Tag: Overwatch

Wednesday 8-22-18: D.Va’s Animated Short, Vive Wireless Adapter Release, and Gabe Newell’s Dota 2 Voice Pack

News! Read it!

  • Vive Wireless Adapter Release Date
  • D.Va’s Shooting Star Overwatch Video
  • The Dota 2 Gabe Newell Announcer Pack

Vive’s Wireless Adapter


According to a recent post on the Vive blog, the Wireless Adapter for the HTC Vive will release publicly on September 24, with preorders opening up on September 5. The standard version costs $299, while the Pro version costs $359. As the name implies, this is Valve’s official method of eliminating cables in the virtual reality process. It’s noted that you need a free PCI-e slot to install the receiver card. I wish I could afford one.

Shooting Star


Blizzard released a new animated short, featuring modern-day D.Va. She’s the leader of a protective task force for the Korean city of Busan. I won’t go into detail about it, just watch for yourself.

Also, Busan will be a new control map in Overwatch, based in the city from the short.

Gabe Newell Dota Announcer Pack


Valve founder Gabe Newell is now a Mega Kill pack available in Dota 2. The catch? He’s only available to those subscribed to Dota +, their monthly subscription service for aiding player improvement. It was announced via this entertaining video of Newell in the recording room.


That’s all for today, folks, thanks for reading! Tune in tomorrow for more news relating to video games! Otherwise, have a great day.

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Wednesday 7-25-18: Overwatch’s Wrecking Ball,Guacamelee! 2 Release Date, Retro Commodore 64 Mini

Do you like announcements? Then today is a good day! Here’s the news.

  • Wrecking Ball is Available in Overwatch
  • Guacamelee! 2 Release Date Announced
  • The Retro Commodore 64 Mini is Coming to the States

Hammond is Here


You may recall a while ago, Blizzard announced that a new fighter was coming. He was Hammond the hamster, and he rolled around in a giant mechanical ball. Dubbed “Wrecking Ball,” the new character is now available for all players in standard games. Have fun!

Guacamelee! 2 Release Date


According to a recent announcement on the PlayStation YouTube (and presumably other places), The sequel to the popular Mexican food platformer will be released on August 21, 2018. Preorders are available now for those interested. I never got into the game, personally. So I can’t tell you much about it.

The Retro Commodore 64 Mini


Smaller versions of retro game consoles are all the rage lately. Nintendo really kickstarted it with the NES Mini. A while back, Europe was given a Retro Commodore 64 Mini product. It would receive average feedback, with such complaints as stiff controls and games lacking any staying power. Regardless, the console will be coming to the States on October 9 of this year. Estimated price is $80.


That’s all for today, folks. Thanks for reading. Tune in tomorrow for another news. Otherwise, have a great day!

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Friday 6-29-18: Solid Snake in Bomberman, Overwatch’s Hamster Hero, Shenmue 3 is 100GB

Busy week, that’s for sure. Here’s the news.

  • Metal Gear Solid in Bomberman R
  • Overwatch has a Hamster Character
  • Shenmue 3 Requires 100GB

SolidSnakerMan


In a recent update to Super Bomberman R, four new characters have joined the explosive fray. Solid Snake, Naked Snake and Raiden are now playable characters in the game. They even come with a new stage based on Mother Base. The fourth character is actually a bombermanification of Pro wrestler Xavier Woods. The wrestler even voices the character. The update is now live, but some it may not have appeared on the Nintendo Switch yet.

Hammond the Overwatch Hamster


Blizzard-Activision announced their latest character addition to the Overwatch roster, and it’s a hamster. Hammond rolls around in a giant mechanical ball of destruction, which is why his alias is called Wrecking Ball. The best part, in my opinion, is that he has an origin story. Hammond is a hyper-intelligent hamster developed in the same lab that Winston was. Hammond used his smarts to escape the lab via a wrecking ball style shuttle. Upon crashing by a place called Junktown, he engineered his own battle mech and became a local champion.

Shenmue 3 is Large


A recent update to the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter has revealed what the PC specs for the game will be. While they’re fairly understandable, folks have noticed a surprisingly large space requirement of 100 GB. I get that larger game sizes are part of the evolution of media, but oof, that’s big.


That’s all for today. I look forward to taking it easy this weekend. Tune in Monday for the next news post. Check out our latest podcast episode while you wait, it’s about Hammerwatch. Otherwise, have a great weekend.

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Monday 5-21-18: Nerf Overwatch, Lewd Games, Blighttown, and a To the Moon Movie

My vacation is over, and I’m back to the grindstone. Here’s the weekend wrap up news thing.

  • Overwatch Nerf Guns
  • “Waifu Holocaust”
  • Blighttown’s Stable 60 fps
  • To the Moon Feature Film

Nerf or Nothing


The official Overwatch Twitter account posted a short video this weekend, where a plethora of Nerf balls flew across the screen. ending in one ball being embossed with the Overwatch logo. It appears that Nerf will be making a line of Overwatch themed Nerf Rival blasters (Nerf’s performance line). The same line has Deadpool and God of War inspired weapons as well. No word on the pricing or expected release of these weapons.

