/categories/update/Recent content in Update on BlogLabHugo -- gohugo.ioCopyright © 2021-2022, all rights reserved.Sun, 16 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/what-is-sbmm-skill-based-matchmaking-explained/Sun, 16 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/what-is-sbmm-skill-based-matchmaking-explained/ The primary goal for any developer creating a multiplayer title is to ensure their player base’s longevity. A common threat to this goal is an unbalanced matchmaking system that will frequently pit players against opponents who are far below or above them in skill level, resulting in the player either feeling unchallenged or frustrated. Enter skill-based matchmaking, a system that’s designed to work in the background and pit players of similar skill against each other during the matchmaking process./post/korrak-the-bloodrager-revealed-for-hearthstone-s-fractured-in-alterac-valley-expansion/Sat, 15 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/korrak-the-bloodrager-revealed-for-hearthstone-s-fractured-in-alterac-valley-expansion/ If you want big mean Legendaries, then you’ll love Hearthstone’s next expansion, Fractured in Alterac Valley. One of the latest cards revealed is an incredibly mean Troll named Korrak the Bloodrager. Korrak the Bloodrager is a Legendary neutral minion with a powerful Deathrattle. He also makes use of the game’s new Honorable Kill mechanic. Korrak costs four mana and has 3/5 base stats. Korrak’s Deathrattle states if he is not Honrably Killed, he will be resummoned./post/blizzard-entertainment-removes-the-letter-z-from-zarya-skins-after-russian-invasion/Fri, 14 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/blizzard-entertainment-removes-the-letter-z-from-zarya-skins-after-russian-invasion/ The letter Z has seemingly been removed from Zarya’s Arctic and Siberian Front skins in Overwatch following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which started on Feb. 24. The letter Z is a pro-war symbol of President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. This change, however, was not mentioned in the latest Overwatch patch notes. As noted by users on Overwatch’s subreddit, the letter Z was previously placed on the Russian hero’s chest./post/pok%C3%A9mon-tcg-rules-updated-with-rule-box-clarification-ahead-of-chilling-reign-launch/Fri, 14 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/pok%C3%A9mon-tcg-rules-updated-with-rule-box-clarification-ahead-of-chilling-reign-launch/ The Pokémon Company has updated the Pokémon TCG Banned and Rule Change list for the upcoming release of Chilling Reign on June 18.  Because the current state of the Pokémon TCG is still in flux, there are no new bans being made for the Standard or Expanded format lists. But there is a new rule clarification that will be put into effect on July 2.  Starting with Battle Styles, a new term called Rule Box will be introduced to the game as a way to refer to a specific element on some Pokémon cards that reference the word “rule./post/fall-guys-goes-free-to-play-launches-for-nintendo-switch-and-xbox-on-june-21/Thu, 13 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/fall-guys-goes-free-to-play-launches-for-nintendo-switch-and-xbox-on-june-21/ Just under two years after launching, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is making the leap to free-to-play on June 21, alongside a launch on several new platforms and a new season of content.  This big update will feature Fall Guys finally hitting the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and the Epic Games Store. A next-gen PlayStation 5 version of the game will also become available on the same day, with cross-play, cross-platform parties, and cross-progression fully supported across all platforms./post/how-to-become-a-zombie-in-call-of-duty-warzone/Thu, 13 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-become-a-zombie-in-call-of-duty-warzone/ The zombie problem in Verdansk is growing by the day and it’s recently reached concerning levels. Toxic zones that were located around Shipwreck and Prison are stronger than ever and they’re now marked on the Call of Duty: Warzone map with a nuclear symbol. Around the end of November, zombies made their first appearance on the map. They came inside a mysterious ship, Vodianoy, that was believed to be submerged. Players had to battle a horde of zombies to unlock the hidden chest inside Vodianoy./post/apex-s-loba-may-use-her-cane-in-a-skydive-emote/Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/apex-s-loba-may-use-her-cane-in-a-skydive-emote/ Respawn revealed Loba as Apex Legends’ next character, but the company may also have given away one of her emotes. A promotional image hints that Loba could use her cane in a skydive animation. The image shows Loba sitting on her cane after jumping from the dropship and the device on her staff seems to rotate like a turbine or helix. The image is named “apex-screenshot-season-5-loba-skydive,” which also hints at the purpose of the animation./post/tfue-appears-to-say-racial-slur-on-stream/Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/tfue-appears-to-say-racial-slur-on-stream/ Popular Fortnite star Turner “Tfue” Tenney appears to have used the n-word during a live broadcast. Tfue seemingly let the word slip while streaming Minecraft yesterday. https://livestreamfails.com/post/59935 In the video, the streamer is slashing down a group of pillagers when he let out a slew of curses. “You guys fucking killed all the villagers, man,” Tfue said. “Y’all motherfuckers killed them [******]. You can suck my pee pee, man.”/post/the-best-darius-counters-in-league-of-legends/Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-darius-counters-in-league-of-legends/ Darius has been a part of the League of Legends champion roster for almost 10 years. Since his release in May 2012, Darius has barely been changed. When he made his debut in the game, he was heralded as one of the best one-vs-one top laners—and that still remains true to this day. The Hand of Noxus can quickly burst down opponents and his potential to snowball into the late-game is enormous./post/all-tm-locations-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield/Tue, 11 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-tm-locations-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield/ Technical Machines (TM) are the cornerstone of any Pokémon game, supplying endless amounts of useful moves to Pokémon that can learn them. In Pokémon Sword and Shield, TMs return in droves with a new line of moves to conquer—as long as you can find them. TMs are scattered across the world for you to find and can turn up in many places. They can either be earned from completing Gym Challenges or minigames, bought from Pokémon Centers and Stores, or found on the various Routes as Yellow Poké Balls./post/tapu-fini-araquanid-and-shiny-binacle-surf-into-pok%C3%A9mon-go-s-water-festival/Tue, 11 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/tapu-fini-araquanid-and-shiny-binacle-surf-into-pok%C3%A9mon-go-s-water-festival/ Pokémon Go players are being tasked with hitting the waves in the Alola region since the Water Festival event is bringing Dewpider, Araquanid, and the guardian deity of Poni Island, Tapu Fini to the game for the first time as the Season of Alola begins to wind down.  Along with the new Alolan Pokémon appearing, players can also encounter a special event Lapras wearing a scarf, which can be Shiny if you are lucky enough to find one./post/when-does-control-return-to-apex-legends/Tue, 11 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/when-does-control-return-to-apex-legends/ Apex Legends’ Control mode first launched in the shooter in season 12, bringing a larger-scale approach to the game. Instead of the usual three-vs-three format, Control has two teams of nine players battling out against each other, bringing a Battlefield-esque experience to Apex. In addition to the higher player count, Control offers a series of other tweaks that make it far more fast-paced and dynamic than other game modes. Respawns and base healing items are infinite, meaning players can die and have a short window to get back to the fight or pop some heals without worrying about running out of them./post/how-to-report-players-in-halo-infinite/Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-report-players-in-halo-infinite/ It wouldn’t be an online multiplayer game without some people being rude for no reason. Naturally, there’s a reporting system in Halo Infinite you can use to report the shameful cheaters and throwers you will inevitably come across at least once. But how does it work? How to report players in Halo Infinite Start by opening the pause menu, either by hitting Escape on the keyboard or the Start button on your controller./post/the-best-small-computer-speakers/Sun, 09 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-small-computer-speakers/ While they aren’t the best for competitive gaming, small computer speakers can be perfect for casual gaming and anyone who just wants to enjoy their PC without the hassle of wearing headphones. The smallest computer speakers are 2.0 models, which come as a set of two speakers with no subwoofer. This type of speaker can’t compete with 2.1 models, including a subwoofer or true 5.1 surround sound systems, but they are affordable and offer clear sound at reasonably high volumes./post/when-does-lost-ark-release/Sun, 09 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/when-does-lost-ark-release/ The MMO genre is quickly becoming congested. And while Lost Ark was previously only expected to be available in Asia and Russia, Amazon Games is bringing the action-focused RPG to the West. Originally released exclusively in Korea in 2018, the game has since been beta-tested in Russia as it looks to expand its breadth to other regions. Though the game’s foray into North America and Europe appeared uncertain, Summer Game Fest this year unveiled that Amazon Games will be publishing the game for a Western audience./post/ranked-queues-for-league-tft-down-due-to-client-issues/Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/ranked-queues-for-league-tft-down-due-to-client-issues/ Ranked queues for both League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics are currently disabled in every region. An issue surrounding the League client’s login process is currently negatively affecting games, with players experiencing disconnects across the globe.  “We’re aware of a problem causing login attempts to fail and players to be disconnected,” Riot Games’ support Twitter account posted. “Ranked queues have been disabled while we investigate the issue and work on a fix./post/the-notorious-call-of-duty-warzone-infinite-tactical-equipment-glitch-is-back/Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-notorious-call-of-duty-warzone-infinite-tactical-equipment-glitch-is-back/ Last year, a game-breaking bug allowed players to have unlimited tactical equipment in Call of Duty: Warzone. This let players survive indefinitely in the gas with Stims or spam enemies with tactical grenades. And now, a version of the glitch appears to be back. Dozens of people are encountering players using unlimited Stims in their Warzone lobbies.  January 2021 and there is still a way for rats to hide in the gas forever and get free wins?/post/fallen-s-new-cs-go-team-to-officially-debut-today/Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/fallen-s-new-cs-go-team-to-officially-debut-today/ Two-time CS:GO Major champions Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo, Fernando “fer” Alvarenga, and Lincoln “fnx” Lau will play their first official game today since they signed with Brazilian organization Imperial in February. The decorated trio, as well as Ricardo “boltz” Prass and Vinicius “VINI” Figueiredo, will take part in the South American Regional Major Ranking (RMR) first open qualifier and debut against an undefined adversary at 1pm CT. This will be their first chance to secure a spot in the PGL Antwerp Major Americas RMR in April./post/here-s-every-new-pok%C3%A9mon-in-sword-and-shield/Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/here-s-every-new-pok%C3%A9mon-in-sword-and-shield/ As with every new core RPG entry in the Pokémon series, Sword and Shield has a bunch of new Pokémon to capture, train, and add to your collection as you try to be the very best, like no one ever was. To bring all would-be trainers to date, we have compiled a list of all the new Pokémon coming to these games, so you have an idea of what to expect as we head towards the Nov./post/what-is-the-best-starter-deck-in-yu-gi-oh-master-duel/Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/what-is-the-best-starter-deck-in-yu-gi-oh-master-duel/ When players first boot up Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, they will have the option of completing a tutorial that will run them through the core basics of the card game, while also rewarding them with Gems and cards they can use to get started.  Once the tutorial is complete—or skipped if the player already knows how to play Yu-Gi-Oh!—the game will give you the option to select one of three Starter Decks to add to your collection./post/the-best-sett-counters-in-league-of-legends/Tue, 04 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-sett-counters-in-league-of-legends/ Sett is one of the most reliable top laners in League of Legends and can provide plenty of utility to his team with his tankiness, true damage, and crowd control. His health bar is deceptive due to his passive, which gives him more health regeneration the lower his health is. As a result, plenty of teams commit into trying to take down Sett and ignore the rest of the team. By picking up champions who can control his laning phase or provide more utility in teamfights, you can shut him down./post/tsm-enters-r6-pro-league-acquires-former-excelerate-gaming-roster/Tue, 04 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/tsm-enters-r6-pro-league-acquires-former-excelerate-gaming-roster/ TSM entered the Rainbow Six Siege Pro League earlier today with the acquisition of the former Excelerate Gaming roster. The team had been looking for an organization following the exit of EXG at the end of season nine. The R6 Pro League returns tomorrow, June 17, so the organization has come into the scene just in time. While TSM is new to the R6 Pro League, the organization has its hands in a variety of esports./post/kaceytron-unbanned-from-twitch-after-10-days/Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/kaceytron-unbanned-from-twitch-after-10-days/ Twitch streamer Kaceytron has had her channel reinstated after the livestreaming platform banned her “indefinitely” for insensitive comments made in regards to the COVID-19 outbreak. The streamer’s ban lasted for 10 days, according to ban tracking site StreamerBans. Twitch originally banned Kaceytron indefinitely on March 17 for violating the platform’s Terms of Service and engaging in “hateful conduct and threats of violence against a person or group of people.” Kaceytron addressed the ban shortly after, citing an insensitive comment regarding COVID-19 that she had made a week prior./post/pok%C3%A9mon-unite-teases-2-upcoming-playable-pok%C3%A9mon-for-april-and-beyond/Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/pok%C3%A9mon-unite-teases-2-upcoming-playable-pok%C3%A9mon-for-april-and-beyond/ The release of Duraludon in Pokémon UNITE was just the beginning of what is set to be a busy two months for the MOBA. Two more Pokémon appear to be joining the battle as playable characters in April. A new in-game teaser within Pokémon UNITE depicts Duraludon looking over a case file of two mysterious Pokémon, both of which are set to join the growing cast of playable Pokémon soon. While the case file provides evidence that the first Pokémon to be released in April is an All-Rounder, there is little known about who the second creature may be./post/timthetatman-hits-4-million-subscribers-on-youtube/Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/timthetatman-hits-4-million-subscribers-on-youtube/ Some of Twitch’s former stars announced at the beginning of this month they’d be making the jump to YouTube. Since that recent announcement, TimTheTatman, who debuted on YouTube Gaming on Sept. 2, has already seen substantial growth of his channel. Just shy of a week since announcing the move, Tim’s YouTube community has surpassed 4 million subscribers. According to social media analytics site SocialBlade, Tim has garnered more than 200,000 subscribers since the announcement of his move./post/when-does-destiny-2-s-guardian-games-2021-end/Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/when-does-destiny-2-s-guardian-games-2021-end/ Destiny 2’s season 14 is only a few weeks away. While many fans are anxiously awaiting the new season, they can pass the time in the Guardian Games event.  The Guardian Games kicked off on April 20, testing the mettle of Hunters, Warlocks, and Titans from all over the world, with many Contender Cards and Triumphs available to complete. Each week since the start of the event was a chance for all classes to prove they’re the top class./post/3-decks-dominating-standard-hearthstone-during-the-first-week-of-forged-in-the-barrens/Sun, 02 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/3-decks-dominating-standard-hearthstone-during-the-first-week-of-forged-in-the-barrens/ Hearthstone’s new Forged in the Barrens expansion has been out for nearly a week now. And if you’ve spent any time messing around in ranked Standard, you’ll probably be more than familiar with at least one of the decks mentioned in this article. So far, Forged in the Barrens has produced some of the freshest play Standard Hearthstone has seen in ages. As is to be expected early in the lifespan of an expansion, some decks become refined quicker than others./post/high-school-esports-evolve-with-partnership-between-british-esports-association-and-naesf/Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/high-school-esports-evolve-with-partnership-between-british-esports-association-and-naesf/ Grassroot esports continues to grow in European high schools with a partnership revealed today between the British Esports Association and the North American Scholastic Esports Federation.  High school associations like the BEA and NAESF are changing perceptions surrounding esports, which is considered an activity and not a sport in the EU and NA. The two associations joined forces today to run joint tournaments and implement new programs on a high school and collegiate level, offering kids structured teams with coaches and a chance to compete on local and national levels./post/rise-on-the-verge-of-reaching-vct-champions-after-beating-100-thieves-at-na-lcq/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/rise-on-the-verge-of-reaching-vct-champions-after-beating-100-thieves-at-na-lcq/ Rise won a huge series against 100 Thieves in the upper bracket final of the NA LCQ, putting them in the grand finals and one series win away from VCT Champions. On Breeze, 100T started on attack and found great success playing back and patiently, letting Rise play ultra aggressively in mid and getting early picks. Hiko delivered a classic clutch in the eighth round, managing a 1v3 on an A site post-plant all on his own, and an Empress-powered Reyna 3K from Asuna in the last round gave 100T 7-5 lead at half-time./post/riot-games-reveals-aram-win-rates-for-league-of-legends-patch-9-15/Tue, 27 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/riot-games-reveals-aram-win-rates-for-league-of-legends-patch-9-15/ For all the League of Legends ARAM fans, Riot Games has revealed the champions with the best win rates on the Howling Abyss for Patch 9.15. The three best champions in ARAM for the past patch were Swain, Maokai, and Sona, which does make a bit of sense even though two of these champions haven’t been in the regular meta over the past couple of months. Swain had a 59.6 percent win rate due to his good kit for the game mode, with plenty of ways to poke and isolate certain targets with his Nevermove ability./post/some-people-are-reporting-that-their-xbox-one-x-s-are-dying-after-just-a-few-hours-of-use/Tue, 27 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/some-people-are-reporting-that-their-xbox-one-x-s-are-dying-after-just-a-few-hours-of-use/ Microsoft’s Xbox One X was released into the wild just yesterday, but already some users are reporting that their consoles have died after just a few hours of use. A thread on gaming forum ResetEra compiled numerous posts from gamers claiming that their Xbox One X’s had “bricked” or refused to turn on. Many of them reported the same story that they had used their console for a while and turned it off, only to try to turn it back on again later and find that it had died./post/faze-s-twistzz-had-to-convince-robban-and-karrigan-that-jks-was-the-best-option-for-iem-katowice-2022/Sat, 24 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/faze-s-twistzz-had-to-convince-robban-and-karrigan-that-jks-was-the-best-option-for-iem-katowice-2022/ One week has passed since IEM Katowice 2022 ended. The renowned CS:GO tournament concluded with a surprise win from FaZe Clan, who stunned the world by claiming the trophy while rotating between three different rosters throughout the tournament. At the beginning of IEM Katowice 2022, FaZe’s Robin “ropz” Kool tested positive COVID-19, leading to the team bringing in a substitute. Justin “jks” Savage, a player who is currently a part of Complexity’s inactive roster, came in to save the day for FaZe./post/gaming-laptop-gift-guide-for-2021/Sat, 24 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/gaming-laptop-gift-guide-for-2021/ New hardware is one of the best gift ideas for gamers in the family. While it may be difficult to choose gifts for some people this holiday season, gamers always need new equipment. Thanks to technology continuously improving and the latest games’ increasingly high system requirements, helping the gamers on the shopping list upgrade their laptops is a helpful gift idea. Gaming laptops are thoughtful gifts that can fulfill multiple roles./post/how-to-stop-a-pok%C3%A9mon-from-evolving-in-sword-and-shield/Fri, 23 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-stop-a-pok%C3%A9mon-from-evolving-in-sword-and-shield/ Sometimes, you just don’t want Pokémon to evolve in Sword and Shield. It could be for a number of reasons. Maybe you’re waiting to get to a certain level to unlock a move for a Pokémon that it can’t learn otherwise. Or maybe you want to instead evolve the Pokémon into one of its different forms. While it might be a pain to potentially lose hours of progress leveling up a Pokémon only for it to evolve when you didn’t want it to, there are ways for you to go about fixing this issue and stopping it from evolving altogether./post/how-to-trade-pok%C3%A9mon-in-sword-and-shield/Fri, 23 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-trade-pok%C3%A9mon-in-sword-and-shield/ The Pokémon series would be nothing without trading since the franchise is designed around collecting and trading creatures with friends. In Pokémon Sword and Shield, this is no exception. There are actually two ways to trade your Pokémon with friends or strangers across the world after progressing through a small portion of the game. You’ll first need to unlock Comm Links, and when you do, an icon will appear in the bottom left of your screen./post/valorant-player-shows-off-clever-viper-anti-defuse-strategy-for-ascent/Fri, 23 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/valorant-player-shows-off-clever-viper-anti-defuse-strategy-for-ascent/ Twitch streamer AverageJonas showcased yet another strategy for preventing your enemies from defusing the Spike, posting the savvy Ascent lineup today. The recent Viper buffs in Patch 1.04 help the toxic agent be more consistent in fending off the opposing team, allowing for more reliable anti-defuse tactics. New Viper is fun 😀 from VALORANT “With the recent buffs to Viper’s Decay damage, she can now finally stop someone from defusing the bomb with the Poison Cloud plus Snake Bite combo,” the streamer said./post/the-best-land-cards-in-mtg-kaldheim/Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-land-cards-in-mtg-kaldheim/ Kaldheim, the newest Magic: The Gathering set, brings a plethora of new lands to the game with the return of Snow lands and double-faced land cards.  Though land is the most important resource in all of magic other than your life total, Kaldheim brings a combination of land that can optimize your color efficiency and provide end-game utility in limited formats.  Snow lands While we maybe shouldn’t consider these to be the “best” land cards of Kaldheim, it’s worth keeping in mind that all basic land cards in the set are “Snow lands./post/double-battle-pass-xp-now-live-for-the-weekend-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-and-warzone/Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/double-battle-pass-xp-now-live-for-the-weekend-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-and-warzone/ Double battle pass XP is now live for the weekend in both Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone. This double battle pass XP weekend comes just a week after a “double double XP” weekend for July 4, which featured double XP and double weapon XP. This time, the XP is all about leveling up the battle pass and earning all of season four’s goodies. We hope you enjoyed all the 2XP and 2WXP over the long weekend…/post/how-to-solve-wordle-puzzles-five-letter-words-with-a-as-the-only-vowel/Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-solve-wordle-puzzles-five-letter-words-with-a-as-the-only-vowel/ Finding the necessary vowels in a given Wordle can be one of the most challenging aspects of the game. While there are only five (sometimes six) vowels that can be in a word, it’s not always simple to find out which ones are in the answer. To make matters more difficult, sometimes a Wordle will only have one vowel that players can workaround. A common lone vowel that appears in Wordle often is “A./post/sea-dota-veterans-mushi-and-yamateh-team-up/Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/sea-dota-veterans-mushi-and-yamateh-team-up/ This article is brought to you by StatBanana, the best Dota 2 strategy tool. Malaysian Dota legends Chai “Mushi” Yee Fung and Ng “YamateH” Wei Poon are joining forces for the upcoming Dota Pro Circuit.  Their team, named Brothers United, was spotted in the official registration page for the DPC. The team will consist of Mushi’s former teammates in Ryan Jay “Raging-_-Potato” Qui and Khoo “Ohaiyo” Chong Xin, and new addition Benhur “Nayeon” Lewis”./post/you-can-now-watch-mtg-arena-mythic-championship-v/Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/you-can-now-watch-mtg-arena-mythic-championship-v/ With a total prize pool of $750,000 on the line, 68 of the best Magic: The Gathering players from around the world are gathering in Las Vegas for Mythic Championship V this weekend. Competing in MTG Arena, Mythic Championship V is being streamed from Oct. 18 at 11am CT to Oct. 20 on Magic’s Twitch channel.  This is the fifth largest tournament of the year, with only three more Mythic Championships on the schedule before Worlds./post/double-double-xp-now-live-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-and-warzone-for-fourth-of-july-weekend/Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/double-double-xp-now-live-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-and-warzone-for-fourth-of-july-weekend/ Let the fireworks begin. “Double double XP” is now live in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone for the holiday weekend. Both regular double XP and double weapon XP will be active through July 6 at 12pm CT, meaning there’s four days worth of CoD grinding ahead for gamers everywhere who are looking to shirk barbecues and bottle rockets for battle royale instead. Let's get this party double started./post/how-to-complete-dares-of-eternity-in-destiny-2-dares-of-eternity-guide/Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-complete-dares-of-eternity-in-destiny-2-dares-of-eternity-guide/ Destiny 2‘s favorite mysterious intergalactic Exotic merchant is back with a new activity for guardians in the game’s 30th Anniversary Pack. Xûr is bringing his own gameshow-esque activity called Dares of Eternity, which is free to all players and brings a new set of rewards. Xûr has a co-host in his own sideshow, a cosmic horse—fittingly named Starhorse—that runs the event. Starhorse seems thrilled by your progress throughout the journey, and the chat narrates Starhorse’s reactions to your endeavors./post/zywoo-finishes-match-without-dying-vitality-stomp-complexity-in-pgl-antwerp-major-opener/Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/zywoo-finishes-match-without-dying-vitality-stomp-complexity-in-pgl-antwerp-major-opener/ The Challengers Stage of PGL Antwerp Major kicked off with a one-sided victory as Vitality dominated Complexity on Inferno from beginning to end. The French-Danish powerhouse got to start on the CT side of the map. They won the first half by 14-1 and allowed Complexity to plant the bomb just two times. The North Americans couldn’t get anything done, despite the strategies they tried. When the teams switched sides, Vitality took just the pistol and the following round to close out the game 16-1./post/apex-legends-other-ea-games-servers-appear-to-be-down-with-no-server-found-error/Sun, 18 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/apex-legends-other-ea-games-servers-appear-to-be-down-with-no-server-found-error/ Apex Legends players looking to get in some matches during season 10 today have been met with a “no server found error” upon attempting to log in to the game. The game is stuck at the main menu for many right now, with the “no server found” text being the only form of communication on the screen. The message continuously repeats, not allowing players to get any further into the game./post/how-to-earn-a-mythic-medal-in-a-matchmade-game-in-halo-infinite/Sat, 17 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-earn-a-mythic-medal-in-a-matchmade-game-in-halo-infinite/ Achievement hunters have plenty to work through with the recent release of Halo Infinite’s multiplayer. Among your standard challenges, there are a few missions that won’t be immediately clear to players. One of these missions is Slaying with Style. The mission tasks players with earning a Mythic Medal in a matchmade game. But there isn’t any Medal in the game called a Mythic Medal, so completing this may get a little confusing./post/faster-load-times-vehicle-buffs-and-more-in-halo-infinite-s-first-drop-pod-update/Fri, 16 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/faster-load-times-vehicle-buffs-and-more-in-halo-infinite-s-first-drop-pod-update/ A new update for Halo Infinite has been announced prior to its targeted release next week, kicking off what developer 343 Industries has dubbed its “Drop Pod” quality-of-life updates for the game’s second season. Arriving a month after the release of Lone Wolves, this patch will include some significant optimizations to the menu UI, buffs to a variety of vehicles, and new feature additions for Ranked matchmaking. Our first Halo Infinite Drop Pod will land next week, bringing community-requested quality of life updates such as Ranked improvements, faster menu load times, bug fixes, and more./post/mad-lions-enters-partnership-with-kappa-for-game-day-apparel-and-merchandise/Fri, 16 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/mad-lions-enters-partnership-with-kappa-for-game-day-apparel-and-merchandise/ European esports organization OverActive Media, which owns MAD Lions, officially partnered up with sportswear brand Kappa today. Kappa has become “the exclusive on-stage team kit provider for all MAD Lions teams in Europe.” A line of clothes and accessories featuring both brands will be revealed tomorrow, June 10. The partnership will also involve content creation, as well as marketing and advertising initiatives. We're proud to announce that we're partnering with @KappaSport_ES for our game day apparel and merchandise!/post/best-renata-glasc-counters-in-league-of-legends/Thu, 15 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-renata-glasc-counters-in-league-of-legends/ Renata Glasc is the 159th champion to join League of Legends and the first support to be added to the game since Rell in December 2020. It’s hard to disagree that Renata has a truly unique kit. Her abilities provide her AD carry with poke, shield, attack speed, and can sometimes even bring fallen allies back to life. Renata’s ultimate also introduces a new mechanic to the game in Berserk, which makes enemies attack everything around them./post/valve-adds-ancient-removes-train-from-cs-go-active-duty-map-pool/Thu, 15 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/valve-adds-ancient-removes-train-from-cs-go-active-duty-map-pool/ With the first set of Regional Major Ranking CS:GO events set to start soon, Valve is spicing up the scene ahead of the Stockholm major with a big change to the active duty map pool. Train has been removed, and Ancient has been activated. Ancient was introduced in December 2020 as part of Operation Broken Fang, which has now concluded. The new map, an homage to a previous bomb defusal map called Aztec, was designed to be a competitive map when it was released./post/riot-unveils-reworked-volibear-s-new-abilities/Wed, 14 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/riot-unveils-reworked-volibear-s-new-abilities/ Riot Games has officially revealed Volibear’s new reworked abilities today, and the much-beloved League of Legends champion has been changed to play quite differently than previously. Volibear’s passive, named The Relentless Storm, has been completely overhauled. Instead of healing for 30 percent of his maximum health over six seconds when at low health, the champion’s attacks and abilities grant attack speed. This causes his basic attacks to deal bonus magic damage to nearby enemies./post/new-mtg-combo-deck-gets-legendary-with-kethis-the-hidden-hand/Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/new-mtg-combo-deck-gets-legendary-with-kethis-the-hidden-hand/ A new combo deck has emerged in Magic: the Gathering‘s Standard metagame. Fueled by Kethis, the Hidden Hand, this new deck helped two players qualify for the upcoming Mythic Championship V tournament. It’s hard to tell who is more surprised, fans or the deck’s players themselves, based on this tweet by former Hearthstone pro, Stanislav Cifka. Made it to day 2 of #MTGArena pt qualifier with one of the most crazy decks I've ever build, glad I was brave enough to bring it in:) Cross your fingers tomorrow and I will turn on the stream in next days, since the deck super fun to play^^ pic./post/rarest-operator-skins-in-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-and-warzone/Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/rarest-operator-skins-in-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-and-warzone/ Call of Duty’s battle royale mode, Warzone, offers players the option to enter the game as a variety of unique operators. These operators provide no in-game benefits, however. They simply allow players to customize their appearance. The customization options in Warzone go further than just selecting a character. Players can customize the specific look of that character by unlocking and equipping skins that will change their appearance. Some of these skins can be unlocked through completing missions in the game, while others need to be bought from the store or acquired through a variety of methods outside of the game./post/shroud-chocotaco-wackyjacky101-and-just9n-pubg-skins-are-now-available/Mon, 12 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/shroud-chocotaco-wackyjacky101-and-just9n-pubg-skins-are-now-available/ Twitch and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds are teaming up to offer a bunch of cosmetic items based on your favorite battle royale streamers. Alongside a Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek weapon skin and Justin “Just9n” Ortiz clothing set, PUBG and Twitch have listened to fans’ demands for which streamers they want to buy items for next and have added cosmetic items based on Jake “chocoTaco” Throop and Henrik “WackyJacky101” Kjærulff, too. ChocoTaco is the first streamer to get a parachute cosmetic skin alongside a gun skin and a pair of boots, while there’s just a WackyJacky101 weapon skin available in the store./post/how-to-get-the-blessing-of-the-jade-empress-in-guild-wars-2-end-of-dragons/Sun, 11 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-get-the-blessing-of-the-jade-empress-in-guild-wars-2-end-of-dragons/ Many players are getting through the story of Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons, and at the end of it, players are presented with a recipe to start crafting their first End of Dragons Legendary weapon. For those who prepared for their Legendary journey by obtaining a Fragment of Prismatic Light, they’ll start one step ahead of everyone else with a Precursor in hand just minutes after entering Seitung Province. Players who didn’t have time to complete the collection to get the Fragment of Prismatic Light will have to craft the Precursor, which will take some time, effort, and gold to achieve./post/how-to-watch-today-s-fortnite-winter-storm-event/Sun, 11 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-watch-today-s-fortnite-winter-storm-event/ A lot of Fortnite: Battle Royale fans are looking forward to today’s highly-anticipated in-game event. A strange ice sphere recently started floating above Polar Peak. Then, a countdown began on TVs across the Fortnite island and a clock showed up around the sphere itself not soon after. Most fans assume that all this points toward the next in-game event—and according to the countdown, it could start today (Saturday, Jan. 19) at 1pm CT./post/callmecarson-resurfaces-after-grooming-allegations-announces-return-stream/Fri, 09 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/callmecarson-resurfaces-after-grooming-allegations-announces-return-stream/ Popular Minecraft YouTuber and streamer Carson King, widely known as CallmeCarson, has released a video detailing his future plans for the first time since he was accused of grooming in January 2021. In the one-and-a-half-minute video, Carson explained that he plans to return to streaming and creating content with 100 percent of the proceeds going to charity for the next year. https://t.co/t70DA5q7jP — Carson (@CallMeCarsonYT) August 26, 2021 He said he “is not seeking forgiveness, nor making excuses” for his actions, which came to light earlier this year./post/the-valorant-episode-2-act-2-battle-pass-includes-new-weapon-skins-and-cosmetic-items/Fri, 09 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-valorant-episode-2-act-2-battle-pass-includes-new-weapon-skins-and-cosmetic-items/ The VALORANT Episode 2: Act II battle pass is set to go live this week, and fans will be able unlock multiple cosmetic items to customize their loadout. The battle pass includes a free and premium track, including new weapon skins, gun buddies, sprays, and player cards.  Players can unlock the new Cavalier skin for the Bucky, Ghost, Operator, Stinger, and Vandal. The skin adds a new brown, silver, and light blue color scheme for each weapon, giving them a unique feel./post/how-to-unlock-the-ppsh-41-and-swiss-k31-in-call-of-duty-warzone-and-black-ops-cold-war/Thu, 08 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-unlock-the-ppsh-41-and-swiss-k31-in-call-of-duty-warzone-and-black-ops-cold-war/ Season three of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has come and gun and it brought two cool weapons with it. The PPSh-41 is a submachine gun that has a “faster fire rate with large bullet spread” and “reliable damage with less control when firing.” The second gun, the Swiss K31, is a sniper rifle with “improved accuracy with low recoil” and “fast rechamber and aiming speed with a larger ammo capacity./post/how-to-use-evolution-items-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go/Wed, 07 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-use-evolution-items-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go/ Evolving is one of the core mechanics of Pokémon Go. Most Pokémon only require candies of their respective species to evolve, and you’ll have a decent stack of any type of candy by the time you’ll start focusing on evolving your Pokémon. Not all Pokémon are that easy to evolve, however. You’ll need to collect unique evolutions items to evolve some of the rarer Pokémon in the game. Each new generation of Pokémon also introduces new evolution items, making it slightly more challenging to find the one you’re looking for./post/valorant-developers-reveal-creative-process-behind-sentinels-of-light-and-ruination-skins/Wed, 07 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/valorant-developers-reveal-creative-process-behind-sentinels-of-light-and-ruination-skins/ VALORANT’s premium content team explained the process behind creating the Sentinels of Light and Ruination skins in a new blog post today.  Chris Stone, a weapon artist on the VALORANT premium content team, went into detail about bringing the League of Legends crossover skins to the game and how it allowed the team to create new “materials” for skins.  Want to know how we brought Sentinels of Light to VALORANT? @chrisstone3d with the Premium Content team is here to share how the Ruination and Sentinels skins were made./post/cogu-joins-mibr-as-new-manager-coach/Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/cogu-joins-mibr-as-new-manager-coach/ Raphael “cogu” Camargo has become MIBR’s new manager and head coach, the organization announced today. The 35-year-old legend played in three different Counter-Strike games—CS 1.6, CS: Source, and CS:GO—and played a key role in Brazil’s first international win at ESWC 2006 under MIBR’s banner. Cogu is widely recognized as one of the best CS 1.6 players in Brazil and was playing VALORANT for Brazilian team Falkol until MIBR’s recruitment./post/all-tasks-and-rewards-for-pok%C3%A9mon-go-tour-kanto-all-in-one-151-masterwork-research/Sun, 04 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-tasks-and-rewards-for-pok%C3%A9mon-go-tour-kanto-all-in-one-151-masterwork-research/ Pokémon Go Tour: Kanto, a one-day event, includes a new set of Masterwork Research, special research that is much harder than normal tasks and gives out incredible rewards, like an encounter with a Shiny Mew.  Because it takes so long to complete, with some of the page one tasks being to send 151 Gifts to friends and make 151 Great Throws, players will have extra time to complete the research. /post/new-chat-logs-reveal-lifeline-risked-her-career-to-supply-octane-with-bionic-legs/Sun, 04 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/new-chat-logs-reveal-lifeline-risked-her-career-to-supply-octane-with-bionic-legs/ Respawn Entertainment released a new series of text messages between Octane and Lifeline today, giving Apex Legends fans an in-depth look at the friendship between the two characters.   After losing his legs to a failed Gauntlet run, Octane shows up at the hospital where his friend Ajay Chey, otherwise known as Lifeline, works. The combat medic puts her career on the line after finding a job offer addressed to Octane from his parents, the CEOs of Silva Pharmaceuticals, and forges a medical order to get the adrenaline addict a new pair of bionic legs./post/full-summer-game-fest-schedule-all-events-streams-and-showcases/Sat, 03 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/full-summer-game-fest-schedule-all-events-streams-and-showcases/ Summer Game Fest kicks off this week, and there are plenty of showcases for video gamers to enjoy, no matter which platform they prefer to play on. The week is packed full of video game news, which will include world premieres, updates on already released games, extended looks into upcoming games, and more. The excitement started last week with the PlayStation State of Play, which was part of Summer Game Fest./post/how-to-complete-showdown-d%C5%BEeko-sbc-in-fifa-21-ultimate-team/Sat, 03 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-complete-showdown-d%C5%BEeko-sbc-in-fifa-21-ultimate-team/ EA Sports added a Showdown 89-rated version of Edin Džeko from Roma to FIFA 21 today. It’s obtainable through FIFA 21 Ultimate Team’s squad-building challenges (SBC) menu. EA also added an 88-rated version of David Neres from Ajax. These players will play against each other on the real-life pitch on April 15 and the winner will receive a +2 overall in-game upgrade. EA has massively increased Džeko’s Pace (+26), while still upgrading his other skills, including Dribbling (+15), Physical (+13), Passing (+11), Shooting (+9), and his Defending (+9), when you compare the Showdown version to his 83-rated gold card./post/best-tft-12-9-for-fun-meta-comps/Fri, 02 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-tft-12-9-for-fun-meta-comps/ Game design director Stephen “Mortdog” Mortimer was in charge of the Teamfight Tactics “for fun patch,” buffing up traits and champions to open up the Neon Nights meta as Set 6.5 comes to an end.  A total of 33 buffs were applied to the TFT Set 6.5 meta via Patch 12.9, dubbed the “for fun” patch, along with the addition of Dragon Eggs from the upcoming Set Seven Drangonlands set. Each Dragon Egg contains a Tomb of Traits, elevating chase comps to the top of the 12./post/how-to-play-the-public-test-build-ptb-in-dead-by-daylight/Fri, 02 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-play-the-public-test-build-ptb-in-dead-by-daylight/ If you want to get a taste of Dead By Daylight‘s latest killer or try out the new perks, then you might just get in a new patch early if you access the game’s Public Test Build (PTB). The PTB is essentially a preview of the latest patch coming to the game, with the new killer-survivor pair available for testing and theorycrafting. The PTB is only available for Steam, however, so console players will have to wait until a new chapter releases to try out for themselves in full./post/halo-infinite-hcs-kickoff-major-in-raleigh-scores-brackets-schedule/Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/halo-infinite-hcs-kickoff-major-in-raleigh-scores-brackets-schedule/ What better way to kick off the resurrection of a beloved esports scene than with a massive, 32-team offline major? The 2021-2022 Halo Championship Series is opening with the HCS Kickoff Major in Raleigh, North Carolina from Dec. 17 to 19. The Kickoff Major is the first stop in a long road to the eventual Halo World Championship in Seattle at the end of 2022, and the teams at 343 and Microsoft are going all out with an expanded format to get the oddball rolling./post/how-to-unlock-ronin-operator-bundle-in-call-of-duty-modern-warfare/Tue, 30 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-unlock-ronin-operator-bundle-in-call-of-duty-modern-warfare/ There’s a new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Operator in town—and he’s dangerous. Daniel “Ronin” Shinoda is an ex-Special Forces soldier who was recruited by Warcom and is known as the “one many army.” The Operator is a jack of all trades, having mastered unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, and special reconnaissance, according to yesterday’s Activision blog post. And now, players can pick up the new skin, as well as some other cosmetics, in the Ronin Operator Bundle./post/how-to-find-the-hidden-xp-drop-for-fortnite-chapter-2-season-one/Sun, 28 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-find-the-hidden-xp-drop-for-fortnite-chapter-2-season-one/ The latest mission to release for Fortnite Chapter Two, season one, Chaos Rising, rewards players with a hidden XP drop once they complete eight out of 11 challenges. Every mission has 11 challenges, and once eight are finished, players earn a special loading screen. Each loading screen reveals the location of a special reward. For the first eight weeks of Chapter Two, season one, players used the loading screens to find individual letters that spelled out Fortnite./post/rainbow-six-siege-y4s3-2-patch-to-hit-consoles-next-week/Sun, 28 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/rainbow-six-siege-y4s3-2-patch-to-hit-consoles-next-week/ After a spur of the moment delay by Ubisoft, the Rainbow Six Siege Y4S3.2 patch will finally be hitting Xbox and PS4 on Oct. 15.  The Y4S3.2 patch was supposed to come to Xbox and PS4 on Oct. 8, but it was delayed on that day by Ubisoft. Consoles generally tend to get patches a bit later than PC because Ubisoft needs to have each patch validated by both Xbox and PS4./post/formal-moving-on-from-sentinels-halo-roster-after-royal2-s-suspension-is-lifted/Sat, 27 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/formal-moving-on-from-sentinels-halo-roster-after-royal2-s-suspension-is-lifted/ FormaL’s extended stand-in run with Sentinels’ Halo roster has come to an end. The Call of Duty legend will return to the OpTic bench and has announced his desire to join a new team after the HCS NA Regionals in Anaheim. The former OpTic CoD superstar teamed up with Sentinels in mid-December when the legendary Halo roster needed to bring in a stand-in following the suspension of Mathew “Royal2” Fiorante. Royal2 was accused of using geo-filtering during the qualifier for the HCS Kickoff Major in Raleigh to gain an unfair advantage and the HCS ruled that he was in violation of league rules after its investigation./post/new-elite-skin-for-jackal-puts-siege-s-tracker-in-a-hoodie/Sat, 27 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/new-elite-skin-for-jackal-puts-siege-s-tracker-in-a-hoodie/ Jackal is finally getting an Elite skin in Rainbow Six Siege. Provided he’s unbanned in your ranked matches, you can purchase and equip it today. The skin is called “Rastreador” and it features Jackal in a casual hoodie with just a set of Eyenox googles as opposed to a massive helmet and mask. Jackal's Elite Set is now available. Includes the Rastreador uniform, headgear, victory dance, weapon skin for the C7E, PDW9, ITA 12L, USP40 and ITA12S, as well as the Elite Jackal Chibi charm./post/twitch-celebrity-meetup-sh-tcamp-2021-begins-today/Sat, 27 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/twitch-celebrity-meetup-sh-tcamp-2021-begins-today/ ShitCamp 2021, a multi-day event where top Twitch personalities meet up for IRL shenanigans in Los Angeles, California, kicks off today. The event will run from Sept. 26 until Sept. 30, offering viewers the chance to watch some of their favorite Twitch and YouTube personalities interact and create content with each other in real time. ShitCamp comes after the success of ShitCon, a similar event which occurred in May 2021./post/when-does-fortnite-chapter-2-season-4-end/Fri, 26 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/when-does-fortnite-chapter-2-season-4-end/ Fortnite’s latest season is all about heroes and villains.  Epic Games and Marvel have teamed up to bring the Marvel universe to the Fortnite island in Chapter Two, season four: Nexus War. Some of comics’ most iconic heroes and villains—Iron Man, Thor, She-Hulk, Groot, Wolverine, Mystique, Storm, and Doctor Doom—have arrived on the game’s battle royale island to take on Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds. This season’s battle pass contains Marvel skins, giving buyers the opportunity to play as some of their favorite Marvel characters, complete challenges, earn XP, and unlock unique cosmetic items./post/here-are-several-offensive-strategies-for-call-of-duty-wwii-s-war-mode-operation-griffin/Tue, 23 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/here-are-several-offensive-strategies-for-call-of-duty-wwii-s-war-mode-operation-griffin/ War is one of the newest game modes introduced in Call of Duty: WWII. During the private multiplayer beta for WWII, Operation Breakout was the only mission available. But now, two new missions have been added to the game at launch. Operation Griffin is an action-packed map that features a battle between the Axis and Allied forces. War is an extremely team-oriented game, however—you’ll find the most success in this game mode if you play with a set squad so you can effectively communicate and execute tactics./post/all-mokoko-seed-locations-in-aquilok-s-tail-dungeon-in-lost-ark/Mon, 22 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-mokoko-seed-locations-in-aquilok-s-tail-dungeon-in-lost-ark/ If you intend to complete everything Lost Ark has to offer, and not only the main story and level 50 quests, gathering all Mokoko Seeds is one of the goals that will certainly require the most time on your part. These collectibles are scattered in numerous maps and even in dungeons, giving players plenty to look for across all areas. In dungeons, you can follow the path to complete objectives and reach the final boss, but these areas can also have secrets./post/how-to-strikethrough-text-in-discord/Mon, 22 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-strikethrough-text-in-discord/ Over the years, Discord has become more than a voice chat app. While that’s still one of its main functions, it also became a community hub where people form their own groups and gather or chat with like-minded individuals. Most communities will have active chat rooms, and making your text stand out can spice up conversations. From bold to italics, Discord allows users to customize their text. While applying these simple formats is relatively straightforward, finding out how you can strikethrough sentences can be challenging, since the key you’ll need to use may have a different shortcut depending on your typing language./post/players-want-more-practice-tools-in-valorant/Mon, 22 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/players-want-more-practice-tools-in-valorant/ VALORANT celebrated its first birthday recently. And although the game has been pretty successful on both competitive and casual levels, some players are still waiting for new features to be implemented in the game. Part of the community thinks there’s a lack of practice maps in VALORANT at the moment. Players aren’t asking for anything complicated or fancy, just a training camp with some boxes where they can practice their aim against bots as many times as they want./post/how-to-find-and-use-a-shield-keg-in-fortnite/Sun, 21 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-find-and-use-a-shield-keg-in-fortnite/ Fortnite has upgraded to version 19.01 as of a Jan. 4 hotfix, introducing a new shields-replenishing item that an entire squad can enjoy. The Shield Keg can be placed down on any surface and will replenish the shields of any player around it, all the way from zero to 100. The Shield Keg will replenish the shields of you, your squadmates, and even your enemies. So while it may not be ideal in a close-quarters firefight, it’s great to shield up the entire squad without having to use too many consumables./post/how-to-set-up-and-use-siri-on-iphone-13-and-13-pro/Sun, 21 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-set-up-and-use-siri-on-iphone-13-and-13-pro/ Siri is a vital function for every iPhone user, and once again, the AI is gracing the small screen of customers’ iPhone 13 devices. Siri can allow you to sort out schedules as well as activate parts of your phone while you are away from it or driving, letting you record your thoughts and plans when you can’t get your hands on your device. To set up and activate Siri on iPhone 13, do the following:/post/issaa-leaves-eternal-fire-just-2-months-after-team-was-founded/Sun, 21 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/issaa-leaves-eternal-fire-just-2-months-after-team-was-founded/ ISSA has parted ways with Eternal Fire, the organization announced today.  The 24-year-old leaves the CS:GO project just two months after it was founded. The team were aiming high since superstars like ISSAA, woxic, and XANTARES are used to succeeding. Nevertheless, it looks like a lack of satisfying results left the lineup in need of a change.  Teşekkürler @issaa_csgo Türkiye'ye adapte olamadığı ve kendi ülkesine dönme kararı aldığı için yollarımızı karşılıklı olarak ayırma kararı aldık./post/fissure-fined-3-000-for-leaking-overwatch-league-information/Sat, 20 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/fissure-fined-3-000-for-leaking-overwatch-league-information/ This article is brought to you by StatBanana, the best Overwatch strategy tool. The Overwatch League is serious about discipline. Former Seoul Dynasty main tank Baek “Fissure” Chan-hyung returned to the league this week by joining the Vancouver Titans. Before he can begin his new journey in the 2020 season, he’ll have to face a $3,000 fine for leaking sensitive Overwatch League information.    On June 26, 2019, the outspoken tank player retired from the Seoul Dynasty and professional Overwatch competition for unknown reasons./post/jw-parts-ways-with-fnatic-says-he-ll-stay-in-cs-go/Sat, 20 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/jw-parts-ways-with-fnatic-says-he-ll-stay-in-cs-go/ Swedish CS:GO AWPer Jesper “JW” Wecksell has left Fnatic after spending the past three months on the organization’s bench, he announced today. This finishes JW’s second stint with Fnatic, one that started in February 2017 after a brief spell with GODSENT. During this time, he helped the team win big tournaments such as IEM Katowice in March 2018 and DreamHack Masters Malmö in 2019. He also played for the British organization between August 2013 and August 2016 and was an integral part of Fnatic’s three CS:GO Major titles./post/abed-becomes-first-dota-2-player-to-hit-11-000-mmr/Fri, 19 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/abed-becomes-first-dota-2-player-to-hit-11-000-mmr/ Filipino superstar and Evil Geniuses’ mid laner Abed has added another milestone to his growing list of achievements. He’s the first to hit 11,000 MMR in Dota 2, firmly establishing himself as rank one in the Southeast Asian region. Abed was previously the first player to hit a five-digit MMR, achieving 10,000 in 2017. When Valve introduced seasonal resets for MMR, Abed once again became the first to reach 10,000 in 2019./post/league-players-showcase-perfect-poke-from-syndra-and-miss-fortune-combination/Fri, 19 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/league-players-showcase-perfect-poke-from-syndra-and-miss-fortune-combination/ Two League of Legends players combined to show off a powerful combination of abilities in the bottom lane with Syndra and Miss Fortune. In the highlight, the duo uses a simple yet effective combination of Force of Will (Syndra’s W) with Double Up (MF’s Q) to produce some impressive results. Syndra supp OP #lmhtcfs from leagueoflegends A quick ping indicates the start of the combo. As the first blow of Miss Fortune’s Double Up travels toward the target, Syndra’s Force of Will lifts and throws the minion toward an opponent, turning the unsuspecting soldier into a painful grenade./post/where-is-the-entrance-to-gruul-s-lair-in-wow-tbc-classic/Fri, 19 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/where-is-the-entrance-to-gruul-s-lair-in-wow-tbc-classic/ Gruul’s Lair is one of three raids released in the first phase of WoW: The Burning Crusade Classic. Considering it contains just two bosses, Gruul’s Lair is one of the quicker raids that TBC has to offer.  Here’s how to reach the entrance of the Gruul’s Lair raid in WoW: TBC Classic. To reach Gruul’s Lair, players will first need to head toward the Blade’s Edge Mountains. Gruul’s Lair is located in the Northeastern corner of the zone, so getting there will require a bit of travel once you land in the zone./post/lec-continues-to-see-growth-on-twitch-despite-midseason-lull/Tue, 16 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/lec-continues-to-see-growth-on-twitch-despite-midseason-lull/ The LEC had its weakest Twitch viewership of the 2021 Spring Split so far in week five but still maintained its year-over-year growth on the platform. With an average of 96,477 viewers for live coverage, the league’s main broadcast on the LEC channel dipped below 100,000 for the first time this Spring Split, according to stats from SullyGnome. But the league is still in a significantly stronger position than it was last year./post/where-to-find-eiscue-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield/Tue, 16 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/where-to-find-eiscue-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield/ If you plan to complete the Galar Pokédex in Pokémon Sword and Shield or just want an annoying penguin on your team, then you’re sooner or later going to look for Eiscue. Eiscue is a unique Pokémon. Its ability acts a lot like Mimikyu’s, allowing you to take a hit for free without the opponent dealing any damage. This makes it a vital part of any cheesy team. First, Eiscue is exclusive to Pokémon Shield./post/all-free-and-premium-battle-pass-rewards-for-pok%C3%A9mon-unite-agent-of-disaster/Sat, 13 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-free-and-premium-battle-pass-rewards-for-pok%C3%A9mon-unite-agent-of-disaster/ Pokémon UNITE’s fourth Battle Pass is well underway, adding in new items, rewards, and Holowear themed around concerts, music, and putting on a show. Agent of Disaster will run until Jan. 30 at 6pm CT, giving players plenty of time to complete the daily, weekly, and seasonal challenges in order to level the battle pass up and earn rewards. For this season, players can obtain Pikachu – Concert Style and Absol – Dark Suit Style Holowear, along with items like the Dark Suit avatar set and a new profile expression./post/how-to-assign-or-revoke-a-founders-badge-on-twitch/Sat, 13 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-assign-or-revoke-a-founders-badge-on-twitch/ Twitch yesterday announced changes coming to the way that Founders Badge holders can be dished out on channels, and the change will start affecting some communities fairly quickly. Giving content creators the ability to remove the Founders Badge from users, Twitch has given streamers the ultimate control on who gets to be considered a Founder on their channel. The Founders Badge is a “1st” icon that shows up next to the names of users who are among the first to subscribe to your channel./post/league-stats-site-op-gg-acquires-famous-former-lck-broadcasters-ogn/Sat, 13 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/league-stats-site-op-gg-acquires-famous-former-lck-broadcasters-ogn/ League of Legends statistics website OP.GG has acquired legacy esports broadcaster OGN (formerly Ongamenet), which belonged to TV group CJ ENM, it revealed today. OP.GG’s aim is to expand the horizons of OGN to offer more gaming content to its fans, including ventures in VR, XR, and metaverse. “OGN will now become a professional production studio that has spread content to online platforms beyond the limitations of existing TV platforms, bringing them one step closer to global users,” the new CEO of OGN Nam Yun-Seung said./post/pulsefire-ezreal-is-being-updated-to-look-almost-as-cool-as-the-newer-ultimate-skins/Fri, 12 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/pulsefire-ezreal-is-being-updated-to-look-almost-as-cool-as-the-newer-ultimate-skins/ When we spotted the Pulsefire Caitlyn teaser in the PBE a couple weeks ago, we guessed that a Pulsefire Ezreal update may be on the way. It was pretty obvious an update to the skin was coming, and yesterday the new Pulsefire Ezreal hit the PBE—and it looks much, much better than the pixelated mess that’s in the game right now. Okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. It isn’t that bad, but in a land of Elementalist Lux and DJ Sona, it certainly looks subpar./post/how-to-unlock-the-ballistic-knife-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war/Tue, 09 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-unlock-the-ballistic-knife-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war/ One of the all-time favorite weapons in Call of Duty history has returned in both Black Ops Cold War and Warzone. The Ballistic Knife, a combat knife that can also be fired to kill an enemy in one hit, was first introduced in Call of Duty: Black Ops. With the advent of season three in Black Ops Cold War, it’s here again to wreak havoc. The Ballistic Knife can be used as a one-hit melee kill as well as a one-hit shot when you fire it, so it’s a pretty fun option in any secondary slot./post/is-halo-infinite-open-world/Mon, 08 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/is-halo-infinite-open-world/ Halo Infinite is the highly anticipated upcoming chapter in one of the most iconic video game series of all time. Players can dive into another adventure as Master Chief battles the Banished across Zeta Halo. Halo Infinite also marks the first time players can explore a large map as they please and take the fight to the enemy in any order they want.  TheHalo Infinite campaign overview showed a large explorable open-world area that players can traverse and explore as they please./post/riot-to-buff-teemo-nerf-viego-and-zed-in-league-patch-11-17/Mon, 08 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/riot-to-buff-teemo-nerf-viego-and-zed-in-league-patch-11-17/ The League of Legends gameplay design team provided an in-depth preview today of a slew of changes headed to the game in Patch 11.17.  Many of the changes coming to League in Patch 11.17 revolve around the champion roster with 17 individual champions slated to be buffed, nerfed, and adjusted in the patch. Notably, champions such as Ekko, Teemo, Akshan, Amumu, and many more are all set to be changed drastically once the patch goes live next week./post/can-you-play-new-world-on-steam-deck/Sun, 07 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/can-you-play-new-world-on-steam-deck/ Valve’s Steam Deck is being hailed as an unparalleled experience, but its positive reception hasn’t been free from criticism. One big pitfall of the handheld Linux PC is its lack of support from games that have third-party anti-cheat software. That includes games like Rainbow Six Siege, Apex Legends, Dead by Daylight, and more. Amazon’s New World uses Easy Anti-Cheat and is unplayable on the Steam Deck. This could change in the future, though./post/nem-um-%C3%BAnico-torcedor-do-lol-previu-completamente-o-bol%C3%A3o-do-mundial-2021/Sun, 07 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/nem-um-%C3%BAnico-torcedor-do-lol-previu-completamente-o-bol%C3%A3o-do-mundial-2021/ Pela primeira vez desde 2018, nem mesmo um fã de League of Legends conseguiu escolhas perfeitas no Bolão do Mundial, em Lolesports.com, deste ano.  Ontem, a partida final do torneio viu a EDward Gaming da LPL destronar a atual campeã mundial, DWG KIA em uma batalha épica de cinco jogos. O único jogador que tinha escolhas perfeitas no Bolão selecionou a DWG KIA como vencedora da série. No entanto, com a vitória histórica da EDG, todas as finalizações do Bolão em todo o mundo foram frustradas./post/all-the-new-games-revealed-at-riot-s-10th-anniversary-event/Sat, 06 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-the-new-games-revealed-at-riot-s-10th-anniversary-event/ Riot’s 10th-anniversary event was jam-packed with new and exciting content. League of Legends fans were expecting updates to Teamfight Tactics and the 2020 preseason, but instead, they were teased and tantalized with a hoard of games.  