WildStar: Heroes Evolved Update to be Deployed Today

WildStar servers will be brought down today to bring the Heroes Evolved Update into the game. Heroes Evolved brings a number of nifty improvements and features into the game including instant level 50 characters, multi-queuing, cross faction instances, Chua Warriors, Aurin Engineers, race / gender swapping, Path Master and account-wide currencies.

Runescape: Jagex Bought Out by Chinese Investors

Jagex has announced that it has been acquired by Chinese investors and that a new board of directors has been appointed. The buy out gives Jagex a new investment cycle to grow RuneScape and other related projects including mergers and other acquisitions to expand its gaming operations.

Pokemon Go: Niantic Scores the Biggest Mobile Game in US History

While the dubious wording of “biggest mobile game in US history”, mobile gaming being a rather new phenomenon history-wise, it is nonetheless worth noting that Pokemon Go has become the biggest game ever in the United States based on average daily users counted in the millions. Pokemon Go players number in the range of 21-22M per day while 2013’s Candy Crush Saga, the second largest mobile game, hovered around 20M per day.

General: $60 Mini-NES Announced PreLoaded with 30 Classics

Nintendo has announced a new ‘console’ based on the original Super Nintendo System. Called the “Mini-NES”, the tiny console will run $60 and come packed with thirty classic Nintendo titles including The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II, Super Mario Bros. 1-3 and many, many more.

Overwatch: Undocumented Changes to Hitboxes Noted

Reddit users are taking apart the latest Overwatch PTR build and have noticed several significant changes to the size of several characters’ hitboxes. Most notably, it appears that Hanzo’s hitbox has been reduced significantly, as have Zenyatta and Genji. In addition, players are speculating on a fairly significant change to Lucio’s ultimate charge rate, though this may be more related to buffs to other healers including Zenyatta and Mercy.