An alien intellect that makes Stephen Hawking look about as smart as me, Brainiac lives up to his name and then some. He’s also the primary antagonist in Injustice 2, the catalyst that turns the more dickish Man of Steel and Batman away from the path of frenemies and back towards being the world’s finest tag team again. Here’s the 12th level intellect trailer for it.

Blizzard is shaking up how wins are calculated in competitive play again. And it seems to be heading in the right direction.

Bandai Namco has found its necks game. Giggle. Called Code Vein, the Japanese publisher got the ball rolling on the project with a short teaser and a few more details in Famitsu magazine this week. Promising vampiric action minus the bare-chested shininess, Code Vein drops players into a world devastated by monsters and disease as humanity has but one last stronghold to eke out an existence in.

Twitch is opening more doors for viewers and creators to interact. Which includes increrasing the amount of money that can be exchanged for subscriptions.

Living up to its title, Battlefront II is throwing in a single-player story this year with a campaign set from the viewpoint of an Imperial officer. A choice that was blatantly obvious for the development team for Battlefront II. “That's where we started with the soldier, and then we looked at the storytelling that was happening in other mediums,” game director Mark Thompson said to Glixel.

Here’s another reason why you might want to use Genji as a last resort in Overwatch: His ultimate has been slightly nerfed as well. At least it’s only temporary, as Principal designer Geoff Goodman detailed how his instakill sword strikes have been slowed down for now.

Offering a system which allows players to improve is crucial for development. Billosoft has bred some of our most talented young players, and this is only the beginning.

Space, the final frontier. A vast teaming cosmos filled with equal parts majesty and danger…and pretty much the last thing on your list as you find yourself stranded and thoroughly buggered on a strange and alien new world. You’re a Nomad soul minus the catchy David Bowie beats, a stranger on a world that has never seen your kind before. That’s kind of exhilarating.