In anticipation of Overwatch 2’s upcoming story missions, Blizzard has released a lengthy cinematic revealing what Sojourn has been up to since the Overwatch team disbanded, what her motivation for leaving the team was, and how she once again becomes involved in their heroic escapades. The short ends with a look at the events leading up to Overwatch 2’s next season, Invasion.

The cinematic opens with a brief look at Sojourn’s morning routine, which features her bringing back a frothy cup of coffee to her city home where her corgi Murphy eagerly awaits her return. However, Sojourn’s peaceful morning is interrupted when Agent Trombley, a member of Canadian law enforcement, pays her a visit.

Trombley begins to question Sojourn’s whereabouts last night, as he knows other agents …

On March 16th, Wazdan, an award-winning slots developer and aggregator based in Valletta, Malta, released its latest addition to the popular Hot Slot series called Hot Slot: Great Book Of Magic. However, this slot is enhanced by the exciting Collect to Infinity game mechanic.

The new slot is retro with a contemporary twist and entices players to step into a magical kingdom and learn spells from a wizard.

Mystical visual:

True to its title, the main theme of the game is magic, specifically a wizard who casts all kinds of spells night after night. Lurking in his dark cave, he waits for new students to pass on his knowledge.

To win, players must form a combination of at least 2 symbols on 10 active fixed paylines from the far left to the far right reels on the new…

Early Monday morning, a 37-year-old man got shot near a downtown Joliet parking deck. He then went to Harrah’s Joliet Casino where employees acted fast and helped him in a way that may have saved his life.

Sergeant Praises Response of Casino Staff After Shooting Incident Near Courthouse

The event happened around 5 a.m. when the victim stood near the east entrance of the Ottawa Street parking deck close to the Will County Courthouse, reported Shaw Local. Joliet Police Sergeant Dwayne English said the man took bullets in both legs after a fight with the suspect got worse. The shoot…

Earlier this week, it was announced by Hard Rock International that its brick-and-mortar casino in Gary will open on May 14. Chief Operating Officer Jon Lucas says that it seems the speed bumps blocking the venue are over and services will move forward as planned. The property will host a Friends and Family event on May 11. Two days later, a VIP opening will take place.

Long and Bumpy Road

It was a difficult road for Hard Rock to get to this point. Before the announcement was made, the board of directors with the Indiana Gaming Commission changed orders originally made by the regulator, calling for the former chief executive officer and chairman of Spectacle Entertainment to get rid of his ownership ties to entities connected to the Majestic Star Casinos.

Rod Ratcliff …

With a new month now upon us and prominent online casino games developer Microgaming has announced that it will be adding ‘a storm of new content’ to its iGaming portfolio over the course of the next 21 days.

The Isle of Man-based innovator used an official press release to detail that this onslaught has already begun following today’s premiere of the five-reel and 40-payline Elven Gold video slot from Swedish partner Just For The Win. It explained that this fantasy-themed title has been joined in its Tuesday debut by the Real Roulette With George and Real Roulette With Dave double-feature from Maltese compatriot Real Dealer Studios.

Poker pursuit:

Microgaming went on to declare that it will be improving its suite of poker games from tomorrow courtesy of the lau…

Since the release of AMD’s RX 7000-series with the RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT, some reports have arisen suggesting that AMD-designed cards may be heating up to an uncomfortable level—reportedly up to 110°C on what’s known as the hotspot temperature reading on these cards. So much so that AMD has now admitted that there may be an issue affecting a limited number of reference design cards.

“We are working to determine the root cause of the unexpected performance limitation of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics cards,” AMD says in a statement (via Hardwareluxx). “Based on our observations so far, we believe the issue is related to the thermal solution used in the AMD reference design and with a limited number of cards sold. We are working to resolve this issue for the affe…

Speaking at Gamescom Asia, former PlayStation executive Shawn Layden offered a grim diagnosis for the state of the games industry: AA studios have disappeared, and rising development costs have left the industry in a creative death spiral (via GamesIndustry.biz).

In the games industry’s younger years, Layden said, “we spent a lot more time looking at games and not asking ‘what’s your monetisation scheme’, or ‘what’s your recurrent revenue plan’, or ‘what’s your subscription formula’? We asked the simple question: is it fun? Are we having a good time? If you said yes to those questions, you’d usually get a green light.”

Since then, however, the costs of AAA game development have grown exponentially, creating a risk-averse industry environment where publishers are unwilling …