versions will see further delays. Originally expected to launch on December 6, only the PC and Xbox One versions ended up hitting digital storefronts,with the PS4 and Switch editions put back to December 13....

Mmm, that design sense I’m a sucker for a good infographic. You can take something ordinary and uninteresting, like a list of all 50 actors who have provided voice work for Valve’s 174 characters, and make something magical. It becomes an adventure, tracing lines to character nodes piercing color-coded concentric circles. I’m a nerd. Hopefully you’ll get half of the enjoyment out ofMichael Godlewski’sinfographic that I did. Also, check out Nolan North’s thread....

Hopefully sooner than later As the gradual descent into the holiday season becomes more and more inevitable, game studios beginning to shut down their operations in favor of rest, relaxation, and end of the year festivities. After all, why reveal anything too ground-breaking when no one’s paying attention anyway? Anyone hopingMass Effectmight break this mold is sorely mistaken. Aaryn Flynn, the GM of BioWare, hastweetedthat he hopes the studio will be able to share more information about the nextMass Effectinstallment in 2014, adding “that’s the most specific I can be....

The electric jungle man returns Street Fighter V Arcade Editionhas added a lot of features players are clinging onto, but the biggest additions are still being added. As part of the third season of DLC,which we thankfully know all of the characters for, Blanka will be available for purchase February 20. The trailer for the fighter features some impressive improvements as his two V-Triggers enhance his roll attack and the second, Lightning Beast, even allows him to chain a new rolling move into other attacks....

Shall we get Uwe out of retirement? Assemble, my fellow goth cuties! WayForward has announced a release date for its incoming remaster,BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites. The revamped… reVAMPED adventure will come stalking onto PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and Nintendo Switch platforms September 9, with a physical release expected fromLimited Run Gamesshortly thereafter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KZHjs5LXcU Developed by Ziggeraut Interactive,BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bitesis an overhauled edition of the original 2011 release, which saw the sultry half-vampire Rayne ditch her clunky but beloved third-person activities in order to engage in classic, side-scrolling, hack ‘n’ slashing action....

Any special requests? Capcom expects theResident Evil 2remake to fall into its “million-seller” category, and once production has wrapped, the company will look to follow it up with more remakes and re-releases. Responding to an investor question about the topic, Capcom said “[RE2] was received very well at E3, and in order to tie this first success to actual sales we are working out our promotional strategy. Further, regarding remakes and rereleases of titles in our back catalog, we expect to explore these further with a variety of properties as a part of our strategy to utilize our library of IP....

Myst, X-Com: UFO Defense, Crystal Castles postmortems The Game Developers Conference brings back the Class Games Postmortem series for the third year this March. Today they’ve revealed scheduled postmortems for oldies but goodies likeMyst, X-COM: UFO Defense, Crystal CastlesandPinball Construction Setfor GDC 2013, scheduled to take place on March 25-29 in San Francisco. The sessions for this year sound great. Robyn Miller, co-director ofMyst, will delve into what was one of the biggest games of the 1990s....

First playable appearance since last year Xbox has announced, via their Mexican twitter account, that their very-long awaited cyber shooter,Crackdown 3, will be playable at the upcoming XO18 event, which takes place in Mexico City next month. It will be the first opportunity for people to get their hands on the missing-in-action sequel since its last appearance at E3 in 2017, some three years following its initial announcement. Finally scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2019, this will be a great opportunity for fans and press to get their hands on what has to be a pretty concise build at this point in time....

Developer Behaviour Interactive has handed theDead by Daylightcommunity an early reward for its efforts in a recent challenge but also in light of the issues that have plagued the game since the last update. Today, Behaviour Interactive decided to give theDead by Daylightcommunity the reward for the latest community challenge early. The developer explained that it’s done this in part because of the recent issues that have hit the game and prevented some players from jumping into Trials since Update 7....