Included in Riot’s list of new titles are a League themed digital card game, a tactical FPS game, a fighting game, and more. Here’s the full list of games revealed at last night’s event./post/jhin-shaco-among-champions-planned-to-be-buffed-in-league-patch-11-16/Sat, 06 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/jhin-shaco-among-champions-planned-to-be-buffed-in-league-patch-11-16/ The end of season 11 of League of Legends is quickly approaching, but major balance changes are continuing to keep players on their toes as the meta continues to shift. With Patch 11.16, Riot is continuing to address what champions have been too oppressive, as well as bring some old favorites back into the light. Jeevun “Jag” Sidhu, lead game designer on Summoner’s Rift team for League, revealed that alongside some long-awaited nerfs for champions like Lulu and Lee Sin, other champions are planned to receive a bit of help in Patch 11./post/all-roles-in-among-us-explained/Fri, 05 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-roles-in-among-us-explained/ A new update hit the Among Us live servers today, bringing new features that could see one of the most-played games of 2020 take off again. Innersloth has added a new store and progression system, but the most exciting feature introduced is perhaps the adjustable roles. The four new roles will change how Among Us is played since they add a lot more depth to the gameplay. There are three roles for Crewmates and one role for Impostors./post/the-best-tahm-kench-skins-in-league-of-legends/Fri, 05 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-tahm-kench-skins-in-league-of-legends/ Tahm Kench joined League of Legends in 2016. Since his release, there have been only two additional skins added to the store for the champion, with the most recent launching in January 2019. With just three skins, Tahm Kench has one of the lowest number of skins of any champion in the game. But the available skins are all well-crafted and put unique spins on the champion’s appearance. Here are all of Tahm Kench’s skins ranked in order of our favorites./post/alleged-ark-2-screenshot-emerges-prior-to-xbox-event/Wed, 03 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/alleged-ark-2-screenshot-emerges-prior-to-xbox-event/ The bigger the show and project, the more likely it seems someone gets their hands on some pictures and assets for it before it’s officially revealed. That seems to be the case for Ark 2, which appeared to have a screenshot leak before the big Xbox and Bethesda showcase on June 12. The leaks are not confirmed, but Ark 2 was previously rumored to be showing up at the Xbox/Bethesda conference. Those rumors stemmed from an unofficial account posting that the sequel to Ark: Survival Evolved would be presenting content in the show./post/clash-royale-s-electro-giant-is-getting-a-much-needed-buff/Wed, 03 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/clash-royale-s-electro-giant-is-getting-a-much-needed-buff/ The Electro Giant card was released into Clash Royale with the season 16 update on Oct. 5, and while it added an interesting mechanic to the game, it has proved to be rather ineffective. Electro Giant can hit enemy troops with zaps of lightning in a small radius around him, but its cost of eight elixirs and ability to be taken down with a ranged card made players demand a buff./post/a-fan-favorite-mercy-voiceline-will-make-a-comeback-in-overwatch/Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/a-fan-favorite-mercy-voiceline-will-make-a-comeback-in-overwatch/ Overwatch ultimate voice lines are instantly recognizable. It’s an audio cue that notifies enemies and allies that an ultimate is being used. “Justice rains from above” invokes memories of Pharah’s rockets blazing down, while a “ryūjin no ken wo kurae” is a surefire sign that Genji’s blade approaches. Mercy’s iconic “heroes never die” was pushed aside when the Overwatch healer got a new ultimate, Valkyrie. The new line, “I will watch over you,” is fine, but it’s not “heroes never die” and its many skin-variant lines./post/warlock-player-hacez-achieves-world-first-level-70-in-wow-the-burning-crusade-classic/Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/warlock-player-hacez-achieves-world-first-level-70-in-wow-the-burning-crusade-classic/ A World of Warcraft player by the name of Hacez became the first player to reach level 70 in WoW: The Burning Crusade Classic.  After approximately 14 hours of gameplay, Hacez successfully reached level 70 solely through farming dungeons. Hacez’s dungeon group belonged to the guild Progress of the server Firemaw on the European servers. Progress was known as one of the most efficient guilds in WoW: Classic, often clearing content faster than any other guild in the world./post/how-to-get-kanto-slowpoke-and-evolve-it-to-slowking-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield-s-isle-of-armor-expansion/Sun, 30 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-get-kanto-slowpoke-and-evolve-it-to-slowking-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield-s-isle-of-armor-expansion/ You’ll likely run into your fair share of Galarian Slowpoke while running around the Isle of Armor. But if you want to get a Kantonian Slowpoke, you might need to do a little searching.  You can’t actually find the original form of Slowpoke in Pokémon Sword and Shield’s Isle of Armor expansion. But that doesn’t mean it’s unavailable.  The only way you can actually get Kantonian Slowpoke in-game is by helping find 150 Alolan Diglett scattered throughout the new map./post/lelis-officially-leaves-quincy-crew-hints-at-further-major-changes/Sun, 30 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/lelis-officially-leaves-quincy-crew-hints-at-further-major-changes/ Quincy Crew were one of North America’s top performers over the last two years in the competitive Dota 2 scene, but the first of several moves is already shaking the roster to its core. Rodrigo “Lelis” Santos departed the team today to explore his options.  QCY parting ways and my future Read: https://t.co/4r8i0BVCTJ — Rodrigo Lelis (@lelisdota) October 17, 2021 Team manager Jack Chen previously confirmed that QC would see significant changes before the next season./post/new-pok%C3%A9mon-go-datamine-shows-10-new-mega-pok%C3%A9mon-more-new-assets-and-power-up-pok%C3%A9stop-feature/Sun, 30 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/new-pok%C3%A9mon-go-datamine-shows-10-new-mega-pok%C3%A9mon-more-new-assets-and-power-up-pok%C3%A9stop-feature/ Pokémon Go’s 0.205.0 update has pushed a lot of assets in the backend of the app, including new information about Mega Evolutions, potential new features, and tons of new Pokémon from generation six.  There was so much data included in the update that it has taken dataming group PokéMiners a full 24 hours to dig through it all.  Starting with the visual assets, Rainy Lure Module and effects to go with it have been included, along with more assets for the Route feature that has been in development for some time./post/the-best-champions-to-help-you-climb-the-league-solo-queue-ladder/Sun, 30 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-champions-to-help-you-climb-the-league-solo-queue-ladder/ This article is brought to you by Gamer Sensei. Want to improve? Check out Gamer Sensei for your own personal coach! Ranked can be a frustrating experience for a lot of League of Legends players. Between the teammates who refuse to coordinate, the vastly different skill levels, and the odd smurf or two, you can sometimes feel like you’re going backward. But there are a few champions that, if mastered, can help you beat the system and take you to the next level./post/bard-s-meeps-can-block-enemy-hooks-after-using-a-hextech-portal-and-it-may-be-a-bug/Sat, 29 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/bard-s-meeps-can-block-enemy-hooks-after-using-a-hextech-portal-and-it-may-be-a-bug/ In League of Legends, Bard has a distinct playstyle from the other support champions. One of his key characteristics is spawning lesser spirits known as Meeps. These glowing creatures follow him around and are consumed each time he attacks, granting him extra magic damage. One player found an unintended usage of these Meeps: blocking hooks from characters like Thresh and Blitzcrank. A video uploaded to Reddit shows a Bard player using a Meep to soak up a hook shot from an opposing Thresh./post/hearthstone-balance-change-coming-to-battlegrounds-as-soon-as-next-week/Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/hearthstone-balance-change-coming-to-battlegrounds-as-soon-as-next-week/ In a Reddit AMA today, Hearthstone developers answered questions pertaining to the state of the Battlegrounds mode, and the upcoming potential changes to Hearthstone’s economy. In Hearthstone’s popular Battlegrounds mode, Captain Eudora has been far and away the strongest hero ever since her inclusion in the Pirates patch. At all tiers of play, especially in higher rating, she has been regularly dominating lobbies. This is due to her ability to sacrifice early tempo to gain high value gold minions alongside a higher tier minion every four turns starting turn one./post/how-to-find-and-unlock-fortbyte-79-in-an-arcade-in-fortnite-season-9/Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-find-and-unlock-fortbyte-79-in-an-arcade-in-fortnite-season-9/ After many weeks of collecting Fortbytes for the Fortnite: Battle Royale season nine Battle Pass, we think it’s time for players to take a break by going to the arcade. Well, who knew a Fortbyte would be there? It looks like our break is over. Fortbytes are collectible items that players can find by completing in-game missions. There are 100 Fortbytes in total. One of the new challenges that spawned today asks players to find Fortbyte 79, which is “found within an arcade./post/how-to-calculate-player-damage-at-the-end-of-a-round-in-teamfight-tactics/Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-calculate-player-damage-at-the-end-of-a-round-in-teamfight-tactics/ The higher tier your opponents’ units are in Riot Games’ autobattler Teamfight Tactics, the more damage you take at the end of the round. At the start of the game, you take very little damage from losing a round. This is because one-cost or one-star units deal one damage each to your hitpoints. The more enemy units that survive per round, the more damage you’ll take. If you lose to three one-cost or one-star units, you’ll take five damage in total./post/riot-adjusts-legends-of-runeterra-patch-times/Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/riot-adjusts-legends-of-runeterra-patch-times/ Riot Games is moving the launch of Legends of Runeterra updates from Tuesday to Wednesday, the developer announced today. The addition of a mobile platform in LoR has prompted time and date changes for patch updates. Patches will still occur on Tuesdays at 11:30am CT but players won’t see any changes until around 24 hours later. Changes in times will go into effect with LoR Patch 1.2, scheduled to take place on May 26./post/valorant-player-discovers-how-to-get-beneath-fracture-with-sage-wall/Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/valorant-player-discovers-how-to-get-beneath-fracture-with-sage-wall/ A VALORANT player has found a way to use Sage’s wall to get beneath Fracture by destroying it while attached to the zipline.  Fracture is still one of the most controversial maps in VALORANT since players either love or hate the unique map. The map’s layout is drastically different from the other maps in rotation, causing many to avoid it, while others embrace its quirks and style. Regardless, players have consistently found new tricks and tactics on Fracture, including a way to get beneath the map with Sage’s wall./post/call-of-duty-mobile-season-6-the-heat-adds-slums-map-and-undead-siege-mode-for-zombies/Wed, 26 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/call-of-duty-mobile-season-6-the-heat-adds-slums-map-and-undead-siege-mode-for-zombies/ A classic Black Ops II map and a Modern Warfare Gunfight map are just two of many additions coming to Call of Duty: Mobile’s season six, titled “The Heat.” Slums is being added to the game, a classic competitive map from Call of Duty’s earlier esports days. And for Modern Warfare fans, the Gunfight map Stack is joining the rotation for that game mode as part of the new season./post/how-to-evolve-poipole-into-naganadel-and-find-dragon-pulse-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield-s-the-crown-tundra-expansion/Tue, 25 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-evolve-poipole-into-naganadel-and-find-dragon-pulse-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield-s-the-crown-tundra-expansion/ Another classic evolution method in Pokémon games is teaching your Pokémon a specific move before leveling it up.  Normally, a Pokémon will learn the required move through leveling up on its own, but in some cases, it is actually faster just to track down alternative methods to get the job done.  Poipole is one such Pokémon, as it needs to learn Dragon Pulse before it can reach the terrifying heights of its evolved form Naganadel./post/the-best-priest-decks-in-hearthstone/Tue, 25 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-priest-decks-in-hearthstone/ The Priest class in Hearthstone has one main archetype throughout all expansions, Control Priest. While there are different attempts at making other archetypes, players usually default to a variation of a Control Priest deck by using all the powerful cards to keep the board under control and not let opponents run away with the game. One main reasoning behind Priest players defaulting to Control is the hero power, which is hard to use in other archetypes./post/ea-sports-releases-road-to-the-knockouts-promotion-in-fifa-22-ultimate-team/Mon, 24 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/ea-sports-releases-road-to-the-knockouts-promotion-in-fifa-22-ultimate-team/ EA Sports has added a new promotion to FIFA 22 Ultimate Team today called Road to the Knockouts (RTTK). This promo will follow the group stages of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Europa Conference League. There are 11 RTTK players on the first team. The items released during the RTTK promo have the potential to earn two dynamic upgrades throughout the group stage of each tournament aside from the initial upgrade for every player selected to the RTTK team./post/former-street-fighter-producer-yoshinori-ono-named-president-and-coo-of-delightworks/Sat, 22 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/former-street-fighter-producer-yoshinori-ono-named-president-and-coo-of-delightworks/ Delightworks, the developer behind the massively popular Japanese mobile game Fate/Grand Order, has named former Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono to the position of president and chief operating officer.  Ono will take over for the company’s current president and representative director Akihito Shoji on May 1, with the former head moving into the role of chairman and chief executive officer. This announcement was made on Delightworks company website. He is joining a successful development team that is looking to continue creating new games and was brought in to “manage the company from a more multifaceted perspective./post/can-you-play-co-op-in-dying-light-2/Fri, 21 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/can-you-play-co-op-in-dying-light-2/ Dying Light 2 Stay Human is finally being released on Feb. 4 and fans everywhere are excited to dive back into a world full of terrifying zombies. The original Dying Light introduced players to a massive open world they could explore with several parkour skills as they fought other survivors and the living dead.  One of the best parts of the first game was the ability to play the campaign with up to three friends, adding another element to the mix./post/lck-rosters-locked-in-for-2022-summer-split/Fri, 21 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/lck-rosters-locked-in-for-2022-summer-split/ A few weeks ahead of the 2022 LCK Summer Split, the official League of Legends rosters have been submitted, the South Korean league revealed today. Most of the LCK teams have registered three players in several roles, and some even feature four, such as Liiv SANDBOX’s bot lane and NS RedForce’s support players. The full list of coaching staff, including the analysts, is also included in the roster registrations. As 2022 Summer is fast approaching, each of our teams has submitted their rosters for the upcoming split!/post/fortnite-extends-chapter-3-season-2-until-june-5/Wed, 19 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/fortnite-extends-chapter-3-season-2-until-june-5/ Epic Games is the king of introducing different seasons of content to Fortnite, with nearly five years’ worth of content under its belt. The most recent war-themed season has been building up to something big, and the Imagined Order’s Collider is set to destroy everything. Now, The Seven might be getting more time to prepare thanks to a leak that suggests the season has been extended to June 5. The change was first announced by Austrian Fortnite news account MidaRado on Twitter before popular leaker ShiinaBR shared the news./post/xmithie-joins-tsm-s-academy-league-team-as-new-head-coach/Wed, 19 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/xmithie-joins-tsm-s-academy-league-team-as-new-head-coach/ A former professional League of Legends player is stepping onto a new team for the first time in a coaching position. Jake “Xmithie” Kevin Puchero, a multi-time LCS champion who brought teams like Team Liquid to great success through his jungle gameplay, is joining TSM Academy as its new head coach. He will be taking over for André “Gunaso” Ferreira, who led the team in this position throughout the 2021 season and at the start of 2022./post/og-win-fifth-dota-2-major-beat-tsm-in-stockholm-grand-finals/Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/og-win-fifth-dota-2-major-beat-tsm-in-stockholm-grand-finals/ From a first-round loss to a fifth Major title for the organization, OG fought through nearly every top team to win the 2022 Dota Pro Circuit Stockholm Major with a 3-1 victory over TSM today.  Not only did they have to run the lower bracket gauntlet after losing to TSM at the start of the playoffs, but they also had to overcome a big game one loss in the grand finals to set up their eventual reverse sweep./post/shiny-magikarp-pokemon-sword-and-shield-raids-end-later-today/Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/shiny-magikarp-pokemon-sword-and-shield-raids-end-later-today/ The special Magikarp Raid event in Pokémon Sword and Shield is coming to a close, so if you want to get yourself a rare shiny Pokemon, act fast. The event, which started a few days ago to bring in the new year, saw increased Magikarp raid spawns across the Wild Area with an increased chance of getting a Shiny by taking part in as many as possible. The Shiny variants are more readily available than many expected, with trainers able to fill a whole box of shiny fish with ease within a few days of the event going live./post/tft-patch-12-7-applies-major-balance-shifts-to-hextech-augments/Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/tft-patch-12-7-applies-major-balance-shifts-to-hextech-augments/ Final preparations for the Teamfight Tactics World Championship will include over a dozen big Hextech Augment balance changes in Patch 12.7 from Augments getting removed to nerfs and buffs. Set 6.5 Neon Nights Hextech Augments are on the hot list for the final TFT patch prior to the Gizmos and Gadgets World Championship. The changes being applied to Augments will potentially bring about fewer “feel bad” moments during high-level competitive play while still providing opportunities for players to choose flexible and risky paths./post/how-to-unlock-the-super-express-missions-in-lost-ark/Mon, 17 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-unlock-the-super-express-missions-in-lost-ark/ The latest major patch in April brought tons of fresh content to Lost Ark following its Western release. Players will be able to discover a new continent, the new subclass Glaivier, and more. But the developer isn’t just working on new content to keep the game fresh. One of its priorities is horizontal progression, as stated in the game’s roadmap. The way up to the max level gear is incredibly tedious, so players have been asking for ways to speed up the process for a while./post/ludwig-hits-over-30-000-viewers-on-twitch-while-sleeping/Mon, 17 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/ludwig-hits-over-30-000-viewers-on-twitch-while-sleeping/ Popular Twitch streamer Ludwig became the most-viewed channel on the platform for a short time earlier today while sleeping. Ludwig, who’s hosting a “subathon” on his channel right now, has given his viewers the power to dictate how long his stream remains live. For every subscriber or donation, a small amount of time is added to a timer present on his stream that indicates how long he needs to continue streaming./post/overwatch-league-2020-all-stars-skins-revealed/Mon, 17 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/overwatch-league-2020-all-stars-skins-revealed/ Tank heroes are finally getting some All-Star love. Every year for the Overwatch League’s All-Star games, two heroes receive exclusive skins to match the league’s respective teams. This year, tanks D.Va and Reinhardt are getting the star treatment. The skins were revealed during the Sept. 13 Overwatch League broadcast. D.Va’s new skin, representing the Asia region, gives the pilot silver hair and a blue bodysuit. Her mech is decked out in similar colors, accented with neon blue and gold details./post/smash-summit-10-online-live-results-and-standings/Sun, 16 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/smash-summit-10-online-live-results-and-standings/ Despite everything that happened with Nintendo shutting down The Big House Online because it was going to use the community-made Slippi mod to play Super Smash Bros. Melee online, that wasn’t stopping Smash Summit.  Beyond the Summit is still running Smash Summit 10 Online, with pretty much every top Melee player in the world competing from home using Slippi.  With four days of competition, four groups of five players, and an entire bracket just for the European players, Summit 10 is still one of the most hype tournaments of the year./post/5-best-legends-of-runeterra-targon-meta-decks-in-1-8-patch/Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/5-best-legends-of-runeterra-targon-meta-decks-in-1-8-patch/ The metagame within Legends of Runeterra following the launch of Call of the Mountain has showcased a wild number of builds from old school to new. But a few Targon decks have stood out from the crowd.  Balance changes won’t take place in LoR until patches 1.10 and 1.11, with Ezreal once again in the hot seat. Until those changes take place, Ezreal has reclaimed “S-tier” status via the Targon/Ezreal build./post/league-team-aced-following-an-almost-perfect-wombo-combo/Fri, 14 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/league-team-aced-following-an-almost-perfect-wombo-combo/ There are few images in League of Legends that are more eye-opening than a perfectly executed wombo combo. With over 150 champions in the game and many of them having AoE abilities, it’s not hard to imagine dozens of satisfying compositions and plays to pull off. And now, one Reddit user has presented one of the better-executed combos in the ARAM mode. What’s more, to make it even sweeter, one of the champions from the team executing it didn’t even participate./post/connoreatspants-defeats-hacker-in-fall-guys/Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/connoreatspants-defeats-hacker-in-fall-guys/ Following its release earlier in the month, Fall Guys exploded in popularity with fun gameplay and competitive mini-games. But some players have already decided to ruin the experience for others by hacking to gain a competitive advantage. ConnorEatsPants encountered a hacker during a Free-for-all Tail Tag minigame but was still able to walk away with a victory.  Conner chased another player who had the tail when a hacker sped by him./post/does-legends-of-runeterra-use-riot-points/Wed, 12 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/does-legends-of-runeterra-use-riot-points/ The new digital card game from Riot Games, Legends of Runeterra, won’t use Riot Points as a form of currency.  Many players are curious about how to efficiently use currency in the LoR open beta. The new CCG won’t use Riot Points for store purchases, however. Upon the digital card game’s official launch later this year, a mobile version will also launch. But the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store don’t permit games to share currencies./post/how-to-change-your-account-name-in-among-us/Wed, 12 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-change-your-account-name-in-among-us/ Among Us just released their brand-new map Airship breathing new life into the wildly popular murder mystery game. In this new map, players are treated to a series of new tasks, gameplay elements, and levels of depth not previously available in the game. Given that some players may be returning to the game after an extended break or getting their chance to play for the first time, changing your account name is something that most players will do at some point./post/the-best-tec-9-loadout-in-call-of-duty-warzone/Wed, 12 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-tec-9-loadout-in-call-of-duty-warzone/ A familiar weapon from many first-person shooters has joined the roster of submachine guns in Call of Duty: Warzone and Black Ops Cold War—the TEC-9. The TEC-9 is a semi-auto submachine gun with “improved accuracy from longer ranges with low recoil and slower fire rate” and “good damage output with moderate range.” It should enter the meta as a decent option for submachine gun players and those who are looking to run and gun./post/failed-ahri-charm-turns-into-flash-prediction/Tue, 11 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/failed-ahri-charm-turns-into-flash-prediction/ Sometimes when you try your best to achieve something, you fail miserably. On the other hand, there are also situations, when you make a mistake, but it works for you just fine. The same rules apply to League of Legends, and one streamer’s play is a perfect example of the latter. The clip begins with the streamer, LegitKorea, playing Ahri in the middle lane, just a few moments after he hit level six, thus unlocking his Spirit Rush (R)./post/mang0-receives-3-day-ban-from-twitch-for-sexual-content/Tue, 11 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/mang0-receives-3-day-ban-from-twitch-for-sexual-content/ Super Smash Bros. Melee pro and streamer Mang0 has been handed a three-day suspension from Twitch for “sexual content,” he said. In a tweet, Mang0 shared the news of his ban, calling the reason for it a “fucking joke.” Banned for 3 days from twitch for "Sexual content" ROFLLLLLLLLLL fucking joke — Joseph Marquez (@C9Mang0) March 29, 2021 While it is not clear exactly what content actually led to the ban, Mang0 told Ludwig during his stream that he “thinks he humped an anime figurine too many times./post/evil-geniuses-releases-s4-benches-sumail-and-adds-abed-and-ramzes666/Mon, 10 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/evil-geniuses-releases-s4-benches-sumail-and-adds-abed-and-ramzes666/ This article is brought to you by StatBanana, the best Dota 2 strategy tool. Evil Geniuses made massive changes to its core Dota 2 roster today, shuffling both Syed “SumaiL” Hassan and Gustav “s4” Magnusson out to bring in some new faces.  After spending the last two seasons with Fnatic, Abed Yusop is joining EG as the team’s new position two, while Roman “RAMZES666” Kushnarev transfers over from Virtus Pro to play offlane for EG./post/how-to-use-both-the-warding-totem-and-oracle-lens-at-level-1-in-league-of-legends/Mon, 10 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-use-both-the-warding-totem-and-oracle-lens-at-level-1-in-league-of-legends/ Sometimes, vision can make all the difference in a game of League of Legends, especially at the pro level. LEC content producer Renato “Shakarez” Perdigão has reminded players of a neat way to get some early vision control with the Warding Totem and Oracle Lens at level one. In the early game, vision can be useful for detecting jungle invades, ambushes, and steal attempts from the enemy team. This is why most players choose the Warding Totem when spawning in for the first time./post/nvidia-rtx-3090-ti-rtx-3070-ti-16gb-and-rtx-3050-marked-for-january-release-according-to-leaks/Mon, 10 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/nvidia-rtx-3090-ti-rtx-3070-ti-16gb-and-rtx-3050-marked-for-january-release-according-to-leaks/ Nvidia is preparing to pump new blood into its 30 series of graphics cards early next year with the RTX 3090 Ti, RTX 3070 Ti 16GB, and RTX 3050, according to recent leaks made available by VideoCardz. The leak details several bits of key information, including the RTX 3090 Ti shelf date, a new RTX 3070 Ti 16GB GPU, and the release date for the entry-level RTX 3050. The RTX 3090 Ti and the RTX 3050 are reportedly hitting the shelves first./post/destiny-gets-temporary-ban-from-r-livestreamfail-for-posting-game-of-thrones-spoilers/Sun, 09 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/destiny-gets-temporary-ban-from-r-livestreamfail-for-posting-game-of-thrones-spoilers/ Popular Twitch streamer Steven “Destiny” Bonnell received a temporary ban from the LivestreamFail subreddit today after messaging and posting Game of Thrones spoilers. Moderator ImNATT announced the decision in a post on r/LivestreamFail. “Purposefully grifting the subreddit is not the way to go about a disagreement Steven,” the post reads. “You should know that. How long this ban will last is yet to be determined.” Destiny’s controversy began yesterday when he started sending personal messages and commenting Game of Thrones spoilers to r/LivestreamFail users./post/sources-faze-clan-to-sign-valorant-academy-team/Sun, 09 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/sources-faze-clan-to-sign-valorant-academy-team/ North American organization FaZe Clan is set to enlist the core of Teal Seam as its VALORANT academy roster, multiple sources told Dot Esports.  Teal Seam consist of “Bones,” Cade “Cade3k” Warren, and Binh “Yoshii” Warren, who will all be joining FaZe’s academy roster. They’ll join forces with “wubby” and Erik “d1msumboi” Almhjell to complete the roster.  Bones is an up-and-coming player, and despite being only 14 years old, he’s impressed many with his incredible firepower./post/ubisoft-awarded-default-judgement-in-lawsuit-against-rainbow-six-siege-ddos-marketplace-operators/Sun, 09 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/ubisoft-awarded-default-judgement-in-lawsuit-against-rainbow-six-siege-ddos-marketplace-operators/ One of the world’s largest game publishers won a crucial lawsuit earlier this month aimed at a loosely defined ring of hackers who sold programs that negatively impacted players of its game.  A California federal court ruled in favor of Rainbow Six Siege developer Ubisoft on July 9 in a case it brought against three men who allegedly ran an enterprise that sold both denial-of-service (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) software to players online./post/best-young-strikers-in-fifa-21/Sat, 08 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-young-strikers-in-fifa-21/ In the game of soccer, it’s all about goals. A strong defense and a reliable keeper will only get you so far if you’ve got no one to put the ball in the back of the net. And some of the most prolific strikers in the game are still only in their early 20s. So whether you’re looking for a teammate in your player career, a focal point of a club you wish to manage, or a high-value target in the transfer market, here are the best young strikers in FIFA 21./post/how-to-unlock-the-season-2-battle-pass-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war/Sat, 08 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-unlock-the-season-2-battle-pass-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war/ The season two battle pass for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has arrived. The pass features 100 tiers of unlocks for both Black Ops Cold War and Warzone, offering players a ton of new things to play and grind for, including a new operator and two new guns. The cool thing is if you have CoD Points saved up from playing Warzone or a recent purchase, you can use them toward the battle pass in Black Ops Cold War if you’re using the same Activision account./post/which-starter-should-you-choose-in-pok%C3%A9mon-brilliant-diamond-and-shining-pearl/Sat, 08 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/which-starter-should-you-choose-in-pok%C3%A9mon-brilliant-diamond-and-shining-pearl/ Like all Pokémon games before them, the new Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl will allow players to choose one of three different starter Pokémon to take on their adventure. While it’s not clear yet how each starter’s stats and movesets will be tweaked for this new generation, there are several existing factors we can use to determine which starter is the best to pick in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl./post/best-deals-on-ipad-accessories/Fri, 07 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-deals-on-ipad-accessories/ Thanks to powerful hardware and smooth software, the Apple iPad offers a great experience and can cover all your needs. iPads are great for work, gaming, art, and more. But sometimes you need some accessories to unleash the device’s full potential. Buying iPad accessories is tricky as dozens of various items are available. Our list aims to introduce the best deals on iPad accessories to help you to find the best stuff for your device./post/here-are-the-top-50-players-ratings-in-fifa-22/Thu, 06 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/here-are-the-top-50-players-ratings-in-fifa-22/ EA Sports has launched a database containing the top 100 players’ overall ratings and stats in FIFA 22. Here are the 50 best players that you’ll probably see a lot of in the game either on your team or as fodder. The best 22 players list was already released, but now fans can even compare players with the database. Some of the players have a better overall rating than they had in FIFA 21 and vice-versa./post/new-holowear-for-blastoise-charizard-and-more-detailed-for-pok%C3%A9mon-unite-s-next-battle-pass-and-update/Wed, 05 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/new-holowear-for-blastoise-charizard-and-more-detailed-for-pok%C3%A9mon-unite-s-next-battle-pass-and-update/ Ahead of Pokémon UNITE’s next major update, which will launch Ranked Season 4, TiMi Studio and The Pokémon Company have revealed several details for what content is coming to the game on April 28.  The games seventh battle pass is themed around Japan and the country’s iconic cherry blossom trees. This includes traditional Japanese Avatar Items and a festive Premium Holowear for Blastoise that changes almost all of its animations into flashy, stylized ones./post/storm-spirit-hero-guide-tips-tricks-and-strategy/Wed, 05 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/storm-spirit-hero-guide-tips-tricks-and-strategy/ Zip zap! Raijin Thunderkeg, the Storm Spirit, is the jovial, hyperactive elder brother of Ember Spirit and Earth Spirit in Dota 2. He’s an extremely mobile and slippery Intelligence hero that boasts strong ganking and even carrying potential. This is thanks to his respectable damage output through all stages of the game and his ability move and reposition himself on a dime. But, he is difficult to grasp and master, due to his fragility and how easy it is to underestimate how much mana his abilities require./post/caedral-opts-out-of-casting-msi-2022-due-to-personal-issues/Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/caedral-opts-out-of-casting-msi-2022-due-to-personal-issues/ Marc Robert “Caedrel” Lamont won’t be a part of the upcoming League of Legends Mid-Seasonal Invitational 2022 due to “personal issues,” the player-turned-caster revealed today.  The experienced caster/analyst mentioned he’s “not in the right headspace” for the event, forcing him to opt out of the prestigious competition. He also said he wouldn’t be streaming “for a while” and would take some out for himself during this time.  I will not be a part of MSI this year./post/is-elden-ring-open-world/Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/is-elden-ring-open-world/ Elden Ring is significantly bigger in scale than its Souls-like counterparts.  Co-created by Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R. R. Martin, the new FromSoftware game is set in the Lands Between, which basks in the shining light of the Erdtree, an immense, glowing tree that fills the skyline of the realm. Unlike Demon Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Elden Ring is a vast and sprawling open world. This means players can explore the Lands Between and approach the game freely./post/wordle-game-help-5-letter-words-with-l-as-the-second-letter/Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/wordle-game-help-5-letter-words-with-l-as-the-second-letter/ Having one green letter while doing a Wordle puzzle can be stressful when you’re running out of tries. A single green L as the second letter of a five-letter word, for example, might lead to players struggling to think of the next move. Searching for word lists is a good way to get inspired and improve your vocabulary for the next Wordle. If you are looking for a hint to reach the Wordle answer faster, check out this list of five-letter words with L as the second letter./post/league-players-can-now-earn-unlimited-rp-with-microsoft-rewards/Thu, 30 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/league-players-can-now-earn-unlimited-rp-with-microsoft-rewards/ League of Legends players can now obtain an “unlimited” amount of Riot Points thanks to Microsoft Rewards, an online gifting system that rewards users based on their time spent online.  Usually, League players can only get in-game currency by purchasing it with real money or through pre-created codes. This gave players the ability to buy skins, wards, icons, and more only by using predetermined methods in the game client. But by using the Microsoft Rewards system, League players will now be able to obtain a limitless amount of RP without paying./post/100-thieves-academy-top-laner-tenacity-is-the-highest-ranked-boot-camper-on-the-euw-server-right-now/Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/100-thieves-academy-top-laner-tenacity-is-the-highest-ranked-boot-camper-on-the-euw-server-right-now/ There are only a few days left until the start of the 2021 League of Legends World Championship. And in this final weekend, every single player at the tournament will be getting as much practice in as they can before they have to face the lights in Iceland. One player, however, has stood out among the multiple boot-camping stars in Europe—and he isn’t even playing in the event. 100 Thieves’ Academy top laner Tenacity is the highest-ranked boot camper on the Europe West server right now, according to pro player monitoring site Tracking the Pros, as well as popular stats aggregator op./post/zed-retires-from-competitive-call-of-duty/Mon, 27 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/zed-retires-from-competitive-call-of-duty/ A staple of the European Call of Duty competitive scene has decided to retire. Zed, who most recently played for the London Royal Ravens, announced the end of his playing career today via Twitlonger. The 23-year-old Englishman said that although he feels confident he could contribute for a team in the Call of Duty League, he said the “odds” are not in his favor and that a stint on the Challengers circuit would not do much to help him get back in the franchised league./post/best-pcie-4-0-motherboards/Sun, 26 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-pcie-4-0-motherboards/ Peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) slots are used to integrate components like graphics cards and Wi-Fi cards into yourPC. Different parts require different bandwidths to run, with graphics cards needing more and Wi-Fi cards needing less. PCIe 4.0 is the latest generation but is only available on AMD X570 and B550 motherboards. Despite hardware vendors implementing PCIe 4.0 infrastructure on their motherboards, Intel will only implement it on the forthcoming Rocket Lake processors./post/mixwell-s-settings-keybinds-and-crosshair-for-valorant/Sun, 26 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/mixwell-s-settings-keybinds-and-crosshair-for-valorant/ Oscar “Mixwell” Cañellas Colocho signed with G2’s VALORANT squad after retiring from competitive Counter-Strike in June 2020. Since then, the captain of the team has led G2 to multiple first-place finishes, winning back to back Ignition Series tournaments in dominant fashion. Mixwell has been one of the most consistent players in Europe, using the knowledge and experience he gained from competing in CS:GO for eight years. G2, since a roster rebuild in June, has shown very few weaknesses in the competitive circuit and arguably looks like one of the best teams in the world./post/gpu-prices-may-be-returning-to-normal-in-march-2022/Sat, 25 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/gpu-prices-may-be-returning-to-normal-in-march-2022/ The GPU market has continued its rocky trajectory for quite a while now, with chip shortages expected to continue until at least 2023. There has been hope that Intel’s new Arc GPU line will alleviate some of the pressure manufacturers that consumers have been under, but its release remains several months away. Despite these ongoing issues, hardware tipster @Greymon55 has revealed that there may be some light at the end of the tunnel with a vague indication that things may improve as soon as next month./post/here-s-what-needs-to-be-changed-in-splatoon-3-for-its-competitive-scene/Sat, 25 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/here-s-what-needs-to-be-changed-in-splatoon-3-for-its-competitive-scene/ Splatoon 3 came as a surprise announcement for the Switch in April’s Nintendo Direct. The game’s community has since been buzzing about what will be coming in the third installment of the franchise. Splatoon 2 introduced a lot of new elements to the franchise, like Salmon Run, a host of new modes and maps, Octolings to play as online, and a ton of new weapons and abilities to try out in casual or ranked play./post/report-mad-lions-acquires-rkr-humanoid-buyout-not-finalized/Sat, 25 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/report-mad-lions-acquires-rkr-humanoid-buyout-not-finalized/ MAD Lions is set to acquire RKR as the team’s new mid laner in place of Humanoid, although Fnatic’s buyout of Humanoid has not yet been finalized, according to a report by Dot Esports’ Jacob Wolf. Should Humanoid not find a new home as part of Fnatic, it seems he will be unable to return to MAD, who he helped the progress through the LEC and out of the group stage at Worlds./post/best-mtg-alchemy-decks-at-neon-dynasty-championship/Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-mtg-alchemy-decks-at-neon-dynasty-championship/ A first look at the Magic: The Gathering Alchemy format at a major tournament showcased a total of six decks that dominated during the Swiss and playoff rounds. The MTG Alchemy format was showcased at a major Magic tournament for the first time at the Neon Dynasty Championship. A majority of players thought Naya Runes was the deck to beat at the tournament, bringing Mono-White as an answer. But the star of the tournament was Orzhov Venture, piloted by Eli Kassis for the title at the NEO Championship./post/diana-morgana-and-hecarim-all-set-to-receive-nerfs-in-league-patch-11-9/Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/diana-morgana-and-hecarim-all-set-to-receive-nerfs-in-league-patch-11-9/ League of Legends’ gameplay design director Mark “Scruffy” Yetter has previewed some of the changes coming to the game in Patch 11.9.  Nineteen different champions are slated to receive nerfs and buffs in Patch 11.9, with the jungle position receiving a good amount of attention once again. Last patch, several champions known for their laning capabilities—such as Morgana and Diana—were buffed immensely. In Patch 11.9, though, Riot is dialing things back and applying a steady amount of nerfs to those junglers, as well as a few others./post/how-do-free-fire-codes-and-rewards-work/Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-do-free-fire-codes-and-rewards-work/ Free Fire players can buy skins, guns, and pets in the game’s store using diamonds. For the ones that don’t have diamonds to spend, however, Garena releases codes that can be redeemed for rewards such as free diamonds, rare skins, and the much-desired Elite Pass. Free Fire codes have 12 characters (numbers and letters) and must be used at the official Rewards Redemption website, where players must log in with their battle royale accounts since codes cannot be redeemed on guest accounts./post/call-of-duty-warzone-june-2-update-patch-notes-champion-of-caldera-ltm-is-here/Tue, 21 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/call-of-duty-warzone-june-2-update-patch-notes-champion-of-caldera-ltm-is-here/ Get ready for a new way to experience Caldera. Champion of Caldera, a limited-time Warzone mode, has been added in the game’s latest update. The mode features 150 players and a “single, continuously closing circle.” In addition to the LTM, Activision released the patch notes for today’s update, which also includes some bug fixes, some gameplay changes, and weapon balancing, particularly targeted at the NZ-41. Here are the patch notes for the Call of Duty: Warzone June 2 update./post/ultra-rare-league-of-legends-skin-neo-pax-sivir-will-soon-be-craftable-with-gemstones/Mon, 20 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/ultra-rare-league-of-legends-skin-neo-pax-sivir-will-soon-be-craftable-with-gemstones/ One of League of Legends’ rarest skins is returning to game on Aug. 31—with a twist. The skin, PAX Sivir, was released in 2011 as part of PAX Prime, a series of gaming festivals held in multiple states in the US. The skin hasn’t been available since the event back in 2011. Two skins were given out to attendees of the event in previous years—PAX Jax and PAX Twisted Fate came out in 2009 and 2010 respectively./post/where-to-find-mawile-and-sableye-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield/Mon, 20 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/where-to-find-mawile-and-sableye-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield/ Mega Evolution might not be a feature in Pokémon Sword and Shield, but both Mawile and Sableye made it into the Galar Pokédex and are available to catch in the wild, with a few stipulations.  The main condition is that each Pokémon is exclusive to one of the games unless you find it as a raid boss in a Max Raid Battle. Mawile can only be found in Sword while Sableye is available to players using Shield—although you probably won’t be adding Sableye to your team until pretty late into the game./post/call-of-duty-black-ops-4-update-version-1-24-is-live/Sun, 19 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/call-of-duty-black-ops-4-update-version-1-24-is-live/ The latest Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 update is available on PlayStation 4. Update version 1.24 is ready to be downloaded on PS4. It’s a 10.073 GB download file. In today’s #BlackOps4 update: • Jungle Flooded (PS4) • #Blackout map updates • #Zombies gameplay fixes • Havelina AA50 tuning • Stockpile in MP • Ground War in Blackout • #TagDerToten intel • Operation Dark Divide arrives Sept. 23 on PS4/post/fortnite-leaker-says-ghoul-trooper-skin-is-100-coming-back/Sun, 19 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/fortnite-leaker-says-ghoul-trooper-skin-is-100-coming-back/ For some Fortnite players, cosmetic items are one of the most important part of the game. And according to one of Fortnite’s most trustworthy leakers, one of the game’s most popular skins will be making a return. Ghoul Trooper, which debuted more than two years ago, is “100 percent coming back,” according to Fortnite leaker Lucas7yoshi. The dataminer said he expects the skin to return either tomorrow or on Halloween, stay in the Item Shop for a few days, and then disappear again./post/here-are-the-best-player-cards-in-valorant/Sun, 19 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/here-are-the-best-player-cards-in-valorant/ Player cards are an essential part of any VALORANT player’s loadout. There are no shortages of customization options in VALORANT and your profile’s appearance is no exception. Honestly, if you’re not subtly flexing on your opponents in the loading screen, you’re already putting yourself at a disadvantage in the rounds to come.  Granted, many of the player cards you’ll see in-game are unavailable due to their associated battle passes falling out of rotation, but there are still plenty of well-designed player cards to pick up and show off with./post/cod-mobile-s-tank-battle-mode-and-shipment-2019-map-are-now-live/Sat, 18 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/cod-mobile-s-tank-battle-mode-and-shipment-2019-map-are-now-live/ Modern Warfare’s Shipment 2019 map and the Tank Battle BR mode has arrived into Call of Duty: Mobile today. In the traditional battle royale mode, only a few tanks are available on the battlefield for players to use. The Tank Battle mode, however, gives players easy access to these highly-armored and explosive vehicles. In this mode, players will be able to find vending machines scattered across Isolated. These machines can be used to acquire parts for tanks that include a tank chassis, armor, engine, primary weapon, and secondary weapon./post/how-to-play-godzilla-vs-kong-call-of-duty-warzone-operation-monarch-limited-time-mode/Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-play-godzilla-vs-kong-call-of-duty-warzone-operation-monarch-limited-time-mode/ You’re gonna need a bigger gun. Call of Duty: Warzone’s monstrous new limited-time mode, Operation Monarch, is here. The name is somewhat innocuous unless you’re a fan of the Universal MonsterVerse, featuring cinematic giants Godzilla and King Kong. MONSTERS. ARE. REAL.#OperationMonarch drops tomorrow in #Warzone. Suit Up. pic.twitter.com/ypoQxKZoZK — Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) May 10, 2022 The collaboration between CoD and Godzilla vs. Kong is bringing the massive lizard and monstrous primate to Warzone’s Caldera in the limited-time mode in the battle royale’s most ambitious and exciting crossover yet./post/s1mple-receives-pgl-stockholm-major-mvp-award-from-hltv/Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/s1mple-receives-pgl-stockholm-major-mvp-award-from-hltv/ Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev has been named the MVP of the CS:GO PGL Stockholm Major by HLTV, following Natus Vincere’s 2-0 victory against G2 Esports in the grand finals. The Ukrainian superstar has been on point the entire year and basically did more of the same in the first CS:GO Major in over two years. S1mple played an integral part in Na`Vi’s championship run, averaging a 1.47 rating across 10 maps played throughout the event./post/apex-legends-is-giving-out-double-xp-until-season-7/Thu, 16 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/apex-legends-is-giving-out-double-xp-until-season-7/ Competing in the Apex Games will temporarily grant twice the glory—and twice the battle pass progression. Respawn is starting a double XP week today that will run until Nov. 4 to make up for Apex Legends’ updated release schedule. The developers pushed the new season forward by a week without warning and the extra experience aims to make up for any inconveniences with player progression. There's one week to go until Season 7!/post/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-m3-world-championship/Thu, 16 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-m3-world-championship/ The M3 World Championship 2021 will take place from Dec. 6 to 19 to crown a champion in Mobile Legends Bang Bang, Moonton announced on Nov. 6. It will take place as an offline event in Singapore. Sixteen teams from around the world will be competing in the M3 World Championship. Just like the M2 World Championship last January, Moonton is working with local authorities and the Singapore Tourism Board to ensure that the competition happens safely with all COVID-19 preventive measures in place./post/n0thing-s-settings-keybinds-and-crosshair-for-valorant/Thu, 16 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/n0thing-s-settings-keybinds-and-crosshair-for-valorant/ Known for his service to Counter-Strike, Jordan “n0thing” Gilbert is one of the most prolific players in North American history, having competed at a professional level for nearly a decade.  The 30-year-old has had a long and fruitless career playing for Evil Geniuses, CompLexity Gaming, Cloud9, and most recently, Old Guys Club, but since the release of VALORANT, n0thing has put Counter-Strike to the wayside.  He hasn’t given up his career just yet but competing, grinding the ladder, and streaming VALORANT has been one of his top priorities./post/pok%C3%A9mon-tcg-pok%C3%A9mon-go-expansion-product-list-breakdown-now-available/Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/pok%C3%A9mon-tcg-pok%C3%A9mon-go-expansion-product-list-breakdown-now-available/ Starting on July 1, or June 17 for the OCG, the Pokémon TCG is getting a special Pokémon Go expansion that will feature the first full release of unique cards themed around the mobile game and its mechanics.  We have slowly been getting more information about this crossover set since it was revealed in February, including that it will feature multiple products such as an Elite Trainer Box, Battle Decks, a Premium Collection, and more./post/the-best-speedruns-from-summer-games-done-quick-2021/Tue, 14 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-speedruns-from-summer-games-done-quick-2021/ Another Games Done Quick event has finished its run, with Summer Games Done Quick 2021 raising a total of $2,897,704 to support Doctors Without Borders between July 4 and 11.  And that's a wrap! #SGDQ2021 has come to a close, and although we are sad that it's over, we are beyond joyful as we have raised a total amount of $2,897,704 for @MSF_USA! Thank you to all of our runners, and to you for your generosity and support!/post/how-to-find-and-complete-the-sunflowers-for-my-love-hidden-story-in-lost-ark/Sun, 12 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-find-and-complete-the-sunflowers-for-my-love-hidden-story-in-lost-ark/ When playing Lost Ark for the first time, players will have tons of different kinds of content to progress through. They’ll have to farm and complete numerous quests to level up and discover the game’s story. But not all quests will be handed to them since some are hidden. These special quests are timed and not always easy to complete. The “Sunflowers for my Love Hidden Story” quest is one of them./post/tbc-classic-class-tier-list-pvp/Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/tbc-classic-class-tier-list-pvp/ The arena made its debut in Burning Crusade Classic on June 1, 2021—introducing a new way for World of Warcraft players to test their PvP skills and climb the ranks in teams of two, three, and five.  See World of Warcraft on Amazon It features a comprehensive MMR system, matching players up against players of similar skill. The arena is a refreshing change from the often one-sided battlegrounds in Classic, rewarding teamwork and coordination over chance and luck./post/tsm-signs-kiyoon-to-tft-roster/Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/tsm-signs-kiyoon-to-tft-roster/ One of the premier esports organizations in North America TSM added Ki Yoon “Kiyoon” Yoo to their ever-expanding roster of top players competing in Teamfight Tactics today. “I am super excited and proud to join TSM and represent the org I have been a fan of since season 2 of League,” Kiyoon said. “Special thanks to all my viewers, countless TFT streamers and my friends I have met in the community./post/scream-retires-from-competitive-cs-go-to-play-valorant-for-team-liquid/Thu, 09 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/scream-retires-from-competitive-cs-go-to-play-valorant-for-team-liquid/ After dedicating more than 10 years to Counter-Strike: Source and CS:GO, ScreaM has officially retired from Counter-Strike to pursue a career in VALORANT. The 26-year-old signed a contract with Team Liquid today, teaming up with the former fish123 roster, a British team that’s won several tournaments in VALORANT. He’ll be the face of Liquid in VALORANT and the team’s fifth player since Ardis “ardiis” Svarenieks left fish123 last month to play for G2./post/the-wow-burning-crusade-classic-pre-patch-is-live/Thu, 09 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-wow-burning-crusade-classic-pre-patch-is-live/ Players can officially begin leveling their Blood Elf Paladins and Draenei Shaman in preparation for the launch of WoW Burning Crusade Classic on June 1. Weekly maintenance on the World of Warcraft Classic servers has ended and the TBC pre-patch has begun. A post made by Blizzard’s Customer Support suggested that maintenance could last until as last as 5pm CT. But, as is almost always the case, the servers went live a little bit before that./post/todos-os-personagens-de-mortal-kombat-11/Thu, 09 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/todos-os-personagens-de-mortal-kombat-11/ Mortal Kombat 11 conta com um elenco enorme, composto por mais de 35 personagens icônicos da série e algumas novidades. Esse grande elenco permite que todo jogador encontre ao menos um personagem com seu estilo de luta, além de manter o jogo renovado. Antes de comprar Mortal Kombat 11, é preciso levar algumas coisas em consideração. Você pode comprar a versão base do jogo, mas essa versão inclui apenas 25 personagens./post/best-mtg-blue-black-innistrad-deck-for-draft-and-sealed-in-midnight-hunt/Wed, 08 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-mtg-blue-black-innistrad-deck-for-draft-and-sealed-in-midnight-hunt/ Zombies are returning to the Magic: The Gathering Limited format via Innistrad: Midnight Hunt as sacrificial tools and graveyard haters.  The digital launch of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) on Sept. 16 highlighted a number of worthy archetypes to play in the MTG Limited format, with UB zombies standing out from the pack. The color Black is packed with solid removal and creatures that synergize with the zombie theme. And Blue does what it does best—disrupting an opponent’s strategy, stealing life points with evasive creatures, and sliming non-horror creatures./post/valorant-creative-director-shares-image-comparing-agents-heights-with-jett-and-breach-on-either-end/Wed, 08 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/valorant-creative-director-shares-image-comparing-agents-heights-with-jett-and-breach-on-either-end/ Figuring out the heights of all the VALORANT agents is a tall order. But Riot’s got you covered. Creative director David Nottingham gave the VALORANT community some insight into agents’ heights today, lining up the full cast in an image. While the agents all have the same height in-game to maintain balanced gameplay, their size in the “real world” does vary. So VALORANT community, we get a lot of questions about our agents./post/when-does-asphodelos-savage-raid-release-in-final-fantasy-xiv-s-endwalker/Wed, 08 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/when-does-asphodelos-savage-raid-release-in-final-fantasy-xiv-s-endwalker/ Each new Final Fantasy XIV expansion offers content for all kinds of players, whether it’s more leveling, crafting, story, or high-end content. A FFXIV staple is Savage raids, and new ones will be introduced during Endwalker. This new line of raids will be called Pandæmonium, and the first one is named Asphodelos. If it follows the same format of Shadowbringers‘ line of raids, Eden, it should consist of 12 duties that will be introduced throughout this expansion’s cycle./post/rocket-league-players-outraged-by-new-item-prices-after-blueprints-update/Tue, 07 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/rocket-league-players-outraged-by-new-item-prices-after-blueprints-update/ Rocket League’s Blueprints Update overhauled the game’s relationship with items yesterday, but not in a positive way. In a type of reverse Black Friday, new items can be purchased from the Item Shop at an absurdly high price. The skyrocketing prices caught Rocket League players by surprise. Users shared their outrage on Reddit, armed with a plethora of adjectives for the new Blueprints system. Some fans called it “actually ridiculous” and “absolutely disgusting,” while one user went as far as to say “this is robbery now./post/lcs-reveals-new-rule-changes-player-pool-for-scouting-grounds-2021/Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/lcs-reveals-new-rule-changes-player-pool-for-scouting-grounds-2021/ The LCS has announced the 20 players headed to this year’s Scouting Ground event, in addition to a few changes coming to the overall structure of Scouting Grounds for the 2021 season.  In traditional Scouting Grounds fashion, 20 League of Legends players will be drafted into four teams. Those players will have the opportunity to show off their skills to LCS coaches, analysts, and executives over the span of five days of competition./post/gordon-ramsay-responds-to-xqc-on-twitter-asks-for-a-lesson-on-twitch/Sun, 05 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/gordon-ramsay-responds-to-xqc-on-twitter-asks-for-a-lesson-on-twitch/ Trends on Twitch are constantly changing. While gaming is still the most popular thing to stream on the Amazon-owned platform, multiple streamers are attempting to branch out and broadcast more diverse content. One of them is xQc, who for the past few weeks has been starting a new trend: watching and reacting to MasterChef. The TV series debuted in 2010 and has since starred multiple celebrity chefs, with Gordon Ramsay being one of them (he’s also a co-creator of the show)./post/cod-mobile-season-13-will-bring-new-emp-systems-scorestreak/Sat, 04 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/cod-mobile-season-13-will-bring-new-emp-systems-scorestreak/ Call of Duty: Mobile’s season 13 is almost here. It is called Winter War and will bring many new features that include new maps, modes, weapons, and much more to the game. Today, Activision revealed that a new scorestreak, EMP Systems, will also be coming to the game next season. The EMP Systems, or the electromagnetic pulse systems, is a unique scorestreak that fans of other Call of Duty titles might be familiar with./post/fundamentals-of-deck-building/Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/fundamentals-of-deck-building/ Introduction Hello fellow Hearthstone players! I would like to thank everyone who read and left feedback on my previous article, Guide: Midrange Whirlwind Warrior. Due to the positive responses, HSP has given me the opportunity to become an official writer for them. This article, first of a two-part series, walks through the basic fundamentals of constructing a new deck. The following article will then allow readers to provide feedback and engage in building a new deck from the bottom up (more on this below)./post/here-are-the-best-cs-go-settings-and-launch-options/Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/here-are-the-best-cs-go-settings-and-launch-options/ CS:GO is one of the oldest competitive titles on the market. Starting with CS 1.6, the level of competition only rose higher, and you’ll need all the advantages you can get to rise above the rest. Most players in CS:GO are already familiar with the game either through playing the older versions or simply due to how long they’ve been playing. While you’ll only be able to fill in the experience gap by playing the game, it’s essential that you do so under the most optimal circumstances./post/how-to-defeat-the-soldier-of-godrick-in-elden-ring/Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-defeat-the-soldier-of-godrick-in-elden-ring/ Within 30 minutes of adventuring in Elden Ring, players will come across two mandatory bosses. The first is named the Grafted Scion, who is meant to show players exactly how difficult the game can be while also allowing players to taste combat for the first time. The second boss is called the Soldier of Godrick, who players will find much easier than the Grafted Scion. But this isn’t to say that the Soldier of Godrick is a foolproof boss that can be taken down with ease./post/call-of-duty-warzone-ranked-play-is-coming-raven-software-dev-confirms/Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/call-of-duty-warzone-ranked-play-is-coming-raven-software-dev-confirms/ Fans have been asking for it and it seems that Call of Duty: Warzone will be getting a ranked mode after all, Raven Software has confirmed via Twitch. According to Call of Duty creative lead Josh Bridge, who was interviewed on-stream by Warzone star Optic TeeP, ranked play is what the super-popular battle royale has been lacking and it’s something that is currently being evaluated. Bridge explained that the new mode would be perfect for veteran players to test their skills in while the regular mode still stands for more casual play./post/who-is-s1mple/Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/who-is-s1mple/ Oleksander “s1mple” Kostyliev is the kind of player who can do things in the most important matches that most professional players can only hope to complete in FPL. s1mple is nothing short of a spectacular player with his ability to be an AWP and rifle at the highest levels. Unfortunately, s1mple is a less than stellar teammate. He has been harsh and critical to his teammates, creating an atmosphere that can make certain people play worse./post/how-to-download-discord-on-all-devices/Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-download-discord-on-all-devices/ Communication is an important part of competitive gaming. Your skill won’t matter as much if you can’t seem to function with your team and communicate with them. If you’re playing with friends, there can also be a lot of banter while gaming, meaning it may be beneficial to use a secondary platform instead of your favorite game’s voice chat feature—if it even has one. During the early days of online gaming, players used programs like Ventrilo, Mumble, Skype, and eventually Discord./post/t1-signs-flights-as-valorant-content-creator/Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/t1-signs-flights-as-valorant-content-creator/ T1 has expanded its presence in VALORANT by signing Flights as a content creator, the organization announced today. Flights is known for his impressive plays with Raze and has over 450,000 subscribers on YouTube.  