Each champion that is added to League of Legends contributes to the overall world-building of Runeterra, oftentimes connecting them with existing champions to update their lore simultaneously as well. However, in the case of on…
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Following the shift to five-vs-five, the need for quality tanking was amplified in Overwatch 2 , and while every hero has its counters, some tanks can be especially overwhelming in certain circumstances. Luckily for us, one OW2…
A crafty Junkrat player showed a way they could jump using their bombs to fly around the whole Overwatch 2 map Oasis, while still being able to drop bombs and traps on the ground. In a Reddit thread from June 29 , the player d…
The wild search for a one-of-one serialized Magic: The Gathering The One Ring card within The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth set finally ended on June 30, as confirmed by Wizards of the Coast and Dave & Adams. …
OG announced significant changes to its CS:GO roster for the second semester of 2023 on June 30 following lackluster results in the first six months of the year. The European organization has brought back in-game leader Nemanj…
The map pool has been a constant debate throughout CS:GO ’s 11 years and if early signs are anything to go by, it will be no different for CS2 . Two certified CS:GO legends picked three iconic maps they desperately want to see …
The Pokémon Company and TiMi Studios are finally pulling out one of the big guns for Pokémon UNITE’s second-anniversary celebration, bringing Mewtwo to the game as a playable character on July 21. In typical UNITE fashion, t…
Niantic over extended its operations over the last three years and is now cutting hundreds of jobs, shutting down multiple games, and closing a studio in a massive internal restructure with “the goal to do less, better.” And tha…
Activision Blizzard is reportedly showing interest in the idea of forcing organizations fielding teams in the Call of Duty League (CDL) and Overwatch League (OWL) to unify their brands under one name across both leagues. Acti…
It’s a small and early sample size, but Deadlock already finds herself amongst the top tier of agents in VALORANT Episode Seven. But while she may be a popular choice among the masses, it doesn’t appear she has the same sentime…
A World of Warcraft player earned two of the game’s rarest and most historic mounts in the span of about 24 hours earlier this week. While earning just one of these mounts can prove to be a challenge for a wide majority of the …
MOUZ moved the German-Portuguese CS:GO rifler Jon “JDC” de Castro to the bench on June 28, which caught the entire CS:GO community by surprise. The roster change came out of the blue, as nobody in the scene thought JDC woul…
Riot Games removed a fun fact from its latest blog post, in which it claimed only seven players in the world had unlocked every cosmetic from all previous battle passes in VALORANT following vehement community reactions. In it…
Few challenges in Diablo 4 are as demanding as facing off against the Butcher, an enemy I have swiftly developed a love-hate relationship with. An infamous enemy in the Diablo franchise, The Butcher can randomly appear in a…
A minor update is now live in Call of Duty: Warzone . And while it’s light on content, it’s big on bug fixes and offers a couple of changes to the game’s newest map. Vondel released at the beginning of season four earlier this …
The story of Lifeweaver’s specs as a playable hero in Overwatch 2 has been one of the most mind-boggling and disorienting circumstances imaginable, but Blizzard Entertainment on Tuesday announced that it’s far from over. There…
What originally seemed like a gift to Pokémon Go players disappeared almost as soon as it was added to the game, creating yet another round of controversy shrouding the mobile title. Following an unexpected change to Pokémon G…
Diablo 4 players have even more reasons to complete Nightmare dungeons after today’s patch. Developer Blizzard Entertainment pushed a series of improvements to the activity, including higher experience gain and a long-expected …
While the majority of the VALORANT player base is waiting to get their hands on the trap-centric, map-controlling new sentinel agent Deadlock, many creators and media members were able to test her early in early access sessions…
Deadlock is coming to VALORANT imminently, and she’s already made waves with one of the game’s smallest characters. On June 25, Riot unveiled Deadlock, and shared her origin story with a video. After being recruited by the ot…
Over the past year, the new additions to VALORANT ‘s map pool have forced Riot Games to implement a rotating map pool, but players think they’ve figured out a trend that’s helped them predict where the newest map will be. The s…
Warzone players tired of trying to deal with Silent Hill -like fog in the game’s newest map, Vondel, will be happy to know a change is being made. Raven Software announced an update went live in Warzone today “to reduce the c…
If you’re convinced that VALORANT’ s newest agent Deadlock’s cocoon ultimate is broken, think again. One player has discovered a quirky counter to Annihilation, and it involves the use of a trickster ability which is popular amo…
TSM is targeting a handful of European CS:GO players—including the five-time Major champion dupreeh—to build a lineup for CS2 and come back to Valve’s FPS franchise after more than six years away. The North American organizat…
A champion has been crowned in the inaugural major tournament for Street Fighter 6 at CEO 2023 in Daytona Beach, Florida, with veteran Saul Leonardo “MenaRD” Mena II claiming victory over Alan “Nephew” Sun on June 25. The hotl…
