News & Reviews:   Blizzard

Blizzard has officially announced on their blog post stating that their Team-based Multiplayer Shooter, Overwatch will be Free-To-Play starting 27 November until 5 December 2019 (Malaysian time). But that’s not all, Blizzard also added that the aforementioned game, as well as other games,  will be on sale with up to 60% discount on.

While many gamers may frown upon Blizzard's actions on a certain Hearthstone progamer, the company may have redeemed themselves (sort of) by announcing three big triple-A titles at BlizzCon 2019 - the long-awaited Diablo IV, Overwatch 2, and World of WarCraft: Shadowlands expansion. Without further ado, here's everything you need to know.

Recently, DeepMind has recently mentioned that their AlphaStar AI is better than 99.8% of the player base on Battle.net. In addition to that, but AlphaStar AI also managed win most of its match against professional Starcraft players who have been playing the game for more than a decade. The way DeepMind has managed to achieve this feat is by mimicking professional Starcraft players, as well as utilizing the reinforcement training in order to make AI learning more efficient.

Finally, we may just have a date for the not-so-much-anticipated Diablo Immortal. If you aren’t familiar, the game is a MMORPG for PC brought over to mobile. Only weeks before Blizzcon, a leak has been found about the game, alleging that it may be released on the 25th of October, a week before the event.

In case you guys didn’t know, Call of Duty Mobile - Garena is now officially available tomorrow for free via the Google Play Store and the iOS app store. The game includes various modes such as the classic multiplayer mode found on the PC edition, as well as battle royale mode. In addition to that, game also features unique weapons and customizability in order to complement your playstyle.

Recently, we’ve been given the opportunity to interview Alan Chan, who is currently the Senior Look Development Artist at Blizzard Entertainment. To the uninitiated, Alan Chan is a CG veteran who had worked on several notable films such as Lord of the Rings, Titanic, Harry Potter and many more. Head over to IMDB or his website, if you want to find out more about the projects that Alan Chan took part in.

Blizzard and Ubisoft just released a video trailer hinting that Overwatch, as well as the Assassin’s Creed: Rebel Collection will be available on the Nintendo Switch by 16 October 2019 and 6 December 2019 respectively. It is best to note that the Assassin’s Creed: Rebel Collection includes Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed Rogue as well as all single-player DLCs for both games.

Hey TechNave gamers! While the gaming world was relatively quiet this week, a few interesting DLC’s were released that may keep us gamers pretty occupied until the next best game drops. ASUS ROG dropped the world’s thinnest and compact gaming laptop alongside a new range of ROG Ranger Backpacks and ROG Collection T-shirts which ends 2018 on a high note for the Taiwanese company.