Flights is a popular YouTuber and streamer who’s constantly impressing his viewers with intense and exciting clips. He uses Raze in the majority of his matches and can quickly move around the map by using her blast packs./post/pathfinder-s-low-profile-removed-caustic-and-mastiff-nerfed-wattson-buffed-in-apex-s-upcoming-chaos-theory-patch/Sun, 26 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/pathfinder-s-low-profile-removed-caustic-and-mastiff-nerfed-wattson-buffed-in-apex-s-upcoming-chaos-theory-patch/ There are quite a few changes coming to the Outlands next week. Respawn introduced the Chaos Theory Collection Event today and with it comes numerous balance changes to legends and weapons. And while Apex Legends players might enjoy the new Ring Fury mode or toxic Town Takeover, tweaks to Pathfinder, Caustic, Wattson, and the Mastiff are here to stay. Pathfinder mains have long asked for Low Profile to be removed, which makes the lovable robot take more damage from incoming fire./post/tft-sivir-build-shows-promise-as-top-four-comp/Sun, 26 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/tft-sivir-build-shows-promise-as-top-four-comp/ Balance and system changes made within Teamfight Tactics Patch 11.4 may have opened the door for a consistent top-four Sivir carry build.  Patch 11.4 in TFT has brought about a meta filled with four-cost Chosen units with comps like Olaf Slayer and DragonSol ranking in at S-plus tier. Flying under the radar, though, is a solid build using Sivir as the primary carry and Kindred as the secondary option.  A guide on Reddit highlighted the comp, running four Spirit with Sejuani and Aatrox as a frontline Vanguard in conjunction with Shen to tie in Mystic./post/battlefield-2042-beta-reportedly-starting-on-oct-6/Sat, 25 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/battlefield-2042-beta-reportedly-starting-on-oct-6/ Following Battlefield 2042’s initial delay from Oct. 22 to Nov. 19 earlier this month, Electronic Arts and Dice promised to keep fans updated on an open beta that would be running in the near future. Now, a previous insider’s claims have seemingly confirmed that the beta will begin on Oct. 6.  The original report came from known Battlefield insider Tom Henderson, with a new set of images from Chinese live streaming platform Bilibili backing the info that said the beta would also be delayed./post/how-to-find-and-open-golden-vaults-on-rebirth-island-in-call-of-duty-warzone/Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-find-and-open-golden-vaults-on-rebirth-island-in-call-of-duty-warzone/ Call of Duty: Warzone has been blessed with another Easter egg for players to chase down on Rebirth Island, and the reward is some sweet, fat loot. The Golden Vault doors that players spotted on Rebirth Island over the past few weeks can now be opened. There’s a ton of high-tier loot inside, including a Specialist bonus, lots of money, weapons, and more. But it takes a little bit of work to get inside and reap the rewards./post/xqc-invents-new-overwatch-2-map-exploit/Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/xqc-invents-new-overwatch-2-map-exploit/ Popular streamer xQc discovered a new way to get around the side of the map in the new Overwatch 2 Push map Colosseo. In the clip, which was captured during the first day of the Overwatch 2 closed beta, xQc is healing his team as Mercy on Colosseo. As his teammates are picked off one by one, it’s clear that the enemy team is coming for him next. He turns around and tries to run, taking fire as he does so./post/dragon-ball-fighterz-ranking-system-explained/Sun, 19 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/dragon-ball-fighterz-ranking-system-explained/ Bandai Namco’s Dragon Ball FighterZ brought new life into a franchise in 2018, drawing inspiration from the earliest and most beloved games in Dragon Ball and other fighting games. This 2D-styled, team-based gameplay is a throwback to the earliest games in the franchise but also offers a unique spin on the modern fighting game setup. Whether you are a diehard fan or a casual viewer, there’s plenty of familiar faces to be seen with a roster including plenty of characters from the franchise, starting with Dragon Ball Z and continuing up until Super./post/dwg-kia-vs-t1-peaked-at-3-540-094-viewers/Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/dwg-kia-vs-t1-peaked-at-3-540-094-viewers/ Today’s semifinals matchup for the League of Legends World Championship stream peaked at over 3.5 million viewers, according to streaming statistics website Esportscharts. DWG KIA won the bout 3-2 and knocked out T1 from the League of Legends World Championship in a match that vastly surpassed the tournament’s previous record holder. Esportscharts points out 3,540,094 viewers tuned in to the broadcast at its peak, and League fans plenty of reason to watch today’s matchup between the two./post/league-fan-creates-breathtaking-pixel-art-game-inspired-by-arcane/Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/league-fan-creates-breathtaking-pixel-art-game-inspired-by-arcane/ Since its initial release in late-2021, Arcane has become a big Netflix hit and both League of Legends players and series viewers are still finding ways to create amazing fan art, marvelous cosplays, and unique videos to honor the show and the game it’s based on.  This time, that admiration comes in the form of a pixel animation. Reddit user StudioBaku posted a 42-second video titled “Get Jinxed – Pixel Art Game Version” earlier this month./post/valorant-players-can-create-multiple-one-way-sage-walls-on-split/Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/valorant-players-can-create-multiple-one-way-sage-walls-on-split/ VALORANT players have found new one-way Sage walls on Split that make taking B site much more difficult.  VALORANT Patch 2.01 significantly updated Split to make it easier for attackers to enter sites, removed deep corners where enemies could hide, and limited the amount of 50/50 peek spots players might encounter. But the update also introduced new objects that players can use to their advantage to create one-way walls and off-angles that attackers won’t expect./post/100-thieves-parts-ways-with-cody-sun/Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/100-thieves-parts-ways-with-cody-sun/ The LCS’ 100 Thieves and Cody Sun have mutually parted ways, the player announced today.  The ADC, who enjoyed a full year with the North American organization, is now a free agent and aims to “reach the top” for the 2021 season, he says. 100Thieves and I have decided to part ways. Effective immediately, I will be a Free Agent heading into the 2021 season. I am very grateful for the opportunities given to me by 100T, as well as very excited for what's to come./post/cod-mobile-s-new-br-mode-only-offers-legendary-weapons/Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/cod-mobile-s-new-br-mode-only-offers-legendary-weapons/ Call of Duty: Mobile’s latest battle royale mode, Solid Gold, has arrived into the game today. Finding weapons and attachments while keeping your ammo in check and being on the lookout for enemies can be a bit tough in the classic BR mode. Furthermore, the weapons in the battle royale come in different rarities: common, uncommon, rare, epic, and legendary. The last class has the best weapons, but they are really hard to find./post/how-to-enable-vods-on-twitch/Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-enable-vods-on-twitch/ Not everyone can watch Twitch streams live. For those people, VODs are an easy way to support a stream and consume content. Even as a streamer without Affiliate or Partner status on Twitch, you have the ability to store VODs on Twitch. This can play a crucial role in developing your channel in a way that can build you up to Affiliate status. VODs for non-Partnered streamers can be saved on Twitch for up to 14 days./post/all-madden-21-franchise-mode-teams-ranked/Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-madden-21-franchise-mode-teams-ranked/ It’s been four long months since the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lifted the Lombardi Trophy. But now, the NFL’s offseason is in full swing.  Organized team activities, or OTAs, just started, giving fans a glimpse of the new additions to the rosters, including the newest players added to the team via the 2021 NFL Draft in April. Madden NFL 22 will likely be announced in July during EA’s live event. But with the game releasing sometime in late August, football fans need a way to waste time during the dog days of summer leading up to the start of the 2021 NFL season./post/does-kirby-and-the-forgotten-land-have-online-co-op-play/Tue, 14 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/does-kirby-and-the-forgotten-land-have-online-co-op-play/ Kirby and the Forgotten Land has finally set sail, and players can now take their favorite ball of pink on a trip through a lost civilization known as the Forgotten Land. In the title, players can encounter new friends and tasks throughout their journey. A game that has captured the hearts of Kirby fans, Kirby and the Forgotten Land has been lauded for its vast gameplay and intricate storylines. It’s only natural for players to want to share the experience with a friend, and one of the biggest questions surrounding the game is if they can play Kirby and the Forgotten Land online./post/how-to-play-madden-mobile-with-a-controller/Tue, 14 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-play-madden-mobile-with-a-controller/ While a year ends on Dec. 31 for most people, sports fans hop onto the hype train earlier when the newest addition of their favorite titles hits the shelves. Each new release introduces more customizability options, small fixes in the gameplay, and updates teams’ rosters after major moves during transfer periods. Considering mobile gaming is one of the most widely-available platforms out there, it was inevitable for sports titles to make ports to allow fans to be a part of the action even when they’re on the go./post/the-best-specialists-in-battlefield-2042/Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-specialists-in-battlefield-2042/ When you load into Battlefield 2042, you’ll realize the class system is now replaced with specialists. Specialists come with unique abilities and traits that aren’t customizable. Considering all specialists have different abilities, they excel at different roles, and some perform better than others due to tier traits. Players who are looking to increase their chances of winning a match will need to combine the best weapons in Battlefield 2042 with the most powerful specialists in the game./post/what-is-a-tofu-keyboard/Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/what-is-a-tofu-keyboard/ The jargon surrounding keyboard enthusiast’s conversations can quickly leave newbies in the dust without a prayer. While much of this language is used to describe keyboard sizes, keycaps, and production styles, some of it actually refers to brand-specific keyboards.  One such brand-specific keyboard is the TOFU keyboard. TOFU keyboards are often referred to as the best “bang for your buck” cases that come both in DIY versions and pre-built options. While knowing what keyboards have reasonable value is essential to a keyboard enthusiast, knowing where that value comes from is infinitely more important./post/epic-revela-la-primera-imagen-de-la-temporada-10-de-fortnite-a-d%C3%ADas-de-su-lanzamiento/Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/epic-revela-la-primera-imagen-de-la-temporada-10-de-fortnite-a-d%C3%ADas-de-su-lanzamiento/ Epic Games reveló la primera imagen del tráiler para la próxima temporada de Fortnite: Battle Royale, que comienza el jueves, y muestra una ubicación que fue una favorita de las y los fans y que fuera destruida el año pasado. El primer avance de la temporada 10 de Fortnite muestra a Polvorín Polvoriento antes de que lo arrasara el meteorito en mayo pasado. El tuit de Epic simplemente dice «recuerda el pasado» e incluye la fecha de inicio de la temporada 10 de Fortnite, 1 de agosto de 2019./post/how-to-fix-valorant-s-error-code-68/Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-fix-valorant-s-error-code-68/ Another day, another VALORANT error code.  Error code 68 has seemingly cropped up out of nowhere, disconnecting players from matches and locking them out of the game completely. It’s one of the most irritating error codes around and it only serves as a nuisance. But unlike some error codes, it’s easy to fix. The error code emerges when the game is experiencing server connection issues, something that’s largely out of your control./post/here-are-the-best-in-store-valorant-skins-from-2020/Sat, 11 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/here-are-the-best-in-store-valorant-skins-from-2020/ VALORANT may be a free-to-play game, but the tactical shooter still offers plenty of reasons to open up your wallet. Though agent skins likely aren’t in VALORANT‘s future, players can still purchase weapon cosmetics to help them stand out. And with VFX upgrades, color variants, and epic finisher animations, these skins provide tons of satisfaction. These rankings were based on the following criteria: Aesthetics: How creative and well-designed are the skins?/post/spacefarer-ariana-grande-outfit-now-available-in-fortnite/Sat, 11 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/spacefarer-ariana-grande-outfit-now-available-in-fortnite/ Fortnite’s collaboration with pop star Ariana Grande continues with yet another outfit inspired by her being added to the game today. Available in the Fortnite store today is Spacefarer Ariana Grande, a distinctly different skin to the Ariana Grande icon series skin that joined the game back in August. This new look sees the popstar don a spacesuit that can change colors and even its complete structure thanks to the different styles available to unlock with this new skin./post/g2-caps-swoops-in-to-delay-excel-s-entrance-to-2022-lec-spring-split-playoffs/Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/g2-caps-swoops-in-to-delay-excel-s-entrance-to-2022-lec-spring-split-playoffs/ With just three days left in the 2022 LEC Spring Split, Excel Esports are so close to qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in the organization’s history. But the team will have to continue into the final two days to see if the postseason truly is in their immediate future since G2 Esports showed them why they’ve already qualified today. G2 continue to showcase their momentum heading into the playoffs, taking down Excel and forcing them to look at their upcoming games for a chance at the postseason./post/riot-is-putting-the-finishing-touches-on-udyr-s-vgu-according-to-dev-update/Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/riot-is-putting-the-finishing-touches-on-udyr-s-vgu-according-to-dev-update/ Riot Games is wrapping up development on one of League of Legends’ most long-awaited champion updates. More details were revealed today regarding a visual and gameplay update (VGU) for Udyr, the Spirit Walker.  Udyr’s update was first announced last February when he won the game’s annual VGU fan vote by a wide margin. The release for the update was originally planned for “early 2022,” according to Riot, but the new version of the champion may not hit the live servers until later this year, judging by the development team’s rate of progress./post/copies-of-pok%C3%A9mon-legends-arceus-have-reportedly-been-spotted-in-the-wild-leaks-likely-to-follow/Tue, 07 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/copies-of-pok%C3%A9mon-legends-arceus-have-reportedly-been-spotted-in-the-wild-leaks-likely-to-follow/ Pokémon Legends: Arceus isn’t officially releasing for the Nintendo Switch until Jan. 28. But it appears that at least one physical copy of the game is already out in the wild more than a week early.  In an image shared by multiple accounts dedicated to Pokémon leaks and rumors, what appears to be the full physical case and cartridge have been revealed.  One person potentially has a copy. Cartridge serial match./post/how-to-unlock-all-skins-hats-and-pets-in-among-us/Tue, 07 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-unlock-all-skins-hats-and-pets-in-among-us/ Among Us lets players customize the look of their characters through the use of various cosmetics, including skins, hats, and pets. These cosmetics are available as a mixture of free items included in the base game, purchasable add-ons, or event exclusives that unlock at various times of the year, such as specific holidays.  The availability of these items also varies between which version of the game you’re playing. On the mobile version of the game, several hats are free and automatically owned by the player./post/mtg-standard-artisan-returns-to-arena-in-midweek-magic-event/Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/mtg-standard-artisan-returns-to-arena-in-midweek-magic-event/ Mythic Rare and Rare Magic: The Gathering rarity cards within Standard will take a back seat for the Midweek Magic event featuring the Artisan format.  Standard Artisan returns to MTG Arena from July 20 to 21. The unique format uses a 60-card minimum deck made up of Magic cards that have a rarity of Common and Uncommon. For players tired of the meta, Standard Artisan provides a number of MTG archetypes to thrive without bombs getting in the way./post/murderous-rider-in-throne-of-eldraine-is-a-better-version-of-hero-s-downfall/Sun, 05 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/murderous-rider-in-throne-of-eldraine-is-a-better-version-of-hero-s-downfall/ Combining themes and casting costs from several black removal spells throughout the history of Magic: The Gathering, Murderous Rider in the Throne of Eldraine set looks like a bomb.  With over 20 spoilers from Throne of Eldraine (ELD) dropping today, only a few cards stand out from the pack. It might be a tad early to definitively call Murderous Rider a bomb, but there’s no mistaking its power and potential. /post/how-to-evolve-eevee-into-all-of-its-eeveelutions-with-event-exclusive-moves-during-pok%C3%A9mon-go-s-august-community-day/Sat, 04 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-evolve-eevee-into-all-of-its-eeveelutions-with-event-exclusive-moves-during-pok%C3%A9mon-go-s-august-community-day/ With the return of Eevee as the featured Pokémon in August’s Pokémon Go Community Day, Niantic has found a unique way to give fans an extended event that celebrates all of the Eeveelutions.  As part of that expansion, the newest Community Day will run for two days instead of the usual one. On Aug. 14 and 15, players can encounter Eevee and the multiple bonuses running throughout the entire weekend. /post/jake-reveals-future-overwatch-experimental-creator-card-details/Sat, 04 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/jake-reveals-future-overwatch-experimental-creator-card-details/ Overwatch is about to get another wild Experimental Card update at the hands of some of the community’s most vocal professionals and creators.  After the popularity of the Nov. 30 Creator Cup card, which included changes for all 32 of the game’s heroes provided by community creators, Overwatch developers have decided to repeat that success with a new crop of masterminds.   Houston Outlaws coach and Overwatch League player Jake Lyon revealed on Jan./post/playstation-s-days-of-play-returns-on-may-18/Fri, 03 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/playstation-s-days-of-play-returns-on-may-18/ PlayStation’s Days of Play event is back and will bring new rewards, community goals, and challenges starting on May 18.  This all centers around the PlayStation Player Celebration, which will task players with completing a set of community challenges to earn exclusive rewards like PSN avatars, PlayStation 4 themes, and more. The event itself will divide community goals into different stages, with each stage unlocking another set of rewards. The global progress will be tracked on the official PlayStation website, with rewards being directly sent to participating players digitally a few days after each stage ends./post/yu-gi-oh-ocg-overlay-universe-structure-deck-revealed-debuts-number-99-utopia-dragner/Fri, 03 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/yu-gi-oh-ocg-overlay-universe-structure-deck-revealed-debuts-number-99-utopia-dragner/ Konami has officially revealed details about the next Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG Structure Deck, Overlay Universe, which will focus on Xyz Monsters.  It looks like players will be getting even more Xyz support in the near future, especially with the first card of the new deck being Number 99: Utopia Dragner.  The new deck will be released in Japan on June 26 with a 43-card Main Deck, the standard playmat and rulebook, and a bonus Emperor’s Door pack that contains an additional five cards inside./post/the-best-mid-laners-in-league-of-legends-wild-rift/Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-mid-laners-in-league-of-legends-wild-rift/ League of Legends: Wild Rift is finally available in North America and most regions around the world. Despite the similarities to League, Wild Rift boasts a variety of unique tweaks that will force players to change up their champion selection between games and learn the best ways to play. Some champions are identical to their League counterparts, but others have received changes to their kit to suit the smaller map of Wild Rift./post/jay3-has-already-uncovered-a-huge-problem-with-hanzo-in-overwatch-2/Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/jay3-has-already-uncovered-a-huge-problem-with-hanzo-in-overwatch-2/ The Overwatch 2 beta has finally arrived, and streamers have been testing the newest entry in Blizzard Entertainment’s franchise. But since the game went live with its beta version on April 26, numerous bugs and glitches have been found. Jay3, a streamer and content creator, has already experienced a game-breaking bug in one of his Hanzo games. He loaded into a match and discovered that Hanzo’s bow from his perspective, and the character overall, was invisible./post/new-world-s-heart-of-madness-update-is-now-live/Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/new-world-s-heart-of-madness-update-is-now-live/ After a last-second delay, New World’s latest major update Heart of Madness is finally here. The update, rolled out to live servers today, will not only add the game’s first post-launch expedition, but also a new weapon and a ton of quality of life additions. Your journey continues into the Heart of Madness… a nightmare beyond evil and death. pic.twitter.com/ov6PsDqiJH — New World (@playnewworld) March 30, 2022 Heart of Madness’ new expedition is Tempest Heart./post/the-best-deadzone-settings-in-call-of-duty-warzone/Sun, 29 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-deadzone-settings-in-call-of-duty-warzone/ When two players are evenly matched in Call of Duty: Warzone, their aim usually decides who walks out alive and who goes back to the main menu. Decent aim isn’t always a must to make it to the late stages of a Warzone match, but you’ll need to be able to seal the deal to win matches. Practicing will be key to improving your aim. Doing it with the right settings can make it easier to perfect your aim and finding the best controller settings for your playstyle can take a while./post/how-to-fix-the-friends-list-not-working-error-in-valorant/Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-fix-the-friends-list-not-working-error-in-valorant/ You log into VALORANT only to find out that your friends are missing from your list. Did they all delete you overnight? Not only a coordinated move like that would be cruel, the odds are of that happening will be quite low. Occasionally, the friends list in VALORANT stops working. This generally happens whenever the servers are under heavy load, especially during new patch releases. When more players than anticipated start flooding into the servers, it’s normal to see some hiccups here and there and the friends list bug is one of them./post/pok%C3%A9mon-fan-makes-meter-long-3d-printed-onix/Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/pok%C3%A9mon-fan-makes-meter-long-3d-printed-onix/ You can do a lot of cool things with a 3D printer and making Pokémon happens to be one of them. One Redditor has showcased their latest creation which perfectly captures the first-generation rock-type Pokémon Onix—be it on a smaller scale. See Pokémon on Amazon The creation was bright to life in 60 hours with the help of a 3D model available for anyone to use on MakerBot Thingiverse. The design was first shared to the site in May 2014 and it appears not too many have attempted it for themselves quite yet./post/fpx-parts-ways-with-crisp/Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/fpx-parts-ways-with-crisp/ League of Legends support player Liu “Crisp” Qing-Song is no longer with FunPlus Phoenix after spending four years together. The 23-year-old was a part of FPX since the organization entered League‘s pro scene in December 2017. He helped the team win LPL Summer in September 2019 and the Worlds Championship later that year. The Chinese squad did not replicate the same performance in 2020, but came close to winning two LPL championships in 2021, finishing runners-up twice./post/tyler1-pulls-off-hilariously-sloppy-1-vs-3-valorant-clutch/Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/tyler1-pulls-off-hilariously-sloppy-1-vs-3-valorant-clutch/ Popular League of Legends streamer Tyler1 managed to pull off a one-vs-three clutch in VALORANT today, even though it was slightly sloppy and unconventional.  Tyler1 recently hit the Challengers rank in League by playing only top lane and did the same thing last season while only playing jungle. He’s originally an ADC main and established that he can excel in any role in League without issue. This skill didn’t transfer well to VALORANT, however./post/square-enix-offers-more-free-game-time-suspends-digital-sales-in-ffxiv/Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/square-enix-offers-more-free-game-time-suspends-digital-sales-in-ffxiv/ The release of the latest expansion, Endwalker, kicked off the busiest time of the year in Final Fantasy XIV, but also caused a server congestion that prevented many players from enjoying the game experience—which doesn’t seem likely to improve soon. FFXIV producer and game director Naoki Yoshida addressed the situation for the third time since the expansion’s release in an official blogpost earlier today. Since the server congestion issue hasn’t been improving over the last week, Square Enix will gift 21 days of game time to all subscribed players, adding 14 more days to the initial compensation./post/what-is-minecraft-legends/Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/what-is-minecraft-legends/ A new expansion to the Minecraft universe was revealed during the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase that aired on June 12. Minecraft Legends is an upcoming action-strategy game launching in 2023 that centers around players creating a new kind of story while saving and uniting the Overworld. In Minecraft Legends, players must protect and unite the various mobs of the Overworld to create an army that can stand against the formidable piglins of the Nether./post/free-wreck-it-ralph-themed-fortnite-emote-hot-marat-is-now-available-in-the-item-shop/Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/free-wreck-it-ralph-themed-fortnite-emote-hot-marat-is-now-available-in-the-item-shop/ The potential collaboration between Fortnite: Battle Royale and the movie Ralph Breaks the Internet has finally been confirmed. Epic Games introduced fans to the Hot Marat emote today, adding the new dance to the current in-game Item Shop. But the best part is that the Wreck-It Ralph-themed emote is free. Anyone who signs in to Fortnite while Hot Marat is still in the Item Shop can grab the emote for zero V-Bucks. Check yourself before you Wreck yourself. The new Hot Marat emote is available now!/post/all-raikou-entei-and-suicune-photo-safari-timed-research-tasks-and-rewards-for-pok%C3%A9mon-go-tour-johto/Tue, 24 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-raikou-entei-and-suicune-photo-safari-timed-research-tasks-and-rewards-for-pok%C3%A9mon-go-tour-johto/ You can’t travel through Johto without at least encountering one of the Legendary Dogs, which is why Pokémon Go Tour: Johto gives players a chance to catch all three without needing to actually chase them down.  For anyone participating in Go Tour: Johto, Suicune, Entei, and Raikou will be appearing multiple times throughout your journey, including in raids and as part of some event-exclusive research.  By using multiple encounter methods, Niantic is giving players options in how they want to approach the Legendary trio, with the potential to catch multiple of each and even try to hunt for a Shiny variant./post/the-best-chat-bots-to-use-on-twitch/Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-chat-bots-to-use-on-twitch/ Using a chat bot on Twitch is one of the ideal ways to communicate with people in your stream without bogging down its content.  There’s a variety of chat bot software available online that gives streamers and moderators a large amount of utility and functionality in communicating with their stream nonverbally. Whether you’re looking for simple commands that provide viewers with basic information or ways to give your audience mini-games to play, there are a plethora of options you have when it comes to picking a chat bot./post/when-does-pes-2022-efootball-release/Sun, 22 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/when-does-pes-2022-efootball-release/ FIFA has been the dominant force in the soccer genre. Despite having a formidable competitor in Pro Evolution Soccer (PES), Konami’s attempts at taking down FIFA’s throne seemed to come short every year. In addition to adding different mechanics to the game and making the game look better each year, Konami has also decided to follow an alternative route to give PES a better fighting chance. First on the list is a rebrand, and PES 2022 will go by the name of eFootball./post/crush-the-mid-game-with-simic-ramp-the-oko-deck/Sat, 21 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/crush-the-mid-game-with-simic-ramp-the-oko-deck/ With Field of the Dead now banned in Magic: The Gathering‘s Standard format, it’s time to take a look at some of the new best decks. The Simic Ramp deck is leading the charge. It’s a disruptive midrange deck featuring one of the format’s most powerful new cards from Throne of Eldraine. Here’s everything you need to know about Simic Ramp. Oko is broko The core of this deck is Oko, Thief of Crowns, a powerful card advantage engine that steadily grows your board./post/league-dev-comments-on-seraphine-is-sona-2-0-complaints-says-to-try-her-out-first/Fri, 20 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/league-dev-comments-on-seraphine-is-sona-2-0-complaints-says-to-try-her-out-first/ League of Legends lead champion producer Ryan “Reav3” Mireles addressed fans’ concerns today, explaining that upcoming champion Seraphine “feels way different” than Sona. Riot revealed Seraphine’s full ability kit today and several fans referred to her as “Sona 2.0” in a Reddit post. Reav3 detailed a few differences between the two champs, imploring the community to “try her out before judging too [sic] much from an ability breakdown video.” “For one, she is a VERY skillshot reliant champ which feels way different than [sic] Sona,” Reav3 said./post/paulo-vitor-damo-da-rosa-on-his-world-championship-card-elite-spellbinder/Fri, 20 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/paulo-vitor-damo-da-rosa-on-his-world-championship-card-elite-spellbinder/ When Strixhaven: School of Mages releases, Magic: The Gathering Hall of Famer Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa can add having his own card to the long list of accolades and accomplishments in his lengthy career. Elite Spellbinder is a Creature in Strixhaven with art featuring the likeness of the reigning Magic world champion. Damo da Rosa defeated Marcio Carvalho to win World Championship XXVI. Immediately after his tournament victory, Damo da Rosa was approached by Wizards of the Coast with concepts for his card./post/adidas-and-pok%C3%A9mon-launch-a-special-collaborative-clothing-line/Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/adidas-and-pok%C3%A9mon-launch-a-special-collaborative-clothing-line/ In collaboration with The Pokémon Company, Adidas has launched its new line of children’s clothing, which features the company’s logo and Pokémon side by side. The collection, which features a handful of items like shirts, tracksuits, and children’s trainers, isn’t the most groundbreaking clothing to come out from the two companies. But it’s still a neat, yet weird, clothing line for Pokémon fans to add to their collection. The best thing to come out of this whole collection is obviously the sneakers—two of which are on sale./post/aphelios-lee-sin-corki-and-more-to-receive-buffs-in-league-patch-10-21/Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/aphelios-lee-sin-corki-and-more-to-receive-buffs-in-league-patch-10-21/ As the end of the ranked season approaches, Riot lead gameplay designer Mark Yetter has revealed some of the planned buffs to multiple champions on League Patch 10.21.  One of the worst performing bot laners in terms of win rate, Aphelios, is set to receive another buff. Additional buffs are going to some of the former meta junglers, like Lee Sin and Trundle, both of which have slightly shifted out of professional play in recent history./post/players-to-watch-during-the-2022-lcs-spring-split/Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/players-to-watch-during-the-2022-lcs-spring-split/ During this past offseason, the North American League of Legends scene received one of the biggest influxes of international talent across the world. With 12 new imports making their way to the League Championship Series (LCS) and multiple other big-name players finding new homes, 2022 is shaping up to be one of the most exciting years in the region’s history. The LCS is used to seeing star players enter its ranks from across the globe, but the level of talent acquired for 2022 is impressive./post/riot-officially-reveals-league-s-2021-victorious-skin-for-blitzcrank/Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/riot-officially-reveals-league-s-2021-victorious-skin-for-blitzcrank/ This year’s Victorious skin in League of Legends will be for Blitzcrank, Riot Games confirmed today. Yesterday, Riot teased this year’s Victorious skin by releasing a promotional image of a pink teddy bear, leading many League fans to believe that the annual edition of the skin would be for Annie. But today’s fully zoomed-out splash art showed Blitzcrank holding the bear in question, revealing that the champion will be receiving the 2021 Victorious skin./post/when-is-the-final-mr-sakurai-presents-and-how-to-watch-the-last-super-smash-bros-ultimate-dlc-fighter-reveal/Mon, 16 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/when-is-the-final-mr-sakurai-presents-and-how-to-watch-the-last-super-smash-bros-ultimate-dlc-fighter-reveal/ Instead of revealing the final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC fighter during the most recent Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo announced that series creator Masahiro Sakurai will do the honors on Oct. 5 in “The Final Mr. Sakurai Presents.”  Mr. Sakurai Presents is a series of broadcasts hosted by Sakurai that give detailed information about the decision-making, development, and final version of each DLC character that is added to the Ultimate roster./post/who-is-silco-in-arcane-everything-we-know-about-the-villain-heading-into-act-3/Sun, 15 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/who-is-silco-in-arcane-everything-we-know-about-the-villain-heading-into-act-3/ The League of Legends animated series Arcane is coming to an end. The third and final act will be released on Nov. 20 on Netflix and fans will learn the fates of some of their favorite characters. While some of the protagonists of the series were known to most viewers thanks to League, others were created just for the Arcane universe and its story. Among those, one who stood out for his cruelty and ambition is Silco, the main antagonist of the series./post/thassa-returns-in-theros-beyond-death-with-new-weapon/Sat, 14 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/thassa-returns-in-theros-beyond-death-with-new-weapon/ Previously known as God of the Sea, Thassa, Deep-Dwelling was revealed in today’s Theros: Beyond Death spoilers.  Set to release on Jan. 24, Thassa the Blue God returns with a new weapon, after having her bident stolen by the planeswalker Kiora, and a few new tricks under her scales.  CMC: 3U.Indestructible.As long as your devotion is less than five, Thassa isn’t a creature.At the beginning of your end step, Exile up to one other target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control./post/pokimane-makes-huge-mistake-in-among-us/Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/pokimane-makes-huge-mistake-in-among-us/ Among Us is a game that encourages people to be extremely observant of their surroundings to either successfully eliminate the crew or correctly identify the imposters before it’s too late. The fast-paced gameplay can often cause players to overlook minor details. This was the case for Pokimane, one of Twitch’s most popular personalities, during one of her latest streams. Given the role of imposter, Pokimane was on the hunt to eliminate her fellow crewmates without drawing attention to herself./post/disguised-toast-banned-on-twitch-while-watching-anime/Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/disguised-toast-banned-on-twitch-while-watching-anime/ Twitch streamer Disguised Toast has been banned on the platform. The streamer was live on Twitch watching the anime Death Note when he was hit with the ban. It isn’t clear how long the ban will last, but it may be a 48-hour suspension if fellow streamer Pokimane’s suspension is any indication. Pokimane was banned for streaming copyrighted content last week. ❌ Twitch Partner "DisguisedToast" (@disguisedtoast) has been banned! ❌https://t.co/Gy5jKfOoMN#twitch #ban #firstban #partner #twitchpartner 🏵/post/how-to-get-the-sword-of-morne-in-elden-ring/Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-get-the-sword-of-morne-in-elden-ring/ Most players seem to rush straight for Margit, the Fell Omen when they first enter the world of Elden Ring. But if you happen to be exploring the Lands Between, whether that’s before or after Margit has put your foolish ambitions to rest, you may have come across Castle Morne in the Weeping Peninsula at the southernmost point of Limgrave. It’s a large castle that will reward you with a sweet sword for beating its boss./post/lcs-and-mobalytics-partner-to-launch-updated-amateur-ecosystem/Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/lcs-and-mobalytics-partner-to-launch-updated-amateur-ecosystem/ Personal gaming companion and analytics performance platform Mobalytics is launching an update as part of a collaboration with the League of Legends Championship Series for a new amateur ecosystem. The new LCS format is a commitment from the league to develop more NA talent in the amateur scene by creating new ways for LCS teams, tournament organizers, sponsors, and more to support the growth of the scene.  Mobalytics, in partnership with LCS, have created an esports ecosystem with the goal of closing the gap between solo queue players and the professionals, mirroring a similar structure to that of the NBA G League, the MLB’s farm system, or advanced college and even high school scouting./post/streamer-sydeon-calls-out-racist-comments-about-hinatsuru-cosplay/Wed, 11 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/streamer-sydeon-calls-out-racist-comments-about-hinatsuru-cosplay/ Popular Twitch streamer Sydeon shared her cosplay of Hinatsuru from the hit anime Kimetsu no Yaiba yesterday. While most fans were happy to see another brilliant cosplay from the creator, some people made racist remarks about the color of Sydeon’s skin being different from that of the fictional character. Sydeon released a tweet later that day exposing a few of these racist comments, along with her thoughts on the matter:/post/exclusive-promo-pok%C3%A9mon-card-to-come-with-detective-pikachu-dvd-release/Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/exclusive-promo-pok%C3%A9mon-card-to-come-with-detective-pikachu-dvd-release/ The DVD release date for the Pokémon Detective Pikachu movie release has been announced (at least for the U.K.) as Sept. 16, and The Pokémon Company is giving trainers something extra with their purchase. An exclusive Pokémon Detective Pikachu promo card will be bundled with every DVD purchase. The card is Detective Pikachu and it’s one of many promo cards released to tie in with the movie. Serebii Update: Detective Pikachu's home release has been dated for the UK./post/when-is-the-warden-coming-to-minecraft/Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/when-is-the-warden-coming-to-minecraft/ The Warden is one of the biggest hostile mobs in Minecraft. Unfortunately for players looking for a new challenge, this mob isn’t out yet. While it was expected to release in 1.18’s Caves and Cliffs update, a bunch of issues with the mob alongside delays meant the Warden—and other elements like the Deep Dark biome and the newly released Frogs—should come out during the 1.19 update instead. The update is known as The Wild, but there isn’t much information about it./post/how-to-unlock-the-pack-a-punch-machine-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-4-zombies-map-ancient-evil/Mon, 09 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-unlock-the-pack-a-punch-machine-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-4-zombies-map-ancient-evil/ The newest Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Zombies map, Ancient Evil, is now available on PlayStation 4—and many players are trying to learn the map as quickly as possible. One of the most important elements of any Zombies map is the Pack-a-Punch machine, which allows you to upgrade your weapons and make them stronger. It’s actually not too difficult to unlock the Pack-a-Punch on this map—but there are several steps that you’ll need to follow./post/halo-infinite-s-season-2-to-feature-mangler-nerfs-attrition-s-return-and-more/Sun, 08 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/halo-infinite-s-season-2-to-feature-mangler-nerfs-attrition-s-return-and-more/ Community frustrations at the lack of content in Halo Infinite’s first multiplayer season have been at the forefront of recent discussions as players await season two’s new maps and fixes. Fortunately for Halo fans eager to know what’s to come when the next season launches in May, developer 343 Industries released an Outcomes Report for season one to lay out its plans for the future. It details key features and additions coming with season two that are a direct result of community feedback, including balance improvements, bug fixes, and game mode updates./post/leona-diana-and-pantheon-available-in-wild-rift-event-path-of-ascension/Sun, 08 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/leona-diana-and-pantheon-available-in-wild-rift-event-path-of-ascension/ League of Legends: Wild Rift has welcomed three new characters stemming from Mount Targon available through a new in-game event Path of Ascension. Players can earn either Diana, Leona, or Pantheon by completing the challenges of the event. In addition to these champions, completing the challenges of the event will also grant a variety of rewards, including Icons. Unlock Leona, Diana or Pantheon during the Path of Ascension event! Details here: https://t./post/riot-meddler-reveals-first-thoughts-on-senna-s-power-at-release/Sun, 08 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/riot-meddler-reveals-first-thoughts-on-senna-s-power-at-release/ It’s only been five days since the release of League of Legends‘ newest champion, Senna. But Riot Games already has a few opening thoughts on her projected balance moving forward. Riot’s design director Andrei “Meddler” van Roon said that Senna is a bit stronger than the company anticipated on release, but she isn’t so strong that immediate changes have to be made. Riot will wait for people to start understanding and mastering her kit a bit more before making a decision./post/sony-reveals-early-new-playstation-plus-game-lineup-includes-ape-escape-red-dead-redemption-and-more/Sat, 07 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/sony-reveals-early-new-playstation-plus-game-lineup-includes-ape-escape-red-dead-redemption-and-more/ Sony’s revamped PlayStation Plus subscription service is gearing up to launch in June, and players now have a look at a good portion of the games that will be featured when it does go live.  On the PlayStation Blog, Sony has revealed a sizable list of PlayStation Studios games, along with additions from third-party partners, that will make up the various catalogs available for PlayStation 5 and PS4 users. Just keep in mind that some of these games will only be available in certain regions and the list will be updated over time./post/blizzard-authentication-servers-down-delays-across-all-games/Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/blizzard-authentication-servers-down-delays-across-all-games/ This article is brought to you by StatBanana, the best Overwatch strategy tool. If you were planning on spending your entire Friday gaming, you might be in for a bit of a delay. Blizzard Entertainment reported earlier today that its authentication servers are having issues. This issue affects players on both PC and console. Server issues are reportedly affecting all Blizzard games, like Overwatch, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, and even Destiny 2 if players are still using the Battle./post/the-valorant-spectrum-bundle-is-live/Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-valorant-spectrum-bundle-is-live/ The VALORANT Spectrum bundle, the first audio-driven skin line designed and created in collaboration with Zedd, is now available.  The new skin line is the first of its kind since the team focused on the audio first and the models last. Zedd, a world-renowned DJ, worked with the VALORANT team to create a unique and exciting bundle appealing to all players, not just his fans.  The Spectrum bundle includes skins for the Phantom, Bulldog, Guardian, Classic, and a new Waveform Melee./post/best-ring-lights-for-streaming/Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-ring-lights-for-streaming/ When it comes to webcam quality in a stream, a high bitrate and reliable camera can only carry a setup so far before lighting becomes the most important variable to consider. One of the most common and easy to set up solutions is a ring light.  Ring lights offer a professional alternative to the more traditional softboxes that are commonly used for lighting. Ring lights are becoming more standardized due to their ease of storage and wide price range./post/how-to-play-the-spire-s-message-at-a-guardian-outpost-in-fortnite-chapter-2-season-6/Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-play-the-spire-s-message-at-a-guardian-outpost-in-fortnite-chapter-2-season-6/ While each Fortnite season’s release period is exciting in its own manner, Epic Games makes sure that the hype doesn’t die down toward the end of the season with periodic patches and weekly challenges. Weekly challenges are essential for players looking to max out their battle passes and they also play an essential role in a season’s storyline. Most quests have something to do with preparing players for the endgame—and the Spire challenges look like they’ll play a vital role when it comes to this season’s narrative./post/is-riot-creating-a-valorant-tv-show/Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/is-riot-creating-a-valorant-tv-show/ Many League of Legends fans had high hopes for the game’s animated Netflix series, Arcane. The show exceeded everyone’s expectations and it also became a global hit in the process. Arcane reached the top spot on Netflix in 38 countries and the series’ second season is confirmed to be in production. League isn’t Riot’s only intellectual property that boasts rich lore, however. VALORANT has built its lore from the ground up since its release in 2020./post/the-pok%C3%A9mon-tcg-sword-and-shield-darkness-ablaze-expansion-launched-today/Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-pok%C3%A9mon-tcg-sword-and-shield-darkness-ablaze-expansion-launched-today/ The third Pokémon Sword and Shield Trading Card Game set became available today. The Darkness Ablaze expansion contains 201 cards of various Pokémon, including Generation V Pokémon and Pokémon VMAX like Charizard and Eternatus. It’s a dramatic set. “The velvet night glows, burns and blazes astoundingly bright as the Legendary Pokémon Eternatus arrives as a Pokémon V alongside Centiskorch V, Mew V, Galarian Slowbro V, and many others,” the description reads./post/new-alolan-ninetales-holowear-is-here-and-it-s-the-most-expensive-in-pok%C3%A9mon-unite-to-date/Tue, 03 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/new-alolan-ninetales-holowear-is-here-and-it-s-the-most-expensive-in-pok%C3%A9mon-unite-to-date/ Pokémon UNITE continues to add new content, and players now have the opportunity to purchase Holowear for Alolan Ninetales. Now available via the Zirco Trading store, Sacred Style: Alolan Ninetales can be found and will also come with some unique player items. When heaping elegance and charm aren't already enough, Alolan Ninetales is stepping it up a notch with its upcoming Holowear! Defeat your opponents while being really, really, really, ridiculously good looking starting 10/1!/post/former-chaos-ec-rainbow-six-player-next1-reportedly-dies-due-to-covid-19/Mon, 02 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/former-chaos-ec-rainbow-six-player-next1-reportedly-dies-due-to-covid-19/ Former Chaos EC Rainbow Six Siege player Arif “Next1” Keskin has died due to COVID-19, according to multiple figures in the community today. He was 24 years old. “We’re very saddened to hear our former player [Next1] has tragically passed away,” Chaos EC wrote. “He was a great personality and we were honored to have him play under the Chaos banner.” We’re very saddened to hear our former player @Next1r6 has tragically passed away./post/dr-mike-and-idubbbz-talk-creator-clash-training-and-their-impending-bout/Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/dr-mike-and-idubbbz-talk-creator-clash-training-and-their-impending-bout/ Creator Clash is an influencer boxing event set to be held both online and in-person in Tampa Bay, Florida on May 14. The event will feature 18 streamers fighting in their first boxing matches ever, along with two matches between professional boxers, featuring play-by-play from several popular streamers and esports personalities.  YouTuber Ian “iDubbbz” Washburn has been at the center of Creator Clash since its inception. Most well known for his long-running series Content Cop, iDubbbz drastically re-oriented his content around boxing in the past two years, both practicing and studying the sport./post/mtg-strixhaven-witherbloom-demon-thrives-off-sacrifice-synergy/Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000/post/mtg-strixhaven-witherbloom-demon-thrives-off-sacrifice-synergy/ Thriving off the life and death theme of Witherbloom College within the new Strixhaven: School of Mages set, an Uncommon Demon was revealed today that has the potential to dominate multiple Magic: The Gathering formats. Set to release digitally on April 15, Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) highlights life on the plane of Arcavios. The plane is home to Strixhaven University and its five colleges, each representing a mana color at odds with one another./post/i-hate-him-a-little-now-hasan-is-actually-furious-with-xqc-after-twitch-streamer-tier-list-snub/Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/i-hate-him-a-little-now-hasan-is-actually-furious-with-xqc-after-twitch-streamer-tier-list-snub/ In true content king fashion, Felix “xQc” Lengyel made a streamer tier list during his stream on June 14 in which he ranked the biggest Twitch and YouTube stars in categories ranging from best to worst using an S through to D tier system and eventually placed himself at the top—knowing full well it might rustle some feathers in the upper echelons of the streaming scene. He did, in the end, throw in a disclaimer saying he wasn’t taking it too seriously./post/deficio-steps-down-as-general-manager-of-astralis/Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/deficio-steps-down-as-general-manager-of-astralis/ After a tough year, Astralis Group has made some big decisions around its competitive League of Legends team. And Martin “Deficio” Lynge revealed today that he’s stepped down from his position as Origen’s general manager. “It’s been a roller-coaster of highs [and] lows with strong Spring Splits but failing to develop for summer,” Deficio said. “While the end results have been disappointing, I’m still sure we had good teams capable of making Worlds both years, and I take away a lot of learnings about team development./post/enter-today-s-newegg-shuffle/Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/enter-today-s-newegg-shuffle/ Chance at a variety of video cards and Xbox Series X ncG1vNJzZmicn6mytLzOq6usZpOkunCwxJqjaKaVrMBwsc2tnKtlpKSxosXSZqWer5WctG6%2Fx66dn6SV/post/here-are-the-pools-for-the-2018-call-of-duty-world-league-championship/Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/here-are-the-pools-for-the-2018-call-of-duty-world-league-championship/ The 2018 Call of Duty World League Championship is right around the corner. CoD Champs 2018 will take place in Columbus, Ohio from Aug. 15 to 19 with 32 of the best teams in the world fighting for their share of the $1.5 million prize pool. Related: Every team that’s qualified for CoD Champs 2018 After finalizing all of the teams that qualified for this tournament earlier this week, we now know the groups for CoD Champs 2018, too./post/lpl-representative-to-compete-in-msi-2022-remotely-from-china-due-to-covid-related-constraints/Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/lpl-representative-to-compete-in-msi-2022-remotely-from-china-due-to-covid-related-constraints/ The 2022 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational, scheduled to begin on May 10, will not feature an in-person appearance from the representatives of China’s LPL. Due to COVID-related travel restrictions and precautions, the winner of the LPL will not travel to Busan, South Korea to compete in the tournament next month. Instead, the team will participate in the tournament remotely, according to an update from Riot Games’ head of global esports Naz Aletaha./post/activision-says-it-issues-hardware-bans-to-repeat-or-serial-cheaters-in-call-of-duty-warzone/Fri, 30 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/activision-says-it-issues-hardware-bans-to-repeat-or-serial-cheaters-in-call-of-duty-warzone/ In the never-ending war against hackers and cheaters in Call of Duty: Warzone, Activision has confirmed that it issues hardware bans to repeat offenders. Warzone has been rife with cheaters since it released last March. But the game’s publisher has been ramping up anti-cheat efforts in recent months with the development team at Raven Software offering more frequent updates. 🚫 30,000 more bans today 🚫 The fight against cheating in #Warzone continues./post/how-to-claim-the-free-fortnite-volcanic-assassin-pack/Thu, 29 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-claim-the-free-fortnite-volcanic-assassin-pack/ Each new week in Fortnite introduces new challenges, and sometimes new cosmetics. The latest Fortnite patch added the Volcanic Assassin Pack, with plenty of new cosmetic options for players looking to stand out. The Volcanic Assassin Pack features a total of four cosmetics. Fiery Flow WrapFiery Jam Back BlingSulfuric Street Shine PickaxeTectonic Komplex Skin The Volcanic Assassin Pack is only available to unlock on PC, and you can claim it by following the steps below./post/how-to-fix-pok%C3%A9mon-unite-insufficient-device-storage-error/Thu, 29 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-fix-pok%C3%A9mon-unite-insufficient-device-storage-error/ Pokémon UNITE, like many live service games that focus on its online multiplayer gameplay, forces players to keep its software up to date before they can hop into a match and battle with others around the world.  See Pokémon on Amazon This constant stream of updates, both big and small, can lead to certain issues popping up and keeping players from even logging into the game on Nintendo Switch or mobile depending on what the problem is./post/league-of-legends-new-high-noon-skins-get-chromas-on-the-pbe/Thu, 29 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/league-of-legends-new-high-noon-skins-get-chromas-on-the-pbe/ Riot Games revealed that three new champions were joining the High Noon skin line earlier today. And now, all of their skin chromas have been discovered on the League of Legends PBE. High Noon Ashe has five unique chromas to give the Frost Archer some snazzy new outfits when she hits Summoner’s Rift. Her colorways consist of light and dark blue, red, white, and purple. Ashe also has completely new voice lines and interactions with various High Noon Gothic champions./post/the-results-of-the-2018-worlds-group-draw-are-in/Thu, 29 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-results-of-the-2018-worlds-group-draw-are-in/ The 2018 League of Legends World Championship returns next week, and today, the groups for both the play-in stage and group stage were drawn on Riot’s official Twitch channel. Top teams from around the world were included in the draw, including kt Rolster, RNG, Team Liquid, Fnatic, returning champions Gen.G (formerly Samsung Galaxy), and more. Several big teams will have to compete in the play-in stage to reach groups, however, including North America’s Cloud9, Europe’s G2 Esports, and China’s EDG./post/e3-2022-is-now-completely-canceled/Wed, 28 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/e3-2022-is-now-completely-canceled/ Despite initial plans seeming to point toward hosting a digital showcase for a second-straight year, the Entertainment Software Association has now canceled Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) 2022. This is a decision that has been rumored for several months, even after the ESA made its initial announcement that in-person plans had been canceled. The company did not confirm at the time that it was going to host a digital event, leaving fans to wonder about the future of E3./post/mtg-kaldheim-spoilers-reveal-final-aura-rune-cards/Wed, 28 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/mtg-kaldheim-spoilers-reveal-final-aura-rune-cards/ A cycle of Magic: The Gathering Aura Rune cards was completed today during the final day of Kaldheim spoilers. Rune is a new enchantment card type within Kaldheim that expands upon auras in Magic. There’s one Aura Rune for each color in the KHM cycle and they all draw a card upon entering the battlefield. The cycle of Runes contains five cards, four of which were revealed today: Rune of Might, Rune of Speed, Rune of Mortality, and Rune of Sustenance./post/singed-hasn-t-received-a-new-league-skin-in-1-000-days/Wed, 28 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/singed-hasn-t-received-a-new-league-skin-in-1-000-days/ As of yesterday, it’s been 1,000 days since Singed was last given a skin in League of Legends. Despite Riot unveiling a new cosmetic line called Spirit Blossom, which features skins for some of the most popular champions in the game, some fans were quick to request that lesser-played champs, like Singed, receive the same amount of love. The last Singed skin sees the champion dressed as a beekeeper, featuring dynamic animations that replace his toxic clouds with honey./post/5-of-the-best-storylines-from-previous-cs-go-majors/Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/5-of-the-best-storylines-from-previous-cs-go-majors/ The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Majors have created several magical storylines over the past six years. Teams dominated the scene, some underdogs went to the playoffs, and others have won the title. It all started at DreamHack Winter in November 2013. And now, StarLadder is about to host the 15th Major, which starts on Aug. 23 in Berlin. Here are five great storylines that happened at CS:GO Majors. Fnatic 2015: The first back-to-back Major champions For anyone who’s new to the competitive CS:GO scene, Fnatic may not sound like a scary team./post/how-to-get-tm94-false-swipe-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield/Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-get-tm94-false-swipe-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield/ Catching Pokémon in Sword and Shield is already hard enough without accidentally clicking the wrong move or critting a target and knocking it out before you can even throw a single Poké Ball.  There are several ways you can go about attempting to avoid taking out creatures when trying to weaken them, but the best one is hitting them with a move that won’t let it faint. That means you need to teach one of your Pokémon TM94, False Swipe./post/mtg-arena-server-status-down-with-new-capenna-release/Mon, 26 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/mtg-arena-server-status-down-with-new-capenna-release/ Every mode within Magic: The Gathering Arena is under maintenance despite players being able to log into the game.  Launching today via MTG Arena and Magic Online is the digital version of Streets of New Capenna. The MTGA update began around 10am CT with players able to log in and collect preorder bundles at around 11:30am CT. Also available were free booster packs and card sleeves using these newcodes. But shortly after the initial update, players began reporting connection issues within Limited and Sealed New Capenna events on MTG Arena./post/rookie-crowned-mvp-of-2022-lpl-spring-split-wayward-named-rookie-of-the-split/Mon, 26 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/rookie-crowned-mvp-of-2022-lpl-spring-split-wayward-named-rookie-of-the-split/ The LPL (League of Legends Pro League) released the list of players who have been awarded for their achievements in the 2022 LPL Spring Split today. The All-Pro Teams has been revealed, as well as the MVP and the Rookie of the Split. The MVP award (Most Valuable Player) has landed in the hands of Victory Five’s Rookie, while the Rookie of the Split was given to Top Esports’ Huang “Wayward” Ren-Xing./post/apex-map-update-brings-a-bigger-glitched-olympus-with-2-new-pois-and-a-new-loot-mechanic/Sun, 25 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/apex-map-update-brings-a-bigger-glitched-olympus-with-2-new-pois-and-a-new-loot-mechanic/ Olympus is getting a new look thanks to Duardo Silva’s machinations—and it’s bigger than the version we’ve seen in Apex Legends so far. The Psamathe arena will be expanded in season 12 with two new POIs and a terrain zone that aim to tackle “some of the pain points” on Olympus and will take over empty areas of the map. Due to Duardo’s sabotage, however, the city will also be glitched./post/how-to-download-the-valorant-pbe/Sun, 25 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-download-the-valorant-pbe/ Before a new update is implemented in video games, some developers first test it out on their game’s public beta environment or PBE. This helps devs know what to improve based on the feedback by players who can access it before the content makes its way to public servers. VALORANT is no stranger to that concept. The 2020 breakout FPS title by Riot Games allows a limited number of players to try and test the different content, features, and even gameplay mechanics before Riot puts it out on the actual game patch./post/the-top-10-fortnite-starter-packs/Sun, 25 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-top-10-fortnite-starter-packs/ Fortnite boasts a plethora of cosmetic items available for purchase that grant a unique appearance to users’ characters. While many of these can be found in the store as standalone items, many skins are available in bundles with the related back bling, glider, or harvesting tool for that character. One of the best options for new players is to purchase a starting bundle. These bundles include a single character skin and some accompanying cosmetics along with a small number of V-Bucks to get the player started./post/asmongold-calls-out-youtube-gaming-mixer-was-better/Sat, 24 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/asmongold-calls-out-youtube-gaming-mixer-was-better/ Asmongold is one of Twitch’s top creators and is known for sharing his opinion on a wide variety of topics. From politics to World of Warcraft, the OTK founder is never afraid to give a piece of his mind. And in a broadcast on April 28, the Twitch star shared his thoughts on YouTube Gaming while watching a video from popular YouTube streamer Ludwig. The discussion began when a viewer from Asmongold’s chat informed him that Ludwig had uploaded a video discussing Twitch’s reported monetization changes./post/razer-continues-to-throw-its-light-weight-around-razer-deathadder-v2-review/Sat, 24 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/razer-continues-to-throw-its-light-weight-around-razer-deathadder-v2-review/ “The icon reborn” is how Razer would describe its reenvisioning of the highly-coveted DeathAdder—and we agree with the marketing here. Razer’s strong “anything you can do, I can do better” approach to the gaming peripheral market is giving gamers some of the best mice out there and the DeathAdder V2 is an excellent example of Razer’s commitment to the community.  Taking one of the most beloved gaming mice of all time and giving it a worthwhile rework is a challenging task./post/the-best-nintendo-switch-games-of-2021/Fri, 23 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-nintendo-switch-games-of-2021/ This year has been a busy one for the gaming industry and for gamers on all platforms, but especially so for Nintendo fans. The release of the OLED version of the Nintendo Switch, along with all the Nintendo Directs fans were able to see this year, contributed to making 2021 a really exciting year for Nintendo. From classic Nintendo remakes to major AAA games and an Animal Crossing DLC that had fans waiting for the better part of a whole year, the last 12 months have been a non-stop frenzy of releases for Nintendo Switch users./post/here-are-the-notes-and-updates-for-league-of-legends-patch-11-22/Tue, 20 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/here-are-the-notes-and-updates-for-league-of-legends-patch-11-22/ Riot Games is treading lightly as League of Legends heads into the 2022 preseason. Patch 11.22, which is scheduled to hit the live servers on Nov. 3, focuses on cleaning up champions and items in the form of nerfs and buffs. A few outliers that have stood out in pro play and solo queue, like Graves, Maokai, and Qiyana, are receiving nerfs, while Akali, Kalista, and Kayn are taking on buffs./post/how-to-claim-new-world-twitch-drops/Mon, 19 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-claim-new-world-twitch-drops/ The closed beta for Amazon Games’ new MMO, New World, launched today, and every prospective player is looking to make their way into the game. And, like many new releases with promotional testing periods, New World is partnering with streaming service and fellow Amazon subsidiary Twitch to give players who watch streams on the platform a chance at in-game drops.  