One of Dota 2’s hottest prospects, Héctor “K1” RodrÃguez, has hit the open market following his official release from Beastcoast on Sunday, June 25. The long-coming move has happened just days out from the start of the Bali Maj…
Brigitte’s Rocket Flail has been accidentally nerfed by a brutal new glitch that seems to occur whenever an opponent changes forms in Overwatch 2 . Whenever the bug activates—and it has been a lot this week—the support hero’s me…
If you attempted to boot up your console or PC device over the weekend to play Diablo 4 , you may have been disappointed that the servers were suffering significant issues. While problems like this aren’t anything new, some Diab…
Dota 2 has a new dynasty forming, with Gaimin Gladiators claiming their fourth-straight Major title at DreamLeague Season 20. This is the team’s second consecutive DL title to pair with two Major wins on the Dota Pro Circuit. …
There have been plenty of players that have led teams to victory across the course of the VALORANT Champions Tour’s short history, from Sentinels’ TenZ in the very early days to the recent rise and fall of yay. But one name sta…
Gamers attempting to enjoy their weekend on several games on the Battle.net launcher, including Diablo 4, Call of Duty, Overwatch 2 , and World of Warcraft , have instead been met with frustrating connection issues. Blizzard’s …
To kick off the seventh VALORANT episode, the Episode Seven, Act One battle pass will be the first ever that players can progress via a new progression system. Starting on Episode Seven launch day, June 27, players will be abl…
Overwatch 2’s workshop maps let players get creative with all Blizzard has to offer. Gamers can delicately craft arenas for a competitive thrill ride or design their Tinder-like dating experience, all searching for their Junker…
Evil Geniuses’ plans to move to Europe have fallen through and the organization will instead field four players from its secondary CS:GO roster—Colby “Walco” Walsh, Jeorge “Jeorge” Endicott, Paytyn “junior” Johnson, and Jadan “…
Out of all the VALORANT agents in regular rotation at VCT Masters Tokyo, one of the most unexpected comes from a substitute player helping his team reach the top three. Patiphan “CGRS” Posri was called up on late notice and he …
TSM has always been synonymous with Apex Legends since it fielded one of the earliest competitive rosters in 2019 and ultimately cemented the organization as the best in the world after winning the 2023 Split One Playoffs . Suf…
In the lower bracket final at VCT Masters Tokyo, Paper Rex and Evil Geniuses were vying for a spot in the finals, but unbeknownst to them, some Paper Rex fans in the Tokyo crowd were working out to celebrate the team’s success. …
What’s been an ongoing, irritating trend for any fan trying to purchase tickets via Ticketmaster recently has now affected VALORANT fans looking to attend the first international tournament to be held in North America. Bots hav…
Marvel Snap’s long-awaited changes to card acquisition methods have finally been detailed in an exciting blog post by the game’s developers at Second Dinner today. The biggest change is an addition called Spotlight Caches, whi…
One team of four players and three other individuals won the cycling, archery, sailing, and dance competitions at the Olympic Esports Series 2023 in Singapore on June 23, the first day of the event. You might be wondering why n…
The latest addition to Marvel Snap is a new game mode that’s so fun and preferable, it has some players completely abandoning the base game’s ranked play ladder. Conquest Mode, a variant of the friendly Battle Mode, features a…
Blizzard this week unveiled pieces of Overwatch 2 PvE Story Missions. And while the content isn’t coming until August, some players seem to have already found a part of the map for the first Event Mission, Underworld. Starting…
Riot Games released a new League of Legends teaser trailer today, immediately prompting fans to believe they were getting some kind of update on the long-fabled Project L , a League- based fighting game originally teased by Rio…
Veteran CS:GO in-game leader nitr0 parted ways with Team Liquid and retired from CS for the second time in his career on May 31. Since then, many fans have been wondering if he’ll continue his pro player career or pivot to con…
Apex Legends would be nothing without its iconic cast of playable characters and its ever-expanding number of maps. With each season and event, major changes are made to certain maps, expanding, destroying, or transforming icon…
In a few months, it will finally be time for nostalgic Call of Duty players to move on and uninstall the original Warzone game. Activision announced today that Warzone Caldera, or what’s left of the original Warzone , will b…
As the CS:GO era comes to an end, Team Liquid has officially entered their own new Counter-Strike era today, moving on from long-standing North American player Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski and signing two new players today tha…
Five-time CS:GO Major champions zonic and dupreeh are parting ways after seven and a half years together following the latter’s benching from Vitality on June 22. Dupreeh has been removed from the active lineup to create spac…
Activision has made the decision to officially shut down the Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera playlist on Sept. 21, 2023, to focus on future content that includes the current expansive Warzone experience, it announced today. On …
Team Vitality has officially moved on from legendary Danish Counter-Strike phenom Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen today, just a month removed from the team’s ultimate triumph and dupreeh’s record-breaking achievement at the BLAST Par…