The Waifu Holocaust


Oh boy, do I have opinions here. Lets me start by saying that the term “waifu holocaust” is not one I coined. Its what the community took to calling this event. At least it doesn’t end in -gate. The developers of a number of popular steam games known for their lewd content received a warning from Valve. The message said that if they didn’t resolve the pornographic nature of their games, they would be removed. This wouldn’t be a problem, if it wasn’t that these were already-approved games that have been on the market for years, like Huniepop and Mutiny!!, for example. These games had already adhered to Steam’s standards, making censored versions of the game for just this reason.

Later on, a website dedicated to ending sexual exploitation in media claimed credit for this recent notice. They stated that it was the result of “a heightened week-long grassroots campaign, which began on May 10th, where individuals from around the country requested Steam to remove sexually exploitive content.” They called this recent news a “victory.”

Steam later responded to the developers, telling them to disregard the automated message, and that they will be re-reviewed manually. Since they were already accepted the first time, its safe to assume the games are safe. It frustrated me greatly that a group of people would organize an attack someones passion project and livelihood because they don’t like it. The repression of any and all sexual content is why so many individuals struggle to develop any kind of healthy sexual relationships.

Sure enough, going to their website, you’ll see two articles about how successful they were, but none about how Steam won’t actually be removing the games.

Blighttown’s Framerate


Digital Foundry released a video recently, showing off a detailed analysis of the infamous section of Dark Souls. And more specifically, how it runs on the remaster. Fans have been shouting to see Blighttown on the Dark Souls: Remastered game since it’s announcement, concerned about performance in the area. This video is the first proof we have that there will be a stable 60 frames per second during the entirety of the map. This is running at 1080p on a standard PS4, even. Grand news for those waiting for the remaster.

To the Movies


The creator of To the Moon, the well known interactive story, released a video recently, announcing that a feature-length animated film adaption of To the Moon has been confirmed. he will be personally working with the production process, and it’s being handled by a supposedly major development team in Japan. Not much else is known about it now, but he seemed eager to share what he could as it became available to him. The thing everyone’s been wanting is actually happening.

We actually talk about To the Moon in an episode of The Cozy Co-op. It’s one of our most popular episodes, stat-wise. Check it out!


That’s all for today, folks. I appreciate your patience last week. I was on island time. I’m back to being responsible and such. Tune in tomorrow for another news. Otherwise, have a great day!

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Tuesday 4-24-18: Quantic Dream Sues and Symmetra is Defense Now

Ahoy me mateys. It be another day in.. I don’t know where I’m going with this. Here’s the news.

  • Quantic Dream Sues French Media
  • Symmetra to Become a Defense Character

Legal Action


Detroit: Become Human developers Quantic Dream has sued the French newspaper Le Monde and the website Mediapart for reports on the studio’s working conditions. A while back, these french media outlets reported racist and sexist remarks made by the studios CEO. Another outlet wrote about the issue, photoshopping the faces of Quantic Dream employees on Nazis and nude women captioned with “today is sodomy” in an article. The studio believes this to be a smear campaign, and legal action is currently taking place against the journalists.

Symmetra Defense Line


Symmetra, The odd-one-out in the support class of Overwatch, is being put under the knife. According to a statement by Timothy Ford, the Lead Software Engineer, She’ll be changed over to a Defense character after the changes. No word on what exactly will be changed to make this a more appropriate decision, but now we at least have a verbal confirmation of their plan.


Not much on the wire today, it seems. That’s alright. Check back tomorrow for more news and stuff. Otherwise, have a great night!

thelizardrock daily news monday

Monday 2-12-18: Dota Plus, xQc, Shaq Fu, and Reviews

Monday is back. I apologize for last week, it was a heavy workload to handle. Here’s the news

  • Dota Plus
  • xQc Dropped
  • Shaq Fu is Expensive
  • Algo Bot Review
  • Fossil Hunters Review

Dota Plus


It’s not a new game mode for Valve’s popular MOBA. It’s a premium subscription mode. Now for $3.99 a month, you gain access to special perks and bonuses. The most interesting one is a real-time virtual assistant to suggest the current best options when playing. It bases its information on the current meta-game. You can read more about it on the Dota Plus webpage.

xQc Dropped


eSports news! Overwatch player xQc, playing tank for the Dallas Fuel team, has been dropped after receiving a four-game suspension for racist behavior on Twitch. They claim it’s a mutual decision, and he will be replaced by OGE come next season. Don’t be racist, kids.

Shaq Fool


For some reason, the Nintendo Switch version of Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn costs more($39.99) than the PS4 and Xbox One version ($29.99). When this was the case for L.A. Noire, It was because they needed to utilize a 64gb solid state cartridge. The game’s developers have yet to comment as to why this price change is present, and if it will also be there for the digital version of the game.

Algo Bot


A new review. Algo Bot is a programming learning game. It teaches you about how algorithms and functions work, kinda. You can read my full thoughts about it here.

Fossil Hunters


If you want a game that I DID enjoy, there’s Fossil Hunters. It’s a cute and casual game about finding fossils and building dinosaurs. You can read my full thoughts about it here.