And while players won’t be able to claim a beta key just by watching Twitch streams, they will be able to get their hands on some seriously intriguing pieces of loot./post/where-to-find-hisuian-growlithe-in-pok%C3%A9mon-legends-arceus/Mon, 19 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/where-to-find-hisuian-growlithe-in-pok%C3%A9mon-legends-arceus/ Pokémon Legends: Arceus has debuted many regional species, but one of the first that was revealed before launch was Hisuian Growlithe. While it may look similar to the original Kanto Growlithe, the new Hisui form has some visual differences and a type change. This Pokémon is now a Fire-type and Rock-Type. Along with Growlithe, you’ll be able to score yourself a new regional form of Arcanine via evolution, which is a powerful ally for any Pokémon team./post/are-the-gen-9-oddish-and-gloom-regional-leaks-real/Sun, 18 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/are-the-gen-9-oddish-and-gloom-regional-leaks-real/ Some images have been floating around Twitter with some new regionals in the new Gen 9 lineup of Pokémon that will be released with Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Oddish and Gloom regional variants are the subjects of the first leak for the new games. Originating on 4chan, images of regional versions of Oddish and Gloom have been making the rounds on Twitter, and many fans are wondering if the leaks are real./post/dignitas-parts-ways-with-aphromoo-ahead-of-2022-lcs-season/Sat, 17 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/dignitas-parts-ways-with-aphromoo-ahead-of-2022-lcs-season/ Dignitas has released veteran League of Legends support player Aphromoo after two seasons with the team, the organization announced today.  Aphromoo joined Dignitas ahead of the 2020 season. During his time with the team, he posted a total match record of 36-49, helping the organization secure two playoff berths across the last two seasons. Additionally, Aphromoo helped foster young bottom laners such as Neo and Johnsun during his time under the Dignitas banner./post/every-hearthstone-expansion-ranked/Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/every-hearthstone-expansion-ranked/ April 2022 marked the release of Hearthstone’s20th expansion in the form of Voyage to the Sunken City. That’s an extensive amount of cards and ideas packed into the past couple of years. Not all releases turned out the same, though, and while your mileage may vary, this list of all Hearthstoneexpansions should give you a good idea of the trajectory of the game and the ups and downs of what we’ve got to play with so far./post/everything-you-need-to-know-about-guilds-in-lost-ark-how-to-leave-benefits-and-more/Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/everything-you-need-to-know-about-guilds-in-lost-ark-how-to-leave-benefits-and-more/ It’s more than possible to enjoy MMOs on your own, but they’re much better when you mix with a crowd of like-minded individuals. Like in most games of this genre, Lost Ark has a guild system that allows players to come together and work for a greater purpose. Being a part of a guild can allow players to speed up their in-game progress while introducing them to even more content to go through./post/league-fan-creates-impressive-psyops-rakan-skin-concept/Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/league-fan-creates-impressive-psyops-rakan-skin-concept/ The League of Legends community is blessed with dedicated and talented fans who enjoy featuring their favorite game in their artistic works. These artworks significantly rise in quantity and quality whenever Riot Games introduces a new skin line, which doesn’t include a highly-anticipated champion. While leaks dictate which champions are likely to be in the next set of skins Riot’s planning to introduce, each player likes to believe their main character could also get lucky./post/sony-tease-future-update-to-play-at-home-initiative/Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/sony-tease-future-update-to-play-at-home-initiative/ Hot off the tails of the announcement of some free goodies for PlayStation players, the company also teased that more acclaimed games could be incoming. Closing out a recent post on PlayStation’s Blog, Sid Shumanm, senior director of content communications at Sony Interactive Entertainment, wrote that an update to the Play at Home initiative would be coming soon. “Thanks again to the community—and stay tuned, we’ll have another Play at Home update to share soon./post/the-legendary-queen-azshara-is-coming-to-hearthstone-in-voyage-to-the-sunken-city/Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-legendary-queen-azshara-is-coming-to-hearthstone-in-voyage-to-the-sunken-city/ The last time World of Warcraft players saw Queen Azshara, she was disappearing into a portal to parts unknown. But now, it looks like the Queen of the Nagas has decided to make her triumphant return via Hearthstone. In Hearthstone’s Voyage to the Sunken City expansion, Queen Azshara will be a five-cost 5/5 Legendary Neutral Naga type minion with a unique Battlecry. If you’ve cast three spells while holding Queen Azshara, she will allow you to choose one of four Ancient Relics./post/coven-zyra-leblanc-and-morgana-hit-the-rift-in-league-s-patch-10-8/Tue, 13 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/coven-zyra-leblanc-and-morgana-hit-the-rift-in-league-s-patch-10-8/ League of Legends’ witchcraft-themed skin line returns in Patch 10.8 with three new Coven skins for Zyra, LeBlanc, and Morgana. Players will be able to purchase the skins once they arrive in the game’s shop on April 16. Each skin redesigns the champions in crow-feathered cloaks and gold-embroidered outfits. The three new witch-like looks stay true to the skin line’s dark color palette with bright red or teal ability effects. Coven Zyra is the lucky recipient of this week’s Prestige Edition, which replaces the base skin’s dark teal hues with white and gold accents./post/smite-s-stand-alone-launcher-will-no-longer-work-after-patch-9-4/Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/smite-s-stand-alone-launcher-will-no-longer-work-after-patch-9-4/ If you’re a Smite player from way back, still rocking your beta tester avatar, then unfortunately there may be some bad news. As of Patch 9.4, Smite’s stand-alone launcher will no longer be updated. That means you’ll need to launch Smite from Steam or a similar service in order to keep playing. Realistically, this shouldn’t be considered a big issue since the majority of players probably already launch Smite through Steam or a similar service./post/among-us-collaboration-with-bt21-revealed/Sun, 11 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/among-us-collaboration-with-bt21-revealed/ Among Us looks to continue its string of collaborations, the next of which appears to be with BT21, a character IP created by LINE FRIENDS with K-pop superstars BTS. In a post by BT21, the announcement was made that unique characters created with the members of the boyband will be coming to Among Us. Right now, there were no details of what this collaboration will include but according to the announcement, the characters are not in the game right now./post/the-8-best-halloween-skins-in-league-of-legends/Sun, 11 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-8-best-halloween-skins-in-league-of-legends/ Skins in League of Legends are a great way to showcase one’s sense of style. The storylines attached to each of them deepen the game’s lore, and they also help players rekindle their holiday spirits. With Halloween approaching and outside decorations slowly shifting toward pumpkins and skeletons, Riot Games is about to kick off the annual Harrowing event. Not only does a set of new quests become available for players to complete, but Riot also uses the occasion to release Halloween-themed skins that tend to be as iconic as a cosmetic can get./post/riot-will-be-reworking-league-s-inspiration-rune-path-adjusting-secondary-runes-for-2022-preseason/Sat, 10 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/riot-will-be-reworking-league-s-inspiration-rune-path-adjusting-secondary-runes-for-2022-preseason/ League of Legends runes have maintained a good level of usage across the five various trees since the reforged version of the system was implemented a few years ago. This coming preseason, however, Riot Games is planning to make some significant changes to one of the five main rune paths to “broaden its keystone use cases.” The Inspiration rune tree has almost always been known to be used by players who want to experiment with some creative paths for certain champions, but the identity of the tree hasn’t been completely clear for the competitive scene and the solo queue scene./post/titans-uro-and-kroxa-emerge-in-theros-beyond-death/Fri, 09 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/titans-uro-and-kroxa-emerge-in-theros-beyond-death/ Two titans dropped in today’s Theros: Beyond Death spoilers, ready to overpower Gods and win matches.  Titans were the original powers who ruled the plane of Theros. Two of those titans, Uro, Titan of Nature’s Wrath, and Kroxa, Titan of Death’s Hunger, were finally revealed today after being teased with the Theros: Beyond Death (THB) spoiler The Binding of the Titans. And both are designed as a callback to Magic: The Gathering titans in the M12 set./post/100-thieves-pull-off-comeback-eliminate-faze-clan-from-cwl-champs-2019/Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/100-thieves-pull-off-comeback-eliminate-faze-clan-from-cwl-champs-2019/ In one of the greatest comebacks in Call of Duty history, 100 Thieves has eliminated FaZe Clan from the $2 million Call of Duty World League Championship. FaZe Clan, who defeated 100 Thieves at the CWL Finals last month, seemed to be too difficult for 100T once again. FaZe took the first two games of the series, and after going up 2-0 on Gridlock Control, it looked like 100 Thieves had crumbled at the biggest event of the year./post/how-to-beat-the-trial-by-felfire-adventure-story-in-hearthstone/Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-beat-the-trial-by-felfire-adventure-story-in-hearthstone/ As a part of the second week of the Summer Felfire Festival, the Trial by Felfire Story is live in Hearthstone. Overall, there are 17 encounters for you to face, all filled with rhymes and lore for the newest Hearthstone exclusive character, Aranna Starseeker. Completing the story grants you a Rusted Legion card back and a couple of packs for completing the first chapter legendary quest granted upon logging in. Here’s what you need to know for each chapter of the Trial by Felfire to attain victory and how to claim your card back./post/how-to-get-meloetta-during-pok%C3%A9mon-go-fest-2021/Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-get-meloetta-during-pok%C3%A9mon-go-fest-2021/ The star of the proverbial show for Pokémon Go Fest 2021 is the Mythical Pokémon Meloetta, which has been added to the game for the first time during the event.  This year’s event will run on July 17 and 18 from 10am to 6pm local time, with new bonuses, content, and encounters. Each day for Go Fest 2021 will focus on something specific. Day one will focus on hourly habitats, those special costumed Pokémon, and the Global Arena Challenges, while day two is going to be a special raid day, featuring every Legendary Pokémon that has ever been available in Pokémon Go./post/how-to-get-steam-on-chromebook/Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-get-steam-on-chromebook/ Google finally launched an early alpha build of Steam on Chrome OS, signaling a first-look at the future of gaming on Chromebook. While the alpha’s come with inherent bugs and other unknown issues, those eager to jump in and try out Steam on Chromebook can go right ahead. There are a couple of big notes up top before jumping in. Firstly, be sure to back up your Chromebook before switching channels./post/everything-we-know-about-pok%C3%A9mon-scarlet-and-violet/Wed, 07 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/everything-we-know-about-pok%C3%A9mon-scarlet-and-violet/ Pokémon fans have a lot to look forward to this year, with Pokémon Scarlet and Violet premiering the ninth generation of the franchise in late 2022. This new set of games will bring players into a new region, with new and old Pokémon alike appearing along their journey. See Pokémon on Amazon Just like with the reveal of Sword and Shield in Feb. 2019, players only got a brief glimpse of the region and gameplay that will be featured in Scarlet and Violet./post/how-to-earn-bright-dust-in-destiny-2/Wed, 07 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-earn-bright-dust-in-destiny-2/ Fashion can be a primary focus for any Guardian in Destiny 2, regardless of class, power level, or time spent playing. To get your hands on some of the game’s finest cosmetics, you’ll need to stock up on the Bright Dust currency, your best method for acquiring cosmetics in Destiny 2 without spending actual money. Take your dust over to the Bright Dust section of the Store and you’ll have a fresh collection of emotes, Ghost shells, ships, Exotic ornaments, and shaders to choose from each week./post/how-to-unlock-the-mg-82-and-c58-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-and-warzone/Wed, 07 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-unlock-the-mg-82-and-c58-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-and-warzone/ Season four has come and gone in both Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone—and there were two new guns to unlock right at the start. The MG 82 is a full-auto light machine gun with the “highest fire rate in class with improved aiming speed” that offers “moderate recoil and damage with increased ammo capacity.” The second gun, the C58, is a full-auto assault rifle with “high damage at close range with a slower fire rate” and “fast bullet velocity and reliable recoil control with less ammo capacity./post/how-many-champions-are-in-legends-of-runeterra/Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-many-champions-are-in-legends-of-runeterra/ The world of Runeterra has grown substantially over the past few years since its creation with League of Legends. Thanks to other games like Teamfight Tactics and Legends of Runterra, Riot Games’ fictional universe has only gotten bigger. Being in the same universe doesn’t mean all the same characters are present, though. This is the case with the card game Legends of Runeterra. While it may coexist with League, not all of League’s 150-plus champions are present in the game./post/lck-power-rankings-2022-spring-split-week-8/Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/lck-power-rankings-2022-spring-split-week-8/ We made it: The final week of the LCK Spring Split is upon us. Heading into the last week each team has two matches left to play and there are plenty of scenarios surrounding what could be the most layered playoff race across every major League of Legends region. From the potential movement that’s yet to happen at the top of the race, to the two spots at the bottom of the table that have yet to be claimed, the LCK’s final bracket is far from locked./post/gross-gore-banned-removed-as-partner-on-twitch-following-sexual-misconduct-allegations/Mon, 05 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/gross-gore-banned-removed-as-partner-on-twitch-following-sexual-misconduct-allegations/ Streamer Ali “Gross Gore” Larsen has been banned on Twitch following numerous allegations of sexual assault, racism, and homophobia earlier this week. The platform has also removed his partner status. The now-banned YouTuber posted a photo last week to the /r/RoastMe subreddit, where members of the community were quick to point out a list of accusations against the streamer over the past years. In a response video released on his YouTube channel on March 14, Larsen apologized for his behavior in the past and addressed some of the allegations./post/cobblestone-receives-map-layout-changes-in-cs-go-halloween-update/Sun, 04 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/cobblestone-receives-map-layout-changes-in-cs-go-halloween-update/ A new Halloween update dropped today in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and it’s introducing new changes to the game and to a fan-favorite map. Cobblestone, a recently removed map from the Active Duty pool, underwent a huge revamp to celebrate the spooky October season. Notable changes include a temporary dark aesthetic similar to the workshop map Dust II Night, a removal of the Danger connector at A long, and a complete redesign of the A bomb site./post/how-to-claim-tyrande-for-free-in-hearthstone/Sun, 04 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-claim-tyrande-for-free-in-hearthstone/ Christmas is coming early for Hearthstone fans. In the wake of the release of Descent of Dragons, Blizzard Entertainment is welcoming the return of Tyrande Whisperwind. The dazzling Night Elf Priest hero will be available for free on Dec. 10 onward and will be accessible through Hearthstone’s new and improved in-game store. The redesigned store aims to improve navigation for players and will include bundles, card packs, alternate heroes, and more in a single location./post/this-7-foot-mordekaiser-cosplay-is-a-towering-presence/Sun, 04 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/this-7-foot-mordekaiser-cosplay-is-a-towering-presence/ A cosplayer took on the unenviable task of creating a towering seven-foot Mordekaiser costume—and the finished product is nothing short of extraordinary. The detailed reproduction of Mordekaiser’s outfit comes from cosplayer Harry McAdam, who “started envisioning” the costume in April 2021, according to the creator’s Instagram. The idea of designing such a cosplay seemed daunting at first. He wanted to build all the signature pieces of Mordekaiser, from the champion’s signature green ghostly glow to the Nightfall mace that has become synonymous with the Master of Metal./post/league-players-attempt-to-set-record-for-largest-shield-on-one-champion-with-over-38-000-shielding/Sat, 03 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/league-players-attempt-to-set-record-for-largest-shield-on-one-champion-with-over-38-000-shielding/ If you’re trying to set a world record, maybe all you need is a whole bunch of patient friends and a ton of time on your hands. In the case of this group of League of Legends players, they were determined to set the world record for the largest shield on one champion. After much deliberation, they got a shield that was just over 38,000 strong, but it took them multiple tries and plenty of experimentation./post/weaknesses-and-counters-for-snorlax-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go/Fri, 02 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/weaknesses-and-counters-for-snorlax-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go/ Snorlax is a popular Pokémon in the franchise, having first appeared in Pokémon Red and Green. The Kanto species has been in Pokémon Go since it launched in 2016. Snorlax is a Normal type, so its only weakness is Fighting-type moves. It has a high max CP of 3,690 at level 51 and a great defense, which makes it a good option for defending gyms. Any Pokémon with Fighting-type attacks will have an advantage over Snorlax./post/brax-s-valorant-settings/Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/brax-s-valorant-settings/ Brax, previously known as swag, was once considered one of the up-and-coming talents in CS:GO during his time with teams such as compLexity and iBUYPOWER. That changed, however, when the youngster was permanently banned from all Valve events for being involved in the North American match-fixing scandal. The ban wasn’t enough to kill his love for the game, though. He continued to shine in smaller tournaments and eventually was unbanned by major tournament organizers like DreamHack and ESL in 2017./post/riot-details-buffs-to-champions-in-all-5-roles-in-massive-league-patch-11-18-preview/Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/riot-details-buffs-to-champions-in-all-5-roles-in-massive-league-patch-11-18-preview/ Riot Games shared details of changes coming to League of Legends in Patch 11.18, an update with a relatively disproportionate number of champions being altered to bring some spice to the Worlds meta. Lead game designer Jeevun “Jag” Sidhu had said in the lead-up to the upcoming patches the team wanted to carefully but intentionally change things up when it came to the biggest tournament of the year. This meant a lot more buffs than nerfs, and dividing the changes for Worlds into two patches in 11./post/how-to-play-overwatch-2-s-push-mode/Wed, 30 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-play-overwatch-2-s-push-mode/ No matter how often players try to turn Overwatch into the most complicated game created by man, at the game’s core, we’re just moving teams or payloads from one place to another. With this in mind, the developers decided to lighten up that idea with a new mode for the sequel.  Overwatch 2’s new mode, Push, asks players to gently escort a cheery robot across a sprawling map. As he ambles along, he’ll push a small payload toward checkpoints that will unlock closer spawns and turn up the speed of the match./post/where-to-find-the-durrr-burger-and-pizza-pit-big-telephones-for-fortnite-s-season-8-week-8-challenge/Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/where-to-find-the-durrr-burger-and-pizza-pit-big-telephones-for-fortnite-s-season-8-week-8-challenge/ An interesting and weird challenge is about to be revealed to all Fortnite: Battle Royale players for the game’s season eight, week eight set of Battle Pass challenges. Players who own the premium Battle Pass will be tasked with dialing the Durrr Burger and Pizza Pit numbers on big telephones in specific locations around the Fortnite island. Each restaurant has its own big telephone in different areas, and players fortunately might not need to actually dial anything on them, but just interact with these huge objects instead./post/2k-is-trying-to-develop-the-next-generation-of-streamers-with-its-nextmakers-initiative/Mon, 28 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/2k-is-trying-to-develop-the-next-generation-of-streamers-with-its-nextmakers-initiative/ 2K Games, a developer known for some of the most famous franchises in gaming today, such as Borderlands and XCOM, is demonstrating its commitment to transforming today’s streaming community into the next generation of content creators to keep the public’s interest in gaming IPs. 2K’s NextMakers initiative had its second iteration announced last month. It is a training program for a select group of game creators that gives them access to the company’s intellectual property and professional network./post/tenz-s-valorant-streaming-setup-headset-mouse-keyboard-and-more/Sun, 27 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/tenz-s-valorant-streaming-setup-headset-mouse-keyboard-and-more/ Tyson “TenZ” Ngo is a retired CS:GO player who currently plays VALORANT for the Sentinels. He began his esports career in 2016 by competing in several qualifiers before winning his first in 2017. In the years that followed, he picked up several more competition wins before becoming a VALORANT player in 2020. When TenZ’s game of choice changed, so did the equipment he uses to stream his gameplay. Here is TenZ’s current streaming setup for VALORANT./post/weaknesses-and-counters-for-dark-type-pok%C3%A9mon-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go/Sat, 26 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/weaknesses-and-counters-for-dark-type-pok%C3%A9mon-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go/ Pokémon Go boasts a massive range of Pokémon species spanning over five generations of the console games that players can capture and use in battle. One of the key factors that make each Pokémon unique is its type. Types dictate how other Pokémon’s moves will deal damage, with some matchups dealing double or half damage. In this article, we’ll be focusing on Dark-type Pokémon and the key types to use against them to have the best advantage in battle./post/how-to-fix-an-update-to-the-game-file-has-been-detected-error-in-phantasy-star-online-2/Fri, 25 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-fix-an-update-to-the-game-file-has-been-detected-error-in-phantasy-star-online-2/ There has been an influx of reports from players who are either unable to boot up Phantasy Star Online 2, or have had the game randomly crash on them only to display the error message “An Update to the game file has been detected…” Despite going through standard troubleshooting options like restarting the game, or uninstalling and reinstalling, this issue has persisted. Fortunately, there appears to now be a working fix that is helping out some users./post/how-to-surrender-in-valorant/Fri, 25 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-surrender-in-valorant/ VALORANT’s competitive mode is one of the most popular playlists in the game. Players constantly try to improve their skills and climb the ranked ladder. Winning a close match is an incredible experience, especially if it was the last push needed to rank up. But sometimes, calling it quits is the best option and the surrender function is the best way to save time and prevent stress. A fully-fledged ranked system made its debut in VALORANT’s Patch 1./post/protean-vigil-and-prestige-feature-now-available-in-rainbow-six-siege-extraction/Thu, 24 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/protean-vigil-and-prestige-feature-now-available-in-rainbow-six-siege-extraction/ Rainbow Six Extraction players can enjoy extra new content alongside the Nightmare Fog Crisis event, including Protean Vigil and 10 new prestige levels for each operator.  The new Nightmare Fog Crisis event is here, giving players a chance to survive deadly fog as they fight through three sub-areas to destroy the Toxic Tree. Hallucinations, Disruptions, and Deterioration effects make this new event a formidable task, and maintaining a low Neurotoxin level is crucial for success./post/tfue-is-taking-a-break-from-streaming-on-twitch/Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/tfue-is-taking-a-break-from-streaming-on-twitch/ Top Fortnite streamer Turner “Tfue” Tenney needs some time to himself. He feels “trapped in a negative crawl space” and isn’t happy despite having anything he could ask for. That’s why he announced that he’s taking a break from streaming earlier today. Tfue was vague about the time off he’ll take. He only made sure his fans understand that he’s unhappy, though he didn’t detail it either. Earlier today, Tfue retweeted another Fortnite streamer who wrote that they hate the game’s weekly online tournaments, the Cash Cups./post/when-does-league-of-legends-wild-rift-launch-on-xbox-game-pass/Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/when-does-league-of-legends-wild-rift-launch-on-xbox-game-pass/ Riot Games officially announced its partnership with Microsoft during the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase. When the collaboration goes live, Xbox Game Pass subscribers will gain access to certain games in Riot titles like Legends of Runeterra, League of Legends, VALORANT, and Wild Rift. Wild Rift players that are also Xbox Game Pass subscribers will gain access to all champions in the game; more promotions may follow if Riot likes the initial results from the partnership. Similar to what Riot has been doing with Amazon Prime, the developer can roll out other rewards like cosmetics through its collaboration with Xbox Game Pass./post/fairy-pok%C3%A9mon-weaknesses-and-counters-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go/Tue, 22 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/fairy-pok%C3%A9mon-weaknesses-and-counters-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go/ Of all the 18 Pokémon types in the Pokémon franchise, Fairy has the most limited selection of species. The typing was introduced in generation six and is the newest typing to have been added to the series. Despite the limited number of options, there are still some powerful Fairy-type Pokémon that may give other trainers a run for their money. In Pokémon Go, all types have a set of strengths and weaknesses that will dictate how they fare in battle./post/magic-the-gathering-brawl-failures-may-kill-the-format/Tue, 22 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/magic-the-gathering-brawl-failures-may-kill-the-format/ Throughout the years, Wizards of the Coast has maintained an interest in Magic: The Gathering through the creation of individual formats. Brawl is a unique game mode in that it’s played with 60 single Standard copies constructed around a commander and all other cards must have the same color identity.  Brawl’s playstyle was similar to an unsanctioned format known as Elder Dragon Highlander (EDH), which created an initial excitement within the community./post/best-gaming-wheel-for-pc/Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-gaming-wheel-for-pc/ Sometimes a PlayStation or Xbox controller can’t match that one-of-akind feeling of drifting like a pro in racing games. This is even more true on PC, where the keyboard and mouse can’t simulate the experience of a crash between vehicles or give feedback when you’re making a drastic turn. However, with a gaming wheel and pedals designed to imitate driving for players, you can chuck those options and start shredding the racecourse with your foot on the gas./post/is-cdkeys-a-safe-and-legit-site-for-game-codes-answered/Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/is-cdkeys-a-safe-and-legit-site-for-game-codes-answered/ For many gamers and collectors, finding the best deal is almost as fun as playing the games themselves. With Steam sales growing every year and helping drive the rise of digital marketplaces on consoles, many people wait to find the best deals on exciting new games.  Along with constant sales, many gamers are now able to find a new game for less than the retail price through means such as pre-order discounts and third-party websites./post/new-wild-rift-cinematic-gets-fans-fired-up-for-lunar-new-year-event/Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/new-wild-rift-cinematic-gets-fans-fired-up-for-lunar-new-year-event/ A new League of Legends: Wild Rift cinematic has been released, showcasing five new skins and a heartfelt story.  Since 2011, Riot Games has released new League skins celebrating the arrival of the Lunar New Year, a festivity mostly celebrated in Asia. This year, Riot is also transporting this tradition to Wild Rift, League’s mobile adaptation. And yesterday, the company published a new cinematic to begin the celebrations.  The trailer showcases the five champions getting new skins as they venture on a journey back home./post/pok%C3%A9mon-unite-club-membership-in-game-subscription-service-is-now-live/Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/pok%C3%A9mon-unite-club-membership-in-game-subscription-service-is-now-live/ After a short delay, Pokémon UNITE has launched its UNITE Club membership—a monthly subscription service that gives players access to exclusive items, discounts, and free Aeos Gems every day.  The membership, which costs $9.99, will try to entice players with deals like a Holowear of the Month, discounts for previously released items in the shop, and a 40 Aeos Gem bonus per day that will eventually allow them to purchase premium items at no additional cost./post/valorant-players-report-game-breaking-bug-that-lets-you-use-ghost-mode-in-public-matches-after-patch-1-02/Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/valorant-players-report-game-breaking-bug-that-lets-you-use-ghost-mode-in-public-matches-after-patch-1-02/ Get ready to fly, VALORANT fans. VALORANT players discovered a game-breaking bug today that lets you enter ghost mode and fly around the map in public matches. The glitch appears to have slipped through after Patch 1.02 hit the live servers. View post on imgur.com Ghost mode is typically reserved for custom matches, allowing players to enable cheats and fly around the map to experiment with abilities. But players who binded ghost mode on a hotkey were able to press it to enable the feature in a public match./post/sneaky-makes-his-cosplay-comeback-as-pool-party-caitlyn/Fri, 18 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/sneaky-makes-his-cosplay-comeback-as-pool-party-caitlyn/ Cloud9’s star AD carry Zachary “Sneaky” Scuderi shared another one of his cosplay creations on Twitter today, and this time, he’s dressed as Pool Party Caitlyn from League. In the photos, Sneaky looks nearly identical to the iconic 2018 summer-themed skin. The AD carry is dressed in Pool Party Caitlyn’s purple two-piece cross-neck bikini, floppy white hat, and shawl. In one hand, he holds a massive water gun resembling Caitlyn’s weapon-of-choice, while in the other hand, he holds a beverage—what looks like iced tea./post/apex-legends-season-5-full-patch-notes-and-updates/Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/apex-legends-season-5-full-patch-notes-and-updates/ Apex Legends season five, Fortune’s Favor, dropped today, bringing with it a new character, map changes, and a number of other adjustments and features. The new season also added a ton of quality of life changes, adjustments to weapons and characters, and many bug fixes. Season five ushers in a new battle pass, too. Per usual, the battle pass will feature access to 100 exclusive battle pass items, including skins, skydive emotes, Apex Packs, and more./post/god-of-war-breaks-65k-concurrent-players-on-steam-a-day-after-premiere/Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/god-of-war-breaks-65k-concurrent-players-on-steam-a-day-after-premiere/ God of War‘s recently released PC version has reached an eye-watering 65,172 peak players on Steam today, according to SteamDB. The title launched on PC on Friday, Jan. 14, and hitting over 60,000 players just a day after the premiere is nothing short of impressive for a single-player game. God of War on PC is not only succeeding in having many people play it. The Santa Monica studio’s production is also boasting mostly positive reviews./post/how-to-enable-nvidia-s-freestyle-ray-traced-filters-in-games/Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-enable-nvidia-s-freestyle-ray-traced-filters-in-games/ Nvidia’s latest GeForce Game Ready Drivers include three added Nvidia Freestyle GeForce Experience filters, including Screen Space Ray Traced Global Illuminations, a filter that can improve lighting in games. Nvidia Freestyle has been available for a few years, amassing a variety of in-game filters ready to be applied at a moment’s notice. Filters are easily enabled and have minimal in-game performance impact (opposed to other settings), making them a great way to view your favorite title underneath an alternative lens./post/mtg-adds-godzilla-in-new-ikoria-lair-of-behemoths-set/Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/mtg-adds-godzilla-in-new-ikoria-lair-of-behemoths-set/ The king of monsters resides within the new Magic: The Gathering set, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths, as its own series of alternative-art cards.  Wizards of the Coast partnered with the Toho movie company to bring monsters like Godzilla to Magic for the first time in the new IKO set.  Related: MTG Ikoria: Lair of the Behemothstrailer showcases Vivien and new plane Upon first glance, Zilortha, Strength Incarnate Godzilla seems a tad on the weak side./post/the-9-best-gifts-for-the-dota-2-fans-on-your-shopping-list/Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-9-best-gifts-for-the-dota-2-fans-on-your-shopping-list/ The holiday season is drawing near and the most magical time of the year may lose its charm if you haven’t finished picking up gifts for everyone on your list. While picking out gifts for someone you share interests with is relatively easy, it can turn into a more challenging task to get something for that one friend who only talks about Dota 2. The internet is filled with both official and unofficial Dota 2 merch, but something off the counter is unlikely to do the trick./post/rare-signed-ishihara-gx-pok%C3%A9mon-card-sells-at-auction-for-nearly-250-000/Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/rare-signed-ishihara-gx-pok%C3%A9mon-card-sells-at-auction-for-nearly-250-000/ At a recent auction, a limited-edition Ishihara GX Pokémon TCG card modeled after Tsunekazu Ishihara, the president of the Pokémon company, sold for a whopping $247,230. The Goldin Auctions listing began at a minimum bid of $500, but that number got substantially higher somewhere during the 31 bids that were placed. Initially printed for employees of the Pokémon company to celebrate Ishihara’s 60th birthday, this card had only been graded a seven by PSA./post/when-is-the-fortnite-collision-live-event/Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/when-is-the-fortnite-collision-live-event/ Fortnite has managed to maintain and grow its player base over the last five years. In that time, there have been a number of live events that progress the story of The Loop. Now, as the war between The Seven and The Imagined Order is reaching its climax, players are gearing up for another live event. The event will feature the return of the mech albeit under a new name. The Mecha Strike Commander is set to arrive on the island and take on the IO in a matter of days./post/sk-gaming-founder-unveils-goals-a-soccer-game-to-compete-with-fifa-and-efootball/Mon, 14 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/sk-gaming-founder-unveils-goals-a-soccer-game-to-compete-with-fifa-and-efootball/ FIFA and eFootball (formerly known as PES), the two established soccer gaming franchises are about to gain a new competitor in the form of GOALS, a touted AAA free-to-play soccer game with cross-play. It is being created by Andreas Thorstensson, a former professional Counter-Strike player and co-founder of esports organization SK Gaming. GOALS is being made to be an esports-ready game, which will directly challenge FIFA and eFootball‘s approach to professional competition./post/yvonnie-says-disguised-toast-guessed-if-fedmyster-did-anything-to-her/Mon, 14 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/yvonnie-says-disguised-toast-guessed-if-fedmyster-did-anything-to-her/ Offline TV manager Yvonne “Yvonnie” Ng said in her latest Twitch stream that friend Jeremy “Disguised Toast” Wang guessed that Federico “Fedmyster” Gaytan sexually assaulted her months after it allegedly happened. Yvonnie shared her story of alleged sexual abuse involving Fedmyster on Twitter last week. He allegedly came home drunk and climbed into Yvonnie’s bed. He attempted to make advances by placing his hand underneath her shirt, according to Yvonnie./post/how-to-win-oddball-matches-in-halo-infinite-multiplayer-tips-and-tricks/Sun, 13 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-win-oddball-matches-in-halo-infinite-multiplayer-tips-and-tricks/ One of Halo‘s most iconic and unique objective-based game modes is Oddball, in which two teams fight over control of a singular skull by earning points for each second it’s controlled. It’s one of the four core game modes in Halo Infinite multiplayer, in both the quick play and ranked game list, meaning you’re going to see it pretty frequently if you’re a dedicated player. If you and your team are having trouble holding onto the skull and keeping it out of the hands of your opponents, here’s some tips and tricks for winning Oddball matches in Halo Infinite./post/here-are-the-call-of-duty-vanguard-season-3-update-patch-notes/Sat, 12 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/here-are-the-call-of-duty-vanguard-season-3-update-patch-notes/ Call of Duty: Vanguard’s season three update just went live and Sledgehammer Games provided the patch notes for the update not long after. The biggest change introduced in season three is the addition of the Trophy System field upgrade. The deployable item has the ability to block three lethal or tactical throwables, making it especially useful in game modes like Hardpoint. #Vanguard Season Three starts now! Learn about new seasonal content, gameplay changes, and more in our Season Three Patch Notes blog 👇https://t./post/dungeon-map-enables-venture-mechanic-in-mtg-s-adventures-in-the-forgotten-realms/Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/dungeon-map-enables-venture-mechanic-in-mtg-s-adventures-in-the-forgotten-realms/ Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms is the first crossover set in Magic: The Gathering history and it’s loaded with flavorful cards and mechanics from the classic Wizards of the Coast roleplaying game.  One of the major mechanics that will dominate Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Limited and possibly make an impact in Constructed is Venture. There are three dungeons that players can Venture into, providing a variety of effects each time you do./post/ropz-returns-to-faze-lineup-after-negative-covid-19-test/Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/ropz-returns-to-faze-lineup-after-negative-covid-19-test/ Robin “⁠ropz⁠” Kool is back on FaZe Clan’s active CS:GO lineup for IEM Katowice after producing a negative test for COVID-19. The Estonian star was on quarantine in Warsaw, Poland, after testing positive for COVID-19 on Feb. 9 and could not play in the first days of the event. During ropz’s absence, FaZe used Justin “jks” Savage as an emergency stand-in. The Australian rifler helped them beat Sprout and MOUZ in the play-in stage and defeat Team Liquid in the opening round of the main event./post/how-many-people-are-playing-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war/Thu, 10 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-many-people-are-playing-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war/ Call of Duty is one of the best-selling game franchises in the world. The franchise gets a refresh every year, drawing in new players alongside all the seasoned veterans who look forward to the new releases. Though there have been ups and downs, Black Ops Cold War has been one of the better CoD titles. Considering the franchise also adopted a battle royale mode in Warzone, the number of players interested in CoD grew even higher. Finding any types of matches in Black Ops Cold War takes mere seconds, indicating that the game has a relatively populated player base./post/the-best-weapons-in-battlefield-2042/Thu, 10 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-weapons-in-battlefield-2042/ Just like how it’s in MOBAs and MMORPGs, keeping up with the meta is important to retain your edge in shooter games. Battlefield 2042’s massive maps allow players to put their creativity to the test and devise new strategies to engage enemies. No matter how you decide to play a certain map, however, there will be times when you’ll need to outplay an opponent when you’re outnumbered to stay in the match./post/despite-twitch-ban-dr-disrespect-is-still-the-third-most-watched-call-of-duty-warzone-streamer-in-2020/Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/despite-twitch-ban-dr-disrespect-is-still-the-third-most-watched-call-of-duty-warzone-streamer-in-2020/ Despite being banned off of Twitch near the end of June, Dr Disrespect is still the third most-watched Call of Duty streamer in 2020, according to a report by esports bookmaker Unikrn. Before his ban, the Doc racked up 12.21 million hours watched in Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare, along with gaining 234,000 followers while playing. Doc was behind only NICKMERCS and TimTheTatMan on the list, which is accurate as of Aug./post/yekindar-reportedly-considering-leaving-virtus-pro-after-pgl-antwerp-major/Fri, 04 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/yekindar-reportedly-considering-leaving-virtus-pro-after-pgl-antwerp-major/ Mareks “YEKINDAR” Gaļinskis is weighing his options and could depart Virtus Pro after the conclusion of the PGL Antwerp Major, according to a report by Dexerto today. The star rifler had already admitted in March that his future with VP, a Russian-owned organization, was looking uncertain due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February and all the sanctions imposed on Russian organizations. VP are currently playing with the tag Outsiders because multiple tournament organizers, such as ESL and PGL, prohibited them and other Russian-backed teams from displaying their brand and sponsors in their tournaments./post/evil-geniuses-parts-ways-with-nychrisg-after-inappropriate-comments-resurface/Wed, 02 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/evil-geniuses-parts-ways-with-nychrisg-after-inappropriate-comments-resurface/ Evil Geniuses has terminated the contract of multi-fighting game pro Christopher “NYChrisG” Gonzalez after comments Chris made in 2017 resurfaced. This comes just a day after the organization released Dota 2 commentator and streamer Grant “GranDGranT” Harris after several women claimed he sexually harassed them. Chris “NYChrisG” Gonzalez has been released and is no longer a member of Evil Geniuses. — Evil Geniuses (@EvilGeniuses) June 23, 2020 In 2017, NYChrisG posted on Facebook that “Black female gamers suck,” along with several follow-ups supporting his stance./post/best-headphones-for-kids/Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-headphones-for-kids/ Kids need good headphones to enjoy listening to music, playing games, and even remote learning. Most adult headphones don’t cut it because they may be too big and heavy for many hours of use. Headphones for children are often smaller than regular headphones and have volume limiters to protect their ears from loud sounds that may cause hearing damage. If the child is doing remote schooling or playing games, it might be wise to get headphones with a built-in microphone to communicate with the teacher or friends./post/new-world-delayed-amazon-games-sets-new-launch-date-for-sept-28/Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/new-world-delayed-amazon-games-sets-new-launch-date-for-sept-28/ Amazon Games has made the decision to push back the release date for its latest MMORPG title, New World. The game was originally set to be released on Aug. 31 but will instead be available to the general public four weeks later on Sept. 28, the developer announced today. Prospective New World players got to try out the game over the last two weeks in a closed beta testing environment, but many found that the title wasn’t quite ready for a wide-scale global launch./post/all-halo-infinite-season-start-and-end-dates/Sat, 29 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-halo-infinite-season-start-and-end-dates/ The Halo franchise moved in a new direction with the release of its cross-platform multiplayer in Halo Infinite, which includes the introduction of a battle pass system. Popularized by games in the battle royale genre, like Fortnite and Apex Legends, the battle pass gives players challenges to complete as they attempt to progress through ranks that unlock a plethora of cosmetics and in-game goodies. While there are some things to be earned from leveling in the unpaid version of the battle pass season, players have significantly more to gain by purchasing the premium version of the battle pass./post/where-to-find-fortbyte-24-in-fatal-fields-in-fortnite-season-9/Sat, 29 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/where-to-find-fortbyte-24-in-fatal-fields-in-fortnite-season-9/ A new Fortbyte is now available to Fortnite: Battle Royale players who own the season nine Battle Pass. As promised, Epic released one this morning, and players can unlock it by completing a short and simple challenge. Fortbyte 24 just became available. Its challenge tells players it’s “found within Fatal Fields,” which is rather vague. Players have to look for the item there while playing any Fortnite: Battle Royale game mode that’s not Playground, since it’s a sandbox mode that disables challenge progression./post/how-do-coins-work-on-tiktok-live-studio/Fri, 28 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-do-coins-work-on-tiktok-live-studio/ A challenger in the battle for streaming supremacy has taken a huge step forward. TikTok released a beta version of its new desktop streaming software TikTok LIVE Studio today. The LIVE Studio program is now available for download for any PC users with a TikTok account. Upon installing, players can set up a basic streaming overlay or even import their settings from other programs like OBS. The social media mobile app has used Coins as a gifting currency for over a year now as a way for people to show support to their creators during TikTok livestreams./post/how-to-set-your-xbox-series-x-s-as-your-home-console/Fri, 28 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-set-your-xbox-series-x-s-as-your-home-console/ Setting an Xbox Series X or S as your home console can come with a lot of advantages. If you own two systems or want to game share, setting one Xbox as your home console while using another will allow you to play a digital version of the game you bought on two devices. This could, for example, let a family member game alongside you without paying for the game twice, as long as you own two consoles./post/doomfist-s-new-sprays-tell-a-story/Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/doomfist-s-new-sprays-tell-a-story/ The stories told by Doomfist’s new sprays—now live on Overwatch’s public test region—may not be lore-accurate, but they’re still great. He’s got jokes, boxing homages, and a little peek into his early life. Often times, sprays get passed over pretty quickly: Everyone goes straight for the skins. But Doomfist’s are worth an extra look. One of Doomfist’s sprays even fits together with an existing Overwatch spray, like a few others in the game./post/wesley-so-wins-third-leg-of-fide-grand-prix-2022-over-nakamura/Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/wesley-so-wins-third-leg-of-fide-grand-prix-2022-over-nakamura/ With little left on the line this afternoon, Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura quickly steered the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 Leg 3 finals to the rapid playoffs portion, where So scored a victory that will only provide little solace in light of (most likely) missing out on the Candidates Tournament. The main prize on the line in the FIDE Grand Prix wasn’t actually the ultimate victory, especially not in its third leg./post/best-moveset-for-sirfetch-d-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go/Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-moveset-for-sirfetch-d-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go/ As part of the crossover celebration for Pokémon Sword and Shield’s The Crown Tundra expansion, Sirfetch’d is finally available in Pokémon Go.  Galarian Farfetch’d has been in the game for a good while now, but prior to this event, it wasn’t able to evolve into Sirfetch’d.  Now as for how to best prep you Sirfetch’d for the Battle League, you should probably get used to playing on the defensive. It has a lot of options, but not all of them are great, especially since you will be relying almost exclusively on Counter as a Fast Move./post/ceo-2021-set-to-return-in-december-will-combine-ceo-and-ceotaku-events/Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/ceo-2021-set-to-return-in-december-will-combine-ceo-and-ceotaku-events/ Community Effort Orlando, better known as CEO, is making a comeback later this year after having to cancel a majority of its tournaments throughout 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The event won’t return in its usual June timeframe, however. Instead, CEO 2021 will be hosted in Orlando from Dec. 3 to 5.  Thank you for the positive response #FGC. While we work out all the details to safely bring back CEO and launch registration, tell us what games would you want to see hosted at #CEO2021?/post/courage-and-brookeab-will-be-a-part-of-pubg-mobile-s-4th-anniversary-celebration-party/Tue, 25 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/courage-and-brookeab-will-be-a-part-of-pubg-mobile-s-4th-anniversary-celebration-party/ PUBG Mobile is marking four years of release on March 19. And to celebrate the occasion, it’s hosting an Anniversary Party. The celebration will take place on March 21 with some big guest appearances like 100Thieves’ Brooke “BrookeAB” Ashley and Jack “CouRage” Dunlop. Currently, close to no details about the party has been revealed. It will happen on YouTube with the broadcast scheduled for March 21 at 4pm CT. The description of the video says that “your favorite content creators and celebrity guests,” which includes CouRage and BrookeAB, will be in attendance./post/prestinni-to-sub-in-for-simp-in-2022-call-of-duty-major-2-online-qualifier-match-against-optic-texas/Tue, 25 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/prestinni-to-sub-in-for-simp-in-2022-call-of-duty-major-2-online-qualifier-match-against-optic-texas/ Prestinni is filling in for Atlanta FaZe star Simp in their Call of Duty League online qualifier match today against OpTic Texas, head coach Crowder announced. With Simp out sick, Prestinni will compete alongside his twin brother Arcitys for the first time since Modern Warfare when the two played for the Chicago Huntsmen.  “Not playing vs optic today,” Simp said. “Been throwing up all morning and I couldn’t make it through a warm-up map beforehand./post/how-to-complete-ligue-1-totssf-guaranteed-sbc-in-fifa-20-ultimate-team/Mon, 24 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-complete-ligue-1-totssf-guaranteed-sbc-in-fifa-20-ultimate-team/ EA Sports added a squad-building challenge (SBC) to FIFA 20 Ultimate Team today that will give fans a guaranteed Ligue 1 Team of the Season So Far (TOTSSF) player if they complete it. The Ligue 1 TOTSSF squad was released last Friday, May 29. It’ll be available in packs until Friday, June 5. The Ligue 1 TOTSSF guaranteed SBC is available for the next two days. The guaranteed Ligue 1 TOTSSF player, however, will be an untradeable card, which means you can’t sell it on the FUT market to make a profit./post/tribe-gaming-unveils-sponsorship-with-ford/Mon, 24 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/tribe-gaming-unveils-sponsorship-with-ford/ Austin-based mobile esports organization Tribe Gaming announced a sponsorship with automobile manufacturer Ford today. Ford is now the exclusive automotive sponsor of Tribe. As a part of this, Tribe said it will be producing a lot of content with Ford vehicles, including a series featuring its top creators. In this episodic series, Tribe says the creators will “explore and build deeper connections with their largest geographic communities.” Another piece of content involves telling the stories of the top mobile gaming personalities in the region./post/here-are-the-notes-and-updates-for-valorant-patch-2-08/Sun, 23 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/here-are-the-notes-and-updates-for-valorant-patch-2-08/ VALORANT Patch 2.08 is just around the corner and fans can expect a new 24/7 Breeze Unrated playlist to come with it that will let them explore the new map. The latest patch will also add coach slots to Tournament Mode custom games, as well as several quality-of-life and bug fixes. Act Three introduces Breeze, a new Caribbean-inspired map that’s a stark contrast from the available maps. Most players will likely want to experience the new map, making the Breeze-only Unrated queue the perfect option./post/how-to-evolve-riolu-into-lucario-in-pok%C3%A9mon-legends-arceus/Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-evolve-riolu-into-lucario-in-pok%C3%A9mon-legends-arceus/ Lucario is a Pokémon that most fans love. Besides being a powerful and extremely viable force in the competitive scene, it has a cool design and a unique type combination: Fighting and Steel. Ever since it and its base form, Riolu, were introduced in Generation IV, they’ve consistently been well-liked Pokémon. See Pokémon on Amazon That doesn’t mean Lucario is easy to get, though. In Generation IV, the only way Riolu could evolve into Lucario was by leveling up during the day after attaining a high friendship level with the player./post/dream-admits-to-cheating-in-minecraft-speedrun-claims-he-was-unaware-of-illegal-mod/Wed, 19 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/dream-admits-to-cheating-in-minecraft-speedrun-claims-he-was-unaware-of-illegal-mod/ In late 2020, Speedrun.com announced it had rejected a fifth-place run from popular Minecraft speedrunner and content creator Dream. The run, which was submitted in October, was rejected in late December after Speedrun.com led an investigation into the situation that lasted roughly two months.  Dream actively argued against the results of the investigation and Speedrun.com’s decision before seemingly accepting the ruling on Dec. 31 after the controversy continued to prove toxic for everyone involved./post/how-to-fix-sound-issues-on-final-fantasy-xiv/Tue, 18 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-fix-sound-issues-on-final-fantasy-xiv/ As an MMO, Final Fantasy XIV offers a massive amount of content, which means countless bugs might occur. Even when the developers work on fixing the issues, new and returning glitches can surface when updates are introduced. One issue many players have already encountered in FFXIV is the unexpected deactivation of some sounds—or even all of them—while playing. It can happen at any moment, and it’s not always related to your platform./post/what-does-vod-mean-on-twitch/Tue, 18 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/what-does-vod-mean-on-twitch/ A Video on Demand, commonly called VOD, on Twitch is a recording of previously streamed content. Fans can watch VODs from their favorite streamer if they were unable to catch the live stream, and VODs are an excellent tool to keep fans engaged.  VODs are an excellent way to archive previous streams and to allow fans to find previous content. Any streamer building a following should have VODs enabled, and fans should check the video tab to keep up to date on content./post/singularity-unveils-new-cs-go-team-spearheaded-by-guardian/Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/singularity-unveils-new-cs-go-team-spearheaded-by-guardian/ Team Singularity has signed a new CS:GO lineup headlined by former Natus Vincere duo Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovács and Denis “seized” Kostin, alongside three up-and-coming Russian players in Evgeny “Norwi” Ermolin, Timur “clax” Sabirov, and Daniil “d1Ledez” Kustov, the organization announced today. The team will be coached by the Russian skipper Artem “⁠Fierce⁠” Ivanov, which makes GuardiaN the only non-Russian member of the squad. It’s not like he’ll have any trouble communicating, though. He spent some of the best years of his career on Na’Vi playing alongside Russians and Ukrainians prior to joining FaZe Clan in 2017./post/totw-30-cards-are-live-in-fifa-22-ultimate-team/Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/totw-30-cards-are-live-in-fifa-22-ultimate-team/ You can get the latest set of Team of the Week (TOTW) 30 cards in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team starting today. Players who stand out during league matches or when national team games end have a chance of receiving an upgraded TOTW version every Wednesday. The cards released today will be replaced next week, but players can have multiple TOTW cards, so the same person could be featured in the next TOTW packs./post/cammy-and-guile-arrive-at-fortnite-s-item-shop-in-second-street-fighter-crossover/Sat, 15 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/cammy-and-guile-arrive-at-fortnite-s-item-shop-in-second-street-fighter-crossover/ Fortnite players can finally get their hands on two iconic characters from the Street Fighter franchise. Cammy and Guile officially landed on the Item Shop today with two outfits each. Each new fighter is available for 1,600 V-Bucks, but players can snag the Bundle with both for a discount. Guile is bringing in his classic look with green fatigues, but the skin also comes with a Glistening Guile variant and the K./post/here-are-the-notes-and-updates-for-league-of-legends-patch-11-5/Sat, 15 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/here-are-the-notes-and-updates-for-league-of-legends-patch-11-5/ Riot is targeting the jungle position in the latest League of Legends patch. Champions like Master Yi and Sejuani, who haven’t seen much play in recent months, are set to receive changes. These adjustments could help the champions shoot up the tables in both a casual and competitive setting. Udyr and Rammus, two champions that have benefited greatly from season 11’s item overhaul, are getting tuned down a notch in Patch 11./post/yu-gi-oh-tcg-release-for-burst-of-destiny-coming-in-october/Fri, 14 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/yu-gi-oh-tcg-release-for-burst-of-destiny-coming-in-october/ Konami has officially revealed Burst of Destiny, the next core booster for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, which will be released on Oct. 22. Some details about the set were shared when the OCG version of Burst of Destiny was revealed last month, including additional Dragon and Rokket support, along with some new Ritual cards.  In total, Burst of Destiny will feature 100 new cards. Outside of the iconic Borrel archetype, Penguin cards will also be getting some new support and the potentially powerful Flundereeze archetype will be making its debut./post/new-annie-support-cards-synergize-with-jhin-stun-archetypes-in-legends-of-runeterra/Thu, 13 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/new-annie-support-cards-synergize-with-jhin-stun-archetypes-in-legends-of-runeterra/ A total of three Legends of Runeterra Worldwalker spoilers dropped today, showcasing Followers and Skills in the Noxus region.  Scheduled to release on May 25, the LoR Worldwalker expansion has one more champion joining the ranks. Annie will likely get announced tomorrow, but in the meantime, players were gifted with five support cards for the new champion. All three Worldwalker spoilers are from the Noxus region and are Followers.  Manasoul Student is a three-drop 3/2 unit that pings the enemy Nexus with one point of damage the first time each round you play a Fast/Slow spell or a Skill./post/dota-2-s-ranking-medals-get-a-facelift-as-divine-rank-is-divided-further-among-top-players/Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/dota-2-s-ranking-medals-get-a-facelift-as-divine-rank-is-divided-further-among-top-players/ The new Dota 2 ranked matchmaking system, implemented late last November, is in full swing. Not more than two weeks later, however, Valve has already given the system a cosmetic update—particularly for the medals associated with each tier.  All of the medals have been given a facelift, with each one getting a new graphic based on certain items in the game. For example, the Herald medal has a Tango hiding in plain sight, right behind the left side./post/g2-caps-we-had-some-issues-that-were-even-lasting-from-before-this-year-that-we-just-never-really-found-the-solution-to/Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/g2-caps-we-had-some-issues-that-were-even-lasting-from-before-this-year-that-we-just-never-really-found-the-solution-to/ For G2 Esports and its League of Legends supporters, this past year was a huge disappointment for the organization. After two straight years of regional domination, the eight-time LEC champions weren’t able to make an impact on the league, missing out on both the 2021 Spring and Summer Finals, and even failed to qualify for the World Championship. During his most recent stream, the team’s superstar mid laner Caps talked a bit about G2’s current situation, how they got to that point, and even spoke about the tough decisions that might be made during this offseason./post/how-to-watch-nrg-sweet-s-10-000-apex-invitational-on-storm-point/Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-watch-nrg-sweet-s-10-000-apex-invitational-on-storm-point/ Pro Apex Legends players will test out the competitive potential of season 11’s new map this week. On Nov. 6, NRG’s Sweet announced a $10,000 invitational tournament that will take place on Storm Point. The competition takes place tomorrow, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 6pm CT. It’s sponsored by the popular aim-training program Aim Lab. Happy to announce that @aimlab and I have created the Sweet Invitational. 