
Alexander Cope
Alexander Cope is a gaming veteran with over 35 years of experience who primarily covers Xbox and PC gaming news and spotlights discounts on the best laptops, peripherals, and other electronics. He's also a diehard fan of JRPGs, action games, beat em’ ups, and Capcom’s Monster Hunter series
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Sony's response to fan backlash regarding its physical disc cancellation is not comforting
By Alexander Cope Published
Gaming Sony finally responds to gamers criticizing its decision to cease production of physical game discs, and its response has only added gasoline to the ongoing fiery debate about game preservation

World of Warcraft's rumored Dungeons & Dragons crossover is real
By Alexander Cope Published
Blizzard The rumored Dungeons & Dragons crossover Tabletop RPG with World of Warcraft is real, and it's looking like an awesome way for players to relive the classic Horde vs. Alliance war stories.

Gears of War: E-Day's multiplayer packs chaos beyond what I imagined
By Alexander Cope Published
Xbox Coalition has released a massive gameplay overview of Gears of War: E-Day's PvE and PvP multiplayer modes, and they're looking to blow their predecessors out of the water.

Helldivers 2 has revealed its WH40K Warbond, and it's a match made in heaven
By Alexander Cope Published
Gaming Helldivers 2 has revealed the content of its Warhammer 40,000 crossover Warbond pack landing on August 12, 2026, and it is a mix of weapons and skins paying glorious homage to WH40K's Imperial Guard faction

This DIY "PC chimney" could be a genius solution to gaming in heatwaves
By Alexander Cope Published
Gaming Gaming has become increasingly difficult due to the heat, but one gamer offers an extreme method if you can't get air conditioning.

I've waited years for these sequels — Gamescom is the ideal time for Xbox to deliver
By Alexander Cope Published
Xbox Gamescom is around the corner, and I'm hoping for any shred of information about these sequels, if they appear at all.

Xbox's outage even prevented discs from working and it plans to address it
By Alexander Cope Published
Gaming Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet recently addressed issues concerning Xbox discs not launching games during Xbox Live's most recent outage and plans to make sure this doesn't happen again

Double Fine laid off staff in order survive breaking free of Microsoft
By Alexander Cope Published
Gaming Double Fine Productions announces it has laid off 23 employees, as it was the only way to survive after regaining independence from Xbox during its big "reset"

JLab's "Epic" mouse is rated as a smarter buy than a common winner
By Alexander Cope Published
Deals Best Buy is offering a 14% discount on JLab's Epic Wireless Mouse for those looking for an ergonomic option for work and play.

Monster Hunter Wilds left me bored — this is how the Ascendance DLC could fix it
By Alexander Cope Published
Gaming From tougher challenges and permanent weather states to improving the fights of old returning monsters, this is my wishlist for Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance.

Why can't World of Warcraft have unique Tank Classes like this?
By Alexander Cope Last updated
Gaming I never played as a Tank Class in World of Warcraft because none of them ever appealed to me, but if it took inspiration from Final Fantasy XIV's new 'Bastion' job, I might consider playing as one

Early‑access Xbox‑on‑PC slasher helped me escape gaming burnout
By Alexander Cope Published
Gaming Tears of Metal is a loving indie homage to the Dynasty Warriors franchise while incorporating roguelite elements to make its gameplay fresh, and it's the chaotic fun my stressed-out brain needed

Dragon's Dogma 2 should have always had co-op, and this PC mod proves me right
By Alexander Cope Published
Gaming "DD2gether" is an upcoming mod that aims to give me 4-player online co-op where I can quest and hunt monsters with friends.

Microsoft has finally fixed Xbox services for most users as of 6:48 PM ET
By Alexander Cope Last updated
Gaming Xbox Live is having errors that are preventing people from signing in, seeing their library, and playing their games, but Microsoft's engineers are on the case to fix it ASAP.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl's first DLC is coming to Xbox soon
By Alexander Cope Published
Gaming S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl's first DLC expansion, 'Cost of Hope', will launch alongside its 2.0 update on August 20, 2026.

Type school reports with this stellar keyboard our colleagues at TechRadar loved
By Alexander Cope Published
Deals JLab flagship Epic Wireless Keyboard is enjoying a limited-time discount at Best Buy for typists looking for an affordable keyboard with stellar responsiveness and long battery life.

You can play Halo: Campaign Evolved on low settings, and it still looks and plays good on PC
By Alexander Cope Published
Gaming Our colleagues at PC Gamer have discovered that Halo: Campaign Evolved can achieve high framerates on low graphical settings without sacrificing much of its graphical fidelity, even if you're using older RTX 3000 series GPUs

Rumors of World of Warcraft crossing over with Dungeons & Dragons have reportedly leaked
By Alexander Cope Published
Gaming A post from Dungeons & Dragons' partner, Roll20, that has been quickly taken down, reportedly suggests the iconic tabletop RPG is planning a crossover with World of Warcraft

Total War: Warhammer 40,000's latest gameplay deep dive has me sold
By Alexander Cope Published
Gaming Behold the military might of the Astra Militarum faction in Total War: Warhammer 40,000's first Alpha Strike gameplay livestream, showcasing all the features and carnage of its ranged combat

Steam has made gifting easier, and I hope Xbox takes notes
By Alexander Cope Published
Gaming Steam has announced new changes to its gifting system so that it's easier to buy and send games to friends and family. Here's how the new system works.

Xbox Live Services were down, but Halo: Campaign Evolved still has issues on Xbox
By Alexander Cope Published
Gaming Just as Halo: Campaign Evolved has launched in early access, Xbox Live services shut down at literally the worst time possible, but Microsoft is aware of the outage and is working on fixing it.

Players can't access Halo: Campaign Evolved's early access despite paying for it
By Alexander Cope Published
Gaming Reports are coming in of people unable to play Halo: Campaign Evolved's early access via its Premium Edition or Premium Edition Upgrade on the Xbox, but the developers are on the case to fix it

RuneScape wants to dethrone World of Warcraft
By Alexander Cope Published
Gaming From cutting out tiring FOMO trends and microtransactions to launching RuneScape on Xbox, the CEO of RuneScape has big plans to take the franchise to new heights.
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