Thanks for reading, everone. I know I’m keeping things inconsistent as ever. If you interested in seeing what I’m playing. Check out my Twitch channel! I’m going to start streaming more often. Check back tomorrow for more video game news. Otherwise, have a great night!

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Thursday 3-1-18: Brigitte Lindholm, Wreck-It Ralph, and GTA Trademarks

I forgot Wednesday again. It’s not like I didn’t do work, I just straight up forgot. I’m sorry. Here’s the news.

  • Overwatch’s Newest Hero
  • Wreck-It Ralph 2 Trailer
  • Grand Theft Auto Trademark

Her Name is Brigitte Lindholm


The next addition to Overwatch’s hero roster has been announced. Brigitte Lindholm, the daughter of Tobjorn, is a tanky support character. She provides health and armor to her teammates, while still being an effective defensive character. Personally, I think she’s already my favorite. You can see her list of abilities, as well as her intro video and a dev talk about her with my news post about her.

Ralph Breaks The Internet

The first trailer for the upcoming Pixar sequel has been released. And with it, the premise of the movie. Ralph and small-candy-girl travel to the internet thanks to a new wifi in the arcade. To be honest, it reminds me a bit too much of the Emoji movie. I don’t need another film trying to be culturally hip and with it. So this one has me uneasy. You can watch it yourself here.

GTA Online Logo


Take-Two, the publishers for Grand Theft Auto, has recently filed a trademark for a new logo. The logo is the phrase “GTa O” in a font strikingly similar to that of GTA2. This has fans guessing what they’re planning. Frankly, I have no idea. Time will tell though. You can see comparison shots and links to the file submission here.


Thanks for reading, everyone. Check back tomorrow for more news and stuff of that nature. Otherwise, have a great night!

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Monday 2-26-18: Blockchains, Zenyatta, and Girl Streamers

Welcome to another week! It’s Monday and boy do I have news. Here is that news.

  • Ubisoft is Interested in Blockchains
  • Overwatch lets Zenyatta Walk
  • Twitch Offers a Grant for Girls

Blockchains and Business Buzzwords


You read it correctly, Ubisoft is interested in blockchains. Their research facility, Strategic Innovation Lab, recently expressed interest in using the complex information storage system to track user-owned content. Imagine if you owned your DLC the same way you would own Bitcoin. It’s an interesting idea that I don’t really understand, to be honest.

Zenyatta Uses His Feet


Overwatch’s social media game has always been fairly on point. Their public relations too. I recall when last Christmas they had Jeff Kaplin sitting in a chair for 8 hours, which quickly went viral. Now they’ve found a new way to upset their fans in the best way. They released footage of Zenyatta using his feet to walk, instead of his usual floating. You can see it for yourself, if you dare.

1,000 Dreams Fund’s Twitch Broadcasther Grant


That’s not a typo from me. According to the website, it’s “Broadcasther” grant. I get it’s supposed to be broadcast-her, but I’m reading it as a “th” sound. I digress. This grant is a new program between Twitch and 1,000 Dreams Fund to encourage more female livestreamers. They will reward 2 high school/college students with $2,000 for the purpose of furthering their live stream career. If you’re an up and coming female streamer, or just want to learn more about this program, you can visit the 1000 Dreams Fund website. Applications will open Thursday, March 1, at 9 AM EST.


Thanks for your patience with my missing days. The new computer is working fantastically. With any luck, I can start casually live streaming. No, I’m not going for that grant. Check back tomorrow for another post full of nifty news! Otherwise, have a great night!

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Wednesday 2-14-18: Gameplay Footage and Pro Gamer Girls

Its Wednesday and I can’t think of any flavor text. Here’s the news.

  • Gameplay Footage of Vampyr
  • Gameplay Footage of The Call of Cthulhu
  • Overwatch League Signs First Female Player

Vampyr Gameplay


Dontnod Entertainment is best known for Life is Strange, now their dipping their toes into a dark RPG called Vampyr. In this game, you play a doctor in 1918 London who has recently been stricken with vampirism. Use your newfound powers to help, or take advantage of, the town’s citizens. The news here is that video footage of gameplay has recently been released. Check it out for yourself. It certainly looks interesting.

The Call of Cthulhu Gameplay


There’s a 2018 remake of the famous 1981 first-person RPG, The Call of Cthulhu. In this game, you’re a private investigator who, while investigating a murder, discover the inevitable coming of the Old One, Cthulhu. From the same source as above, gameplay footage has been released. I’m especially excited for this game.

Overwatch League’s First Female Participant


Kim “Geguri” Se-Yeon has recently been signed onto Overwatch League team Shanghai Dragons. The team had a very poor start this season, and are hoping to improve their performance for the next stage with a number of new players. eSports being as male-dominant as it is, its good to see more women getting involved. I’m told she plays an amazing Zarya.


Today was 66% gameplay videos, not that I’m complaining. I’ve got a new editorial coming soon. Check back tomorrow for the next day of news and new accessories. Otherwise, have a great night!

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