20 invited squads battle it out for $10,000 in Storm Point./post/how-many-characters-can-you-have-per-server-in-new-world/Tue, 11 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-many-characters-can-you-have-per-server-in-new-world/ When you first log into New World, players will get a glimpse of all the realms hidden inside the game. These servers will be the home to your character and picking one can prove itself to be a difficult task. Most players will often opt in for the players with higher populations since more players will mean more competition. If you’re looking to play with a large group of friends, choosing a server that has a medium population can be a better choice so you can have better access to resources./post/new-ltm-ground-game-joins-the-rotation-for-the-14-days-of-fortnite-event/Tue, 11 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/new-ltm-ground-game-joins-the-rotation-for-the-14-days-of-fortnite-event/ Another brand-new Limited Time Mode has been added to Fortnite: Battle Royale for the game’s holiday event. Ground Game is the latest mode to join the LTM rotation for the 14 Days of Fortnite event. “In Ground Game, the focus is on fighting smart—spray and pray and build spamming isn’t an option here,” the in-game description reads. “Fewer building materials can be carried and max ammo count is limited, so use the natural cover that the map provides and make every shot count./post/the-best-esports-organizations-of-2021/Tue, 11 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-esports-organizations-of-2021/ In 2021, esports fans saw crowds at live events start to come back, the continued rise of VALORANT, the triumphant return of CS:GO and Halo majors, and the breaking of numerous viewership and prize pool records across several games. Some of the prominent organizations in esports had landmark years as well. In this list we’re going to look at the organizations that found the most success or took the most steps forward during 2021./post/these-are-the-best-shotguns-in-fortnite-battle-royale/Tue, 11 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/these-are-the-best-shotguns-in-fortnite-battle-royale/ Footsteps. Wooden planks. A gun is cocked. You hear the sounds of an enemy pushing you in Fortnite. What’s next? You need a close-quarters weapon. An assault rifle? No. And you didn’t pick up an SMG. What now? It’s shotty time, baby. Shotguns have been an important part of all Fortnite metas. From double-pump days to not being able to complete loadouts without a tactical shotgun, they’ve been vital to outplaying enemy players since the beginning./post/how-much-will-the-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090-ti-cost/Mon, 10 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-much-will-the-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090-ti-cost/ Nvidia unveiled its next flagship graphics card, the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, at CES 2022. Though it’d be several months after its initial projection, the manufacturer finally revealed the price of the new high-end GPU. The RTX 30-series of Nvidia GPUs boast more dedicated ray-tracing cores and faster memory speeds than its previous generation. With the 3090, games can run at 8K fidelity close to, or reaching, 60 fps. It can also reach frame rates of 360 with the proper optimization settings./post/dota-underlords-team-compositions-to-try/Sun, 09 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/dota-underlords-team-compositions-to-try/ The key of team compositions in Valve’s autobattler game Dota Underlords is to have good Alliance combinations with decent units. If you want to have a strong board, you must know which Alliances are the best to center your team around and which are going to support heroes of that core Alliance. Since items in Underlords only start playing a major role on teams in the late game, the way you build your team until then is essential to winning a match./post/mtg-innistrad-crimson-vow-unleashes-the-beast-with-ulvenwald-oddity/Fri, 07 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/mtg-innistrad-crimson-vow-unleashes-the-beast-with-ulvenwald-oddity/ The color Green in Magic: The Gathering will gain another powerful creature with Haste and Trample in the upcoming Innistrad: Crimson Vow set.  Competing with Esika’s Chariot as a four-drop in Mono-Green, Ulvenwald Oddity is a Limited bomb within Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) Draft and a potential main deck within multiple MTG Standard decks. The beast is a Double-Faced card with Trample and Haste that transforms upon paying 5GG, able to take down opponents as a finisher should it remain on the battlefield./post/here-s-what-every-lck-roster-looks-like-in-2022/Thu, 06 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/here-s-what-every-lck-roster-looks-like-in-2022/ The LCK had the chance to solidify themselves as the best region on the planet this year but failed to capitalize on the opportunity after coming up against the LPL in the finals of the 2021 League of Legends World Championship. In retaliation, the region has undergone a roster reshuffle since the free agency window opened in November. A few big-name players and teams have already made moves leading up to the next professional season./post/cops-drop-charges-against-streamer-arrested-for-pot-possession-during-swatting-raid/Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/cops-drop-charges-against-streamer-arrested-for-pot-possession-during-swatting-raid/ On Aug. 18, popular YouTube personality Alexander “Whiteboy7thst” Wachs was arrested for marijuana possession. The circumstances of the arrest, however, were what would later draw headlines: The police SWAT team was only at Wachs’ apartment in the first place because someone had called in a prank call. Luckily for Wachs, who was simply streaming a game online during the raid, the drug charges have been dropped. The prank call led police to believe they would find an armed and suicidal man waiting for them./post/katarina-5-new-skins-now-available-in-league-of-legends-wild-rift/Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/katarina-5-new-skins-now-available-in-league-of-legends-wild-rift/ League of Legends: Wild Rift has welcomed fan-favorite mid-lane assassin Katarina to its champion roster. Players will have the opportunity to earn Katarina for free by completing a series of challenges available for the next seven days in-game. Alternatively, she can be purchased from the in-game store. Better dead than dull. Cut them down in a blink with Katarina, the Sinister Blade—now spinning into Wild Rift. pic.twitter.com/4iYqRDIBLs — League of Legends: Wild Rift (@wildrift) March 4, 2021 Katarina’s Kit remains mostly unchanged with some minor alterations to suit the smaller Rift size present in the mobile game./post/all-skin-bundles-in-call-of-duty-the-haunting-event/Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-skin-bundles-in-call-of-duty-the-haunting-event/ The Haunting event is finally here, bringing the Halloween vibes to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone for players to enjoy. While the game may look slightly spookier throughout the event, all eyes will be on the new limited-time game modes and the skin bundles that will be available until Oct. 24. See Call of Duty on Amazon While players will get to enjoy limited-time game modes like Ghosts of Verdansk, Scream Deathmatch, Infected, and Prop Hunt Halloween, collectors will be after completing the event themed cosmetics that will come in six bundles./post/all-pok%C3%A9mon-go-tour-johto-npc-challenger-gym-trainers-and-how-to-beat-them/Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-pok%C3%A9mon-go-tour-johto-npc-challenger-gym-trainers-and-how-to-beat-them/ Leading into Pokémon Go Tour: Johto, Niantic held a social media contest where players could submit their Trainer and a team of three Pokémon of the same type to be considered for a spot as an NPC.  Winning Trainers have now been added to Pokémon Go as an NPC themed around one of the eight Johto Gym Leaders, meaning players participating in Go Tour: Johto will need to beat them in order to finish the event’s Battle Challenge Timed Research./post/hai-on-wrist-injury-iem-failure-and-why-he-s-still-on-cloud-nine/Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/hai-on-wrist-injury-iem-failure-and-why-he-s-still-on-cloud-nine/ Cloud9 founder Hai Lam is having trouble focusing on our interview. We’re sitting in the press box of the League Championship Series (LCS) studios in Los Angeles, our own private viewing suite overlooking the stage. Through tinted glass, past the pair of commentators just outside, Gravity Gaming has just started its match against Team SoloMid. Gravity has been inching up the table recently, nipping at Cloud9’s heels, but Hai is hoping they’ll win./post/how-does-elden-ring-multiplayer-work/Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-does-elden-ring-multiplayer-work/ If you’ve never played Bloodborne or Dark Souls before, getting used to Elden Ring may take longer than expected. Considering the game’s just kicked off its Closed Network Test, players will have more than enough time to grasp the ropes. Though adventuring through the Elden Ring by yourself will be an adventure of its own, the experience is likely to get better once you’re accompanied by friends. To play multiplayer in Elden Ring, you’ll need to create a character first./post/bigetron-ra-win-pmpl-season-3-indonesia-league-stage/Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/bigetron-ra-win-pmpl-season-3-indonesia-league-stage/ Bigetron Red Aliens emerged as the winners of the league stage in the PUBG Mobile Pro League (PMPL) Indonesia season three.  From March 24 to April 11, 20 teams from across Indonesia competed in the Pro League for a spot in the finals and a share of the $71,700 prize pool. The top 16 teams will now be competing in the country finals from April 16 to 18 to decide the champions./post/pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield-starters-and-legendaries-will-allegedly-be-shiny-locked/Thu, 29 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield-starters-and-legendaries-will-allegedly-be-shiny-locked/ Shiny Pokémon are extremely rare and have different coloration than their regular appearances, luring many die-hard trainers to traverse regions in search of the elusive creatures. But finding a shiny starter or legendary in the wild may be unattainable in Pokémon Sword and Shield. Dataminer Kaphotics revealed today that the starters—Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble—and the legendary Pokémon in Sword and Shield will not to appear as shiny in the overworld. /post/mtg-mirror-box-removes-legend-rule-via-kamigawa-neon-dynasty/Wed, 28 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/mtg-mirror-box-removes-legend-rule-via-kamigawa-neon-dynasty/ The legend rule in Magic: The Gathering is taking a back seat via a Rare Artifact contained in the upcoming Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty set. Legendary permanents within MTG have a rule they must abide by, allowing for only one copy on the battlefield at a time. Scheduled to release digitally on Feb. 10, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO) will include an Artifact that creates a loophole around the legendary rule. Mirror Box, revealed today by Twitter user Lights during the first day of NEO spoilers, is a Rare Artifact that removes the legendary rule while on the battlefield and pumps the stats of all legendary creatures./post/the-best-dota-2-cosplay/Wed, 28 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-dota-2-cosplay/ Over the years, Dota 2 has built up a huge selection of heroes, with more than 115 characters, all with their own personality, skill set, and lore. Dota has flourished, coming into the world as a mod for Warcraft III in 2003 before growing leaps and bounds into the game it is today. Despite there being a rift in the MOBA community, with League of Legends taking some of the game’s well-earned glory, Dota 2 has thrived with its solid and faithful fan base./post/how-to-beat-and-capture-mega-charizard-x-and-y-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go/Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-beat-and-capture-mega-charizard-x-and-y-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go/ Mega Evolution has arrived in Pokémon Go, and with it comes the opportunity to capture Pokémon capable of Mega Evolution by participating in the new Mega Raids.  A handful of Mega Pokémon are already available to capture and use in Pokémon Go, including both Mega Charizard X and Y. The two different forms of the Fire-type starter are incredibly powerful, both sitting in the top tier of potential max CP in the game./post/how-to-gift-event-tickets-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go/Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-gift-event-tickets-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go/ Trainers within Pokémon GO can start gifting Event Tickets to friends, just in time for the summer global Pokémon GO Fest.  The option to gift Pokémon GO Event Tickets to your Trainer friends becomes a reality starting on May 21 during the May Community Day event. There are two different color types for tickets: Blue and Pink. All event tickets are found in the Pokémon GO store, ranging in price from $1 to $14./post/twitch-is-the-only-late-game-marksman-that-survived-the-pre-season-meta/Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/twitch-is-the-only-late-game-marksman-that-survived-the-pre-season-meta/ If you’ve played League of Legends during the pre-season this year, you’ve almost definitely noticed the bot lane meta. Jhin, Lucian, or Miss Fortune can be seen in almost every single game, as traditional late-game crit-based marksman haven’t been able to keep up. And then there’s Twitch. He’s about as late-game as you can get, as his most popular build still incorporates building 100 percent crit chance, meaning he takes a while to really turn on./post/all-skins-arriving-in-apex-s-upcoming-event-evolution/Mon, 26 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-skins-arriving-in-apex-s-upcoming-event-evolution/ Evolution is Apex Legends’ next Collection Event and it’s set to go live on Sept. 14. Like previous Collection Events, this one is also looking to add many notable cosmetics to the game. See Apex Legends on Amazon Season 10 has been filled with many changes that have spiced up the gameplay in Apex. From map changes to a new legend, there hasn’t been a shortage of content in Apex. But the chances of running into a player who’d decline getting more epic skins for their favorite legends are slim to none./post/everything-you-need-to-know-about-na-vct-stage-3-challengers-one-open-qualifier/Mon, 26 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/everything-you-need-to-know-about-na-vct-stage-3-challengers-one-open-qualifier/ The show must go on. After almost a month of downtime, the final stage of the VALORANT Champions Tour is here. North American teams will begin their journey to September’s VCT Masters Berlin with the open qualifier. For Challengers week one, the top eight teams from the 120-team open qualifier will advance to the first main event.  Sentinels and Version1, who represented NA at VCT Masters Reykjavík last month, have been given byes until the Challengers week one open qualifier round of 32./post/the-best-audio-settings-for-call-of-duty-warzone/Mon, 26 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-audio-settings-for-call-of-duty-warzone/ Sound is an important factor in battle royale games. The maps are huge, so you might be trying to listen to a fight in the distance only to get snuck up on and killed by a stealthy enemy. In Call of Duty: Warzone, sound is also key. While Caldera is a big area, many of the game’s fights can take place in close encounters. You need to be able to hear enemies in close proximity before it’s too late./post/where-to-find-fortnite-s-season-9-week-5-secret-battle-star/Sun, 25 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/where-to-find-fortnite-s-season-9-week-5-secret-battle-star/ A new set of Fortnite: Battle Royale challenges has just become available to all players. It’sweek five of the Battle Pass challenges, and players who complete the entire set will be able to find a secret Battle Star if they also completed at least four other sets of weekly challenges this season. Once you complete five sets of weekly challenges, you’ll earn a new Loading Screen. In that image is where you’ll find a hint about where to find this week’s secret Battle Star./post/new-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield-update-eliminates-large-possibility-of-hacked-raid-battles/Sat, 24 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/new-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield-update-eliminates-large-possibility-of-hacked-raid-battles/ Running into a hacked Max Raid Battle was a common occurrence in Pokémon Sword and Shield—and there was even a thriving Twitch community of channels that would use this to draw in viewers. But in the Version 1.2.1. Update, Game Freak has eliminated a large portion of these hacked raids for the time being.  While the patch notes don’t specifically mention the removal of elements that would lead to hacked raid battles being shared, the Y-Comm system seems to have received a significant overhaul./post/the-5-best-toon-cards-in-yu-gi-oh/Sat, 24 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-5-best-toon-cards-in-yu-gi-oh/ Toon cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! are cartoony versions of already existing cards with various additional or unique effects. There are a number of ways to incorporate them into your decks just like their classic versions, depending on which effects or tribe you might look to add. While they haven’t seen the competitive scene in a while, the recent additions could make them worthwhile once again. Here are the best five Toon cards in Yu-Gi-Oh!/post/hungrybox-named-the-best-super-smash-bros-melee-player-for-the-third-year-in-a-row/Fri, 23 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/hungrybox-named-the-best-super-smash-bros-melee-player-for-the-third-year-in-a-row/ From the start of the year, Juan “Hungrybox” DeBiedma made it clear that he wasn’t going to give up his crown anytime soon. And at the end of the Super Smash Bros. Melee 2019 PGR rankings, the Jigglypuff main held the No. 1 spot for the third straight year.  But while that’s an incredible accomplishment on its own, the rest of the top 10 looks a little strange when you take into account the entire year of Melee and not just the back end of the rankings./post/how-to-get-silver-gold-and-foil-skins-in-fortnite-chapter-2-season-4/Thu, 22 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-get-silver-gold-and-foil-skins-in-fortnite-chapter-2-season-4/ Fortnite Chapter Two, season four went live earlier this week and introduced many changes to spice up the popular battle royale. Gun changes aren’t the only thing that hit the live servers, however, and a squad filled with Marvel characters were teleported to the Fortnite world to fight against Galactus. The squad consisting of Thor, Groot, Wolverine, Storm, She-Hulk, Doctor Doom, Mystique, and Iron Man are all available as skins from day one, and players can unlock them via this season’s battle pass./post/everything-we-know-about-yelan-in-genshin-impact/Wed, 21 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/everything-we-know-about-yelan-in-genshin-impact/ Genshin Impact is always adding exciting new characters to the game and players eagerly await the opportunity to add to their rosters. A new character named Yelan, a five-star Hydro Bow user, was recently uncovered. Here’s everything we know about her.  Yelan is a five-star Hydro Bow character. She will be the second character of this kind to be released. The first and only character to wield a Hydro Bow, Tartaglia, was released on Nov./post/here-are-the-3-ps-now-games-added-this-month/Wed, 21 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/here-are-the-3-ps-now-games-added-this-month/ PlayStation’s streaming subscription service, PS Now, features a catalog of hundreds of PS4 games. The collection ranges from blockbuster hits to PlayStation exclusives, online multiplayer titles, and family-friendly games. You can stream and download over 800 PS4, PS3, and PS2 titles from a wide range of genres on your PS4 console or PC. You’ll find titles such as Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom, Bloodborne, The Last of Us, NBK 2K18, The Elder Scrolls Online, and even LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham./post/how-to-pre-register-for-pok%C3%A9mon-unite-mobile/Wed, 21 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-pre-register-for-pok%C3%A9mon-unite-mobile/ Nintendo Switch owners have been able to partake in Unite Battles in Pokémon UNITE for almost a month, and soon mobile players will be able to join in on the action. Pokémon UNITE will be launching on mobile devices on Sept. 22, according to today’s Pokémon Presents. Mobile players will be able to play cross-platform with Switch players, as well as sync their data between the two for cross-progression. Pre-registration for the mobile version of UNITE is now available on most mobile devices./post/wrenn-returns-in-innistrad-midnight-hunt/Tue, 20 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/wrenn-returns-in-innistrad-midnight-hunt/ Magic: The Gathering is returning to the gothic horror plane of Innistrad in Innistrad: Midnight Hunt featuring returning characters, Creature types, and mechanics. Wizards of the Coast revealed cards from the upcoming fall set on Weekly MTG. Returning character Wrenn is coming to Innistrad with another land-focused card. Wrenn was first introduced in Modern Horizons as Wrenn and Six. The card dominated eternal formats with its ability to interact with lands and the graveyard./post/are-legendary-pok%C3%A9mon-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield-s-the-crown-tundra-dynamax-adventures-shiny-locked/Mon, 19 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/are-legendary-pok%C3%A9mon-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield-s-the-crown-tundra-dynamax-adventures-shiny-locked/ One of the biggest features added to Pokémon Sword and Shield in The Crown Tundra expansion was the new Dynamax Adventures mode.  Dynamax Adventures lets players enjoy Max Raid Battles in a new way by turning into a series of consecutive battles with rising stakes and more difficult challenges.  At the end of most Dynamax Adventures, players will have a chance to run into nearly any Legendary Pokémon that has ever been available in a main series Pokémon game./post/you-can-earn-free-gems-in-smite-right-now/Mon, 19 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/you-can-earn-free-gems-in-smite-right-now/ Anytime you get the chance to earn your game’s real-money currency for free, that’s an opportunity you won’t want to miss. And right now, players can earn 50 free Smite Gems thanks to the “Gem Storm.” Right now in Smite, players can get 50 free Gems by completing three “first wins of the day.” Though this may sound confusing, it’s easier than you might think. All players need to do is earn a win in three of Smite’s different game modes./post/here-are-the-notes-for-final-fantasy-xiv-s-patch-6-1-newfound-adventure/Sun, 18 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/here-are-the-notes-for-final-fantasy-xiv-s-patch-6-1-newfound-adventure/ Final Fantasy XIV fans are in for a treat because the first major patch since Endwalker is set to be introduced to the live servers tomorrow. It’ll bring a plethora of new content in many aspects of the game, such as new Main Scenario quests, a new secondary questline linked to an Alliance Raid, quality-of-life changes, and more. Here are the complete patch notes for Patch 6.1, Newfound Adventure. New Quests New Main Scenario Quests added, including a new DungeonNew Minstrel’s Quest unlocking the Endsinger’s Aria Extreme trialNew Chronicles of a New Era quests added, including a new Alliance raidNew Role Quests addedNew chapters added to New Game Plus modeRevision of A Realm Reborn quests (deletion of Main Scenario Quest roulettes, will become solo instances)New FATEs in Endwalker‘s mapsNew Stone, Sky, Sea trials New Items New cosmetic items from a collaboration with GARO addedNew craftable items, recipes, and fish addedNew subaquatic voyage areas and items added, maximum rank adjusted from 90 to 05New furnishing items addedNew orchestion rolls addedNew aquarium fish availableNew paintings addedByregotia flowerpot seeds addedNew Manderville Gold Saucer rewards addedNew Triple Triad cards and NPC opponentsNew Faux leave itemsNew EmotesNew iLvl 590 gear and corresponding Merchant addedNew mountsNew pup minionNew fashion accessoriesNew venture rewards Housing New Lottery system added for every plot in the gameOpening of Empyreum residential area in IshgardDedicated wards for free company plots addedFree Company members must remain in it for at least 30 days to buy a plotPrice plots won’t decrease over time anymore User Interface Adding of Adventurer Plates in betaThe additional hotbar can now be rearranged when switching jobs in instanced quest battlesCharacter portraits added for dialogue lines in some instanced quest battlesImprovements in level requirement entries and report areasUnending Codex added to display lore informationSightseeing Log visual effect adjustedVista categories adjusted to reflect expansionsRequired Collectability information added on crafting windowShop filters improvedAchievements tab clarity improvedDramfitting option added on the inn chamber’s bed to try on Online Shop’s itemsAuto target enemy option added in Character Configuration, including Priority choiceGear set names now include the job levelBicolor Gemstones and Trophy Cristals added on Currency windowDyeing interface improvedNew dungeons in Explorer modeMore duties available to recordingPayers can now register in duties with Duty Support or Trust via the Duty Finder Character Creation New Hrothgar hairstyles addedNew Hrothgar facial features addedNew male and female Viera’s hairstyles added Other The Whorleater replaced by Ultima’s Bane as Unreal trialRewards of Excitatron 600 treasure hunt instance have been adjustedDecipher animation modifiedAdding a 30 days requirement to get the Free Company master rankNew Charge symbols added in Free Company crestsSpoiler of location and duty names deletedDuty Support added on A Realm Reborn, Shadowbringers, and Endwalker dutiesKhloe’s prizes and seals obtention from completing Wondrous Tails adjustedPlayers can now be revived when incapacitated in some Hard and Extreme duties (not including Endwalker‘s)Savage Raid weekly reward restriction removedUnsung Blaedes of Asphodelos now require four Discal Tomestones instead of sevenBozjan southern front and Zadnor adjusted to yield more EXP and cachesGlamour plate limit increased from 15 to 20NPC accompaniment system improvedInstanced field areas deleted, except for Radz-at-Han, Thavnair, and Mor DhonaMore wireless controller support addedNew text commands (draw, sheathe, determined, content, adventurerplate, portrait)Entry subscription now offers eight characters per WorldBug fixes Balance changes Buffs on Paladin, Warrior, Dragoon, Gunbreaker, Reaper, Bard, Machinist, Red Mage, White Mage, Scholar, Astrologian, and SageDark Knight, Ninja, Samurai, Dancer, and Summoner adjustedNerf of Monk’s Perfect Balance The complete balance changes can be found here./post/free-arcane-jinx-and-vi-skins-in-legends-of-runeterra-celebrate-game-s-second-anniversary/Thu, 15 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/free-arcane-jinx-and-vi-skins-in-legends-of-runeterra-celebrate-game-s-second-anniversary/ Riot Games is giving away seven free gifts within Legends of Runeterra, commemorating the digital card game’s second anniversary.  Starting on April 27 with the release of LoR Patch 3.6, new and existing players can log into the Riot digital card game and receive up to seven free gifts. New players are recommended to set up a Riot account prior to downloading LoR via PC or mobile. Once the game is downloaded, players will need to log in once per day for seven days to receive every LoR two-year celebration gift./post/how-to-unlock-the-high-alert-perk-in-call-of-duty-mobile/Thu, 15 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-unlock-the-high-alert-perk-in-call-of-duty-mobile/ The latest perk to drop in Call of Duty: Mobile is the High Alert. When the High Alert perk is equipped, the player’s vision will pulse when there is an enemy outside their vision who can see them. Thus, enemies won’t be able to sneak up behind you when this perk is being used. This is because as soon as you are in their view, your screen will start pulsing./post/pok%C3%A9mon-tcg-celebrations-special-collection-v-memories-revealed/Thu, 15 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/pok%C3%A9mon-tcg-celebrations-special-collection-v-memories-revealed/ Ahead of the 25th Anniversary Pokémon TCG set Celebrations launching in October, a new product within the set has been revealed called the Special Collection – V Memories. This newly revealed box includes six Celebrations booster packs, two additional Sword and Shield booster packs, a collectors pin, a metallic coin, an oversized foil promo, and two unique promo cards. The two promo cards featured in this collection are Lance’s Charizard V and Dark Sylveon V./post/dwg-kia-looking-to-sign-a-new-league-of-legends-coach-ahead-of-next-split/Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/dwg-kia-looking-to-sign-a-new-league-of-legends-coach-ahead-of-next-split/ DWG KIA, one of the best teams in the LCK, wants to expand its League of Legends staff with the addition of a new coach. The South Korean organization said today that it is seeking a talented League coach that will be with the team for a long time, according to a machine translation. Those interested in applying for the job must enter in contact with DWG KIA via email./post/lck-issues-statement-regarding-controversial-pause-during-match-between-t1-and-dwg-kia/Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/lck-issues-statement-regarding-controversial-pause-during-match-between-t1-and-dwg-kia/ The LCK has released a statement regarding the pause during the second game of yesterday’s match between T1 and DWG KIA. During the match, T1 mid laner Faker experienced issues with his headset. When the problem was mentioned by the player, the LCK referee did not grant a pause, despite Faker and his teammates’ efforts to stop the game. Regarding the pause during Match 52, T1 vs DK on February 23rd: pic./post/the-9-best-twitch-copypastas/Mon, 12 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-9-best-twitch-copypastas/ The content creation scene on YouTube and the streaming culture of Twitch are quite different from each other since they connect with their audiences in specific ways. Though YouTube also has a chat section for livestreams, it’s ages behind compared to Twitch chat. Despite having its own set of emoticons, it will still be challenging for a Twitch chat user to feel comfortable in a YouTube chat. One other thing that’s easily noticeable is how united Twitch chat can be when it comes to spamming copypastas./post/valve-releases-dota-2-gameplay-patch-7-31-featuring-techies-rework-and-new-hero-primal-beast/Mon, 12 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/valve-releases-dota-2-gameplay-patch-7-31-featuring-techies-rework-and-new-hero-primal-beast/ The wait for the gameplay patch 7.31 is finally over for the Dota 2 fans as Valve delivered the patch on time, which is a little out of the ordinary for the developer. Leading up to the patch’s release, fans were teased with a Techies rework and it arrived bundled with more content. New hero Primal Beast also joins the game’s roster in the new patch, and with it comes new changes to jungle camps. Primas Beast’s arrival adds new abilities to some existing jungle creatures while also introducing new jungle spawns./post/ea-earns-the-most-downvoted-comment-in-reddit-history/Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/ea-earns-the-most-downvoted-comment-in-reddit-history/ The Guinness world record for the most-downvoted comment in Reddit history goes to EA after a community manager defended loot crate boxes within Star Wars: Battlefront II. A Reddit user recently discovered that EA made the Guinness World Records book of 2020. The video game company has the “most-downvoted comment on Reddit” with nearly 700,000 downvotes. At one time, in a galaxy far away, Star Wars trumped Marvel in popularity. And EA was there to capitalize on its resurgence./post/fortnite-data-miner-discovers-chinese-new-year-cosmetics/Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/fortnite-data-miner-discovers-chinese-new-year-cosmetics/ Chinese New Year cosmetics will be arriving in the Fortnite Item Shop, according to well-known data miner ShiinaBR. With rumors hinting toward an in-game event to celebrate the Chinese New Year starting on Jan. 25, data miners were able to uncover skins, back bling, pickaxes, and more designed around Chinese samurai culture. Epic Games hasn’t confirmed that these cosmetics exist since the company doesn’t comment on leaks or rumors. Here are some screengrabs of the Chinese New Year cosmetics:/post/how-to-get-fortnite-s-glow-skin/Fri, 09 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-get-fortnite-s-glow-skin/ The iKONIK Fortnite skin that’s exclusive to Samsung device users is rumored to be getting replaced by a new outfit called GLOW. Epic Games hasn’t confirmed this information, but according to the Italian Samsung website and multiple reliable data miners, the GLOW skin is expected to be released on Sept. 27. Did the Italian Samsung site leak the upcoming Samsung skin? … be replaced by the new “GLOW” skin./post/riot-confirms-sivir-as-jhin-cultist-and-sharpshooter-replacement-in-tft-set-4-5/Fri, 09 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/riot-confirms-sivir-as-jhin-cultist-and-sharpshooter-replacement-in-tft-set-4-5/ Teamfight Tactics’ Set 4.5 spoilers continued today with an announcement from Riot Games that Sivir will replace Jhin within the Cultist and Sharpshooter traits.  Sivir in League of Legends is a “hunter and mercenary captain” who wields a jeweled crossblade. The Battle Mistress will join the TFT roster on Jan. 21 with the mid-set release of Set Four Fates. Replacing Jhin, who’s getting removed with 20 other champions, Sivir has the Cultist and Sharpshooter trait./post/bizzarro-flame-retires-from-smash/Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/bizzarro-flame-retires-from-smash/ One of Super Smash Bros. Melee’s top players is hanging up his controller and ending a career that’s lasted six years. Jason “Bizzarro Flame” Yoon has retired and will no longer focus on Melee. Yoon says he plans to stick around esports and attend West Coast tournaments, but will pursue the career as an attorney that he started before Smash. “My legal career as a full-time attorney has been demanding on my time and energy for the past four months,” Yoon tells the Daily Dot./post/lucky-s-settings-crosshair-and-viewmodel-for-cs-go/Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/lucky-s-settings-crosshair-and-viewmodel-for-cs-go/ Astralis is one of the most storied organizations in CS:GO. It dominated the scene throughout 2018-2019 and in the second part of 2020. See Counter Strike on Amazon But Astralis went on a downward spiral in 2021, failing to win any events throughout the year. To improve the squad, the team added Philip “Lucky” Ewald to the roster. Being only 19 years old, the task certainly isn’t easy for Lucky, especially since he’s there to fill the void left by one of the CS:GO legends, Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz./post/korean-valorant-patch-4-07-notes-video-reveals-new-room-in-shooting-range/Wed, 07 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/korean-valorant-patch-4-07-notes-video-reveals-new-room-in-shooting-range/ VALORANT Patch 4.07 is adding a new room in the Shooting Range that appears to be Cypher’s office.  Patch 4.07 is a relatively uneventful update, adding small changes to the Stinger and Bulldog and new servers in the LATAM region. But the official patch notes also reveal that the “VALORANT Agents have been busy with a pretty frightening problem” and that players should “explore around the Shooting Range to find out what they’re up to./post/clash-royale-season-24-is-called-rumble-in-the-jungle/Tue, 06 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/clash-royale-season-24-is-called-rumble-in-the-jungle/ Clash Royale’s season 24 will be called Rumble in the Jungle, according to Royale API. It will begin on June 7 and bring a new tower skin, emotes, Royale Pass, and the huge summer update. The summer update is extending the trophy road to 8,000 trophies, adding two new arenas (Rascals Hideout and Serenity Peak), bringing changes to leagues and Clan Wars, balance changes, and other features. The complete details about it can be found in the update’s patch notes./post/yuumi-s-pick-ban-rate-increased-by-over-80-percent-between-worlds-2021-play-ins-and-group-stage/Tue, 06 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/yuumi-s-pick-ban-rate-increased-by-over-80-percent-between-worlds-2021-play-ins-and-group-stage/ The champion meta at the 2021 League of Legends World Championship has proven to be incredibly diverse through its first 88 games since 87 individual champions have been either picked or banned through the tournament’s group stage, according to League stats site Leaguepedia. But it’s arguable that no champion has been more influential at Worlds than Yuumi, who has absolutely dominated the group stage with a pick/ban rate of 94 percent./post/can-you-connect-the-steam-deck-to-a-tv/Sun, 04 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/can-you-connect-the-steam-deck-to-a-tv/ Valve unveiled its upcoming foray into mobile gaming with in the form a new console called the Steam Deck, and it can do just about anything you might want. Not only can the Steam Deck be used on the go, but its special dock also serves as a USB-C hub that allows you to connect it to any number of peripherals. While on its official dock, the Steam Deck can connect to any TV that has DisplayPort 1./post/apex-fan-proposes-bangalore-smoke-buffs-to-help-counter-scan-abilities/Sat, 03 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/apex-fan-proposes-bangalore-smoke-buffs-to-help-counter-scan-abilities/ When Apex Legends was released in 2019, Bloodhound was the only legend with abilities that granted vision through obstacles, so it was fairly easy for Bangalore players to keep track of whether it was smart or safe to place down a smoke.  Three years and 11 new legends later, the amount of characters with some sort of a wallhack has grown exponentially, making it more and more challenging for Bangalore players and their teammates to play around her kit./post/everyone-loves-ana-s-new-bastet-skin/Sat, 03 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/everyone-loves-ana-s-new-bastet-skin/ This article is brought to you by StatBanana, the best Overwatch strategy tool. Overwatch developer Blizzard is getting creative with the way it injects lore into the game’s universe after publishing a short story that explores Ana and Soldier: 76’s relationship this week. Following Bastet, Blizzard kicked off a mini-event called Ana’s Bastet Challenge, which tasks players with, simply, winning Overwatch matches. The reward? Ana’s Bastet skin from the short story./post/why-can-t-i-create-a-character-in-lost-ark/Fri, 02 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/why-can-t-i-create-a-character-in-lost-ark/ Lost Ark finally opened its doors to the Western gaming world on Feb. 11. Players who previously purchased the Founder’s Pack started their journey three days before the official release date, however. Early access players naturally chose the most populated servers to create their characters while streamer servers were already full. When the rest of the Lost Ark fans logged into the game, some of the servers were already crowded. Despite servers working at full capacity, some players still decided to play the waiting game on the same server with their friends or favorite streams, creating long wait times./post/mtg-liesa-returns-from-the-grave-in-innistrad-midnight-hunt/Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/mtg-liesa-returns-from-the-grave-in-innistrad-midnight-hunt/ Once destroyed by the Magic: The Gathering angel Avacyn, Wizards of the Coast resurrected Liesa for the upcoming Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Standard-legal set with the reveal of Liesa, Forgotten Archangel. See Magic The Gathering on Amazon Scheduled to release digitally on Sept. 17 via MTG Arena and Magic Online, Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) showcases the return of darkness to the plane of Innistrad. During the MTGRivals Gauntlet broadcast, the MID spoiler Liesa, Forgotten Archangel was revealed, shocking players with the angel’s return to the living./post/the-best-meepo-build-in-dota-2/Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-meepo-build-in-dota-2/ No matter how long you’ve been playing Dota 2, there will always be heroes that you may struggle to master. Meepo will potentially be the top entry on that list alongside Chen and Invoker, but these heroes are also as rewarding as how complex they are. A decent Meepo player can single-handedly dominate a match by themselves. While it may sound unfair for a single hero to have that kind of impact, Meepo is far from being a “solo” hero./post/how-to-find-the-letter-o-in-fortnite-chapter-2/Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-find-the-letter-o-in-fortnite-chapter-2/ Two sets of challenges are already available to complete in Fortnite Chapter Two, season one. The second mission set for season one of Chapter Two is called Open Water and has 10 different challenges that players have to complete. Once players complete all 10 missions, they’ll unlock the Open Water loading screen that reveals where the hidden letter “O” is located around the new map. Every week, players will have to find a letter to spell out Fortnite and they’ll be rewarded with a season-exclusive skin at the end of Chapter Two, season one./post/t1-signs-munchkin-continues-valorant-roster-overhaul/Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/t1-signs-munchkin-continues-valorant-roster-overhaul/ T1 continued the overhaul of the organization’s VALORANT roster on Wednesday, officially announcing the signing of Byeon “Munchkin” Sang-beom. VALORANT fans will recognize Munchkin’s name from his days with Crazy Raccoon, with whom he competed both in last year’s Masters Berlin event, as well as VALORANT Champions. Munchkin comes with plenty of experience even beyond VALORANT, as he was formerly a DPS player for both Seoul Dynasty and Boston Uprising in the Overwatch League./post/100-thieves-introduces-revamped-valorant-roster/Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/100-thieves-introduces-revamped-valorant-roster/ 100 Thieves’ new VALORANT lineup will feature Brenden “stellar” McGrath, Sean “bang” Bezerra, William “Will” Cheng, Derrek Ha, and Peter “Asuna” Mazuryk, the organization announced today. See Valorant on Amazon After a disappointing start to the 2022 VALORANT Champions Tour, 100 Thieves went back to the drawing board with its roster. It released former pickups Adam “ec1s” Eccles and Hunter “BabyJ” Schline just weeks after bringing them into the team and now has completely gutted its former roster, keeping only Asuna./post/masahiro-sakurai-thanks-fans-for-support-as-thankyousakurai-trends-globally-following-super-smash-bros-ultimate-final-presentation/Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/masahiro-sakurai-thanks-fans-for-support-as-thankyousakurai-trends-globally-following-super-smash-bros-ultimate-final-presentation/ Once Nintendo confirmed that the end of Fighters Pass Vol. Two would mark the end of DLC characters for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, fans of the series have been reflecting on all of the content that the game has received since launch on Dec. 7, 2018. From a reveal at E3 2018, all the way to revealing Sora from Kingdom Hearts as the final DLC fighter in the “The Final Mr./post/apex-fans-can-spend-extra-legend-tokens-with-new-2-week-weapon-recolor-store-beginning-today/Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/apex-fans-can-spend-extra-legend-tokens-with-new-2-week-weapon-recolor-store-beginning-today/ If you’ve been playing Apex Legends since its early days, you likely have hundreds of thousands of Legend Tokens lying around and not much to spend them on. Beginning today, however, fans will have a wider selection of weapon skin recolors to buy with Legend Tokens. Respawn Entertainment launched a new weapon recolor store in Apex today. And as its name may suggest, the store includes a range of legendary weapon skin recolors as well as their base counterparts at a discounted price./post/tsm-launches-new-collegiate-program-called-tsmu/Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/tsm-launches-new-collegiate-program-called-tsmu/ TSM has created a new program called TSM University that’s aimed at supporting those who are looking to learn and engage more with the esports community and the general industry, the organization announced today. TSMU will be providing the general public with career panels, question-and-answer segments with top industry professionals, and tournament watch parties all for free. It’s a great first step for anyone who’s wanted to approach esports from a career perspective but doesn’t have a clue where to start./post/4-player-co-op-mod-coming-to-elden-ring/Sun, 28 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/4-player-co-op-mod-coming-to-elden-ring/ If you enjoyed Elden Ring but wish there was a way to experience FromSoftware’s massive game with a friend or two, you’re in luck. A new mod from LukeYui turns the entirety of Elden Ring into a co-op experience, allowing for shared progression, persistence after death, and much more. The mod is getting a beta release on Nexus Mods scheduled for May 27, according to LukeYui. And if that beta release goes smoothly, players should be able to invite a friend or three along with them the next time they feel like fighting their way through some monstrosities./post/what-is-the-max-crafted-weapon-level-in-destiny-2-the-witch-queen/Sun, 28 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/what-is-the-max-crafted-weapon-level-in-destiny-2-the-witch-queen/ Destiny 2‘s The Witch Queen expansion gave players the opportunity to make their own weapons through the new crafting system. The new feature lets players craft a copy of a gun and change its parts and perks at will, provided they have unlocked the perks and own the resources to apply the modifications. Each weapon comes with its own Weapon Level, which isn’t related to the weapon’s Power Level. Your weapon’s level will determine what attachments and perks you can use./post/best-displayport-cables-for-gaming/Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-displayport-cables-for-gaming/ DisplayPort cables carry high-quality video and audio data from a PC to a display. These cables provide high resolutions and framerates and are essential for gaming monitors with high refresh rates. For competitive gaming, DisplayPort 1.4 is the best cable to use. The best DisplayPort cables have a high bandwidth of 32.40Gbps, allowing for a 240Hz refresh rate with a 1080p resolution or a 60Hz refresh rate with an 8K resolution./post/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-overwatch-league-may-melee-tournament/Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-overwatch-league-may-melee-tournament/ The Overwatch League’s first month of qualifier matches have all led to this. From May 6 to May 8, four teams will compete in the 2021 season’s first tournament, the May Melee. One cross-region winner will earn infinite bragging rights as well as the $100,000 grand prize.  While the May Melee will mostly operate like other Overwatch League tournaments, with a double-elimination bracket and a first-to-four Grand Finals, some things have changed for the better./post/league-fan-makes-trailer-for-conceptual-champion-brenvar/Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/league-fan-makes-trailer-for-conceptual-champion-brenvar/ A League of Legends fan’s champion concept of Brenvar, the Chained Glacier, now has his own trailer, featuring the makeshift champion on the rift. The initial concept of Brenvar is one that dates back all the way to 2020, when Albert Bednarski had created the Chained Glacier’s artwork and concept. Back then, he revealed that the project took over four months to create, though that was complete with both lore and abilities with only the actual 3D model missing to complete this unofficial champion./post/aceu-s-settings-keybinds-and-crosshair-for-valorant/Wed, 24 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/aceu-s-settings-keybinds-and-crosshair-for-valorant/ Brandon “Aceu” Winn first made a name for himself in Apex Legends. Since then, he’s moved on to bigger and better things and kicked off a career in VALORANT. It’s early days for Riot’s five-vs-five tactical shooter, but Aceu hasn’t skipped a beat. He’s won tournament after tournament and quickly found himself at the top of the competitive ladder. Counter-Strike players were meant to be the kings of VALORANT, but Aceu has broken the mold./post/legendary-starcraft-ii-player-taeja-retires/Wed, 24 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/legendary-starcraft-ii-player-taeja-retires/ Yun “TaeJa” Young Seo has officially retired from competitive StarCraft II play, his former organization, Team Liquid, announced last night. This is the second time TaeJa has retired from the pro scene and perhaps the definitive one. The 26-year-old was playing for Liquid in June 2016 when he retired for the first time to fulfill his military duties in South Korea. He was the most decorated StarCraft II player in premier tournaments at that time and came back to Liquid in September 2018 after completing his mandatory military service./post/it-can-t-be-for-nothing-cloud9-vs-team-liquid-will-be-the-most-exciting-playoff-matchup-next-to-the-lcs-championship-finals/Mon, 22 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/it-can-t-be-for-nothing-cloud9-vs-team-liquid-will-be-the-most-exciting-playoff-matchup-next-to-the-lcs-championship-finals/ As we approach the start of the 2021 LCS Championship, the first round brings an all-too-familiar matchup to League of Legends fans with a best-of-five series between two of North America’s giants: Cloud9 and Team Liquid. This will be the third meeting between the juggernauts after having faced off at the LCS Lock-in tournament and the 2021 Mid-Season Showdown, with Liquid taking the former and C9 winning the latter. This time, however, the stakes have risen even higher with a spot at the World Championship up for grabs./post/all-elite-skins-in-rainbow-six-siege/Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-elite-skins-in-rainbow-six-siege/ Despite having a slow start in terms of total players upon launch, Rainbow Six Siege has become one of the biggest esports titles with consistent updates and unique gameplay. Siege’s fun and challenging take on tactical shooters wasn’t the only pillar of its success, however. The game’s multiple progression systems and regular operator releases keep players engaged. Additionally, Elite skins stand at the top of Ubisoft’s in-game cosmetics offerings. Elite skins can feature different characteristics than an Operator’s general theme and come with headgear, weapon charms, and weapon skins on top of a uniform./post/does-fifa-21-have-crossplay/Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/does-fifa-21-have-crossplay/ FIFA 21, one of the most anticipated sports titles by EA, is expected to release at the beginning of October. The developer has confirmed highly-anticipated changes, like more customization options for Pro Clubs, Ultimate Team (FUT) adjustments, and a more refined Career Mode. The game’s first beta stage kicked off on Aug. 14, featuring players who are verified FUT champions or those who have won 27 matches during a Weekend League event. The cross-platform feature exists in almost all the modern games that release on multiple platforms and fans have been expecting the function to become available in FIFA for a long time./post/how-to-teleport-in-lost-ark/Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-teleport-in-lost-ark/ Throughout Lost Ark, players are taken through a variety of mechanics that they should know early on in the game. One of these mechanics is how to fast travel, or teleport, in Lost Ark. The game will eventually lead players through how to teleport to and from areas in the map, but they won’t be able to teleport anywhere they want without unlocking things first. In order to teleport, the first step is to unlock the spots that will allow players to fast travel./post/tft-6-5-s-tome-of-traits-will-get-nerfed-again-in-patch-12-5/Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/tft-6-5-s-tome-of-traits-will-get-nerfed-again-in-patch-12-5/ A minor but important Teamfight Tactics nerf will hit Tome of Traits again, preventing players from manipulating its outcome. Tome of Traits was first hit with a significant balance change in TFT Patch 12.3, creating tailored Emblems for the number of active and inactive traits a player had the previous round. Patch 12.5 will continue to adjust the TFT Set 6.5 Tome of Traits with a nerf, increasing the number of active traits needed to get a tailored Emblem./post/how-to-claim-twitch-drops-for-dying-light-2-stay-human/Wed, 17 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-claim-twitch-drops-for-dying-light-2-stay-human/ Dying Light 2 Stay Human is the highly anticipated sequel to 2015’s Dying Light. Both titles were made by Techland and have gathered many fans around the world. With the sequel hitting the live servers on Feb. 4, many streamers have ventured into the open world of the zombie apocalypse. If you go to Twitch, you’ll find many of them exploring the city of Villedor and going through the main story of the game./post/all-multiversus-characters-voice-actors/Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-multiversus-characters-voice-actors/ Warner Bros. Games’ upcoming fighting game MultiVersus features an abundance of highly recognizable characters and it’d be foolish to think those toons would be represented by anyone other than the most iconic of voices. Characters from the DC universe, Looney Tunes, Game of Thrones, Adventure Time, and more are featured in MultiVersus with voice actors who are as well-known as the cartoons themselves. Even characters like Shaggy from Scooby-Doo and Arya Stark from Game of Thrones are voiced by talent that represented live-action versions of the characters./post/hunters-win-destiny-2-s-2021-guardian-games/Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/hunters-win-destiny-2-s-2021-guardian-games/ Destiny 2’s Guardian Games event has come to a close and Hunters are victorious, Bungie announced today. After three weeks of “competition” where players from each of the three classes could play the game and earn medals by performing various tasks, Hunters had the most medals submitted and therefore are this year’s champions. They’ve dethroned Titans, who won last year’s inaugural event. Congratulations, Hunters! Your proved the doubters wrong and dominated 2021's Guardian Games./post/invictus-gaming-worlds-skins-to-be-made-into-collectible-figures/Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/invictus-gaming-worlds-skins-to-be-made-into-collectible-figures/ If winning the League of Legends World Championship and receiving a set of skins wasn’t enough, Invictus Gaming are set to receive their own line of collectible figures to commemorate their win at last year’s World Championship. Each of the six Worlds skins will come with its own hand-crafted figurine sold in the merch store. The line of collectibles will include a figurine for the Summoner’s Cup and an Invictus Gaming summoner’s icon./post/call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-and-warzone-add-stoner-s-delight-cosmetic-bundle-for-420/Sat, 13 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-and-warzone-add-stoner-s-delight-cosmetic-bundle-for-420/ A new, 420-themed cosmetic bundle has hit the stores for both Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone to celebrate the pot-smoking holiday. Tracer Pack: Stoner’s Delight features 10 different items for the most blazed gamers among us, including the hilarious Kushwacked skin for Stone. With the skin, Stone sports a marijuana-leaf camouflage outfit and a vape gas mask that’s billowing with smoke inside. There’s also a blueprint for the FARA 83 and, fittingly, the Stoner 63, which both add a weed theme and “floral green-purple” tracer fire that’s sure to catch the eye of anyone who’s able to keep them open on April 20./post/how-much-will-an-iphone-13-cost-full-iphone-13-pro-and-mini-pricing-details/Sat, 13 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-much-will-an-iphone-13-cost-full-iphone-13-pro-and-mini-pricing-details/ September has been a special month for Apple fans. It’s the holy grail of iPhone announcements and other Apple products are due for an update. The reveal event was stunning as always and Apple revealed all the details for its upcoming products starting with the iPad. The iPad Mini, which was long overdue for an update, finally received one. And Apple also saved the best for the last, the iPhone. Though most fans were already familiar with the design due to leaks, getting to know the iPhone 13 with its creators is an experience of its own./post/xqc-calls-for-twitch-to-permanently-ban-all-stream-snipers/Sat, 13 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/xqc-calls-for-twitch-to-permanently-ban-all-stream-snipers/ Twitch star xQc lashed out in a wave of frustration during his stream today, saying all stream snipers deserve to get permanently banned from Twitch. XQc was playing Poppy Playtime, a horror puzzle game on Steam, when he took particular issue with snipers who have “TTV” in their name—an abbreviation of Twitch’s URL commonly used for self-promotion. Players were likely promoting their own Twitch channels and hoping to siphon off a piece of xQc’s massive audience through stream sniping, though the famous content creator had some choice words for them./post/twitch-puts-a-stop-to-24-7-valorant-rerun-streaming/Thu, 11 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/twitch-puts-a-stop-to-24-7-valorant-rerun-streaming/ Over the course of the past few weeks, there have been a few VALORANT streamers who have been exploiting the Twitch drop system to gain viewers by streaming 24/7 and broadcasting VODs as “live” content. After much vocal frustration from top influencers in the community, like Summit1g and TimTheTatman, the platform finally responded to the criticism today and made an update to its community guidelines. “We’ve heard concerns about creators continuously streaming VODs while tagging the channel as ‘Live’ to farm Valorant Drops,” Twitch said./post/mtg-2021-world-championship-xxvii-formats-players-and-schedule/Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/mtg-2021-world-championship-xxvii-formats-players-and-schedule/ The 2021 MTG World Championship is set to showcase Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Draft and Magic: The Gathering Standard Constructed play, featuring a total of 16 competitors from around the globe.  Scheduled to take place from Oct. 8 to 10, the Magic World Championship XXVII will feature three rounds of MID Limited Draft and two days of Standard Constructed gameplay. Unlike previous MTG Worlds, the prize pool has been reduced to a total of $250,000 with the addition of a $50,000 appearance fee awarded to each of the 16 players who qualified./post/results-for-the-pmpl-sea-championship-finals-season-4/Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/results-for-the-pmpl-sea-championship-finals-season-4/ The final stop for Southeast Asian PUBG Mobile teams before the Global Championship (PMGC) 2021 was the PMPL SEA Championship season four. In this, 20 teams from across region competed for a share of the $200,000 prize pool and spots in the PMGC. See Dot Esports Gaming Deals After an intense league stage across three weeks, only 16 teams were left in the SEA Championship Finals. They played 15 matches (five per day) on Erangel, Miramar, and Sanhok to decide the winners./post/blizzard-will-update-hanzo-s-new-casual-skin-due-to-fan-complaints/Sun, 07 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/blizzard-will-update-hanzo-s-new-casual-skin-due-to-fan-complaints/ Overwatch fans, rejoice. Blizzard has heeded the call and is pledging to fix a devastating error in the game—the look of Hanzo’s new Winter Wonderland skin. In the few days after this year’s Winter Wonderland event went live, the game’s community was in an uproar because Hanzo’s skin looked different from how it originally did in last year’s “Reflections” digital comic. Thankfully, Blizzard took notice and has responded swiftly. “The general consensus seems to be that you love the illustration that this skin is based off of, but aren’t super happy how it was translated to the game,” said Blizzard community manager Josh Engen in a forum post./post/every-mtg-arena-spellbook-card-and-their-list/Sun, 07 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/every-mtg-arena-spellbook-card-and-their-list/ With the introduction of Magic: The Gathering Arena’s new digital-only format Alchemy, Wizards of the Coast unveiled some new cards and mechanics to players that you’ll only find online. The new “Spellbook” ability is only on a handful of cards created as a part of Alchemy: Innistrad. In total, there are 13 cards that use the mechanic. There are two colorless cards and two cards in each color—except for Green, which has three./post/lospollostv-banned-from-twitch/Sat, 06 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/lospollostv-banned-from-twitch/ LosPollosTV has been banned from Twitch for an unspecified amount of time. The official reason for his ban is unknown, however. It’s unclear why the popular streamer was banned, but fans have speculated it has to do with a movie night he recently hosted. LosPollos and his chat were watching Super Size Me, a PG movie, when an explicit scene showing a prostate exam came on screen for a split second./post/top-10-best-legendary-pok%C3%A9mon-ranked/Sat, 06 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/top-10-best-legendary-pok%C3%A9mon-ranked/ In any video game available, of course, the goal is to always have the strongest tools available. May it be in the form of a character, a weapon, a skill, a car, or any means to be the best in the game you are playing. And that’s the case in Pokémon: having the Legendaries is one of the ultimate goals of a trainer. These Legendary Pokémon are called legendary for a reason./post/do-old-joy-cons-work-with-the-new-nintendo-switch-oled/Fri, 05 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/do-old-joy-cons-work-with-the-new-nintendo-switch-oled/ The OLED Nintendo Switch might seem like a shining new system— but looks can be deceiving. While the OLED does come with a lot of improvements over the original and Lite models of the Switch such as a slightly improved display and many fan-requested features, it will work the same as every system before it, with the same resolution and 1080p HD docked output. So if you plan to upgrade to the OLED and are worried that your collection of colorful Joy-Cons might no longer work with the system, you have nothing to fear./post/how-do-gem-microtransactions-work-in-yu-gi-oh-master-duel/Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-do-gem-microtransactions-work-in-yu-gi-oh-master-duel/ Live-service titles tend to live or die depending on how the developers handle microtransactions, especially based on if they implement those transactions with a balance between fun to play and pay-to-play. Konami has done a decent job of finding that balancing point with Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel.  Just like with Duel Links, Master Duel uses a currency called Gems to facilitate its purchases. These can be obtained by playing the game’s Solo Mode, completing Missions, or working to increase your Grade in the game’s Duel Pass./post/how-to-swing-in-fortnite-chapter-3-season-one/Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-swing-in-fortnite-chapter-3-season-one/ Fortnite Chapter Three, season one has added a ton of content to the game, including new items, skins, and missions to be completed. Along with these, this new season has introduced two new movement options to the game. Sliding is a new ability that players can use in Fortnite to quickly descend down slopes or move into cover, but the most impressive new movement option comes with the newly introduced Spider-Man web-slingers./post/where-to-find-pincurchin-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield/Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/where-to-find-pincurchin-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield/ Pincurchin is a weird little Electric-type Pokémon that looks like a Pyukumuku ate something it shouldn’t have—but the two actually have no relation whatsoever. And that’s a good thing, considering Pincurchin can actually hit back with attacking moves rather than just countering.  If you want to add the shocking little Pokémon to your team in Sword and Shield, all you need to do is beat Melony in a gym battle and then head to Route 9 right outside of Circhester./post/riot-issues-valorant-ban-wave-on-accounts-violating-terms-of-service-to-counter-smurfs/Wed, 03 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/riot-issues-valorant-ban-wave-on-accounts-violating-terms-of-service-to-counter-smurfs/ Riot Games recently initiated a ban wave in VALORANT to help prevent smurfs from impacting the game’s competitive queue.  Smurfing is a considerable problem in almost any competitive multiplayer game. Some players create a second account to play lower-leveled opponents for an easy experience, while others use the account to play with their lower-ranked friends. But this typically ruins the competitive experience for the other team since the smurf is typically better than them./post/top-10-gigantamax-forms-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield/Wed, 03 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/top-10-gigantamax-forms-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield/ Only a small percentage of Pokémon in Sword and Shield can achieve a Gigantimax form rather than simply Dynamaxing into an enlarged version of themselves.  This special form of Dynamaxing gives 26 different Pokémon a unique new look and a completely original G-Max move that only they can use. But they’re also much harder to obtain than normal versions of those Pokémon because you need to find one with the Gigantimax strain, which is visible when viewing the summary for each species./post/how-to-find-and-unlock-fortbyte-49-in-trog-s-ice-cave-in-fortnite-season-9/Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-find-and-unlock-fortbyte-49-in-trog-s-ice-cave-in-fortnite-season-9/ Get your winter coat on and prepare to go hunting in the icy wilderness in Fortnite: Battle Royale for the latest Fortbyte. Epic Games has added one of the 100 collectibles into the game today, just like it has every day since season nine started. By collecting this one, you’ll move one step closer to owning them all and unlocking the secret rewards. Today’s mission asks you to get Fortbyte 49, which is “found in Trog’s Ice Cave./post/nova-xqf-win-pubg-mobile-global-championship-2020/Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/nova-xqf-win-pubg-mobile-global-championship-2020/ Nova XQF won the PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) 2020 Finals today and have pocketed $700,000 of the $1.2 million prize pool. The team placed ninth in the league stage of the PMGC which concluded last month. They made a comeback in the finals on the back of a consistent performance, however, getting four chicken dinners from 29 matches. Related: Results for the PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2020 Finals The league stage champions, Four Angry Men placed second in the overall standings./post/ticket-information-for-the-2019-league-of-legends-world-championship-revealed/Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/ticket-information-for-the-2019-league-of-legends-world-championship-revealed/ The 2019 League of Legends World Championship is quickly approaching. And if you want to spectate this event, ticket information has officially been released.  The 2019 World Championship is split into five stages. The first will be the play-in stage, taking place from Oct. 2 to 5 and Oct. 7 to 8 at the LEC Studio in Berlin. The group stage will be held in Verti Music Hall in Berlin from Oct./post/how-to-get-a-rainy-lure-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go/Mon, 01 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-get-a-rainy-lure-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go/ Once you start taking a walk around your neighborhood, you’ll likely encounter more Pokémon than you can count in Pokémon Go. Ideally, you should have no issues catching new ones as you keep moving. But who doesn’t enjoy a PokéStop party with friends where you chill and keep catching Pokémon with the help of a Lure? When the game was first released, there was only a single Lure that just increased the overall drop rate for Pokémon around the PokéStop./post/marshmello-skin-glider-and-emote-added-to-fortnite-s-item-shop/Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/marshmello-skin-glider-and-emote-added-to-fortnite-s-item-shop/ A bunch of new Marshmello-themed items and cosmetics have been added to Fortnite: Battle Royale. A skin, glider, and emote based on the American electronic music producer and DJ are now featured in Fortnite’s Item Shop. https://twitter.com/FortniteGame/status/1091123970080788481?s=20 The Marshmello skin costs 1,500 V-Bucks, while the Mello Rider glider and Marsh Walk emote cost 500 V-Bucks each. The Marshmello outfit is also reactive, which means that it “lights up while using musical emotes./post/this-data-mined-unreleased-call-of-duty-warzone-tea-bagging-finisher-is-hilarious/Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/this-data-mined-unreleased-call-of-duty-warzone-tea-bagging-finisher-is-hilarious/ The tea-bag. It’s withstood the test of time as the ultimate form of disrespect in online gaming. The simple action of crouching and standing repeatedly shows your enemy that you just owned them and there’s nothing they can do about it. Another form of disrespect is finishers in a game like Call of Duty: Warzone. If you’re lucky and quiet enough to sneak up on an enemy, you can hold down a melee button and use a special move to take them out./post/edward-gaming-and-scout-dominate-funplus-phoenix-3-1-in-lpl-2022-spring-split-playoffs/Fri, 29 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/edward-gaming-and-scout-dominate-funplus-phoenix-3-1-in-lpl-2022-spring-split-playoffs/ EDward Gaming defeated FunPlus Phoenix in the first round of the LPL 2022 Spring Split playoffs 3-1 today, with mid laner Scout shiining throughout the four-game series. This meeting between EDG and FPX was different from the matchup where EDG came out on top and earned the championship in the 2021 LPL Summer Split. This time, they battled in the first round of the playoffs and on a struggle not to end their split in ninth place./post/every-mtg-streets-of-new-capenna-spoiler-drop-and-release-schedule/Fri, 29 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/every-mtg-streets-of-new-capenna-spoiler-drop-and-release-schedule/ Players will venture to a new Magic: The Gathering plane and city via the upcoming Standard-legal set Streets of New Capenna, with spoilers taking place over the course of seven days in April.  The MTG Streets of New Capenna (SNC) spoiler season begins April 7 via Wizards of the Coast and continues through April 14. A total of 281 regular cards are contained within the upcoming Standard-legal set, showcasing a modern gangster/noir theme via five crime families that rule over the city of New Capenna./post/samsora-issues-final-statement-on-captainzack-and-nairo-situation-ahead-of-legal-battle/Thu, 28 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/samsora-issues-final-statement-on-captainzack-and-nairo-situation-ahead-of-legal-battle/ Ezra “Samsora” Morris was just one of many Super Smash Bros. players to comment on the situation between Zack “CaptainZack” Lauth and Nairoby “Nairo” Quezada, in which Quezada allegedly began a sexual relationship with Lauth when he was 20 and Lauth was 15. But after Quezada released a statement defending himself on Oct. 28, Morris has decided to distance himself from the situation entirely instead of doubling down on his previous comments./post/the-best-welgun-loadout-in-call-of-duty-warzone/Thu, 28 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-welgun-loadout-in-call-of-duty-warzone/ Call of Duty: Warzone’s massive arsenal of weapons seems to grow by the month, and 2022’s earliest offering is a strong submachine gun. The Welgun was added from Vanguard in Warzone’s season 1.5 update and quickly became a top choice for SMGs in the game, and it still is, several months later. Its damage is decent but can be increased with specific attachments. It’s also one of the most mobile guns in the game./post/all-legendary-weapons-in-call-of-duty-mobile/Wed, 27 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-legendary-weapons-in-call-of-duty-mobile/ Having an arsenal of fun-to-use and interesting weapons was always one of the major selling points of the Call of Duty series. Once the series expanded onto the mobile platform, the addition of various skins and alternate variations of weapon types made for a new, popular concept in the franchise. There are a total of 78 Legendary weapons in this game. From SMGs to LMGs to even assault rifles, CoD Mobile presents a variety of Legendary weapons and skins to keep any collector occupied./post/how-to-pre-purchase-hearthstone-s-upcoming-expansion-united-in-stormwind/Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-pre-purchase-hearthstone-s-upcoming-expansion-united-in-stormwind/ Our journey through the Barrens is nearly over. The Hearthstone team has revealed the game’s next expansion, United In Stormwind. The new United In Stormwind expansion introduces a plethora of fun new features and will arrive on Aug. 3. Those who are eager to get their hands on the expansion will be pleased to learn it’s already available for pre-purchase. As per usual, the new expansion can be pre-purchased in a regular or mega bundle./post/how-to-respec-your-character-in-elden-ring/Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-respec-your-character-in-elden-ring/ For many, Elden Ring is a first-time experience to the souls-like titles of FromSoftware. Even for experienced FromSoftware players, the beginning of Elden Ring can be overwhelming. There is an abundance of content with little to no context and players are thrown into the fire with choices that can influence the rest of their playthrough and gameplay experience. Some of these choices include deciding a playstyle and what weapons to use./post/the-rarest-bangalore-skins-in-apex-legends/Sun, 24 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-rarest-bangalore-skins-in-apex-legends/ While core gameplay defines games, it often won’t be enough to keep players interested in the same title for long periods of time. Events, collectibles, quests, and cosmetics all play vital roles in keeping a game as enjoyable as possible. Despite having a slow start in the cosmetics department, Apex Legends quickly picked up the pace. During the early days of Apex, most skins were essentially recolors, and it took one or two seasons before Respawn Entertainment started experimenting with bolder concepts./post/how-to-unlock-the-season-one-battle-pass-in-call-of-duty-vanguard-and-warzone/Sat, 23 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-unlock-the-season-one-battle-pass-in-call-of-duty-vanguard-and-warzone/ It’s been just a month since Call of Duty: Vanguard launched on platforms worldwide, but its first content season is already here. Season one, while adding the Caldera map to Warzone, also brings a battle pass and lots of new content to Vanguard. There are several new maps and operators, but the battle pass is where the grind is truly rewarded for players who level up during the season./post/top-reprints-from-commander-legends-battle-for-baldur-s-gate-preconstructed-decks/Fri, 22 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/top-reprints-from-commander-legends-battle-for-baldur-s-gate-preconstructed-decks/ Commander preconstructed decks have been a place where Wizards of the Coast can reprint Magic the Gathering staples in the format that are creeping up in price. The main set of Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate focuses more on introducing new cards over including high-value reprints. However, the set’s four preconstructed decks are loaded with reprints of Commander staples and key spells in specific archetypes. The name’s of each precon deck are:/post/web-developers-create-new-website-to-find-ideal-cs-go-teammates-for-competitive-play/Fri, 22 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/web-developers-create-new-website-to-find-ideal-cs-go-teammates-for-competitive-play/ If you’ve ever gone through the painstaking task of trying to find some good teammates in Counter-Strike, then fret no more. Three CS:GO fans have created a website where players can search and contact teammates based off of data-driven results. The best part about it? It’s completely free. The website is called TEAMS and it has players answer a series of questions that will help them better connect and pair up with like-minded teammates with similar priorities./post/cadian-s-settings-crosshair-and-viewmodel-for-cs-go/Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/cadian-s-settings-crosshair-and-viewmodel-for-cs-go/ Heroic couldn’t achieve what they did in CS:GO in 2021 if Casper “CadiaN” Møller wasn’t there to lead them. The Dane led his team to the triumph at ESL Pro League Season 13, where his bizarre and admirable one-vs-four clutch won the final round against Gambit. In the past few months, CadiaN not only provided his squad with crucial rounds won across the most important tournaments but also with wise strategy and leadership./post/how-to-link-your-riot-account-to-twitch/Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-link-your-riot-account-to-twitch/ There are several benefits to linking your Riot Games account to Twitch. When you link your Riot account to the popular streaming platform, you can unlock items and receive rewards through Twitch Drops during special events. When you watch VALORANT streams highlighted on Twitch, for example, there’s a chance you can earn closed beta access for Riot’s newest game. First, ensure you have both a Riot and Twitch account. Then, follow these steps to link them: /post/why-dr-reid-horizon-s-assistant-in-apex-legends-could-be-ash/Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/why-dr-reid-horizon-s-assistant-in-apex-legends-could-be-ash/ Horizon has one of the most tragic backstories in Apex Legends. The scientist’s assistant left her stranded in space for months—equivalent to nearly a century in her hometown of Olympus. Horizon returned to a razed planet and a son who, in all likelihood, has passed away. The assistant who betrayed Horizon looked like a new character in the Apex universe. But looks can be deceiving. A prominent theory in the Apex community is that Horizon’s assistant is the human version of Ash before she became a simulacrum—and some elements make it a compelling idea./post/kolkar-pack-runner-revealed-for-hearthstone-s-forged-in-the-barrens/Sun, 17 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/kolkar-pack-runner-revealed-for-hearthstone-s-forged-in-the-barrens/ The convoy rolls on as we grow ever closer to the launch of Hearthstone’s next expansion, Forged in the Barrens. One of the latest cards revealed is an Epic rare Hunter minion, Kolkar Pack Runner. Kolkar Pack Runner is a two-cost 2/3 minion with a powerful effect. After you cast a spell, Kolkar Pack Runner summons a 1/1 Hyena with Rush. This is not a Spellburst effect, which means you’ll be able to perform it indefinitely so long as Kolkar Pack leader is alive./post/how-to-crouch-in-fortnite/Sat, 16 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-crouch-in-fortnite/ The many mechanics in Fortnite can be bound to any key or button if you go into your settings and change it. But the specific bind used to crouch by default depends on whether you’re playing on PC or with a controller. If you’re playing on PC, the default keybind for “crouch” is the left CTRL. If you’re playing on an Xbox or PlayStation and using the “Standard” configuration, crouch is bound to LB for Xbox and L1 for PlayStation./post/what-are-account-points-valorant-s-leveling-system-explained/Sat, 16 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/what-are-account-points-valorant-s-leveling-system-explained/ With the launch of VALORANT Episode Three on June 22, Riot Games added a new progression feature aimed at rewarding the game’s most dedicated players. VALORANT players can now upgrade their account level across any game mode and will even retroactively earn experience for time already spent playing. To level up an account, players must earn Account Points. What are Account Points? Account Points are the pool of experience points earned from playing any type of game mode in VALORANT./post/how-to-connect-a-nintendo-switch-pro-controller-to-your-pc/Thu, 14 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-connect-a-nintendo-switch-pro-controller-to-your-pc/ While a keyboard and mouse are the best way to game on PC, controllers are the preferred method for many console players. Luckily, computers allow you to connect your favorite controllers with ease.  When it comes to controllers, one of the more popular choices is the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, thanks to its comfortable button layout and long-lasting battery life. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to connect a Nintendo Switch Pro Controller to a PC./post/how-to-change-outfits-in-pok%C3%A9mon-legends-arceus/Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-change-outfits-in-pok%C3%A9mon-legends-arceus/ Pokémon Legends: Arceus has a ton of features returning from previous Pokémon games, including some systems that haven’t been in all the previous games. One of these is the outfit system. In this new game, players can customize their look using clothing that they earn during their adventures in the Hisui region. Clothing can be broken down into a few categories, including headwear, shirts, pants, uniforms, sandals, glasses, and contacts./post/how-to-find-diamonds-in-minecraft/Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-find-diamonds-in-minecraft/ It’s tough to find a more well-known sandbox game than Minecraft. The title developed by Mojang officially made its debut in 2011 and has since gained millions of fans from around the world. In Minecraft, players are allowed to partake in plenty of different activities. And with the game regularly being updated, the fun and new features seem to never stop. But one of the major occupations when playing Minecraft is obviously mining./post/dota-pro-circuit-2022-stockholm-major-scores-standings-and-results/Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/dota-pro-circuit-2022-stockholm-major-scores-standings-and-results/ Dota 2 fans, rejoice. The Dota Pro Circuit is back with an offline Major for the first time this season, bringing together many of the top teams from around the world in Sweden to compete for $500,000 and positioning for The International 11.  The Stockholm Major, which is set to run from May 12 to 22, features teams from five of the six DPC regions facing off—many for the first time as this is the first Valve-sponsored LAN tournament since TI10 last October./post/g2-lothar-highlights-double-yoru-gatecrash-line-up-in-valorant/Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/g2-lothar-highlights-double-yoru-gatecrash-line-up-in-valorant/ G2 Lothar discovered a new double Yoru Gatecrash line-up on Ascent, allowing VALORANT players to teleport to the defender’s spawn before teleporting to the B site.  See Valorant on Amazon Yoru recently received a substantial rework, turning the struggling duelist into a more viable option. Players have found new ways to effectively use his revamped abilities, including line-ups for his Gatecrash ability. G2 Lothar found a way to use the Gatecrash ability twice to teleport around the map while confusing the enemy team on Ascent./post/riot-s-relationship-with-tencent-has-reportedly-been-strained-over-declining-profits-and-mobile-games/Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/riot-s-relationship-with-tencent-has-reportedly-been-strained-over-declining-profits-and-mobile-games/ Riot Games’ relationship with parent company Tencent Holdings has been a rocky one over the past few years, according to a report published by news platform The Information. The feature was based on interviews with “more than 40 people close to Riot and Tencent,” including current and former employees. It also features statements from founders Marc Merrill and Brandon Beck, as well as CEO Nicolo Laurent. The article, for the most part, provides specifics on Tencent’s full acquisition of Riot in 2011./post/the-eu-lcs-is-rebranding-to-the-league-of-legends-european-championship-in-2019/Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-eu-lcs-is-rebranding-to-the-league-of-legends-european-championship-in-2019/ Just like the NA LCS’ 2018 season, the EU LCS is franchising in 2019. To coincide with the sweeping changes to the league, Riot is also renaming and rebranding the league, according to the company’s statement today. The newly-franchised league will be called the League of Legends European Championship (LEC). Along with the name change, there will be 10 franchised teams added to the league (similar to the NA LCS, which changed to franchising in 2018)./post/lost-ark-developers-will-keep-an-eye-on-server-limits-after-1-2-million-flock-to-the-game/Sun, 10 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/lost-ark-developers-will-keep-an-eye-on-server-limits-after-1-2-million-flock-to-the-game/ Amazon Games and Smilegate have started carefully lifting character creation limits after over 1.2 million people flocked to Lost Ark on Saturday. The company will monitor populations and queue times to assess the new limits. “We will be carefully lifting character creation limits on servers to allow new players to join servers that they may not have been able to previously,” an official statement reads. “However, we are closely monitoring server populations and queue times, so these character creation limits may return as queues begin to grow./post/beginners-guide-to-hearthstone/Sat, 09 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/beginners-guide-to-hearthstone/ Tens of millions of people have played Hearthstone over the course of the last seven years. Many of those players have experienced the card game genre in one form or the other, but plenty of people haven’t.  Getting to grips with any new game can be daunting if you don’t know where to start—and that especially applies to Hearthstone. There are 11 classes (if you count Death Knight), thousands of cards, and an infinite number of possible decks./post/mayumi-joins-tsm-as-a-streamer-and-content-creator/Sat, 09 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/mayumi-joins-tsm-as-a-streamer-and-content-creator/ The name Mayumi has become iconic in the world of League of Legends. At the age of 18, she has grown into one of the most popular content creators in her home country of Brazil, with her career beginning from her time as a professional support in the CBLoL.  Mayumi’s streams have earned her fans from across the world, and now, she’s expanding her global reach by joining North American esports organization TSM, announced today via Twitter./post/la-mejor-configuraci%C3%B3n-de-mando-para-call-of-duty-warzone/Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/la-mejor-configuraci%C3%B3n-de-mando-para-call-of-duty-warzone/ El debate sobre los mandos contra los teclados y el ratón en los shooters de primera persona para PC siempre estará vivo. ¿Deberías usar el auto-aim de un mando o la precisión de un ratón? Call of Duty es uno de los FPS que mejor funciona con mandos. Su battle royale, Call of Duty: Warzone, tiene una larga lista de ajustes para los mandos que puede ser personalizada para mejorar tus habilidades./post/call-of-duty-teases-the-return-of-the-rc-xd-in-black-ops-cold-war/Thu, 07 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/call-of-duty-teases-the-return-of-the-rc-xd-in-black-ops-cold-war/ The classic RC-XD looks to be making a comeback in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, if a new teaser is to be believed. The official CoD Twitter account posted a video this afternoon, teasing the multiplayer reveal that’s coming on Wednesday, Sept. 9. The video shows the explosive remote control car in all its glory. 2 Days. 📅 September 9 🕙 10:00am PT#BlackOpsColdWar pic.twitter.com/vif50kKkwS — Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) September 7, 2020 The RC-XD made its debut in 2010’s Call of Duty: Black Ops./post/ex-rioter-names-former-league-shoutcaster-joe-miller-as-her-alleged-sexual-assaulter/Thu, 07 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/ex-rioter-names-former-league-shoutcaster-joe-miller-as-her-alleged-sexual-assaulter/ Ex-Riot employee Criss Fowler came forward yesterday and accused a former EU League of Legends shoutcaster of sexual assault. While Fowler was initially “not brave enough” to name the alleged assaulter, today she identified him as Joe Miller. Fowler claims that everyone who witnessed Miller’s alleged assault in 2014 corroborated the events and other women in esports have also reached out to express similar sentiments. The ex-Rioter included several screengrabs to accompany her accusation./post/mongraal-joins-faze-clan/Thu, 07 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/mongraal-joins-faze-clan/ Kyle “Mongraal” Jackson has officially signed with FaZe Clan, the organization announced today. Mongraal was previously with Team Secret and was one of the first players on the organization’s Fortnite: Battle Royale roster. Mongraal has proven his incredible ability at Fortnite, qualifying for the World Cup Finals four times. Many fans consider him one of the best professional Fortnite players in the scene, and FaZe Clan seems to agree. Mongraal joined Team Secret at the age of 13, which—at the time—made him the youngest professional Fortniteplayer in the world./post/how-to-update-among-us-on-pc-mobile-and-console/Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-update-among-us-on-pc-mobile-and-console/ Among Us may look like it rose to fame out of nowhere, but it’s been around since 2018. With a little push from popular streamers, the game caught the wind below its wings and grew into a phenomenon. Shortly after becoming a hit, Among Us started to branch into other gaming platforms and its player base grew exponentially. Developers even had a hard time with keeping their servers running since they didn’t expect to draw in enough players to crash the servers./post/the-best-xm4-loadout-in-call-of-duty-warzone/Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-xm4-loadout-in-call-of-duty-warzone/ There’s no shortage of great weapons to play with in Call of Duty: Warzone. There’s a decent amount of variety in Warzone’s meta, meaning that quite a few guns are viable in gunfights. Sure, there are some that outshine others, but you can hold your own with many of them, which hasn’t always been the case. The XM4 is one of these guns. There are better assault rifle options, but the XM4 can be deadly in the right hands and with the right attachments, especially now that Vanguard Royale is gone and all BR modes use weapons from older games./post/genshin-impact-reveals-version-2-7-and-2-8-release-dates/Tue, 05 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/genshin-impact-reveals-version-2-7-and-2-8-release-dates/ Following an unprecedented and extended delay, miHoYo has now unveiled the date for the upcoming Genshin Impact Version 2.7 update, as well as the Version 2.8 update that will follow after it. Version 2.7 will be released following maintenance on May 31. Version 2.8 is then planned to release six weeks after on July 13. V2.7 Update Notice Dear Travelers, V2.7 update maintenance is expected to start at 05/31 6AM (UTC+8) and is expected to be done within 5 hours./post/every-planeswalker-in-mtg-s-d-d-adventures-in-the-forgotten-realms/Sun, 03 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/every-planeswalker-in-mtg-s-d-d-adventures-in-the-forgotten-realms/ MTG’s latest set, Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, brings five new planeswalkers to the game, each representing one color. Though these planeswalkers don’t have a place in MTG lore, they each bring a new unique flavor to MTG with the ties that they each have to Forgotten Realms’ lore. If you’re a fan of D&D, you’ll probably enjoy seeing these characters put on cards and immortalized in MTG history./post/how-to-unban-a-viewer-on-your-twitch-channel/Sun, 03 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-unban-a-viewer-on-your-twitch-channel/ Moderating a channel on Twitch can be chaotic and, occasionally, the best decision is to ban someone permanently to prevent them from ruining the vibes on your stream. But those bans don’t need to be “permanent” if you have a change of heart. Perhaps a moderator in your channel wrongfully banned someone and you’d like to unban the person because the punishment that they received was too harsh. On a regular basis, many popular streamers hold “ban appeal” streams in which they look over bans that were dished out on their stream and contemplate whether the person in question deserves a second chance in their community./post/valve-data-miner-discovers-4-unannounced-projects-including-strategy-shooter-citadel-cs-go-on-source-2-engine-and-half-life-alyx-sequel/Sun, 03 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/valve-data-miner-discovers-4-unannounced-projects-including-strategy-shooter-citadel-cs-go-on-source-2-engine-and-half-life-alyx-sequel/ An extensive data mine on the recently released Aperture Desk Job performed by Valve-focused journalist Tyler McVicker has revealed extensive information about an ambitious new Half-Life project from Valve, as well as information about a handful of other unannounced titles. The source code for Aperture Desk Job, released on March 1, gives an extensive look at “Citadel,” an impressive but unconfirmed Half-Life project supposedly in the works at Valve. McVicker describes it as “Combine vs rebels, team-based, squad-based, class-based RTS/FPS hybrid…with a single-player campaign and two major systems at play./post/fedmyster-banned-after-twitch-account-gets-hacked-with-fake-elon-musk-crypto-scam/Sat, 02 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/fedmyster-banned-after-twitch-account-gets-hacked-with-fake-elon-musk-crypto-scam/ On April 13, Twitch was flooded with fake Elon Musk accounts promoting a cryptocurrency scam, but they were swiftly taken down by the platform. And today, it appears the scammers are back with a new tactic, this time choosing to take over the popular but inactive Twitch account of Fedmyster. The account broadcasted a prerecorded video of Elon Musk discussing Bitcoin and Ethereum with multiple links to a nefarious website, according to viewers./post/how-to-catch-gigantamax-blastoise-and-gigantamax-venusaur-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield-s-isle-of-armor-expansion/Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-catch-gigantamax-blastoise-and-gigantamax-venusaur-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield-s-isle-of-armor-expansion/ You might not be able to find a Bulbasaur or Squirtle capable of Gigantamaxing in the wild, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still find the one you didn’t pick the Isle of Armor’s main story.  Like with pretty much every other Gigantimax encounter in Pokémon Sword and Shield, you will need to capture the starters after completing a Max Raid Battle.  There are specific areas on the Isle of Armor that you can find Max Raids featuring Gigantamax Blastoise and Gigantamax Venusaur, though you will need to use some system manipulation to reliably get those encounters./post/imperialhal-on-algs-storm-point-and-nearly-ending-his-competitive-career/Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/imperialhal-on-algs-storm-point-and-nearly-ending-his-competitive-career/ Armageddon. Lava spits up from the cracked-open surface of World’s Edge, as a Wraith sets a portal to help her teammates span an open gap, up a small cliff. Gunfire and explosive ordinance fill the sky as the Wraith pulls out a Wingman, tearing through a helpless squad still trying to heal when their Gibraltar’s Dome Shield disappears. Shouts of “LAST TEAM, LAST TEAM” cut through the chaos as the Wraith leaves her team once again, back through her portal and pushing forward, always forward, holding off the only remaining enemies./post/best-buy-to-distribute-gigantamax-eevee-and-pikachu-codes-for-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield/Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-buy-to-distribute-gigantamax-eevee-and-pikachu-codes-for-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield/ To celebrate the release of the latest Pokémon TCG set Celebrations later this week, Best Buy will be hosting a promotion to distribute Gigantamax Eevee and Gigantamax Pikachu in Pokémon Sword and Shield. Between Oct. 10 and 24, Best Buy will be distributing code cards that boasts redeemable Dynamax Crystals, so players can battle and capture Gigantax forms of Pikachu and Eevee. These promotional cards won’t require you to purchase anything from the store./post/dreamas-joins-liquid-valorant-replaces-l1nk/Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/dreamas-joins-liquid-valorant-replaces-l1nk/ Team Liquid has benched one of its original VALORANT players Travis “L1NK” Mendoza today and replaced him with former LDN UTD player Aurimas “Dreamas” Zablockis for the remainder of EMEA VCT Challengers Stage Two. The roster change confirms Dot Esports’ report from yesterday that said L1NK was not seen practicing with the team and would likely be moved to the inactive lineup. EMEA VCT Challengers Stage Two resumes today and Dreamas will debut against Natus Vincere./post/drx-finish-korea-vct-challengers-2-with-flawless-record/Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/drx-finish-korea-vct-challengers-2-with-flawless-record/ South Korean VALORANT team DRX have won all seven matches in Korea VCT Challengers Two group stage without dropping a single map. Kim “Zest” Gi-seok, Yu “BuZz” Byung-chul, Kim “MaKo” Myeong-kwan, Goo “Rb” Sang-min, and Kim “stax” Gu-taek steamrolled DWG KIA, On Sla2ers, World Game Star, Tartarus, Maru Gaming, CNJ Esports, and SPEAR Gaming across the four weeks of Korea VCT Challengers Two matches and secured a spot in the upper bracket semifinals of the playoffs. The winner of the event will qualify for VCT Masters Two Copenhagen in July./post/every-drop-available-in-mtg-secretversary-2021-secret-lair-release/Tue, 28 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/every-drop-available-in-mtg-secretversary-2021-secret-lair-release/ The year is ending with another massive Secret Lair anniversary drop with an Arcanecollaboration, full-art Lands, and a foiled-out preconstructed Commander deck, Wizards of the Coast revealed the full slate of Secretversary 2021 drops. Secret Lairs are small collections of curated cards that feature alternate art and frame treatments. These are limited-run products that are only available within a certain window of time. Secretversary 2021 includes eight different drops that include the two Arcane releases./post/reddit-artist-parodies-the-will-smith-slap-in-valorant/Mon, 27 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/reddit-artist-parodies-the-will-smith-slap-in-valorant/ Reddit user KuyaSerge brought the infamous Will Smith slap to life on Haven in VALORANT with the ultimate meme between Phoenix and Sova.  The piece, amply titled “Wow, Phoenix just flashed the sh*t outta me,” showcases an illustration of Phoenix “slapping” his teammate with his flash in typical VALORANT fashion. The artwork was parodied after Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock during the Oscars when Rock made a joke at the expense of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith./post/all-ultimate-team-of-the-season-cards-on-fifa-22-ultimate-team/Sun, 26 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-ultimate-team-of-the-season-cards-on-fifa-22-ultimate-team/ FIFA 22 Ultimate Team players can get their hands on the new Team of the Season players released today in the game. Some of the amazing players selected are Kylian Mbappé, Mohamed Salah, Kevin De Bruyne, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Trent Alexander-Arnold. The TOTS promotion celebrates the best players based on their 2021-2022 season performance by giving them an upgraded version. EA chose seven attackers, eight midfielders, seven defenders, and one goalkeeper to represent the best players from around the world./post/how-to-enable-and-disable-crossplay-in-call-of-duty-modern-warfare/Sun, 26 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-enable-and-disable-crossplay-in-call-of-duty-modern-warfare/ After 16 long years of Call of Duty, crossplay has finally been enabled in time for the release of Modern Warfare. Whether you’re on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, or PC, players can now queue up with and against each other. That means console players with controllers and aim assist and PC players with mice and keyboards have the option to fight each other on a level playing field. It’s a controversial move for some, but it’s a welcome addition to others./post/mtg-design-team-removes-the-ban-on-rampaging-ferocidon-in-standard/Sun, 26 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/mtg-design-team-removes-the-ban-on-rampaging-ferocidon-in-standard/ The Magic: The Gathering design team has decided to reinstate Rampaging Ferocidon, a card banned during the Ixalan-years, as a means to combat against the current Standard metagame.  Orzhov Vampires and Scapeshift have been dominating the MTG Standard meta since the release of Core Set 2020. In an attempt to adjust the metagame prior to the fall rotation and the release of Throne of Eldraine, Rampaging Ferocidon’s ban in Standard has been lifted./post/all-mtg-commander-legends-battle-for-baldur-s-gate-cards-worth-money/Sat, 25 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-mtg-commander-legends-battle-for-baldur-s-gate-cards-worth-money/ Tapping into the realms of Dungeons & Dragons, Wizards of the Coast has created a second Commander Legends set, Battle for Baldur’s Gate, containing several infamous Forgotten Realms characters who have been transformed into Magic: The Gathering cards worth money.  Officially released on June 10, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate (CLB) set had a prerelease Draft event take place prior to its launch that had initially valued what some of the cards were worth./post/how-to-complete-rttk-benjamin-andr%C3%A9-s-objectives-in-fifa-22-ultimate-team/Thu, 23 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-complete-rttk-benjamin-andr%C3%A9-s-objectives-in-fifa-22-ultimate-team/ EA Sports added a 83-rated Road to the Knockouts (RTTK) version of Benjamin André from Lille to FIFA 22 Ultimate Team’s objectives menu today. This is André ’s first special card in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team. The RTTK promo will give upgrades according to the group stage performance of teams in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Europa Conference League. EA has somewhat upgraded all of André’s skills, other than his Pace (+8), increasing his Passing, Dribbling, Defending, and Shooting by just two points when you compare this new card to his 81-rated gold version./post/how-to-play-split-screen-multiplayer-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war/Thu, 23 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-play-split-screen-multiplayer-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war/ Nothing really beats the enjoyment of having your friend sitting next to you as you both take over a match with teamwork, and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War comes with a split-screen feature to allow you to do just that. Even if you don’t have LAN parties frequently these days, the split-screen feature can always be a lifesaver since you never know when you’ll host a fellow CoD fan at your place./post/phyrexian-creature-type-debuts-in-kaldheim-with-new-vorinclex/Thu, 23 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/phyrexian-creature-type-debuts-in-kaldheim-with-new-vorinclex/ In addition to the return of a classic mechanic in Snow, Kaldheim will mark the official debut of one of Magic’s most powerful entities: Phyrexian. At the end of the Kaldheim reveal stream today, Wizards of the Coast unveiled Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider, one of the five Phyrexian Praetors from New Phyrexia. Previously, the creature type Phyrexian was never included on cards, despite there being Phyrexian creatures throughout Magic’s history. Kaldheim brings the first Phyrexian creature to Magic with the new Vorinclex./post/who-is-istaroth-in-genshin-impact/Thu, 23 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/who-is-istaroth-in-genshin-impact/ The lore of Genshin Impact runs deep, and one of the questions players have had for a while is who exactly is Istaroth? The story of Istaroth continues to be crafted, but here is everything currently known about the elusive character.  Part of what makes the lore of Istaroth so confusing is that she goes by many names, leading players not even realize who she is because they know of her by a different name./post/best-equipment-in-halo-infinite-multiplayer/Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-equipment-in-halo-infinite-multiplayer/ Equipment is key to achieving victory in Halo Infinite. In ranked modes where your opponents have similar weapons and skill levels, using equipment can help you get the vital kills in Slayer, or the necessary positioning to make a play in Strongholds or CTF. See Halo Infinite on Amazon There’s a handful of different pieces of equipment you can get your hands on in Halo Infinite, and we’ve ranked them from best to worst./post/does-bloodhunt-have-spyware/Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/does-bloodhunt-have-spyware/ Concerned gamers this past week discovered that there was some unusual behavior with Vampire: The Masquerade’s new battle royale Bloodhunt’s software during early access of the game on Steam. Believing that there could have been spyware involved in the game, people noticed that Bloodhunt’s anti-cheat software would remain running on their computer even after they left the game client. Related: When does Bloodhunt release? Following numerous reports of this supposed “spyware,” Sharkmob issued a statement identifying the reports as bugs./post/speedrunner-banned-from-sgdq-for-using-a-homophobic-slur-in-2018/Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/speedrunner-banned-from-sgdq-for-using-a-homophobic-slur-in-2018/ Speedrunner SHiFT has been banned from Games Done Quick and his run at SGDQ 2019 has been canceled by the organization, he revealed. He was going to play SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, a game that he holds the current world record for, live on Saturday. SHiFT said the GDQ organizers first sent him an email canceling his participation at the event due to the violation of a “zero-tolerance harassment policy./post/valorant-dev-on-premades-in-ranked-if-players-have-a-group-of-teammates-they-perform-well-with-we-don-t-want-to-discourage-them/Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/valorant-dev-on-premades-in-ranked-if-players-have-a-group-of-teammates-they-perform-well-with-we-don-t-want-to-discourage-them/ Riot weighed in on the premades-vs-solo debate today. VALORANT product manager Ian Fielding addressed premade groups in ranked queues in a blog post. The dev explained that it’s important for competitive matchmaking in the tactical shooter to be “focused on teamplay,” opting not to “discourage” players who group up with friends. “Having a solo queue can easily lead to that becoming the definitive test of someone’s skills and the primary way to play competitively,” Fielding said./post/riot-releases-mordekaiser-s-champion-spotlight-reveals-skin-redesigns/Sun, 19 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/riot-releases-mordekaiser-s-champion-spotlight-reveals-skin-redesigns/ Brought to you byIKON, challenging you to share your greatest game moments and win amazing prizes. Mordekaiser is here and he’s ready to exercise his power on the Summoner’s Rift. Riot Games released the champion’s Champion Spotlight video today, showing off his new abilities and briefly showing his updated skins. From the video, Mordekaiser has been transformed into an unstoppable force that excels in one-vs-one situations. HIs Q ability, Obliterate, deals bonus damage to a single enemy and he has some good midfight sustain with his W ability, Indestructible./post/what-time-does-dire-maul-release-in-wow-classic/Sat, 18 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/what-time-does-dire-maul-release-in-wow-classic/ The first update to World of Warcraft Classic is coming tomorrow, bringing with it Dire Maul, a five-man level 60 dungeon with three wings. Blizzard originally set out to create six phases, each with new dungeons and raids—similar to the original game. Dire Maul was planned to release alongside the PvP system in phase two, but it’s now joining the servers a month early. The dungeon will add a new dynamic to Classic, giving players a reason to log in./post/how-to-complete-white-faced-varr%C3%A9-s-quest-in-elden-ring/Fri, 17 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-complete-white-faced-varr%C3%A9-s-quest-in-elden-ring/ White-Faced Varré is an NPC that Elden Ring players encounter directly after leaving the tutorial area of the game. He’s on a small hill in Limgrave overlooking the Church of Elleh and the Tree Sentinel boss, right next to the First Steps site of grace. His quest involves unlocking invasions, allowing Tarnished to enter the worlds of others to kill them for item rewards and for the fun of it./post/papasmithy-and-joseph-jang-detail-how-100-thieves-scouts-solo-queue-talent-for-possible-new-players/Fri, 17 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/papasmithy-and-joseph-jang-detail-how-100-thieves-scouts-solo-queue-talent-for-possible-new-players/ For many aspiring professional League of Legends players in North America, the path to the big stage isn’t exactly clearly outlined compared to other regions. While other countries are teeming with opportunities for amateurs to get seen, many NA players might not have the same chances. Over the past couple of years, one team that’s dedicated plenty of time to discovering and developing new talent is 100 Thieves. The organization has put a ton of effort into discovering new players and giving them the tools to succeed in their career with growing programs in the Academy and amateur scenes./post/how-to-drop-items-in-super-smash-bros-ultimate/Thu, 16 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-drop-items-in-super-smash-bros-ultimate/ Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a game packed to the brim with different items. Sometimes, however, you might pick up an item by mistake and feel like you are stuck with it for the remainder of the match. Have no fear though, there’s a way to drop said item if that happens. Every item has its uses. Some can be thrown by pressing the attack button while others remain attached to your character until you choose to get rid of them./post/when-does-lillia-arrive-on-league-s-live-servers/Thu, 16 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/when-does-lillia-arrive-on-league-s-live-servers/ One of League of Legends’ newest champions, Lillia, the Bashful Bloom, is set to arrive on live servers alongside the teased “big” summer event, Spirit Blossom. Riot’s champion design team has been hard at work; the developer released five champions in 2019 and said six new champions would be arriving in 2020. The first arrival of this year was Sett, the Boss, who made his debut in January.  Riot’s now getting ready to release two champions, and one of them is Lillia./post/dignitas-releases-entire-men-s-valorant-roster/Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/dignitas-releases-entire-men-s-valorant-roster/ Dignitas has released its men’s VALORANT roster, the organization announced today. The news was initially reported by George Geddes for Daily Esports/Upcomer and was later confirmed by Dig’s in-game leader, Rory “dephh” Jackson. Dephh said on Twitter that Dignitas plans “to move out of VALORANT for the time being.” pic.twitter.com/PA9cd58nPx — Dignitas (@dignitas) March 31, 2021 Dignitas then made the official announcement just minutes after Dephh’s post. The org said it’s working to find new homes for the players but is still committed to fielding its women’s VALORANT roster, which also competes in Counter-Strke./post/best-league-of-legends-players-of-2021/Mon, 13 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-league-of-legends-players-of-2021/ The 2021 League of Legends competitive season has finally come to a close. After a whole year of furious battles on Summoner’s Rift, the champions were crowned over the land, with the LPL’s EDward Gaming finally taking home a World Championship after years of missed attempts and multiple roster changes. But even though EDG did win the gold in the end, many other players across the globe have plenty of achievements to be proud of./post/kamigawa-neon-dynasty-s-boseiju-who-endures-is-an-auto-include-in-any-mtg-deck/Mon, 13 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/kamigawa-neon-dynasty-s-boseiju-who-endures-is-an-auto-include-in-any-mtg-deck/ A new Magic: The Gathering legendary land called Boseiju, Who Endures was revealed today by Wizards of Coast for the upcoming Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty set—and it’s packed with value.  The legendary tree Boseiju is over 4,000 years old and is sacred on the Magic plane of Kamigawa. Scheduled to launch globally on Feb. 18, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO) brings back the cedar tree as a legendary land packed with immense value./post/what-is-the-dream-smp/Mon, 13 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/what-is-the-dream-smp/ Released in 2009, Minecraft has stood the test of time and has proven itself an excellent source of entertainment for millions of gamers worldwide. A common trait between games that accomplish this sort of longevity is that they allow gamers’ creativity to run wild, which often keeps the gameplay fresh. Each Minecraft server gets shaped by its owner’s will, and Dream survival multiplayer (SMP) server is one of the more unique ones out there./post/asuna-out-smeags-faze-as-100t-dominates-in-opening-round-of-na-vct-challengers-playoffs/Sun, 12 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/asuna-out-smeags-faze-as-100t-dominates-in-opening-round-of-na-vct-challengers-playoffs/ 100 Thieves took care of business against FaZe Clan to open the NA VCT Stage Three Challengers Playoffs, taking both Haven and Icebox by a comfortable margin. 100T’s lone duelist Peter “Asuna” Mazuryk put on a one-man show against the innovators of Smeag style, consistently taking control with several opening kills during the series. 100T broke out the triple initiator composition on Haven with steel debuting KAY/O, Ethan on Skye, and Hiko on his trusty Sova./post/riot-finally-reveals-yone-as-next-league-champ-in-today-s-spirit-blossom-cinematic/Sun, 12 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/riot-finally-reveals-yone-as-next-league-champ-in-today-s-spirit-blossom-cinematic/ League of Legends fans got a first look today at the relationship between Yasuo and Yone. Riot revealed the “Kin of the Stained Blade” cinematic today to celebrate the Spirit Blossom event, confirming who many knew would be the next champion: Yone. The animated trailer begins with Yone seeking retribution from Yasuo and asking him to “answer” for what he’s done. The Unforgiven, having been framed for the murder of his master, wants no part in the fray but defends himself nonetheless and eventually kills his brother./post/apex-legends-players-create-hilarious-death-trap-by-combining-wraith-and-valkyrie-s-ultimates/Sat, 11 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/apex-legends-players-create-hilarious-death-trap-by-combining-wraith-and-valkyrie-s-ultimates/ Some people just want to watch the world burn. Two Apex Legends players discovered a hysterical interaction that sends enemies plummeting to their death, pairing Wraith’s Dimensional Rift with Valkyrie’s Skyward Dive. While Respawn likely didn’t intend for the two abilities to work this way, it’s still a comedic way to deliver your opponents to the afterlife. Valkyrie’s Portal Trap from apexlegends To create the bug, the Wraith player activated their ultimate and then interacted with the ally Valkyrie to join in on Skyward Dive./post/arurf-returns-for-testing-on-league-s-pbe/Sat, 11 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/arurf-returns-for-testing-on-league-s-pbe/ League’s beloved game mode of chaos ARURF is launching on the Public Beta Environment (PBE) for another round of testing. The game mode is scheduled to go live later in the year, according to a new post from Riot Games. Riot failed to provide a specific date for ARURF’s release but it said the game mode will come out at some point later this year after Patch 9.18 goes live. In the meantime, ARURF will remain on the PBE where fans can try out the new changes coming to the game mode./post/pubg-gets-5th-anniversary-event-updated-2022-roadmap-including-new-maps-changes/Sat, 11 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/pubg-gets-5th-anniversary-event-updated-2022-roadmap-including-new-maps-changes/ PUBG: Battlegrounds is celebrating its fifth anniversary this month, and the developers have not only pushed a new update live that includes special anniversary rewards, but they have also published a detailed roadmap for the rest of 2022. Starting in April, which begins Q2 for the development team, players can expect to see reverting Sanhok back to an older version of the map that the community has been active in requesting./post/impact-keyword-and-6-new-bandle-city-cards-revealed-for-legends-of-runeterra-s-beyond-the-bandlewood/Fri, 10 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/impact-keyword-and-6-new-bandle-city-cards-revealed-for-legends-of-runeterra-s-beyond-the-bandlewood/ Six collectible cards and a new keyword from Legends of Runeterra’s upcoming Beyond the Bandlewood set have been revealed today. The newest mechanic, Impact, gives units the ability to deal one damage to the enemy Nexus whenever they strike while attacking. While this sounds minuscule at first, Impact can stack, allowing for higher damage potential. The six cards revealed today include Proto Poro, Stone Stackers, Arena Kingpin, Poro Sled, Hidden Pathways, and Treasured Trash./post/tundra-esports-kicks-fata-from-dota-2-roster/Fri, 10 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/tundra-esports-kicks-fata-from-dota-2-roster/ After a lackluster ending for Tundra Esports at the 2022 Dota Pro Circuit Winter Tour Regional Final, team captain and founder Fata has been kicked from the roster.  Tundra was one of the top teams in Western Europe throughout the Winter Tour, beating out the likes of OG, Nigma Galaxy, and Team Secret after keeping its roster together from the previous season. But it appears that there was a lot of drama going on behind the scenes that led to this move./post/the-best-assault-rifles-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war/Thu, 09 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-assault-rifles-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war/ Assault rifle players have a lot to be excited about in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. In Black Ops Cold War, assault rifles are king. And there are three main ARs at the game’s launch that can dominate in any public lobby or wager match. There are five total assault rifles to begin with in the game, with more expected to be added for free over time. But there are plenty of choices to be made and all of them are fun to use./post/can-shaymin-be-shiny-in-pok%C3%A9mon-brilliant-diamond-and-shining-pearl/Wed, 08 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/can-shaymin-be-shiny-in-pok%C3%A9mon-brilliant-diamond-and-shining-pearl/ The Pokémon Company is expressing its gratitude for the series’ 26th anniversary by allowing players traveling through the Sinnoh region to get a glimpse of the Gratitude Pokémon. As part of the Pokémon Day celebrations, players can now obtain the Oak’s Letter key item in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl through a special Mystery Gift distribution. This item allows players to encounter and catch the Mythical Pokémon, Shaymin, at level 30 in the Flower Paradise it calls home./post/how-to-get-the-long-live-the-queen-emblem-in-destiny-2/Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-get-the-long-live-the-queen-emblem-in-destiny-2/ The launch of Destiny 2’s The Witch Queen expansion brought another emblem to the game, though you don’t even have to log in to get it. The Long Live the Queen emblem boasts a purple-and-black color palette, which provides a hint about its source. The Long Live the Queen emblem drops from a bounty, but not a vendor or destination bounty. To obtain it, players must complete Bungie’s Twitch Subscription bounty, which involves gifting subscribers to eligible content creators./post/nyxl-returns-to-new-york-unveils-roster-for-2022-overwatch-league-season/Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/nyxl-returns-to-new-york-unveils-roster-for-2022-overwatch-league-season/ Not only has the New York Excelsior revealed its entire roster today, the organization also announced it is returning to New York after a season in the East region where the team played matches from a facility in South Korea. DPS Yim “Flora” Yong-woo was the only player that remained on the lineup from the 2021 season. Main tank Kim “Kellan” Min-jae joins the team from Contenders Korea’s Talon Esports as its sole tank./post/how-to-unlock-the-2020-overwatch-league-all-stars-skins/Mon, 06 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-unlock-the-2020-overwatch-league-all-stars-skins/ This year’s Overwatch League All-Stars theme might be Earth and Air, but these brand-new skins are straight fire. D.Va and Reinhardt are the lucky heroes to receive exclusive All-Stars skins in 2020, which were released on Sept. 29. Players only have until Oct. 12 to unlock these two skins. After that, they’re gone for good.  The good news is the exclusive All-Star skins are easy to get, provided you have Overwatch League tokens available./post/best-heimerdinger-build-for-league-of-legends/Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-heimerdinger-build-for-league-of-legends/ Professor Cecil B. Heimerdinger, the Revered Inventor in League of Legends, is an ingenious yordle who relies on his creations to deal magic damage to his opponents on Summoner’s Rift. He’s a champion who’s mostly played in the mid lane, but his ability kit can be adapted to face various situations in different roles.  Heimerdinger is also among those League mages deemed difficult to play, according to Riot Games. With this guide, however, you’ll find all the reasons why he is, as he says, “indeed, a wise choice!/post/how-to-get-candy-in-destiny-2-s-festival-of-the-lost/Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-get-candy-in-destiny-2-s-festival-of-the-lost/ Destiny 2‘s Festival of the Lost is here, bringing some of the scariest moments in the game when The Corrupted or The Glassway aren’t in the Grandmaster rotation. This year, the event has a series of resources up for grabs and a few different ways to earn them. Getting the most out of the celebrations involves obtaining heaps of Candy, Spectral Pages, and Manifest Pages—and they’re all closely related. How to get Candy in Destiny 2’s Festival of the Lost?/post/where-is-shanty-town-in-fortnite/Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/where-is-shanty-town-in-fortnite/ Fortnite Chapter Two, season eight is upon us and there are a few points of interest that some players might not typically head to since they’re not worth your time. But with the addition of new color bottles all across the map, there are some locations you might want to circle back to, including Shanty Town. This POI is where you can find bottles of “Ghoulish Green.” If you’re unfamiliar with Shanty Town, don’t feel too bad./post/all-fortnite-v12-20-leaked-skins-cosmetics-and-choppa-release/Fri, 03 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-fortnite-v12-20-leaked-skins-cosmetics-and-choppa-release/ Epic Games’ Fortnite is receiving update 12.20 soon. Tons of new cosmetics have made their way into the battle royale, including a new vehicle. Get to the Choppa! Lay waste to Slaty Springs with the helicopter, named the ‘Choppa’ and requiring players to obviously enunciate it in your best Arnold Schwarzenegger impression. It carries up to four other squadmates in your team’s bid for air domination. Leaked skins All New Leaked Skins!/post/all-the-new-skins-coming-with-the-apex-legends-grand-soir%C3%A9e-event/Fri, 03 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-the-new-skins-coming-with-the-apex-legends-grand-soir%C3%A9e-event/ Apex Legends’ upcoming Grand Soirée Arcade event promises to combine class and sophistication with all-out warfare.  The roaring twenties inspired event features two weeks of mayhem and brings together seven limited-time game modes, with a different mode rotating every two days. A few fan-favorites, like Armed and Dangerous, will be available to play, but exotic new additions like DUMMIE’s Big Day and Live. Die. Live will also be on the cards./post/new-call-of-duty-warzone-update-increases-player-health-in-vanguard-royale-returns-uavs-to-buy-stations/Fri, 03 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/new-call-of-duty-warzone-update-increases-player-health-in-vanguard-royale-returns-uavs-to-buy-stations/ Two big changes are coming to Call of Duty: Warzone with a new update that was deployed today—and they should make many players quite happy. Raven Software announced that starting in-game on March 3, player health in Vanguard Royale mode will be increased from 100 to 150. UAVs are also being added back into the game at Buy Stations, now priced at $9,000, up from $6,000. 🛠️ A #Warzone update has gone live!/post/the-7-best-wii-games-of-all-time/Fri, 03 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-7-best-wii-games-of-all-time/ Nintendo took one of the biggest risks in gaming when it launched the Wii. Coming off of the GameCube, which was considered by many to be a commercial failure, the company knew it needed to do something monumental regain its place among the biggest companies in gaming. It bet big on two things: motion controls and casual audiences. The Wii was the antithesis of the GameCube. As everyone knows now, Nintendo’s risk-taking paid off./post/clid-joins-funplus-phoenix/Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/clid-joins-funplus-phoenix/ Former Gen.G jungler, Kim “Clid” Tae-min, has officially signed with FunPlus Phoenix. The player will represent the Chinese organization throughout LPL’s 2022 season. “He’s a proven player with extensive experience,” the org said in a post on social media. “And we believe his performance will be a cornerstone in the success of our new squad.” Clid has been one of the top junglers in LCK for the past three years, during which he represented T1 and Gen./post/nintendo-will-cease-adding-new-spirit-events-special-tournaments-to-super-smash-bros-ultimate-on-nov-19/Tue, 31 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/nintendo-will-cease-adding-new-spirit-events-special-tournaments-to-super-smash-bros-ultimate-on-nov-19/ Another aspect of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate seems to be coming to an end as Nintendo confirms that the in-game events, such as new Spirit Board and themed tournaments will begin being re-used starting next week.  According to the official Smash Bros. Japan Twitter account, starting on Nov. 19, Nintendo will begin recycling older Spirit and tournament events instead of creating new content for Ultimate.  【イベント再開催のおしらせ】 2021/11/19(金)より、スピリッツイベントやトーナメントイベントは、過去のイベントの中から一部のものを再開催していきます。 引き続き、みなさまのご参加をお待ちしています。#スマブラSP — 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ【スマブラ公式】 (@SmashBrosJP) November 10, 2021 Many fans predicted that this would likely happen relatively soon after Sora’s release last month, which marked the end of the Fighters Pass DLC and substantial development work on Ultimate./post/urgot-s-new-voiceover-has-been-revealed-and-he-s-basically-bane/Tue, 31 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/urgot-s-new-voiceover-has-been-revealed-and-he-s-basically-bane/ Urgot’s new voiceover has been revealed, and it turns him into something that very closely resembles Bane from The Dark Knight Rises. Maybe it’s the mask, or maybe it’s the urge to overthrow law and order, but this new Urgot could give Tom Hardy a run for his money. Following suit from the Galio and Warwick redesigns earlier this year, Urgot’s new voice adds tons of new voice lines that fit his new lore and personality—one that clings to pain and chaos to fuel his very existence./post/is-pok%C3%A9mon-unite-cross-platform/Tue, 24 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/is-pok%C3%A9mon-unite-cross-platform/ Pokémon UNITE originally launched for the Nintendo Switch in July, making that the only way to play the new MOBA up until September, when TiMi Studio and The Pokémon Company released the game for mobile too. Now that UNITE is available on both platforms, the game completely embraces cross-platform play and progression. This is done by linking the account each player uses to each device used to play the game, thus, allowing the player to bring almost all of their UNITE data with them wherever they decide to battle./post/how-to-play-minecraft-on-oculus-quest-2/Mon, 23 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-play-minecraft-on-oculus-quest-2/ Minecraft is one of those games where exploration is extremely vital. The worlds you create, or even those made by other players could be fully maximized if you explore and do the different things these can offer. And in what way can these explorations be more meaningful? Well, playing Minecraft in a virtual reality (VR) headset may do. Imagine if you are walking through cliffs, plains, or jumping off from mountain to mountain while in VR./post/how-to-watch-the-world-of-warcraft-race-to-world-first-sanctum-of-domination/Sun, 22 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-watch-the-world-of-warcraft-race-to-world-first-sanctum-of-domination/ The World of Warcraft Race to World First (RWF) is finally here again. Players from around the world are preparing for a marathon battle to see who can be the first to defeat Sylvanas Windrunner on Mythic difficulty in Sanctum of Domination. Complexity-Limit is fresh off two straight wins in the RWF and is looking to continue its streak. After finishing in a close second during the first three major raid tiers of Battle for Azeroth, WoW’s last expansion, Limit strung together a pair of victories, one in the final raid of BFA and one to open the current expansion, Shadowlands./post/best-wireless-keyboard-and-mouse-pairs-for-gaming/Fri, 20 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-wireless-keyboard-and-mouse-pairs-for-gaming/ Every gamer needs a dependable keyboard and mouse that makes gaming feel responsive and comfortable. There are countless mice and keyboards on the market with various features to consider. Many options are tailormade for gaming, featuring backlit keys and different degrees of programmability. You can go out and search for a separate mouse and keyboard to meet your exact specifications, or you can compromise and get a combo. If you get a mouse and keyboard combo, you can expect them to work well together and have similar aesthetics./post/summit-bamboozles-his-way-onto-stranger-s-ship-in-sea-of-thieves/Fri, 20 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/summit-bamboozles-his-way-onto-stranger-s-ship-in-sea-of-thieves/ In a nostalgic comeback stream, Summit returned to Sea of Thieves and brought back the classic high seas shenanigans that longtime fans are sure to remember. Along with pulling off an Athena heist, Summit and his crew of friends and fellow streamers tormented all those unlucky enough to cross their ship’s path. It was 10 hours deep into his Sea of Thieves stream when Summit spotted a golden opportunity to sneak onto a ship they had previously engaged with./post/valorant-s-tower-of-power-gun-buddy-is-now-available-via-prime-gaming/Fri, 20 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/valorant-s-tower-of-power-gun-buddy-is-now-available-via-prime-gaming/ VALORANT players can use their Amazon Prime subscription to get their hands on the latest gun buddy from Riot, the Tower of Power. The Tower of Power is the latest monthly VALORANT item available from the Prime Gaming Loot system, which rewards players who link their Amazon Prime account to their Riot/VALORANT account. The Tower of Power gun buddy is a miniature gaming PC with internal lighting featuring the purple color that Riot has recently used for some of its VALORANT Champions Tour branding./post/what-is-the-max-level-in-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-multiplayer/Fri, 20 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/what-is-the-max-level-in-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-multiplayer/ Since the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on Oct. 25, players have started racing to achieve the highest level in multiplayer.  Ranking up can be a difficult task in multiplayer considering the large maps and long game times. But players can rank up easily by selecting the objective game modes, such as Cyber Attack, Domination, or Headquarters, since these modes award a high amount of XP.  Players could rank up by playing Search and Destroy since there’s an objective each round and players are rewarded more XP for each elimination./post/is-league-down-how-to-check-problems-outages-and-server-status/Thu, 19 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/is-league-down-how-to-check-problems-outages-and-server-status/ League of Legends has a massive player base and a roaring esports scene, but it’s not without its problems. The servers are nothing to write home about. They tend to malfunction, randomly kicking players out of matches or preventing them from joining altogether. If Summoner’s Rift isn’t down, it’s the client or the store. It’s often difficult to determine whether the issue is on Riot’s end or yours. Thankfully, there are a few easy methods to check if League is down./post/all-pok%C3%A9mon-go-referral-code-rewards/Wed, 18 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-pok%C3%A9mon-go-referral-code-rewards/ Pokémon Go’s referral program is live worldwide, letting players invite friends to download the app and get rewards when they successfully do so.  The referral feature applies to players who are joining the world of Pokémon Go for the first time or returning from an extended break. Referral codes will be applicable to all new players who have not played Pokémon Go before and any player that has been inactive for 90 days or more./post/cheese-reclaims-super-mario-64-120-star-world-record-with-sub-1-38-run/Tue, 17 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/cheese-reclaims-super-mario-64-120-star-world-record-with-sub-1-38-run/ Allan “Cheese” Alvarez is once again on top of the speedrunning leaderboard for the 120-star category in Super Mario 64. Cheese set a new world record tonight with a run of one hour, 37 minutes, and 50 seconds. This beat the record set by Liam last November by roughly three seconds, according to Speedrun.com’s Super Mario 64 leaderboard. Before tonight’s run, Cheese, who has held the world record in the 120-star category multiple times over the past few years, was in third place with a personal best time of one hour, 38 minutes, and 25 seconds./post/all-increased-spawns-encounters-event-raids-and-bonuses-for-pok%C3%A9mon-go-tour-johto/Mon, 16 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-increased-spawns-encounters-event-raids-and-bonuses-for-pok%C3%A9mon-go-tour-johto/ Pokémon Go Tour has become a tentpole for Niantic’s yearly event calendar for Pokémon Go, bringing players together in order to experience nostalgic elements of older Pokémon games in new ways.  This year, Pokémon Go Tour: Johto will give players the opportunity to relive the adventures of Pokémon Gold and Silver on Feb. 26.  Throughout the event, players will be encountering Pokémon from across Johto in the wild and raids, by hatching Eggs, after completing research tasks, and much more./post/apex-designer-teases-rampart-buff-changes-to-mirage-and-improved-pathfinder-grapple/Sun, 15 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/apex-designer-teases-rampart-buff-changes-to-mirage-and-improved-pathfinder-grapple/ Rampart has barely landed in Apex Legends and she’s already in line for a buff. Rampart and her roommate/tenant, Mirage, could get a buff when season seven launches. Pathfinder’s controversial buff to his grappling hook (which can act as a nerf at times) will also get some attention during season seven—including a possible drop in its cooldown. Rampart and Mirage Respawn designer Daniel Klein confirmed that Rampart and Mirage will go under the knife in Apex‘s next season./post/dnf-duel-will-release-in-summer-2022/Sun, 15 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/dnf-duel-will-release-in-summer-2022/ Arc System Works is on a roll when it comes to releasing new details for some of its fighting game titles. Dungeon & Fighter Duel will release in Summer 2022, the company announced with a trailer today.  This news dropped as part of the Dungeon Fighter Online Festival, where Nexon, Neople, and ArcSys revealed several new classes that will be added as playable characters from the popular Dungeon Fighter media franchise./post/will-hoopa-appear-and-be-catchable-during-pok%C3%A9mon-go-fest-2021/Sun, 15 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/will-hoopa-appear-and-be-catchable-during-pok%C3%A9mon-go-fest-2021/ Pokémon Go Fest 2021 will run on July 17 and 18 from 10am to 6pm local time, bringing all of the usual new bonuses, content, and encounters. One thing that fans have been speculating on since the event was first announced is whether or not the Mythical Pokémon Hoopa will make an appearance during the event, however.  This question became much more prominent in the community once Niantic announced that the second day of Go Fest 2021 would be a special raid day, featuring every Legendary Pokémon that has ever been available in Pokémon Go./post/fall-guys-expands-its-lore-for-the-wrong-reasons-all-over-again/Sat, 14 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/fall-guys-expands-its-lore-for-the-wrong-reasons-all-over-again/ Mediatonic has done it again. Oliver Hindle, Fall Guys’ community director, recently revealed another tidbit of lore that most fans likely didn’t need to know. Spawning from the Twitter account FallFacts, a screengrab was shared from Discord where the game’s community director answered a fan’s question about how the Fall Guys eat. In response, Hindle revealed that they in fact absorb things through their feet. This tweet was later shared by the official Fall Guys Twitter account, who confirmed the news and shared that while they hoped it would catch on, it never did./post/the-best-ghost-type-pok%C3%A9mon-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go/Sat, 14 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-ghost-type-pok%C3%A9mon-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go/ Ghost-type Pokémon are some of the most unique and powerful species in Pokémon Go. This type of Pokémon is the perfect choice if you’re heading into a player battle or raid against an enemy using their own Ghost or Psychic-type Pokémon. In Pokémon Go, there are 18 different types of Pokémon. Each type is stronger or weaker against others. And although some Pokémon can use the same moves, the base statistics for each species are always going to be unique./post/betboom-team-team-spirit-and-mind-games-qualify-for-dota-pro-circuit-stockholm-major/Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/betboom-team-team-spirit-and-mind-games-qualify-for-dota-pro-circuit-stockholm-major/ After being indefinitely delayed, some surprising early upsets, and Valve disqualifying a team for drawing a Russian militarist symbol on the mini-map during a match, we finally know which teams from Eastern Europe will be attending the 2022 Dota Pro Circuit’s Spring Tour Major in Stockholm.  The swap to an expedited Regional Playoff to get three teams qualified for the Major may have resulted in a few teams coming in a little rusty, but BetBoom Team, Team Spirit, and Mind Games put their games together to beat out the competition and earn their tickets to Sweden./post/faze-clan-take-pgl-antwerp-major-after-thrilling-grand-finals-against-navi/Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/faze-clan-take-pgl-antwerp-major-after-thrilling-grand-finals-against-navi/ Karrigan, Twistzz, ropz, rain, and broky have given FaZe Clan its first CS:GO Major title today at PGL Antwerp Major following a 2-0 victory against Natus Vincere. The starred quintet has also become the first international team to win a Valve-sponsored event in CS:GO. This is a memorable win, especially for karrigan and rain, who were part of the FaZe lineup that blew a 15-9 lead on Inferno at ELEAGUE Boston Major grand finals in 2018 and lost the title to heavy underdogs Cloud9./post/breakout-academy-star-kenvi-reportedly-signs-multi-year-deal-with-rebuilding-immortals/Wed, 11 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/breakout-academy-star-kenvi-reportedly-signs-multi-year-deal-with-rebuilding-immortals/ One of North America’s best League of Legends prospects might have finally found a home in the LCS. Former 100 Thieves Academy jungler Shane Kenneth “Kenvi” Espinoza is reportedly signing with Immortals as the organization’s newest jungler until the end of 2024, according to a report from blix.gg. The team also reportedly considered LCS veteran Svenskeren as a possible replacement, but eventually opted for the younger, more inexperienced jungler. Similar to upstart rookies Jojopyun and Danny, Kenvi hasn’t been in the scene too long./post/do-specialist-gaming-shoes-work-possibly-but-they-re-likely-not-worth-the-cost-according-to-one-podiatrist/Wed, 11 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/do-specialist-gaming-shoes-work-possibly-but-they-re-likely-not-worth-the-cost-according-to-one-podiatrist/ From computer specs down to the peripherals used, top gamers want to be the best by using the best. Now, companies like K-Swiss and Puma are looking to help gamers in an area overlooked before: footwear. The companies released a new line of gaming footwear in 2019 includingK-Swiss’s MiBR One-Tap sneakers, which sell for $125, and the Puma Active Gaming Footwear, which is $100. The marketing language used for both shoes aims to help gamers reach their maximum performance./post/ffxiv-endwalker-s-newfound-adventure-trailer-gives-players-a-glimpse-of-what-to-expect-in-patch-6-1/Tue, 10 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/ffxiv-endwalker-s-newfound-adventure-trailer-gives-players-a-glimpse-of-what-to-expect-in-patch-6-1/ Final Fantasy XIV fans are finally in luck since the game is about to receive its next major Endwalker update following several months of minor patches. And to help the players that have been patiently waiting for its release, Square Enix has given fans a trailer, providing a first peek at what to expect in the next patch. Patch 6.1 is set to release on April 12 and brings tons of new content to discover./post/what-cards-are-rotating-out-of-standard-hearthstone-this-year/Tue, 10 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/what-cards-are-rotating-out-of-standard-hearthstone-this-year/ Every year, Hearthstone rotates some old cards from previous expansions to the Wild format, limiting the available card pool for the Standard format. This rotation usually takes place in April and is done to keep the game fresh and entertaining for all players. The current year until April 2021 is the Year of the Phoenix, which includes cards from four expansions that will rotate: Rise of Shadows, Saviors of Uldum, Descent of Dragons, and Galakrond’s Awakening./post/tf-blade-gets-rank-one-in-league-s-europe-west-server/Mon, 09 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/tf-blade-gets-rank-one-in-league-s-europe-west-server/ League of Legends streamer Ashkan “TF Blade” Homayouni has reached rank one again, this time on Europe West servers. This is an impressive accomplishment, but it’s part of a bigger project the player has: traveling the world to get rank one in every server. TF Blade got 1,316 points in Europe West’s ranked ladder with 195 wins and 96 losses to become the best player in the region’s solo ladder, stealing the top spot./post/all-cs-go-teams-qualified-for-pgl-antwerp-major/Sun, 08 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-cs-go-teams-qualified-for-pgl-antwerp-major/ The Major has long been the greatest event possible in CS:GO esports and for 2022, Valve agreed to go back to two Counter-Strike Majors per year. PGL Antwerp Major will be the first of 2022 and there will be 24 teams in attendance in May. Teams hailing from Europe, Americas, and Asia-Pacific are guaranteed a certain number of slots based on the region’s competitiveness and the teams qualify via the Regional Major Ranking (RMR) tournaments, previously known as the Minors, which are taking place in PGL’s studio in Bucharest, Romania./post/wordle-game-help-5-letter-words-starting-with-c-and-ending-with-k/Sun, 08 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/wordle-game-help-5-letter-words-starting-with-c-and-ending-with-k/ Hunting for Wordle words online can be tricky since there are always many options and players have a limited number of tries. On April 13, players might have gotten stuck with a green C and K as the first and last letter, respectively. Looking for hints online can help players think of new alternatives that can lead to the right answer more quickly.  If you are having a hard time thinking of what to try next, check out this list in alphabetical order of five-letter words that start with C and end in K./post/everything-asus-rog-announced-at-ces-2022/Sat, 07 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/everything-asus-rog-announced-at-ces-2022/ Despite the impacts of COVID on the event, ASUS ROG still brought plenty of power to kick off the start of CES 2022, adding the power of the RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti, plus AMD and Intel’s latest mobile chips, into their laptop range. The main headline from ASUS ROG’s CES 2022 announcements — the rest of the ASUS range is due to be revealed tomorrow — is the inclusion of Nvidia’s flagship Ti GPUs into their gaming laptops./post/call-of-duty-warzone-2-will-reportedly-feature-pro-perks-enemy-interrogations-tarkov-like-inventory-system/Fri, 06 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/call-of-duty-warzone-2-will-reportedly-feature-pro-perks-enemy-interrogations-tarkov-like-inventory-system/ A new report regarding the upcoming Call of Duty: Warzone 2 has revealed a slew of new features coming to the game that were not in the original. Prolific leaker and reporter Tom Henderson is at it again, reporting on more information about the upcoming battle royale game from reliable unnamed sources. This set of details includes a number of gameplay elements that are not yet known. Here are some new details on some new features coming to Warzone 2!/post/crystal-rose-akshan-and-janna-withered-rose-elise-revealed-for-league/Thu, 05 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/crystal-rose-akshan-and-janna-withered-rose-elise-revealed-for-league/ A trio of champions are set to join League of Legends’ Crystal Rose skinline, stepping away from their normal Summoner’s Rift attire to dress more formally, as if attending a wedding. Crystal Rose Akshan and Janna, as well as Withered Rose Elise, are now available on the PBE for testing. These champions join the skinline that was released just last year, which includes Swain, Zyra, Talon, and Syndra in League, in addition to Ezreal, Lux, Jarvan IV, and Sona as exclusives in Wild Rift./post/league-s-best-snowdown-showdown-skins/Wed, 04 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/league-s-best-snowdown-showdown-skins/ Christmas may be over, but winter is just getting started. And what better way to enjoy the season than with a holiday-themed skin?  Luckily, League of Legends has a ton of seasonal skins. Riot Games has been pumping out holiday content since 2009. With the Sugar Rush collection released this year, League now has a total of 44 themed skins.  Whether you’re looking for something festive like Santa Braum or wintery like Snow Day Ziggs, there’s likely a skin for you./post/popular-lec-casters-medic-and-vedius-reveal-how-their-duo-was-born-in-the-eu-challenger-series/Wed, 04 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/popular-lec-casters-medic-and-vedius-reveal-how-their-duo-was-born-in-the-eu-challenger-series/ Many fans of the European League of Legends scene are familiar with two of the LEC’s most popular casters, Aaron “Medic” Chamberlain and Andrew “Vedius” Day. The two friends have quickly become one of the most beloved broadcast duos and have grown into the spotlight elegantly ever since they stepped onto the show. In a recent interview with Dot Esports, however, the two personalities explained that the start of their career together wasn’t all sunshine and smiles./post/power-rangers-battle-for-the-grid-to-add-rita-repulsa-adam-park-and-poisandra-in-season-pass-4/Tue, 03 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/power-rangers-battle-for-the-grid-to-add-rita-repulsa-adam-park-and-poisandra-in-season-pass-4/ Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is getting a fourth season of DLC content, this time featuring one new Power Ranger and two villains, including the big baddy of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Rita Repulsa.  The main gameplay segment focused on Adam Park, the second Black Ranger from Mighty Morphin, often referred to as the Black Ninja Ranger. It looks like he focuses heavily on using his “Froggy Style” movement to jump around, get up close, and mix up opponents with smokescreens that let him teleport or vanish directly behind his target, even in the air./post/twitch-slang-and-common-terms-explained/Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/twitch-slang-and-common-terms-explained/ Live streaming was around before Twitch, but it was never close to being the phenomenon that it is today. Twitch owes its success to many factors, but one sticks out more than others. Besides all the business moves, it was mainly the Twitch chat that kept the viewers coming back for more. Though other streaming platforms also had a chat feature, none formed a culture like Twitch chat. Not only did the emotes start seeing real-world usage in conversations, but the terms scattered around Twitch also became industry standards./post/vulpecula-god-roll-and-best-perks-in-destiny-2/Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/vulpecula-god-roll-and-best-perks-in-destiny-2/ Vulpecula came into Season of the Lost bringing one of the most unique perk pools in Destiny 2 and a few easy avenues to obtain it. The wealth of perks in Vulpecula brings out a series of possible god rolls for this Hand Cannon, but there are a few perks that have a clear edge over the rest. God rolls are a personal affair, though. And while guardians can consider some perks and parts to be better, it ultimately comes down to preference./post/is-patches-in-elden-ring/Sat, 30 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/is-patches-in-elden-ring/ With the recent release of Elden Ring, one of the questions that run through the minds of longtime FromSoftWare fans stems around the topic of Patches, and if he will make another appearance. Patches, the loveable scumbag known for his deceit and shady antics, has become a staple in nearly every FromSoftware video game. Ranging from his inclusion in the Dark Souls series all the way to Bloodborne, Patches has taken multiple forms throughout the various games./post/mamoswine-will-join-pok%C3%A9mon-unite-on-sept-29/Sat, 30 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/mamoswine-will-join-pok%C3%A9mon-unite-on-sept-29/ Pokémon UNITE appears to be getting yet another big update on Sept. 29. TiMi Studio confirmed today that the Ice/Ground-type Mamoswine will be added to the game, along with several bug fixes, on Sept. 29. Get ready to freeze the competition in their tracks when Mamoswine joins #PokemonUNITE on 9/29! pic.twitter.com/e0xq7fCD7U — Pokémon UNITE (@PokemonUnite) September 25, 2021 TiMi revealed Mamoswine alongside Sylveon last month but didn’t give a release date for the Pokémon at the time./post/tsm-removes-bang-from-active-valorant-lineup/Sat, 30 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/tsm-removes-bang-from-active-valorant-lineup/ TSM has moved Sean “bang” Bezerra to the bench, the VALORANT player confirmed on Twitter yesterday. The move leaves the team’s lineup depleted to just James “hazed” Cobb, Matthew “Wardell” Yu, Yassine “Subroza” Taoufik, and Aleko “LeviathanAG” Gabuniya, who’s still on trial. “TSM wants to explore potential options and benched me for the time being,” bang wrote on Twitter. “I have nothing but love and appreciation for everyone on the team and the org treated me like family, they have allowed me to explore my options and I am willing to play/learn anything./post/all-mokoko-seed-locations-in-medrick-monastery-in-lost-ark/Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-mokoko-seed-locations-in-medrick-monastery-in-lost-ark/ Lost Ark has finally come to the West nearly three years after its release in South Korea. Adjusted for the Western audience, the MMO offers tons of content to discover with a free-to-play model. See Lost Ark on Amazon Lost Ark mixes hack-and-slash mechanics with strong exploration elements, offering a fresh experience for MMO enthusiasts. The exploration takes many forms in the game, including through collectibles like Mokoko Seeds. Collectibles can be gathered in significant numbers throughout your journey./post/how-does-the-queen-move-in-chess/Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-does-the-queen-move-in-chess/ The Queen is the highest-valued piece in chess other than the King, and it all revolves around the piece’s flexibility and power. Each player in a game of chess starts with just one Queen, but more can be created by getting a Pawn to the opponent’s end of the board which triggers a promotion of that pawn to a Rook, Bishop, Knight, or Queen. Typically, players revolve their chess strategy around keeping their Queen protected while also opening her up to make powerful and suppressive plays./post/how-to-check-gears-of-war-5-s-server-status/Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-check-gears-of-war-5-s-server-status/ The release of Gears of War 5 brought many server issues to developer The Coalition. A few hours after the game’s servers were open on Sept. 6, many players massively reported errors like 0x80004001 and Estana, which ended up being issues on the game’s servers and not on players’ platforms. The only thing we know about online games is that their servers will eventually bug, crash, or get taken down for maintenance./post/how-to-use-a-capture-card-on-console-and-pc/Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-use-a-capture-card-on-console-and-pc/ With so much streaming competition, it’s always wise to put out the best quality content if you want your stream to stand out. One of the ways to improve the quality of a stream is with a capture card. While some streamers have a single PC or console and don’t use capture cards, more advanced streamers often have multiple PCs or connect their console to a PC to add transitions, overlays, and other customizations./post/eg-releases-ramzes-from-its-dota-2-roster/Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/eg-releases-ramzes-from-its-dota-2-roster/ Evil Geniuses has officially released Roman “RAMZES666” Kushnarev from its Dota 2 roster after nearly three months of silence, the organization announced today.  RAMZES was signed by EG following The International 2019, where he left Virtus Pro and the CIS region behind to join Tal “Fly” Aizik and a revamped roster to try to dominate North America.  Today we say goodbye to @Ramzes. We want to thank Roman for his time and contributions as a member of our EG #dota2 roster./post/phoenix-of-ash-pushes-synergies-in-theros-beyond-death/Wed, 27 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/phoenix-of-ash-pushes-synergies-in-theros-beyond-death/ Izzet Phoenix received a new weapon in today’s Theros: Beyond Death spoilers with Phoenix of the Ash.  Phoenix have been a staple in Magic: The Gathering since Legends. And with the upcoming release of Theros: Beyond Death (THB), Phoenix of the Ash arrives with the Escape mechanic.  The THB card wasn’t previewed in English but there is a rough translation of its contents.  Name: Ash PhoenixCMC: 1RRType: Creature, PhoenixFlying, Haste{2R}: Gains +2/+0 until end of turnEscape 2RR, exile three cards from your graveyard: Escapes with a +1/+1 counter on it./post/hafu-joins-g2-esports/Tue, 26 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/hafu-joins-g2-esports/ G2 Esports already fields the world’s best League of Legends team, but now the organization is extending its dominance into Teamfight Tactics with the signing of Rumay “Hafu” Wang. “I will strive to be as winning as the rest of G2,” Hafu said in her personal stream following the announcement, telling her viewers she’ll “hopefully be competing.”  Hafu is a veteran in esports who’s competed in a variety of games, including World of Warcraft, Bloodline Champions, and Hearthstone./post/one-for-all-now-live-in-league-of-legends/Tue, 26 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/one-for-all-now-live-in-league-of-legends/ The alternative One For All game mode is now live in League of Legends. One For All allows players to select a team composed of the same champion across the board. Five copies of the same character will make up a team composition in One For All. In One For All, players are able to vote for a champion for their team to play during that game at the start of each pick/ban phase./post/how-to-level-up-little-legends-in-teamfight-tactics/Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-level-up-little-legends-in-teamfight-tactics/ Following the global release of Riot Games’ autobattler game mode in League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, players will be sinking their hard-earned cash into some loot boxes to get the adorable Little Legends avatars that act as in-game characters. There are six types of Little Legends to collect, ranging from the adorable Featherknight penguins to the sinister Silverwings. When you get a Little Legend that you like, it’ll start off as level one./post/riot-is-disabling-all-chat-in-matchmade-league-queues-in-patch-11-21/Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/riot-is-disabling-all-chat-in-matchmade-league-queues-in-patch-11-21/ In response to the rising issues around verbal abuse in League of Legends matches, Riot Games will be disabling the /all chat feature in every matchmade queue in Patch 11.21. “While /all chat can be the source of fun social interaction between teams, as well as some good-hearted banter, right now negative interactions outweigh the positives,” Riot said in its reveal post. “We’ll evaluate the impact of this change through verbal abuse reports and penalty rates, as well as surveys and direct feedback from you all./post/amouranth-has-been-banned-from-twitch-instagram-and-tiktok/Sat, 23 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/amouranth-has-been-banned-from-twitch-instagram-and-tiktok/ Just after 3pm CT today, the unaffiliated Twitch bot that tracks Twitch partner bans tweeted out that popular ASMR streamer Amouranth has been banned from the platform. The URL for Amouranth’s Twitch channel confirms this since it retrieves the “Sorry. Unless you’ve got a time machine, that content is unavailable” message.  Amouranth confirmed the ban herself with a tweet saying “banned everywhere.” This is her fifth recorded Twitch ban since 2019, with her most recent previous ban being in June./post/this-week-s-hearthstone-tavern-brawl-is-half-and-half/Sat, 23 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/this-week-s-hearthstone-tavern-brawl-is-half-and-half/ Another opportunity to earn a free pack has arrived in the Tavern. This week’s Hearthstone Tavern Brawl is Half and Half. The good news about this Brawl is that you’ll only need to put in half of the usual effort when it comes to building your deck. Your opponent will help you with the other half of your deck. In the Half and Half Tavern Brawl, you’ll select a class, then build a deck of 15 cards./post/valorant-player-highlights-killjoy-line-up-on-fracture/Fri, 22 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/valorant-player-highlights-killjoy-line-up-on-fracture/ A VALORANT player found a useful spot to protect the Spike after planting on A site on Fracture. VALORANT player MoxBoneSaw uploaded a short clip showing how to throw Killjoy’s Nanoswarm grenade just outside of A site on Fracture. This spot allows players to place the Nanoswarm in an inaccessible spot that can still cover a portion of the A site. Attackers can plant in the corner of A site and use the Nanoswarm to prevent defenders from defusing./post/youtuber-rogue-9-details-a-very-different-r6-siege-from-early-dev-footage/Fri, 22 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/youtuber-rogue-9-details-a-very-different-r6-siege-from-early-dev-footage/ A YouTuber has released a mini-documentary centering on early Siege mechanics while treating fans to a rare look at some of the most in-depth early development footage seen so far. In the midst of the debate surrounding the one-shot headshot mechanic in Rainbow Six Siege, fans will be surely be divided on which mechanics made the cut and which ones were left behind. Nixed early mechanics detailed in Rogue-9’s video range from a respawn mechanic to the absence of a hero-based gameplay system./post/how-to-complete-prime-icon-moments-campbell-sbc-in-fifa-21-ultimate-team/Thu, 21 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-complete-prime-icon-moments-campbell-sbc-in-fifa-21-ultimate-team/ EA Sports added a squad-building challenge (SBC) for Prime Icon Moments Sol Campbell to FIFA 21 Ultimate Team on April 11. This item is available through the SBC menu in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team.  The Prime Icon Moments Campbell card was originally released on Feb. 26 but it only got an SBC this month along with Didier Drogba and Andrea Pirlo. 3 Champions League crowns, a World Cup title, and an undefeated campaign across their names 💯💯💯/post/longtime-cod-veteran-2013-world-champion-parasite-retires-from-competing/Thu, 21 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/longtime-cod-veteran-2013-world-champion-parasite-retires-from-competing/ Longtime professional and one of the pillars of the competitive Call of Duty community, Parasite, has called it a career after over a decade of competing, he announced on Twitter today.  “I’ve lost all my passion to compete,” the 2013 world champion said. “I actually never thought I’d reach a point where it died but when the game is constantly moving backwards and despite all your accomplishments and performances yearly yet your career isn’t going anywhere it’s kinda expected./post/is-green-man-gaming-a-safe-and-legit-site-for-game-codes-answered/Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/is-green-man-gaming-a-safe-and-legit-site-for-game-codes-answered/ While building a PC often requires a steep up-front cost, PC gamers save so much money over time with game sales on digital storefronts. Finding the best deal on a game is often a game in itself, one in which many gamers scour the internet to find game codes. One website with fantastic deals is Green Man Gaming. But is Green Man Gaming a safe and legit site for game codes?/post/c%C3%B3mo-agregar-amigos-en-free-fire/Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/c%C3%B3mo-agregar-amigos-en-free-fire/ Free Fire, de Garena, es uno de los principales juegos de battle royale del mundo. Tiene varios modos, como el duelo de escuadras,  escuadra antibombas, hora pico e invasión zombi. Y todos ellos se pueden disfrutar con amigos. Aquí encontrarás todo lo que tienes que saber sobre cómo jugar Free Fire con tus amigos. Cómo agregar amigos Inicia el juegoEn la esquina superior derecha del menú principal, junto al logotipo de Free Fire, haz clic en la opción amigos./post/matumbaman-joins-team-liquid/Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/matumbaman-joins-team-liquid/ The European Dota 2 roster shuffle continued today with MATUMBAMAN settling on his new home, Team Liquid, after officially parting ways with Team Secret two days ago. Fans were already discussing a possible move to Liquid for MATUMBAMAN since his teammate, Zai, joined its ranks earlier this month. Their departures were nothing short of shocking for the fans since both came after one of Team Secret’s most dominant competitive years in Dota 2./post/fans-can-unlock-ezio-skin-in-fortnite-by-buying-assassin-s-creed-valhalla-or-assassin-s-creed-valhalla-dawn-of-ragnar%C3%B6k/Sat, 16 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/fans-can-unlock-ezio-skin-in-fortnite-by-buying-assassin-s-creed-valhalla-or-assassin-s-creed-valhalla-dawn-of-ragnar%C3%B6k/ Fortnite has made a lot of money from partnering with different companies to produce new content and outfits. As a result, players have seen iconic faces like Spider-Man, Bruno Mars, and Naomi Osaka enter the game in the last few months alone.  And now, Fortnite has a classic gaming figure leaping into the battlefield. Epic Games announced today that it will release the Ezio skin shown in a leak yesterday on Twitter./post/lissandra-s-new-lore-explains-what-happens-when-she-dies-in-a-dream/Sat, 16 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/lissandra-s-new-lore-explains-what-happens-when-she-dies-in-a-dream/ Lissandra’s desire for power brought the beginning of the end to Runeterra. She made a pact with the Watchers to prepare the world for the Void. And in an attempt to stop this take over, she sacrificed her sisters, Avarosa and Serylda, and her people. Unfortunately for her, this was futile. Now, she is bound to appeasing the Watchers through dreams of her being eaten alive.  Riot Games’ latest League of Legends short story, “The Dream Thief”, delves into Lissandra’s life after helping the Watchers bring the Void to Runeterra and encapsulating them in a barrier of True Ice./post/respawn-moved-the-alternator-to-the-care-package-to-shake-up-apex-s-early-game-meta-and-because-no-one-expected-it/Fri, 15 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/respawn-moved-the-alternator-to-the-care-package-to-shake-up-apex-s-early-game-meta-and-because-no-one-expected-it/ Few people expected the Alternator to move into the care package with Apex Legends’ season 10. And although Respawn wanted to shake up the early-game meta, that surprise was one of the reasons why the developers implemented that change, according to game designer Eric Canavese. “One of the big reasons we made that change is because nobody would expect that change,” Canavese told Dot Esports. “It’s a fun and exciting thing to do./post/all-maps-available-in-the-overwatch-2-beta/Thu, 14 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-maps-available-in-the-overwatch-2-beta/ Overwatch 2’s beta test brings with it a mountain of new content for players to try out, including four maps, a hero, and a game mode. Everything has to be updated to the sequel’s new game engine, though, so some parts of the base game haven’t made it to the initial April 26 beta test.  Developers seem to have focused their efforts on the sequel’s massive maps, like New Queen Street and Circuit Royal, as well as updating previous maps with “time shift” makeovers./post/doublelift-on-sneaky-s-departure-from-cloud9-i-just-think-it-s-weird-the-way-they-re-treating-him/Thu, 14 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/doublelift-on-sneaky-s-departure-from-cloud9-i-just-think-it-s-weird-the-way-they-re-treating-him/ Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng and Zachary “Sneaky” Scuderi are two of the most talented veterans in the LCS. Although they’ve constantly been on opposite sides of Summoner’s Rift, the star Team Liquid ADC had plenty of things to say about his counterpart’s situation with Cloud9 during a recent stream. Sneaky recently revealed that he’ll no longer play for C9 in 2020. He said that a few people on the League of Legends roster didn’t like playing with him anymore and that he didn’t want to end up “fighting back [for his] spot against people that didn’t want [him] to be there./post/mtg-bans-7-cards-depicting-racism-from-tournament-play/Wed, 13 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/mtg-bans-7-cards-depicting-racism-from-tournament-play/ Wizards of the Coast revealed today that several racist MTG card images are being removed from the organization’s card-finder site and the cards are also banned from sanctioned tournament play immediately.  An apology was delivered by WotC today, saying that every card printed throughout the history of Magic will be reviewed and that racism has no place in Magic: The Gathering.  There is no place for racism in our game, nor anywhere else./post/sources-mad-lions-reaches-verbal-agreement-with-unforgiven-to-sign-him-as-new-adc-for-2022-lec-season/Mon, 11 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/sources-mad-lions-reaches-verbal-agreement-with-unforgiven-to-sign-him-as-new-adc-for-2022-lec-season/ MAD Lions AD carry Carzzy reportedly decided earlier today to part ways with the League of Legends team and sign with Team Vitality for the next couple of seasons. And MAD Lions has already found his replacement in current SK Gaming Prime bot laner Unforgiven, sources familiar with the decision told Dot Esports. Unforgiven is a Swedish ADC who’s been competing since 2018 on teams like Illuminar Gaming and SK Gaming Prime./post/how-to-unlock-ember-as-a-companion-in-the-elder-scrolls-online-eso/Sun, 10 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-unlock-ember-as-a-companion-in-the-elder-scrolls-online-eso/ The Elder Scrolls Online players are just beginning to set out on their new adventures through High Isle and Amenos with the game’s latest chapter, High Isle. While making their way through the homelands of the Bretons, players will meet an array of interesting characters. Although most of them are locked to quests, the High Isle expansion adds two more names to the MMO’s list of existing Companions, characters that follow players around and assist them in their endeavors./post/everything-to-know-about-the-warriors-collection-event-in-apex-legends/Sat, 09 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/everything-to-know-about-the-warriors-collection-event-in-apex-legends/ The next Apex Legends collection event, Warriors, will arrive on March 29. It’s packed with cosmetics to bring out your inner fighter as you battle for dominance over a new Arena map and the returning Control limited-time mode. The Warriors collection event will run for two weeks, from its start date on March 29 until April 12, and it will feature everything you’ve come to expect from promotional store deals and a new heirloom to free rewards you can snag throughout its runtime./post/ludwig-spends-53-000-on-an-hour-of-gaming-with-shroud-after-streamers-engage-in-bidding-war-during-charity-stream/Sat, 09 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/ludwig-spends-53-000-on-an-hour-of-gaming-with-shroud-after-streamers-engage-in-bidding-war-during-charity-stream/ Twitch streamer Maya has been hosting a charity auction over the last day to raise money for her nonprofit organization Alveus, which plans to build an exotic animal sanctuary and digital education center. Throughout the duration of the stream, Maya raised over $500,000. But one item sold for by far the most: an hour of gaming with popular Twitch streamer Shroud. As soon as “the item” went on auction, it didn’t take long before it reached tens of thousands of dollars./post/best-respawn-gaming-chairs/Fri, 08 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-respawn-gaming-chairs/ Respawn is a relatively young company, but it’s already built a reputation for comfortable products at reasonable prices. The company was founded in 2017 and is part of the HNI corporation that owns several furniture brands, including OFM and Maxon.   Respawn’s gaming chairs are designed for comfort during marathon gaming sessions. Most respawn gaming chairs have a reclining function and are height-adjustable. Many also feature lumbar and neck pillows for added cushioning and support./post/league-fan-uses-morgana-s-voice-lines-to-create-haunting-meme-song-titled-thou-reposted-in-the-wrong-coven/Thu, 07 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/league-fan-uses-morgana-s-voice-lines-to-create-haunting-meme-song-titled-thou-reposted-in-the-wrong-coven/ “Two to the one from the one to the three. Murderer, Kayle, I spit upon thee.” A League of Legends fan brought a hilarious meme song to the Rift today, using Morgana’s voice lines to create “thou reposted in the wrong coven.” While the composition uses the typical “You Reposted In The Wrong Neighborhood” melody as a backtrack, it splices the Fallen’s quips in for an entertainingly terrifying experience. “I have seen thy death,” the song goes./post/5-ways-to-win-more-in-league-of-legends/Wed, 06 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/5-ways-to-win-more-in-league-of-legends/ Written in partnership with Gamer Sensei. With how many moving parts are present in each game of League of Legends, it can be difficult for players to pin down their specific mistakes. The first step to improvement and winning more games is to correctly identify issues, even if they aren’t always the most apparent. If you’re looking to raise your win rate in League, Gamer Sensei has you covered. Here are five ways to win more in League, curated by former Origen, Fnatic, and Ninjas in Pyjamas head coach NicoThePico./post/team-smg-signs-pieliedie-remains-silent-on-ninjaboogie-controversy/Wed, 06 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/team-smg-signs-pieliedie-remains-silent-on-ninjaboogie-controversy/ The 2022 Dota Pro Circuit is entering its final stage with the Summer Tour regional league, and teams who had previously remained silent are all officially announcing their final rosters ahead of their first matches. This includes Team SMG, which amid continued backlash from a previous roster move, signed veteran support player Johan “pieliedie” Åström to complete its lineup.  This move was quietly made prior to the DPC Summer Tour’s roster lock on May 29, with SMG failing to acknowledge pieliedie’s signing until earlier today./post/professor-kukui-furret-walk-and-potential-z-move-references-discovered-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go-datamine/Sun, 03 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/professor-kukui-furret-walk-and-potential-z-move-references-discovered-in-pok%C3%A9mon-go-datamine/ With the backend launch of version 0.235.0, several new bits of text have been discovered that points to upcoming content that might be ready to drop into Pokémon Go, including hints at Z Moves potentially getting some time to shine. In the full teardown of the new build, via datamining group PokeMiners, new text added for the Stufful Community Day scheduled for April 23 includes one specific line that is a direct reference to the Pokémon Professor of the Alola Region, Professor Kukui./post/staff-members-and-players-of-soul-esports-allegedly-unpaid/Sun, 03 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/staff-members-and-players-of-soul-esports-allegedly-unpaid/ Former manager and social mediacoordinator John “mediaBrute”DeHart has made allegations of mismanagement againstformer Soul eSports owner Brian“SixTen” Russell. DeHart claims that he wascheated out of more than $2000 in wages and that the Soul eSportsteam, consisting of Gabriel, Munoz, JuicyFruit and King Nick, werealso never paid their salaries. He has also said that he wassupposed to be flown out to the Summer Qualifier LAN in Burbank,California, but that this promise was never fulfilled./post/anivia-player-creates-army-of-minions-in-league-s-urf-mode/Sat, 02 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/anivia-player-creates-army-of-minions-in-league-s-urf-mode/ There are certain champions that truly show their full potential in League of Legends’ URF mode, and Anivia is one of them. In a clip posted to Reddit by user bcotrim, an Anivia player accumulated at least five waves of minions under one of their mid lane towers by using the Cryophoenix’s ability Crystallize (W), and then releasing them altogether to take down the enemy base.  [URF] Commander Anivia marches his troops through mid from leagueoflegends In normal games, Anivia’s wall lasts for only a short while before melting, which prevents the creation of near-permanent walls in the game./post/the-best-bar-loadout-in-call-of-duty-vanguard/Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-bar-loadout-in-call-of-duty-vanguard/ World War II’s nostalgic selection of guns is on full display in Call of Duty: Vanguard, the 1940s-era first-person shooter from Sledgehammer Games. The full slate of weapons is there in Vanguard, including the BAR. BAR stands for Browning Automatic Rifle, a weapon that was used by American forces during WWII, with other variants of the gun used around the world throughout the 20th century. The BAR is a slow-firing, hard-hitting rifle that’s on the borderline between an assault rifle and light machine gun./post/primeape-banned-from-pok%C3%A9mon-go-battle-league-due-to-move-error/Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/primeape-banned-from-pok%C3%A9mon-go-battle-league-due-to-move-error/ In a new update rolling out to Pokémon Go, there was a short period of time where players could teach Primeape a move it normally wouldn’t be able to learn in the game.  Primeape, a Fighting-type Pokémon known for its speed and physical attack, was one of several Pokémon to receive the ability to learn a new move through the use of TMs. Niantic previously announced Primeape would gain access to Ice Punch, but players could instead teach it the Water-type variant of Weather Ball./post/report-locodoco-was-fired-from-golden-guardians-for-an-inappropriate-comment-toward-riot-staffer/Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/report-locodoco-was-fired-from-golden-guardians-for-an-inappropriate-comment-toward-riot-staffer/ Following the Golden Guardians’ announcement on Friday that Choi “Locodoco” Yoon-seop had been released after only two weeks of competitive play, ESPN reported today that his early termination was caused by an “inappropriate remark” toward a Riot esports employee. The Guardians declined Dot Esports’ request for comment on the story as a part of the team’s policy, but it seemed way too early in the season for any changes in team staff, even if that team is currently the worst in the NA LCS./post/apex-legends-fight-night-event-is-live/Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/apex-legends-fight-night-event-is-live/ Apex Legends is kicking off 2021 with a bang. The Fight Night Collection Event is now live, bringing a new game type, changing the landscape of Olympus with Pathfinder’s Town Takeover, and adding a slew of exclusive cosmetics—including Gibraltar’s heirloom set. The patch didn’t usher in the infamous Caustic buff but instead adjusted the Hemlok and Mastiff, two particularly troublesome weapons in season seven, as well as Horizon and Rampart./post/china-dominates-tft-worlds-day-2-top-8-advance-na-has-shot-at-first-world-championship/Wed, 30 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/china-dominates-tft-worlds-day-2-top-8-advance-na-has-shot-at-first-world-championship/ China had a highlight showing during day two of the Gizmos & Gadgets Teamfight Tactics World Championship today, and North America also carved its spot in the competition tomorrow. Day two featured six games, with eight players advancing to the playoffs. Set 6.5 Sivir Striker and Scrap builds continued to get heavily played during the second day of the Gizmos & GadgetsWorld Championship, along with other comps like Twitch reroll, Tryndamere reroll, Ashe reroll, Arcanist, and Syndicate./post/respawn-rolling-out-fix-for-hit-reg-issues-in-apex-legends/Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/respawn-rolling-out-fix-for-hit-reg-issues-in-apex-legends/ Respawn producer Josh Medina explained today that a fix for hit registration issues plaguing Apex Legends is on the way. So if your bullets are missing their target, you can only blame yourself. Hit reg affects the game’s ability to detect if your bullets are hitting your opponent. While Respawn’s solution was deployed on PC first, it should be “rolling onto consoles” as well. We are rolling out a server fix for Hit Reg issues!/post/league-of-legends-worlds-2019-in-game-event-is-now-live/Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/league-of-legends-worlds-2019-in-game-event-is-now-live/ The 2019 World Championship in-game event has started, giving League of Legends fans access to new skins, icons, tokens, and missions. Riot revealed the in-game event with the 2019 World Championship Event Trailer on the League Esports Twitter today, showcasing all of the new content available from today until Nov. 19. 👀 #Worlds2019 pic.twitter.com/plVqtOiqVq — LoL Esports (@lolesports) September 26, 2019 The Championship Ryze skin is making it’s Summoner’s Rift debut with the event, giving the blue-skinned mage an awesome golden scroll to practice his magic./post/is-hearthstone-pay-to-win/Sat, 26 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/is-hearthstone-pay-to-win/ Game prices usually fluctuate depending on a couple of variables. While the cost of making the game weighs in on the calculation, expansions and regular season passes can drive that price tag up and even beat the title’s base price. Because of that, card games can be costly to keep up with compared to other genres like shooters, MMORPGs, and MOBAs. The prices can serve as a barrier for new players and be an additional factor for existing players to take into account since they’ll also need to keep up with new sets and other new in-game elements./post/fnatic-signs-roej-and-nicoodoz-to-cs-go-roster/Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/fnatic-signs-roej-and-nicoodoz-to-cs-go-roster/ Fnatic has unveiled the addition of roeJ and nicoodoz to its CS:GO roster. Both players have joined the organization from Copenhagen Flames. They made a name for themselves during impressive appearances at recent Majors. Copenhagen Flames made it to playoffs at the PGL Antwerp CS:GO Major and were one game away from doing so at PGL Stockholm Major in 2021. CS:GO Roster Update: We're excited to welcome both @nicoodoz & @roeJcsgo to our Pro Squad, amongst other changes./post/tolarian-community-college-raises-over-100-000-for-trans-lifeline-in-24-hours/Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/tolarian-community-college-raises-over-100-000-for-trans-lifeline-in-24-hours/ Over $100,000 was recently raised for Trans Lifeline in 24 hours thanks to a fundraiser started by Magic: The Gathering YouTube channel Tolarian Community College. Brian Lewis, known as The Professor, started a giveaway yesterday in support of Trans Lifeline, a nonprofit organization that provides support to transgender people in crisis. Want TWO (2) booster boxes of Double Masters? It's the Double Double Masters giveaway! #MTG Just donate in multiples of $4./post/wow-player-finds-new-speed-leveling-route-from-level-10-to-50-in-under-6-hours/Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/wow-player-finds-new-speed-leveling-route-from-level-10-to-50-in-under-6-hours/ Reddit user Harldan has found a new speed leveling route following Blizzard’s recent nerfs to the Warlords of Draenor bonus objectives in the retail version of World of Warcraft. The player discovered an optimized route that can get you to the current max level of 50 in under six hours as long as you follow his video guide by buying the required consumables. While the new route to reach the max level will still require you to go through some Warlords of Draenor content, it won’t keep you there for long./post/best-overwatch-toys-for-2020/Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-overwatch-toys-for-2020/ The Blizzard gear store is filled with quirky and fun Overwatch merch. A significant portion of that merch comes in the form of plushies, figurines, and other toys that are perfect for players of all ages and budgets. If you’re a fan of Overwatch, there’s probably an Overwatch toy for you. Many Overwatch toys exist, but here are some of the best ones that are available right now. Pachimari X Character Plush Pachimari are fictional creatures from the Overwatch universe./post/big-changes-coming-to-adc-in-league/Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/big-changes-coming-to-adc-in-league/ The ADC position is set to receive a boost in the near future, according to Riot’s lead gameplay designer Mark “Scruffy” Yetter. The bot lane has fallen to the wayside in the League of Legends meta, with top, jungle, and mid taking the top spots. To counter this and give power to the position, Riot is targetting core ADC items with buffs. Zeal is getting a three-percent attack speed increase, while Rapid Firecannon, Phantom Dancer, Stattik Shiv, and Runaan’s Hurricane get a five-percent attack speed bonus./post/how-to-beat-leonine-misbegotten-in-elden-ring/Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-beat-leonine-misbegotten-in-elden-ring/ If you’ve just stepped into the Lands Between in Elden Ring, you’ve probably already stumbled upon Leonine Misbegotten. Located at the very bottom of the map Castle Morne Weeping Peninsula, this fight is the perfect challenge for new players and an easy way to get an extra 3,800 runes which early is substantial at this stage of the game. Leonine Misbegotten is a boss fight that players can reach very early in their adventures, making it fairly challenging./post/how-to-summon-the-wither-in-minecraft/Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-summon-the-wither-in-minecraft/ Most people familiar with Minecraft regard the Ender Dragon as the big boss of the game, but the Wither is arguably just as difficult a boss to face, if not more. The Wither also grants a better reward. It’s the only source of nether stars, which can be used to craft beacons, one of the most useful items in the game. Taking on the Wither requires quite a bit of setup, so here’s a full breakdown of how to summon the three-headed boss./post/n0thing-i-think-we-want-to-come-with-a-fire-and-try-to-come-back-to-the-top-spot-in-the-world-this-summer/Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/n0thing-i-think-we-want-to-come-with-a-fire-and-try-to-come-back-to-the-top-spot-in-the-world-this-summer/ Cloud9’s Jordan “n0thing” Gilbert is feeling confident in his team prior to the start of the ECS Season 3 Finals in London this weekend. C9’s form so far in 2017 hasn’t been great, and fans have let the team know about their displeasure on social media. But despite the scrutiny, n0thing believes the team’s resilience and chemistry is enough for them to bounce back into top international contention. In an interview with Dot Esports before the team’s first match against Fnatic tomorrow, n0thing spoke of the intriguing troubles that the team faces this summer./post/you-can-get-a-free-legends-of-runeterra-champion-with-twitch-prime-loot/Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/you-can-get-a-free-legends-of-runeterra-champion-with-twitch-prime-loot/ Legends of Runeterra players can earn three free wildcards via Twitch Prime loot, Riot Games announced today. Riot has officially started gearing up for the official release of LoR with a free champion, epic, and rare wildcard through Twitch Prime.  Connect your Amazon Prime account to unlock ANY Champion in LoR plus two more wildcards and an Expedition draft instantly! Claim here now 👉 https://t.co/G0uJMn1isV The wildcards + an Expedition Token will automatically appear in your inventory./post/how-to-create-linen-in-new-world/Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-create-linen-in-new-world/ The latest MMO developed by Amazon Games Studios, New World, launched its closed beta testing period earlier this week and countless players are scrambling across the world of Aeternum to find resources.  One of the most necessary materials players can craft in New World is linen. Linen, unlike raw materials, is created through the crafting process. Players can refine linen at the Loom Station by way of the Weaving skill. To find the Loom Station, look for the icon on your map that resembles a house with vertical sticks through it./post/golden-guardians-reveals-2022-lcs-academy-roster-featuring-ryoma-violet-iconic-chime-and-tony-top/Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/golden-guardians-reveals-2022-lcs-academy-roster-featuring-ryoma-violet-iconic-chime-and-tony-top/ Golden Guardians has introduced its 2022 LCS Academy roster, featuring a mix of one-time LCS players in former 100 Thieves mid laner Ryoma, as well as 2021 Golden Guardians starters Iconic and Chime. Golden Guardians also made a move to acquire former Evil Geniuses Academy-level top laner Tony Top and former PEACE AD carry Violet out of the Oceania’s LCO.  Violet and Ryoma, two players from Oceania, don’t take up import slots on Golden Guardians’ roster due to a rule change from last season that designates Oceanic players as North American residents./post/how-to-counter-ashe-in-league-of-legends/Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-counter-ashe-in-league-of-legends/ Ashe is one of the most popular bottom laners in League of Legends. Her simplistic kit allows her to provide plenty of vision, slow, and damage for her team. She is one of League’s oldest champions and has maintained her core abilities after all these years, showing how successful she is with minimal changes. While she can carry games with her spammable area-of-effect (AoE) slow and high-speed attacks, she has lots of counters and items to help you keep her in check./post/uzi-retires-from-professional-league-of-legends-due-to-poor-health/Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/uzi-retires-from-professional-league-of-legends-due-to-poor-health/ Former LPL champion and Worlds finalist Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao retired from professional League of Legends today because of injuries and poor health. The 23-year-old has chosen to end his career in light of advice from medical professionals. Over the course of his career, Uzi accumulated pain in his arms, shoulders, and legs. Playing League for hours on end took a toll on his health, preventing him from competing and forcing him to take regular breaks from the game./post/vanessa-revealed-for-king-of-fighters-xv/Mon, 21 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/vanessa-revealed-for-king-of-fighters-xv/ Another week, another King of Fighters XV reveal from SNK after the developers took a week off following Luong’s reveal on June 9.  For the game’s 23rd fighter, Vanessa makes her return to the ring, bringing her boxing-inspired brawler style to the latest installment of the franchise.  As a fighter, Vanessa uses a much more agile variant of traditional boxing that focuses on using powerful punches that are capable of creating air current shots or reflecting projectiles./post/tfue-is-reportedly-suing-faze-clan/Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/tfue-is-reportedly-suing-faze-clan/ One of the most popular Fortnite: Battle Royale streamers in the world is reportedly filing a lawsuit against the esports organization that he’s represented since April 2018. Turner “Tfue” Tenney is suing FaZe Clan, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The report claims that Tfue filed this lawsuit against FaZe Clan today “for allegedly limiting his ability to pursue his profession in violation of California law, passing on a lucrative brand deal because of a conflict of interest and failing to pay him his share of sponsorship earnings./post/twitch-updates-dmca-communication-vod-settings/Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/twitch-updates-dmca-communication-vod-settings/ In an email update, Twitch gave its users notice the platform is updating how it communicates DMCA and copyright detections, as well as how this will affect VOD settings, according to streaming reporter Zach Bussey. DMCA and copyright strikes are among the most prevalent obstacles for creators on Twitch, but the streaming platform has altered methods to protect and notify its users of offenses. Twitch will now send both an email and notification on the actual website if it detects copyrighted audio in any user’s VODs./post/a-random-viewer-has-been-spamming-female-streamer-novaruu-with-strange-unsolicited-voice-messages/Sat, 19 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/a-random-viewer-has-been-spamming-female-streamer-novaruu-with-strange-unsolicited-voice-messages/ Twitch streamer Novaruu showed her viewers a seemingly endless amount of unsolicited Instagram voice messages she’s been receiving from an infatuated fan yesterday. In the first recording that she revealed to her audience, the voice of the male fan is heard saying “So I guess I’m going to be calling you my-.” Novaruu interrupted and said, “this is where ultimate cringe comes up, prepare yourself.” Nova resumed the clip, playing the fan’s voice as he appeared to say “pretty Hebrew princess./post/twitch-streamer-thebausffs-banned-on-league-after-intentionally-feeding-a-game-with-faker/Sat, 19 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/twitch-streamer-thebausffs-banned-on-league-after-intentionally-feeding-a-game-with-faker/ League of Legends Twitch streamer Simon “Thebausffs” Hofverberg has been banned from using his Korean server account after intentionally feeding on Sion in a ranked game with pro superstar Faker. An EU Challenger player for many years, Thebausffs looked to challenge himself by traveling to South Korea on April 1 to see just how good he actually was. The star uses a unique playstyle centered around his Sion play, and wanted to see if it could match against the most competitive online League environment./post/fall-guys-is-getting-an-xtreme-mode-that-removes-respawns/Fri, 18 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/fall-guys-is-getting-an-xtreme-mode-that-removes-respawns/ Mediatonic has done a lot of work on Fall Guys around season 4.5’s launch last week. And now, a hardcore mode is being added to the game that removes the ability to respawn.  Xtreme Fall Guys will only give players one shot to qualify in every round, eliminating them from the lobby if they fail to make the cut.  🔥 Xtreme Fall Guys 🔥 🚫 No respawns 🚫 You fall… you lose 💀/post/how-to-change-your-name-on-twitch/Thu, 17 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-change-your-name-on-twitch/ Most people have probably made a username before only to wish they were able to change it later. Thankfully, on Twitch, you can alter your username after an account has been created. Whether you have an embarrassing username from five years ago or simply misspelled something, here’s how you can go back and change it on Twitch. Previously, if you wanted a new username on Twitch, you’d have to create an entirely new account./post/best-aio-coolers-for-pc/Wed, 16 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-aio-coolers-for-pc/ Water cooling is a viable alternative to air cooling when it comes to regulating the temperature of a PC. Most water cooling systems have better efficiency than air coolers because water is a better heat conductor than air. Water coolers generally have a quieter operation and keep the PC cool regardless of how much heat it’s generating. While custom water cooling options can be expensive and complicated to handle, all-in-one (AIO) coolers are competitively priced and much easier to install./post/the-best-overwatch-mods-for-other-games/Wed, 16 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-overwatch-mods-for-other-games/ After Overwatch fans called on Blizzard Entertainment to release a mod into the game in 2019, the developer finally released the Workshop feature to allow players to create their own game modes, heroes, and more. But not everyone’s main game is Overwatch. Variety is the key to avoid burn-out, and if you want to take the spirit of Overwatch to other games, countless mods wait for you to spice them up./post/valve-shares-details-for-new-battle-pass-adds-winter-seasonal-treasure-in-dota-plus-winter-2021-update/Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/valve-shares-details-for-new-battle-pass-adds-winter-seasonal-treasure-in-dota-plus-winter-2021-update/ Winter is here, which means Dota 2 players have a lot to look forward to, such as new content coming as part of the Dota Plus Winter Update and a new Battle Pass that will launch in the coming weeks.  Just like with every new beginning, Valve is rolling out new content for Dota Plus subscribers, including seasonal treasure, refreshed Guild quests and rewards, and a new music pack.  The Winter 2021 Seasonal Treasure launches alongside the update and is exclusive to Dota Plus members./post/pok%C3%A9mon-ocg-battle-region-secret-rares-have-now-been-revealed/Mon, 14 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/pok%C3%A9mon-ocg-battle-region-secret-rares-have-now-been-revealed/ Pokémon OCG will be getting its latest set, Battle Region, later this week, and ahead of its launch new secret rare cards have begun leaking online. In a post today by PokeBeach curating the leaks, fans can check out all of the rarest cards that will be making their debut this Friday. These include character rares, alongside rainbow rare cards, gold cards, and more. Some of the standout cards include a Gold variant of Hisuian Samurott, rainbow rares of the three Hisuian starter Pokémon’s VSTAR cards, and trainer cards for Cyllene and Kamado, who made their debut in new Nintendo Switch game Pokémon Legends: Arceus./post/special-conditions-in-the-pok%C3%A9mon-trading-card-game-explained/Mon, 14 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/special-conditions-in-the-pok%C3%A9mon-trading-card-game-explained/ The Pokémon Trading Card Game is all about attacking your opponent to knock out all of their Pokémon and win the game. It’s a simple game that almost anyone can pick up, play, and compete in—but there are alternative ways to get a victory. Certain attacks might come with a nasty surprise attached to it in the form of “Special Conditions,” which are status effects that change the condition of a defending Pokémon after an attack./post/best-freesync-monitors-for-gaming/Sun, 13 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-freesync-monitors-for-gaming/ Adaptive sync technology improves the graphics by eliminating stuttering and screen tearing. These issues occur when the GPU outpaces the monitor’s refresh rate. When users activate adaptive sync, the monitor and GPU refresh rates sync to the same speed. The matching refresh rates result in a smoother picture without adding latency. There are two main types of adaptive sync: FreeSync and G-Sync. FreeSync comes from AMD, while G-Sync is Nvidia’s alternative./post/clash-royale-is-getting-a-huge-sale-in-the-slash-royale-event/Sun, 13 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/clash-royale-is-getting-a-huge-sale-in-the-slash-royale-event/ Supercell is dropping a huge event in Clash Royale from Oct. 18 to 26. The Slash Royale event will give players a chance to earn a lot of gold, upgrade cards for reduced costs, and more. Supercell said an event like this has never been seen before in the game’s history. The most exciting part about it is that all card upgrades will cost half of the regular gold price. This is a great opportunity for players to max out their cards./post/annemunition-scared-by-apex-legends-revenant-in-season-4-loading-screen-animation/Sat, 12 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/annemunition-scared-by-apex-legends-revenant-in-season-4-loading-screen-animation/ Apex Legends’ Revenant is a relentless hitman motivated by revenge, but his reign of terror isn’t limited to the Apex universe. One of his animations startled streamer “AnneMunition” mid-stream today, causing her to step away from her chair in fear. Revenant’s loading screen animation makes the character pace around the main menu, looking menacingly at the other side of the screen. If that wasn’t unsettling enough, the legend will actually pounce on the screen if left alone for enough time./post/insidious-god-roll-and-best-perks-in-destiny-2/Sat, 12 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/insidious-god-roll-and-best-perks-in-destiny-2/ Insidious is an Arc pulse rifle and one of six new Legendary weapons players can hunt down within Destiny 2’s Vow of the Disciple raid. Despite an unexceptional first impression in the face of a new Exotic pulse rifle within the same raid, Insidious makes a case for itself through entirely unique perk rolls and the rare Aggressive Burst Frame it exists within. The four-round burst fire was most notorious on the now-sunset Blast Furnace pulse rifle, and Insidious nestles perfectly into the Blast Furnace-shaped hole in every Guardian’s heart./post/trainwreckstv-accused-of-metagaming-in-gta-v-rp-server-nopixel-3-0/Sat, 12 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/trainwreckstv-accused-of-metagaming-in-gta-v-rp-server-nopixel-3-0/ Popular Twitch streamer Trainwreckstv is under fire after being accused of metagaming during a recent stream. In an exchange on the GTA V RP server NoPixel 3.0, Train appeared to have knowledge from other players on the server that he had not directly been a part of. Some of the knowledge that Train gathered had taken other players on the server weeks to learn for themselves. The incident occurred as part of the meth lab story currently unfolding on the server in which a rival gang had located a lab key and discovered how to correctly manufacture the product through research and development./post/best-blue-yeti-gaming-microphones/Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-blue-yeti-gaming-microphones/ Blue has been producing industry-standard USB microphones for streamers and content creators since the earliest days of online video game content creation. The Blue Yeti served as Blue’s flagship microphone, but there’s always room for improvement. Since the original release of the Yeti in 2009, Blue has continued to add new variants to their Yeti product line. Today, there are several different Yeti microphones to choose from, so we made a handy list to help break down the differences between all the options and help you decide which Yeti might be right for your needs./post/riot-previews-changes-to-cloud-and-infernal-rift-will-adjust-several-runes-in-patch-10-12/Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/riot-previews-changes-to-cloud-and-infernal-rift-will-adjust-several-runes-in-patch-10-12/ Last week, Riot Games’ lead gameplay designer Mark “Scruffy” Yetter revealed that the developers were planning to make some changes to multiple systems on Summoner’s Rift. Now, Yetter has provided more details surrounding the adjustments headed to the game for Patch 10.12. Both the Cloud and Infernal Rifts will be getting some interesting additions to their systems. The Cloud Dragon map effect, for example, will now give 35 percent out-of-combat movement speed in wind areas, which could cause teams to prioritize Cloud Dragons for extra roaming power./post/how-to-delete-your-save-data-in-pok%C3%A9mon-legends-arceus/Wed, 09 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-delete-your-save-data-in-pok%C3%A9mon-legends-arceus/ Even with all of the changes to core mechanics that Game Freak made in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, the developers still didn’t give us another save slot to use for multiple playthroughs of the game.  This isn’t anything new, however. Pokémon games have only featured one save slot since Red and Green launched for the Game Boy in 1996. And all that means is that players will once again have to wipe all of their hard-earned progress if they ever want to start fresh and play the game over from the beginning again./post/pokimane-speaks-out-on-twitch-payout-leaks-and-lack-of-diversity/Wed, 09 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/pokimane-speaks-out-on-twitch-payout-leaks-and-lack-of-diversity/ Before playing VALORANT on her Twitch stream yesterday, Pokimane took some time to respond to the Twitch data that was leaked on top streamer payouts earlier on Oct. 6.  On her stream, Pokimane said she wasn’t surprised by the purported highest earners on Twitch, specifically xQc. “It actually makes sense to me that xQc is at the top,” Poki said. “He is who he is, he streams hella long hours, he has made such an xQcL community./post/treyarch-is-remaking-8-classic-zombies-maps-on-black-ops-iii/Tue, 08 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/treyarch-is-remaking-8-classic-zombies-maps-on-black-ops-iii/ The news for Call of Duty zombies fans continues to get even better. Roughly one week after confirming that Nazi Zombies will be returning in Call of Duty: WWII, Treyarch revealed moments ago that it is remaking eight fan-favorite zombies map on Black Ops III. The Zombies Chronicles DLC pack will feature eight maps from Treyarch’s three previous Call of Duty games: World at War, Black Ops, and Black Ops II./post/apex-legends-players-reporting-unwarranted-abandon-penalties-in-arenas-mode-respawn-investigating/Mon, 07 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/apex-legends-players-reporting-unwarranted-abandon-penalties-in-arenas-mode-respawn-investigating/ Numerous Apex Legends players are complaining about unfair abandon penalties in the new Arenas mode, forcing them to sit out of matches for 10 minutes. One of the more recent reports shows a player quitting an Arenas match after both of their teammates left, only to be hit with a 10-minute abandoned game penalty. Another player claimed yesterday that they received a penalty for leaving an Arenas match that was already finished./post/apex-s-control-mode-won-t-be-permanent-for-now-but-may-be-in-the-future/Mon, 07 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/apex-s-control-mode-won-t-be-permanent-for-now-but-may-be-in-the-future/ The upcoming limited-time mode Control will only be in Apex Legends for the first three weeks in the game’s 12th season, but it might end up as a permanent addition to the game depending on the reception from fans. Turning Control into a permanent mode is “something we can explore in the future,” game designer David Swieczko said in a press conference earlier this week. “The decision is to keep it an LTM for now./post/martoz-s-fortnite-settings-and-keybinds/Sun, 06 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/martoz-s-fortnite-settings-and-keybinds/ Manuel “Martoz” Martinez is a professional Fortnite player and a content creator from the Netherlands. Breaking into the higher tiers of Fortnite is a challenging task. Not only do you need skill, you also need a certain level of consistency if you’re looking to stay on top of the ranked ladder. Martos has been around since 2018, but he started gaining more traction in terms of popularity with his Arena content./post/when-does-valorant-launch-for-xbox-game-pass/Sun, 06 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/when-does-valorant-launch-for-xbox-game-pass/ During the Xbox + Bethesda showcase, Xbox announced that it would be partnering with Riot Games to bring a wide range of new content to Game Pass. Announced in a short presentation, Xbox Game Pass stated that League of Legends, VALORANT, Wild Rift, and more will be coming to Game Pass. Not only that, but players will have access to all the characters inside League and Valorant.  Many players are curious when VALORANT and all its champions will be coming to Game Pass./post/is-lost-ark-down-here-s-how-to-check-lost-ark-s-server-status/Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/is-lost-ark-down-here-s-how-to-check-lost-ark-s-server-status/ Lost Ark is finally making its debut in the Western gaming world, which means that the game will operate on a new set of servers to provide a lag-less experience for fans. Considering the initial release hype can draw more players than expected, the game’s servers could start acting up due to the demand. When that’s the case, players will often start receiving connection errors and become unable to log into the game with their characters./post/twitch-streamer-wolfabelle-kills-tree-sentinel-as-a-level-one-wretch-in-elden-ring/Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/twitch-streamer-wolfabelle-kills-tree-sentinel-as-a-level-one-wretch-in-elden-ring/ Popular Twitch streamer Wolfabelle left countless Elden Ring players in awe as she managed to fell the infamous Tree Sentinel as only a level one Wretch. Though she’s mostly known for her Among Us and GTAV role-play content, Wolfabelle has avidly been playing FromSoftware’s latest game, Elden Ring, since its release. Upon starting her journey in the game, the British streamer made the brave choice of selecting Wretch as her class./post/the-legend-of-zelda-majora-s-mask-arrives-in-nintendo-switch-online-expansion-pack-on-feb-25/Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-legend-of-zelda-majora-s-mask-arrives-in-nintendo-switch-online-expansion-pack-on-feb-25/ Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack is set to get a massive new addition next week when the popular Nintendo 64 title The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask arrives on the service. Today Nintendo announced a date for the addition that was first revealed late last month. The game will be available from Friday, Feb. 25 for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack customers. Link is dragged into the world of Termina, where the moon is falling from the sky!/post/dallas-fuel-acquire-closer-from-london-spitfire-for-overwatch-league-season-2/Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/dallas-fuel-acquire-closer-from-london-spitfire-for-overwatch-league-season-2/ The Overwatch League roster move period is in full effect heading into the second season of competition. Dallas Fuel acquired South Korean support Jung “Closer” Won-sik from the London Spitfire earlier today. Closer signed a two-year contract with the Fuel and became Dallas’ first new player for the 2019 season.  📣Please welcome @Closer to the team as he joins us from the @Spitfire!📣 We’re excited to have him join the Fuel and help “close” out more games during the 2019 season./post/game-freak-sheds-light-on-creation-of-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield/Sun, 27 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/game-freak-sheds-light-on-creation-of-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield/ The director and planning director for Pokémon Sword and Shield, Shigeru Omori and Kazumasa Iwao, detailed their experiences while making the games in an article posted to the recruitment website for Game Freak, which was then translated by Nintendo Everything. Pokémon Sword and Shield were the first main-series games released for the Nintendo Switch. Before that, Pokémon fans had to keep themselves entertained with Pokémon Let’s Go! Pikachu and Eevee, two games that were made with the purpose of using the Switch’s motion-sensor Joy-Cons to catch Pokémon in the Kanto remakes./post/googly-moogly-valorant-prime-gaming-item-now-available/Sun, 27 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/googly-moogly-valorant-prime-gaming-item-now-available/ VALORANT players with a Prime Gaming account can now download the latest VALORANT cosmetic item, the Googly Moogly spray.  Players with an Amazon Prime subscription can enjoy in-game items for several games with Prime Gaming. Connecting your account allows you to download exciting cosmetic or in-game currencies for several titles, including VALORANT, League of Legends, Fall Guys, and more. The latest Prime Gaming VALORANT reward is a fun spray that is an excellent addition to any loadout./post/tsm-enters-dota-2-signs-team-undying-to-compete-in-2022-dpc/Sat, 26 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/tsm-enters-dota-2-signs-team-undying-to-compete-in-2022-dpc/ TSM is officially entering Dota 2, signing Team Undying right as the team prepares to compete in the 2022 Dota Pro Circuit Winter Tour Regional Finals. Undying formed as a stack ahead of the 2021 DPC season and quickly became one of North America’s top teams. Under the leadership of veterans MoonMeander and DuBu, the roster competed with the likes of Evil Geniuses and Quincy Crew throughout both regional leagues./post/when-does-resident-evil-re-verse-release/Sat, 26 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/when-does-resident-evil-re-verse-release/ Back in April 21, Resident Evil Re:Verse had an open beta test which, unfortunately for Capcom as well as fans, went through a slew of technical errors with regards to matchmaking. The issues eventually led the company to shut down and repair the servers multiple times. After multiple delays that pushed the title’s release date further back each time, Resident Evil Re:Verse will finally be released on Oct. 28, 2022. Re:Verse’s newest release date was revealed at the Capcom Showcase./post/how-to-get-fortnite-s-galaxy-scout-outfit-and-weapon-wrap-for-free/Fri, 25 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-get-fortnite-s-galaxy-scout-outfit-and-weapon-wrap-for-free/ The new Galaxy Scout skin is coming to Fortnite this weekend and players can earn it for free, according to Epic Games. The skin will be available for purchase when it hits the store at a later time, but Android Fortnite players can earn it for free by playing the game this weekend. Galaxy Scout will be a hot commodity when it hits the game, so Fortnite players will undoubtedly want to add it to their collections as soon as possible./post/what-is-the-battery-life-on-the-macbook-m1-pro-and-macbook-pro-m1-max/Thu, 24 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/what-is-the-battery-life-on-the-macbook-m1-pro-and-macbook-pro-m1-max/ Apple will soon release the latest lineup of MacBook Pro computers, which come equipped with the new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. Here’s what the battery life will look like on both the MacBook M1 Pro and MacBook Pro M1 Max.  MacBook M1 Pro battery life The 14-inch MacBook M1 Pro can handle up to 17 hours of Apple TV app movie playback and 11 hours of wireless web searching, according to Apple./post/where-to-find-a-leaf-stone-in-pok%C3%A9mon-legends-arceus/Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/where-to-find-a-leaf-stone-in-pok%C3%A9mon-legends-arceus/ Certain items won’t be used much in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, and that includes some of the evolution items that are only present in the game to evolve one or two species of Pokémon. Evolution Stones are still fairly rare in the game, and some will be used more than others. For example, the Leaf Stone is used as one method to evolve Eevee into Leafeon, along with the sole way to evolve the newly introduce Electric/Grass-type Hisuian Voltorb into Hisuian Electrode./post/how-drafting-works-for-mtg-commander-legends-battle-for-baldur-s-gate/Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-drafting-works-for-mtg-commander-legends-battle-for-baldur-s-gate/ Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate is a unique release on Magic: The Gathering’s 2022 calendar as a Commander-focused set designed to be drafted. As a follow-up to Commander Legends in 2020, Battle for Baldur’s Gate brings Limited gameplay to Magic’s multiplayer format. This comes with several key rule changes to make four-player Commander work as a draft format. Instead of 100-card decks, players will build 60-card decks built around a legendary creature that’s designated as your commander./post/how-to-complete-zombies-coffin-dance-easter-egg-on-die-maschine-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war/Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-complete-zombies-coffin-dance-easter-egg-on-die-maschine-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war/ Though each Call of Duty title takes pride in its robust multiplayer mode, there will always be Zombies mode enthusiasts looking for the next challenge with each game release. Starting with World at War in 2009, the Zombies game mode has become a staple part of the franchise. It’s the perfect getaway for players looking to take a break from the competitive environment of the game or those who want to prove themselves against the artificial intelligence of CoD developers./post/the-best-iphone-power-banks/Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-iphone-power-banks/ Even though the current generation of iPhone boasts some of Apple’s best battery life to date, some users still want more—especially mobile gamers. Titles like Pokemon Go prove battery demanding, so being prepared with a portable power bank is a great way to mitigate against performance-intensive applications whenever you’re on the go. This round-up is also great for users who are frequently out the door and don’t have the luxury of locating the nearest power outlet and charging up./post/here-are-our-picks-for-the-group-of-death-and-group-of-life-at-worlds-2020/Sun, 20 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/here-are-our-picks-for-the-group-of-death-and-group-of-life-at-worlds-2020/ The 2020 League of Legends World Championship group stage has almost been set, and after the recent group draw, you’re either celebrating or lamenting where your favorite team has been placed. As always, there is a group made up of some of the best teams in the tournament in what is usually known as the Group of Death. On the other hand, there is also a collection of teams that make up the much more forgiving Group of Life./post/how-to-take-a-screenshot-on-xbox-series-x-and-s/Sun, 20 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-take-a-screenshot-on-xbox-series-x-and-s/ No matter how good you’re at a game, it’ll always be challenging to convince your friends of your skill level. The closer they are to you as friends, the more proof they’ll need to believe your immense gaming abilities. While your legendary tales may do the trick for a while, most people prefer visual proof as confirmation. Sending them a clip of your gameplay will work, but recording and sending it will take significantly more time than simply sharing a screenshot of a scoreboard./post/best-mechanical-keyboard-switch-types/Sat, 19 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-mechanical-keyboard-switch-types/ Mechanical keyboards are the most common keyboard for general use and gaming due to their speed and reliability. Being faster and more reliable than membrane keyboards makes mechanical switches more appealing to gamers. Mechanical keyboards last longer and are often rated for more keystrokes. There are also a variety of mechanical switch options from several manufacturers. Beyond the keycaps and body, the switches are what make keyboards stand out from one another./post/regieleci-and-regidraco-are-the-new-regi-pok%C3%A9mon-in-sword-and-shield-s-crown-tundra-dlc/Sat, 19 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/regieleci-and-regidraco-are-the-new-regi-pok%C3%A9mon-in-sword-and-shield-s-crown-tundra-dlc/ A bunch of new information on the upcoming DLC packs for Pokémon Sword and Shield has just swamped the internet, bringing with it new Pokémon, names, and features that trainers can expect over the coming months. Of all that new information, fans finally have the Japanese names for the two new Regi Pokémon joining the family of Regirock, Registeel, and Regice later this year when The Crown Tundra is released. These Pokémon are known as Regidraco and Regeleci, Dragon and Electric-types, respectively./post/san-francisco-shock-tank-smurf-announces-2022-free-agency/Sat, 19 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/san-francisco-shock-tank-smurf-announces-2022-free-agency/ Even two-time championship teams aren’t immune from the effects of free agency during the Overwatch League offseason.   San Francisco Shock main tank Yoo “Smurf” Myeong-hwan has announced his entry into free agency heading into the 2022 season. He clarified by saying he’s still under contract with the Shock, at least for the time being, but is allowed to “look for other options.”  Smurf has been a core part of the Shock roster since late 2018 and was a critical part of both of the team’s Overwatch League championship wins in 2019 and 2020./post/respawn-investigating-apex-server-issues-following-evolution-s-launch-with-patch-10-1/Fri, 18 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/respawn-investigating-apex-server-issues-following-evolution-s-launch-with-patch-10-1/ Apex Legends‘ Evolution collection event is now live—well, sort of. Numerous Apex players are reporting issues hopping into the battle royale following today’s Patch 10.1, with an “unable to connect to EA Servers” error cropping up in the loading screen. Respawn is “currently investigating” the issue. Looks like Rampart got to tinkering early🔧… We're currently investigating an issue causing @playapex players to not be able to load into a lobby after updating to the 10./post/arcane-character-design-nominated-for-annie-award/Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/arcane-character-design-nominated-for-annie-award/ Arcane, Riot Games’ hit Netflix animated series, has been nominated for an ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Award in the Best Character Design in TV and Media category. Arcane‘s second episode, “Some Mysteries Better Left Unsolved,” has been the episode highlighted for the award, with Evan Monteiro’s character designs being placed at the forefront of the Character nomination. Monteiro has been highlighted because of his excellent work on three particular characters: Mel Medarda, Shoola, and Viktor, all of which made their debut in the second episode of the series./post/how-to-catch-galarian-articuno-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield-s-the-crown-tundra-expansion/Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-catch-galarian-articuno-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield-s-the-crown-tundra-expansion/ The icy landscape of Pokémon Sword and Shield’s The Crown Tundra expansion is teeming with powerful, legendary Pokémon. But some of the new legends are a little more interactive than the rest.  Galarian Articuno is one big troll, using its newly acquired Psychic-typing to play tricks on you if you try to approach it—and to launch devastating attacks in battle. But it still manages to look extremely classy while doing so./post/disguised-toast-temporarily-banned-on-twitch/Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/disguised-toast-temporarily-banned-on-twitch/ Twitch banned popular streamer Disguised Toast from the platform yesterday for “unmoderated hateful conduct,” the streamer shared on Twitter. Although Twitch doesn’t point to specific reasons for bans, Disguised Toast said he believes the ban is because of an old Twitch clip he watched during a recent stream that includes a slur. Twitch also did not give an exact time frame for the ban. Got a temp ban from Twitch./post/valve-will-replace-its-awful-baby-roshan-statues-from-last-year-s-battle-pass/Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/valve-will-replace-its-awful-baby-roshan-statues-from-last-year-s-battle-pass/ Dota 2 fans have started to receive the baby Roshan figures promised with The International 7 Battle Pass—but the figures look like something you’d get from a McDonald’s happy meal than a level 2,000 reward. Fans immediately hit Reddit with photos of their baby Roshan statues. And yep, they’re as bad as you might have imagined. Valve promised this: But fans got this: Yikes. Related: Battle Pass owners will get a miniature Roshan figurine if they reach level 2,000/post/the-12-rarest-dances-and-emotes-in-fortnite/Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-12-rarest-dances-and-emotes-in-fortnite/ Skin-based monetization systems existed long before Fortnite: Battle Royale was launched, but it’s almost impossible to deny its influence to turn the game into a mainstream entity. Epic Games found the ultimate formula in skins, harvesting tools, back blings, emotes, gliders, and finally dances. All of these items allow players to show off their personality and sense of style in Fortnite, mostly after they outplay another opponent. While the developer started off slow with the cosmetics around the game’s launch, it has turned into a skin-manufacturing powerhouse over the years./post/how-to-bunny-hop-in-valorant/Sat, 12 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-bunny-hop-in-valorant/ If you’ve played Counter-Strike, you’ve dabbled in Quake, or you’ve tried Apex Legends out for size, you should be at home with bunny hopping. Bunny hopping is all about gaining velocity and using air-strafing to travel from one location to another. Some games actively discourage it, like Call of Duty. But others, like VALORANT, embrace it. But how exactly do you bunny hop? Practice makes perfect when it comes to learning the art of bunny hopping./post/how-to-complete-player-moments-sa%C3%BAl-sbc-in-fifa-21-ultimate-team/Fri, 11 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-complete-player-moments-sa%C3%BAl-sbc-in-fifa-21-ultimate-team/ EA Sports introduced a 90-rated Player Moments version of Saúl Ñíguez from Atlético de Madrid to FIFA 21 Ultimate Team today. It can be obtained by completing a set of squad-building challenges (SBC). This is Saúl’s first special card in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team. Player Moments cards are used to celebrate a special match or season that a specific player had in the past. EA created this Player Moments card to celebrate his amazing solo goal against Bayern in the UCL 2015-2016 season./post/how-to-get-royal-lunatender-minion-in-final-fantasy-xiv/Fri, 11 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-get-royal-lunatender-minion-in-final-fantasy-xiv/ Aliens have invaded Final Fantasy XIV with the latest expansion, Endwalker. The Lunatenders, those peculiar sticks that wander in Mare Lamentorum, are among them. Players who like these creatures can get them to accompany them through their adventures as minions. There are two Lunatender minions: the Prince and the Royal ones. While the Prince Lunatender is blue, the Royal one has golden skin. Both minions can be bought from the Market Board or traded and are random loot from activities, so they can be a hassle to get if you’re unlucky./post/t1-parts-ways-with-canna-following-contract-dispute/Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/t1-parts-ways-with-canna-following-contract-dispute/ After a tumultuous few weeks, T1 and Kim “Canna” Chang-dong have gone their separate ways, ending a short-lived contract dispute between the League of Legends team and the player. The top laner, who occupied a starting role throughout the better part of the year, had signed a two-year contract with T1 in 2020 and was due to re-negotiate his salary leading into the next season.  A verbal agreement between Canna and the former COO of T1, John Kim, who died on July 16, had promised that if both parties failed to come to an agreement regarding salary, the player would be released from the team as a free agent./post/when-does-the-contract-release-in-gta-online/Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/when-does-the-contract-release-in-gta-online/ GTA V‘s three endings were all fulfilling in their own ways. Regardless of their choice, in the end, players had no way of knowing what Michael, Franklin, and Trevor were up to after settling into their new lives after the finale. The Contract, GTA Online’s next expansion—initially teased in 2013—features new story missions, radio stations, music. There are also collaborations with celebrities like Dr. Dre. Considering Rockstar dropped the ball with Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition‘s release, it can use this chance to redeem itself by delivering yet another classic experience./post/best-cards-to-pull-from-pok%C3%A9mon-tcg-celebrations/Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-cards-to-pull-from-pok%C3%A9mon-tcg-celebrations/ Pokémon TCG Celebrations is here, along with a variety of new cards and remade classic cards that are sure to complete any collection. The set launched in stores earlier today on Oct. 8. Since then, cards have started to appear on resale sites for some decent sums of money. While most of the cards have high value given their recent release, some are excelling above others on the aftermarket. If you’re collecting or looking to purchase cards with the hopes of flipping them for a profit then here are the cards within Celebrations that are going to be your biggest earners./post/is-mtg-arena-down-here-s-how-to-check-magic-the-gathering-arena-server-status/Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/is-mtg-arena-down-here-s-how-to-check-magic-the-gathering-arena-server-status/ Magic: The Gathering Arena is an excellent way to experience the classic Magic gameplay on a digital platform. Cards come to life with special animations that make every duel intense as players defeat their opponents by overwhelming them with creatures or outsmarting them with spells. Sometimes, connection issues can ruin the fun, which is devastating when it occurs during close matches. Checking the MTG Arena server status is simple and can help you understand if the connection issues are on your end or are widespread./post/peelable-ditto-gimmick-added-to-pok%C3%A9mon-go-tcg-special-set/Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/peelable-ditto-gimmick-added-to-pok%C3%A9mon-go-tcg-special-set/ Players don’t have to wait much longer for the first Pokémon Go and Pokémon TCG collaboration special set products to start dropping on July 1. And while the entire collection is adding new content to the TCG, a new mechanic will also be introduced for the first time.  With the newest card reveal, The Pokémon Company showed off a new Ditto card that will be included in the set. But just like in Pokémon Go, you won’t always know the Pokémon you see is a Ditto at first glance./post/bungie-s-destiny-2-showcase-for-the-witch-queen-how-to-watch-and-what-to-expect/Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/bungie-s-destiny-2-showcase-for-the-witch-queen-how-to-watch-and-what-to-expect/ Anticipation is building towards the next big Destiny 2 expansion, The Witch Queen. The game’s sixth expansion will release sometime in early 2022 as part of Year Five of Destiny 2‘s long content roadmap. The next expansion will focus on its namesake, Savathûn the Witch Queen; the Hive god sister of Xivu Arath, God of War and Oryx, the Taken King. Guardians got their first glimpse of Savathûn for the first time on Twitter, via a teaser for the Aug./post/shroud-comes-to-save-xqc-during-twitch-rivals-rust-event/Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/shroud-comes-to-save-xqc-during-twitch-rivals-rust-event/ During a massive Twitch Rivals Rust event featuring countless prominent streamers, xQc was unexpectedly rescued by FPS legend Shroud. Several hours into the Rust event, xQc found himself in a rough spot. The French-Canadian streamer had gotten in a one-vs-one gunfight with an unknown adversary. Though he landed his initial shots, xQc’s Winston aim from his Overwatch League days reared its head. After missing a wide spread of shots, xQc sustained a serious blow and dropped from full health to barely clinging on at nine health./post/thorin-inven-ama-march-7th-8th-2015/Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/thorin-inven-ama-march-7th-8th-2015/ Over the weekend, I took part in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) thread on inven, a Korean esports community website.  Since I had to have the questions translated into English and my answers were sent in English to Bnununu, star translator for OnGameNet, who performed the translation, I decided to publish an English translation of the AMA here.  My opening statement Hello inven,   My gaming id is Thorin and I’ve been working in the field of esports journalism since 2001./post/gambit-esports-creates-new-logo-as-part-of-rebrand/Sun, 06 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/gambit-esports-creates-new-logo-as-part-of-rebrand/ Russian organization Gambit Esports has a new logo as part of an overhaul to its entire brand identity. Gambit hired Russian sports design studio Quberten for the visual change. The previous logo was a red shield-shaped icon with a star inside. Now, the shield resembles the letter G accompanied by the name of the organization with a matching font. The branding of Gambit had to be changed because it “contained a number of serious problems,” including the “chaotic construction of the logo” and “the absence of the author’s star and shield,” according to Quberten’s case study./post/the-best-cards-to-pull-from-yu-gi-oh-ghosts-from-the-past/Sun, 06 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-cards-to-pull-from-yu-gi-oh-ghosts-from-the-past/ The new reprint set for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, Ghosts From the Past, is now available in stores, which means players are going to be digging through the shiny packs for all the chase cards Konami has printed.  The main cards collectors are aiming for will be the new Ghost Rare Monsters that are going to be evading most eager customers. But the best part of Ghosts From the Past is all the new cards being printed for the first time from the OCG, or getting much-needed reprints to bring prices down for some sought after cards./post/the-best-mirage-skins-in-apex-legends/Sun, 06 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-mirage-skins-in-apex-legends/ There’s nothing wrong with lookin’ good in the ring—or at least, that’s what Mirage always says. As one of Apex Legends’ original eight legends, Mirage has a ton of skins at his disposal. Some are highly sought-after for their rarity, while others stand out simply for their unique designs. Whatever type of design you prefer—whether it be the flashy, colorful options or the ones with more muted subtleties—there’s a skin out there for every Mirage main./post/this-is-how-you-change-fov-in-pubg/Sun, 06 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/this-is-how-you-change-fov-in-pubg/ First-person perspective games have been a huge hit ever since they were added into PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and rightfully so. The perspective takes away corner camping and rewards skill along with a solid combination of patience and aggression. A key factor in any first person game on the PC is Field of View. This setting, otherwise known as FOV, changes how much can be seen from first person perspective. Here’s how you change the FOV in PUBG./post/photos-reveal-details-of-blizzcon-2013-cosby-suite-group-chat-where-blizzard-developers-discussed-recruiting-women-for-sexual-favors/Sat, 05 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/photos-reveal-details-of-blizzcon-2013-cosby-suite-group-chat-where-blizzard-developers-discussed-recruiting-women-for-sexual-favors/ A series of photos and text screenshots obtained and published by Kotaku today revealed new details around a BlizzCon 2013 hotel room and group chat, where at least five current and former Blizzard Entertainment senior level developers seemingly discussed plans to recruit female employees and other women for sexual favors. The hotel suite, nicknamed the “Cosby Suite,” was first revealed in a lawsuit brought against Activision Blizzard for gender discrimination on July 21 by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing./post/all-mounted-turret-locations-in-fortnite/Fri, 04 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/all-mounted-turret-locations-in-fortnite/ Fortnite is gearing up to end the current season with a live event in a little over a week. As we head toward that event, many players are finishing up the weekly challenges in Chapter Three, season two. One of the challenges asks players to do 1,200 damage to a vehicle with a Mounted Turret, and the first thing players need to do is figure out where all the Mounted Turrets are located./post/where-to-find-all-the-evolution-stones-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield/Fri, 04 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/where-to-find-all-the-evolution-stones-in-pok%C3%A9mon-sword-and-shield/ There are dozens of Pokémon that evolve through the use of special stones, but collecting those stones is sometimes a big chore since you can’t normally buy them all in a Poké Mart.  But Sword and Shield have left many of those precious stones just sitting in the Wild Area, ready to be collected by players who are willing to explore the entire thing and come back from time to time./post/how-to-watch-the-call-of-duty-warzone-toronto-ultra-25k-payout-tournament/Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-watch-the-call-of-duty-warzone-toronto-ultra-25k-payout-tournament/ The Toronto Ultra are back again with another community tournament in Call of Duty: Warzone. The $25K Payout tournament returns for a second run, this time featuring duos of Warzone pros and content creators dropping in for the big prize pool on a Monday afternoon. The full list of competitors is still being confirmed, but with $25,000 on the line, it’s a safe bet that the top Warzone players will be finding their way online for the competition./post/league-player-makes-adorable-crochet-jinx-for-sale/Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/league-player-makes-adorable-crochet-jinx-for-sale/ GuelHandmade, a Philippines-based Etsy shop, has created an adorable crochet Jinx doll inspired by the League of Legends character’s look in Arcane, Riot’s animated Netflix series. After her breakout as the leading lady in Arcane, Jinx has become one of the faces of the League franchise with many starting to show their love for the loose cannon champion. She’s become the inspiration for many projects, one of which is a handmade eight-inch crochet doll./post/pok%C3%A9mon-25-the-album-revealed-following-the-p25-music-post-malone-virtual-concert/Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/pok%C3%A9mon-25-the-album-revealed-following-the-p25-music-post-malone-virtual-concert/ During the Pokémon Day 25th Anniversary virtual concert featuring Post Malone, The Pokémon Company provided more details about its upcoming music program: P25 Music. P25 Music is a program in partnership with the Universal Music Group that will have multiple high-profile musical artists working with The Pokémon Company throughout the year.  Along with Post Malone, fans already knew that Katy Perry was also included in this project thanks to an earlier announcement that revealed the P25 Music program was in the works./post/the-best-samira-builds-in-tft-set-4-5-patch-11-2/Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-samira-builds-in-tft-set-4-5-patch-11-2/ With the introduction of Set 4.5, League of Legends‘ very own Desert Rose joined Teamfight Tactics‘ cast of champions and immediately became a game-changing powerhouse of a unit. Samira is the cornerstone of many high-level compositions and game plans, and as such, will need to be added to any TFT player’s arsenal of tactics if they aim to be the best. Abilities Samira’s basic attacks deal 65/117/211 damage at one-star, two-star and then three-star respectively, making her one of the deadliest on-hit champs in the game/post/qiyana-league-s-newest-champion-releases-on-june-28/Wed, 02 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/qiyana-league-s-newest-champion-releases-on-june-28/ While the hype around League has revolved around Teamfight Tactics for the past two weeks, the game’s newest champion, Qiyana, will be released on June 28. This comes three days after the release of Patch 9.13, the biggest patch League has seen for quite some time.  The AD assassin should shake up the meta by providing a bunch of utility with invisibility, slows, and stuns. Using the elements to empower her basic abilities, Qiyana will be incredibly powerful in river skirmishes, where she can use all the elements on the map effectively in her combos./post/mousesports-rebrands-to-mouz-unveils-new-logo/Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/mousesports-rebrands-to-mouz-unveils-new-logo/ The old mousesports that we knew is now gone. The German esports organization is now called MOUZ and has a new logo, moving away from the classic, iconic symbol that was around since the org was created in 2002. The reason for changing the logo is because fans were unable to define it, even though it was famous in the world of esports, according to MOUZ’s official announcement. The old logo mimicked the head of a mouse, while also standing for the palm of a player touching a mouse./post/mtg-the-world-tree-powers-gods-onto-battlefield-in-kaldheim/Sun, 30 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/mtg-the-world-tree-powers-gods-onto-battlefield-in-kaldheim/ Five-color decks in Magic: The Gathering running Gods received a buff today via The World Tree, a Kaldheim mana ramp land.  Wizards of the Coast kicked off Kaldheim (KHM) spoilers yesterday with the reveal of a World Tree, connecting the 10 realms of the plane together. Each of the realms contains a creature type and features a dual-color pair. The World Tree, binding all the realms and colors, is a non-legendary land revealed during today’s KHM spoilers./post/twitch-s-not-interested-button-reportedly-not-available-on-promoted-streams/Sun, 30 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/twitch-s-not-interested-button-reportedly-not-available-on-promoted-streams/ Twitch’s solution to the “hot tub meta” on the platform has itself become the target of criticism after users found out that it was not available on promoted streams. In a post to Twitter, one Twitch user claims that the “not interested” option could not be selected with streams boosted to the front page. Twitch recommended users to employ this alternative to help the algorithm filter out content they did not want to see./post/how-to-level-your-companion-in-the-elder-scrolls-online-eso/Sat, 29 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-level-your-companion-in-the-elder-scrolls-online-eso/ Elder Scrolls Online‘s Blackwood expansion brought in two Companions to the game, Bastian Hallix and Mirri Elendis. They act like the followers you’d expect from Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, though, with less dying to environmental traps. The High Isle expansion added two more to the mix: the Breton Templar Isobel Veloise and the Khajiit Sorcerer Ember. Companions have their own set of skills and can equip specific gear, which differs from the normal player gear./post/season-one-of-apex-legends-might-start-on-march-12/Sat, 29 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/season-one-of-apex-legends-might-start-on-march-12/ There’s a lot to look forward to if you’re an Apex Legends fan. From potentially five new Legends that were discovered by leakers to the upcoming battle pass, it’s going to be a busy spring for Apex players. With so much new content on the horizon for the battle royale, when can players expect to get their hands on it? As of now, Respawn Entertainment has not issued an official start date for the battle pass—or season one of Apex./post/urgot-s-rework-revealed-and-it-s-absolutely-terrifying/Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/urgot-s-rework-revealed-and-it-s-absolutely-terrifying/ Urgot’s major champion update has finally been revealed, and you may now say hello to the new scariest champion in League of Legends. Urgot, the Dreadnought, is terrifying for several reasons. First and foremost—he is getting the game’s first ever instant-kill ability. That’s pretty as much as scary as it gets, but let’s get into the full details of the new Urgod anyway to make sure we’re all as horrified as we can be./post/yaboidre-steps-down-from-luminosity-is-open-to-offers/Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/yaboidre-steps-down-from-luminosity-is-open-to-offers/ North American pro Diondre “YaBoiDre” Bond has made it public today that he’s a restricted free agent in VALORANT and will no longer be a part of Luminosity Gaming’s active lineup. YaBoiDre, a former PUBG pro, switched to Riot Games’ FPS in April 2020 and had been playing for Luminosity since February 2021, when the organization acquired him from beastcoast. Over the last seven months, he became one of the best players on the squad but wasn’t able to help them qualify for VCT Masters international events or VALORANT Champions./post/tenz-on-playing-with-sentinels-i-don-t-feel-obligated-to-make-superstar-plays-and-try-to-be-a-hero-every-round/Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/tenz-on-playing-with-sentinels-i-don-t-feel-obligated-to-make-superstar-plays-and-try-to-be-a-hero-every-round/ Tyson “TenZ” Ngo went from a last-minute sub to a first-place finisher in the VALORANT Champions Tour NA Masters One event. And for TenZ, it “feels amazing to win.” The 19-year-old discussed his experience competing with Sentinels during a virtual press conference today, explaining how it felt to be a part of the winning team. What was the main difference for @TenZOfficial on playing with @Sentinels vs. Cloud9? "I don't feel obligated to make superstar plays and try to be the hero every round./post/respawn-confirms-all-3-maps-will-be-in-pubs-rotation-for-apex-s-season-10/Mon, 24 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/respawn-confirms-all-3-maps-will-be-in-pubs-rotation-for-apex-s-season-10/ All three maps in Apex Legends will be in the quickplay rotation during the game’s next season, Respawn developers confirmed today. This marks the first time that players will be able to alternate between the three maps since Olympus launched. The change does not affect the competitive mode, however. Olympus, Apex‘s third map, debuted in season seven and its arrival caused Respawn to vault one map each season. Kings Canyon and World’s Edge alternated their absences based on which one would be in the ranked split./post/stpeach-receives-another-twitch-ban-following-suspension-last-month/Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/stpeach-receives-another-twitch-ban-following-suspension-last-month/ Streamer STPeach has been banned on Twitch once again. No reason for the ban, which follows a suspension she received from the streaming platform early last month, has been announced yet. Automated Twitter account StreamerBans (which is not affiliated with Twitch in any way) posted today that STPeach is banned from the platform. It’s still unclear why she received the ban and how long it will last. ❌ Twitch Partner "/post/who-won-minecraft-championships-mcc-16-results-final-standings-scores/Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/who-won-minecraft-championships-mcc-16-results-final-standings-scores/ The 16th installment of the Minecraft Championships (MCC) brought together a group of famous streamers and content creators for a chance at the championship title. There are no cash prizes or big trophies: only bragging rights are on the line. Over the course of two hours, players engaged in eight rounds of various games, all decided by chance and those taking part, alongside their fans. Ten teams of four needed to rely on all their knowledge of the game and skills for a chance at scoring points./post/day-one-apex-players-may-receive-heirlooms-in-season-13-according-to-fan-calculations/Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/day-one-apex-players-may-receive-heirlooms-in-season-13-according-to-fan-calculations/ If you’ve been playing Apex Legends since its release and have diligently completed all of the battle passes, you might be in for a mythic-level treat in season 13. Players who have been playing since the game launched and who have participated in all of the events and battle passes might be able to expect that coveted 500th Apex Pack in the upcoming season, according to Reddit user anthonyplay, who posed a lengthy explanation to the Apex subreddit./post/how-to-catch-the-mythic-goldfish-in-fortnite-chapter-2/Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-catch-the-mythic-goldfish-in-fortnite-chapter-2/ The Mythic Goldfish is a legendary fish added in Fortnite Chapter 2 that is essential for completing certain tasks in the game. There are three achievements that require the use of a Fortnite mythic goldfish, which makes it a must-have for those who want to level up their battle bass quickly. These include: No one will believe you caught this – Caught a Mythic Goldfish (1)Sleep with the Fishes – Eliminated by a Mythic Goldfish (1)Trophy Hunter – Eliminated an opponent with a Mythic Goldfish (1) How do you get it?/post/new-overwatch-short-story-valkyrie-puts-mercy-in-the-spotlight/Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/new-overwatch-short-story-valkyrie-puts-mercy-in-the-spotlight/ This article is brought to you by StatBanana, the best Overwatch strategy tool. A new Overwatch short story was released today and it stars none other than everyone’s favorite flying doctor, Mercy. The story is just over 20 pages and it’s told from Mercy’s perspective as she works at an aid camp in Cairo, Egypt. It also features appearances from Soldier: 76 and Ana. Confront the past. In VALKYRIE, a new Overwatch short story, Mercy wrestles with whether she should join the fight again./post/when-will-brawl-stars-season-5-end/Sat, 22 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/when-will-brawl-stars-season-5-end/ Brawl Stars’ season five is called Starr Force. It’s introduced a new chromatic Brawler called Colonel Ruffs to the game. Colonel Ruffs can be unlocked by reaching tier 30 of the brawl pass. His main attack fires two parallel lasers that bounce off walls. His Super Ability, on the other hand, calls in a supply drop that damages enemies and leaves behind a buff. This can be picked up by ally Brawlers and increases their health and damage./post/3-underrated-heroes-to-pick-for-your-next-aghanim-s-labyrinth-run/Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/3-underrated-heroes-to-pick-for-your-next-aghanim-s-labyrinth-run/ Aghanim’s Labyrinth has proven to be a breath of fresh air with a roguelike twist on Dota 2’s usual Battle Pass events, making every run distinct.  Players can seem fixated on their standard picks, however. While heroes like Winter Wyvern and Sniper remain some of the best damage dealers in the game, Wyvern can feel locked into his Arctic Breath Shards, while Sniper’s skill tree is decidedly less interesting than most of the hero pool./post/world-of-warcraft-sanctum-of-domination-raid-release-schedule/Wed, 19 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/world-of-warcraft-sanctum-of-domination-raid-release-schedule/ World of Warcraft’s latest expansion, Shadowlands, launched with the longest initial patch in the game’s history. But new content, including the raid “Sanctum of Domination,” is just around the corner. Patch 9.1 releases next week on Tuesday, June 29. Sanctum of Domination, however, won’t immediately be available.  The first week of the patch will serve as an offseason of sorts as people get introduced to a new zone, Korthia, City of Secrets, and work to earn flying in the Shadowlands./post/pok%C3%A9mon-go-subreddit-goes-private-to-protest-reddit-s-inaction-toward-spread-of-misinformation-related-to-covid/Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/pok%C3%A9mon-go-subreddit-goes-private-to-protest-reddit-s-inaction-toward-spread-of-misinformation-related-to-covid/ The Pokémon Go subreddit has switched itself to private in the wake of the spread of COVID-19 misinformation and Reddit’s lackluster response. When pandemic discussions increased on the subreddit, users from conspiracy-minded subreddits like NoNewNormal and (the aptly-named) Conspiracy entered the conversation, turning the discussion away from Pokémon Go and toward false information about the virus, vaccines, and the pandemic as a whole, Kotaku reports. As a result of this increase in conspiracy theories and incorrect information, the Pokémon Go subreddit turned itself to private in protest./post/keycap-pullers-what-they-are-and-why-you-might-want-one/Sun, 16 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/keycap-pullers-what-they-are-and-why-you-might-want-one/ Mechanical keyboards open a new world of customization, allowing users to fine-tune their keyboards to their liking. Most mechanical keyboards let users swap their keycaps to customize the look and feel of the board, while others take it a step further and let them change the key switches themselves.  The first step for most mechanical keyboard owners is usually swapping their keycaps, which is relatively easy. Using a keycap puller makes this process easier and is an excellent tool that you should consider purchasing./post/the-best-arcane-mage-talents-and-build-in-wow-shadowlands/Sun, 16 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-arcane-mage-talents-and-build-in-wow-shadowlands/ Mages are one of the most popular classes in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands in both player-versus-player (PvP) and player-versus-environment (PvE) encounters. While Fire is the more preferred specialization compared to Frost or Arcane, the other two are still good in certain encounters. In PvP, Arcane Mages are one of the most mobile casters using their tools such as Shimmer, Alter Time, and Chrono Shift. In PvE, they provide a good mix of single-target and area-of-effect damage./post/where-to-find-the-monarch-level-up-token-east-of-greasy-grove-in-fortnite/Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/where-to-find-the-monarch-level-up-token-east-of-greasy-grove-in-fortnite/ The latest Fortnite update introduced the Monarch quest line, which requires players to travel all around the map to pick up collectible tokens. While players are familiar with similar challenges, the brief descriptions on the quest may make it difficult for players to complete them. Since these Monarch Level Up Tokens are placed on unmarked parts of the map, you’ll need to know where exactly they are to avoid wasting time./post/best-games-to-play-on-xbox-series-x-s/Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/best-games-to-play-on-xbox-series-x-s/ The Xbox Series X and Series S, which are part of the fourth generation of the Xbox console family and the ninth generation of video game consoles, are pushing the boundaries of modern gaming to new limits. The Xbox Series X has better specifications than the Series S, which is why Series S is cheaper than Series X. But what stays the same is the library of games on their roster./post/call-of-duty-2022-is-reportedly-a-sequel-to-modern-warfare-2019-includes-a-new-warzone-map/Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/call-of-duty-2022-is-reportedly-a-sequel-to-modern-warfare-2019-includes-a-new-warzone-map/ Next year’s Call of Duty title will be a direct sequel to 2019’s Modern Warfare, according to a report by VGC’s Tom Henderson. The prolific CoD leaker posted a full report on what the sequel could contain, including details on the campaign, its integration into the hugely popular battle royale Warzone, and a third unannounced game mode similar to Battlefield 2042’s Hazard Zone. The biggest news in the report is about Warzone and a potential all-new map coming to the game./post/major-lazer-fortnite-bundle-is-now-available/Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/major-lazer-fortnite-bundle-is-now-available/ The latest collaboration between Epic Games and a music band is now live in Fortnite: Battle Royale. The Major Lazer bundle has been released in the Fortnite Store. It features the entire set of seven cosmetic items themed after the EDM trio of the same name, and players can buy everything at once for 2,475 V-Bucks. The bundle comes with one outfit, one back bling, one pickaxe, two songs, and two emotes./post/new-world-update-1-1-set-to-introduce-void-gauntlet-new-enemies-and-faster-running-on-roads/Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/new-world-update-1-1-set-to-introduce-void-gauntlet-new-enemies-and-faster-running-on-roads/ Amazon Game Studios has finally detailed what is coming in New World’s first major update 1.1 “Into the Void,” and there is plenty of players to get excited about. The update going live on Nov. 18 includes a new weapon, new enemies, new missions, combat and weapon changes, and a ton of bug fixes. November is stacked with updates and QoL improvements! ⚔️ New Weapons & Enemies ⏫ Improved Quests/post/how-to-beat-the-tibia-mariner-in-elden-ring/Tue, 11 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-beat-the-tibia-mariner-in-elden-ring/ The Lands Between in Elden Ring are full of deadly enemies and bosses ready to kill you at a moment’s notice. Almost every boss has a unique gimmick or ability that makes them difficult to deal with, especially if it’s your first try. A notable boss players can encounter early on in the game is the Tibia Mariner, which is an aquatic foe sitting in a boat.  Players can find the Tibia Mariner in Summonwater Village to the east of Stormville Castle./post/why-team-liquid-s-performance-at-msi-2019-should-still-be-celebrated/Tue, 11 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/why-team-liquid-s-performance-at-msi-2019-should-still-be-celebrated/ Brought to you by IKON, challenging you to share your greatest game moments and win amazing prizes. The dust is still settling in Taipei as MSI 2019 comes to a close. It’s been an amazing month of League of Legends with some of the most incredible games we’ve ever seen. History was made as North America and Europe met in the grand finals of an international event, and G2 Esports got the better of Team Liquid./post/vancouver-titans-tank-shredlock-retires/Sun, 09 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/vancouver-titans-tank-shredlock-retires/ The Vancouver Titans will be looking a bit less powerful in the June Joust thanks to a sudden resignation.  Main tank Abtin “ShRedLock” Shirvani announced today that he’s retiring from professional Overwatch and leaving the Titans immediately. As Vancouver’s only main tank, it leaves the team in limbo. But ShRedLock said a “good replacement” has already been found.  ShRedLock joined the Vancouver Titans in May 2020 after the organization dropped its all-Korean roster to go for a Western team./post/capcom-to-release-street-fighter-duel-outside-of-china/Sat, 08 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/capcom-to-release-street-fighter-duel-outside-of-china/ While many of the best Street Fighter players in North America were battling it out during the North America East bracket of the Capcom Pro Tour, Capcom also announced that Street Fighter: Duel would soon be getting a global release.  The mobile game, which was released in China last November, is a joint project from TOPJOY, Tencent Games, and Capcom that has players forming teams of three fighters to battle against other squads./post/the-best-titan-to-choose-in-titanfall-2/Sat, 08 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-best-titan-to-choose-in-titanfall-2/ All of Titanfall 2‘s Titans are powerful in their own way. But they aren’t exempt from a meta, and there are definitely tiers of Titans. Here are all seven titans in Titanfall 2, ranked. 7) Legion The Legion Titan is always in the thick of the fight, but gets none of the CQB advantages of the Ronin or really any maneuverability. It can dish out damage in the right spots, but in those same spots it’s out-DPSed by other Titans./post/mtg-basics-dual-color-pairings/Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/mtg-basics-dual-color-pairings/ The five colors in Magic: The Gathering all have specific design flavors and implementations. But most decks aren’t a single color and usually come in pairs. Each pair is named after a fictional guild on the in-game plane of Ravnica. Here are the 10 dual-color pairs and everything you need to know about them. Azorius (White-Blue) Azorius decks are all about planning and controlling the flow of the game. Sometimes that plan is straightforward, like using M20‘s Empyrean Eagle to get an advantage in the skies./post/riot-is-reportedly-investigating-tsm-ceo-reginald-over-alleged-workplace-misconduct-bullying/Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/riot-is-reportedly-investigating-tsm-ceo-reginald-over-alleged-workplace-misconduct-bullying/ TSM’s CEO Andy “Reginald” Dinh has been under the spotlight for the majority of his career. But now, the 29-year-old owner is being investigated by Riot Games for alleged bullying and verbal abuse toward his employees and players, according to WIRED’s Cecilia D’Anastasio. “We are aware of the allegations made about the CEO/owner of TSM,” Riot Games said in a statement to WIRED. “As the league operator, we have engaged the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers LLP to conduct an independent investigation into claims of misconduct made against the leader of this team, in accordance with standard league process./post/twisted-fate-to-receive-vfx-updates-to-accompany-league-patch-12-10/Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/twisted-fate-to-receive-vfx-updates-to-accompany-league-patch-12-10/ One of League of Legends’ oldest champions is set to receive new visuals that will make his magic tricks feel more modern. Riot Zhanos revealed in a thread on the League PBE subreddit that Twisted Fate will be the next recipient of extensive VFX updates. These changes will not impact Twisted Fate’s kit in any capacity, but rather make his abilities clearer for allies and enemies to discern. A video teasing some of the visual updates to Twisted Fate shows new effects added to his basic attacks and all of his abilities./post/how-to-complete-aug-17-s-88-player-pick-sbc-in-fifa-21-ultimate-team/Thu, 06 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-complete-aug-17-s-88-player-pick-sbc-in-fifa-21-ultimate-team/ EA Sports introduced a new 88+ Player Pick today to the squad-building challenge (SBC) menu in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team. This SBC will expire on Monday, Aug. 23, and is repeatable. Players who complete it will be rewarded with the option to choose one out of four rare gold cards that have at least an 85 overall rating. This is a good time to open a pack like this since there are 200 special cards in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team as of Aug./post/the-most-impactful-champions-of-the-2020-worlds-play-in-stage/Thu, 06 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-most-impactful-champions-of-the-2020-worlds-play-in-stage/ Each year, the Worlds play-in stage gives players and coaches a chance to feel out the meta of the upcoming tournament. Strategies are developed, playstyles are perfected, and the game as a whole evolves as teams prepare for the main event of the League of Legends World Championship.  Additionally, the play-in stage is a time for certain champions to shine in the spotlight before group play kicks off. While some characters completely dominate the landscape, other champions can come out of the woodwork to shake things up./post/here-are-all-the-new-skins-included-in-apex-s-iron-crown-collection-event/Wed, 05 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/here-are-all-the-new-skins-included-in-apex-s-iron-crown-collection-event/ Apex Legends’ Iron Crown Collection event is now live, and fans can jump in on the fun by playing solo matches and unlocking a slew of new skins for their favorite legends before the two-week event ends later this month. A whopping nine new skins are included in the limited time event. Seven of the skins stand out as legendary items and redesign each of the legends as iron-clad warriors from the medieval period./post/the-halo-championship-series-returns-with-halo-infinite-includes-3-million-prize-pool-with-crowdfunding/Wed, 05 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/the-halo-championship-series-returns-with-halo-infinite-includes-3-million-prize-pool-with-crowdfunding/ As promised, 343 Industries has dropped a big update on the next iteration of the Halo Championship Series just a day after the multiplayer beta for Halo Infinite was released for players around the world. This includes a full season roadmap, crowdfunding options for the circuit, and more.  Starting with the basics, the HCS returns on Nov. 21 in North America (U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico), Mexico, Europe, and Australia and New Zealand./post/laxing-and-foxa-bring-experience-brotherhood-to-oxygen-it-s-nice-to-be-teaming-with-fox-as-a-whole-he-s-like-a-brother-to-me/Tue, 04 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/laxing-and-foxa-bring-experience-brotherhood-to-oxygen-it-s-nice-to-be-teaming-with-fox-as-a-whole-he-s-like-a-brother-to-me/ Davide “FoxA” Bucci and Gabriel “LaXInG” Mirelez have a lot in common. They’re both into fitness, they both liked (past tense, currently they say they’d invest most of their winnings) buying expensive clothes or shoes, and they’ve been teaming up for going on three years. And this preexisting chemistry could play a major role in Oxygen’s quest to win the 2021 Six Invitational. “It’s nice to be teaming with Fox as a whole, he’s like a brother to me,” LaXInG said in a press conference at the Six Invitational./post/report-mikyx-close-to-joining-tsm-remains-undecided/Tue, 04 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/report-mikyx-close-to-joining-tsm-remains-undecided/ It has been one hell of a run for G2 Esports star Mikyx, but after six years in Europe, the Slovenian support may be making his way across the pond to the LCS. The veteran is reportedly close to signing a deal with LCS organization TSM but is still undecided, according to Dot Esports’ Pablo Suarez. The 23-year-old was an integral part of G2’s domination over Europe over the past couple of years, including their magical run in 2019 where the team won both the Spring and Summer Split, the Mid-Season Invitational, and was a finalist at that year’s World Championship./post/how-to-destroy-ghost-dropboxes-using-explosives-or-destroy-shadow-dropboxes-using-explosives-in-fortnite-chapter-2-season-2/Mon, 03 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/how-to-destroy-ghost-dropboxes-using-explosives-or-destroy-shadow-dropboxes-using-explosives-in-fortnite-chapter-2-season-2/ It’s the end of the fourth week of challenges for Fortnite Chapter Two’s second season and Epic Games is asking players to once again head to the various dropboxes across the map. Just like in week two, players will need to head to one of the various dropboxes across the world. But this time, players have to blow them up with an explosive weapon, such as rocket launchers or grenades./post/ea-introduces-totw-29-to-fifa-21-ultimate-team/Sun, 02 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/ea-introduces-totw-29-to-fifa-21-ultimate-team/ EA Sports added Team of the Week (TOTW) 29 to FIFA 21 Ultimate Team today. Every week, EA creates a new version of players who performed well after the leagues’ fixtures or national team matches end. The TOTW 29 cards will replace TOTW 28 today and the cards will remain in packs until a new TOTW is released. You can acquire them through the FUT market or from FUT packs if you’re lucky enough./post/rogue-legendary-apothecary-helbrim-joins-hearthstone-s-forged-in-the-barrens-expansion/Sun, 02 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000/post/rogue-legendary-apothecary-helbrim-joins-hearthstone-s-forged-in-the-barrens-expansion/ Hearthstone card reveal season is almost over. But before Forged in the Barrens launches on Tuesday, March 30, Blizzard Entertainment has a few more cards for fans to chew over. The latest card to join the expansion is Apothecary Helbrim, a four-cost Rogue Legendary with three attack, two health, a Battlecry, and a Deathrattle. It reads, “Battlecry and Deathrattle: Add a random Poison card to your hand.” Unless immediately silenced, Apothecary Helbrim has the potential for a considerable amount of value.