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A new study suggests loot boxes are closely linked to problem gambling. The study, commissioned by GambleAware and conducted by the Universities of Plymouth and Wolverhampton, also suggests legislation to control gambling elements in video games – but in a smart way. LOOT BOXES STRONGLY LINKED TO PROBLEM GAMING The study collected research data from […]

Outriders triumphantly launched yesterday on Steam, Epic, PlayStation, Xbox, and Stadia. With its Steam performance alone, we can already tell how strong the game’s launch has been. In spite of server issues that made people disconnect, Outriders still peaked at over 111,000+ concurrent players on launch day. POOR SERVER PERFORMANCE? – OUTRIDERS FANS DON’T SEEM […]

The Singapore Major is in full swing, going into Day 3 of the Playoffs. Later, the “Final Boss” of the Major will be fighting for survival. Meanwhile, Evil Geniuses once again secures third place in a Dota 2 Major. Finally, both the highest-scoring team and the lowest-scoring team from the group stage fight for survival […]

CD Projekt Red (CDPR) released a massive update for their Cyberpunk 2077 title, with a long list of positive changes. However, Twitch streamers and Youtubers quickly showcased how the Cyberpunk 2077 major update still hasn’t solved many issues. CYBERPUNK 2077 MAJOR UPDATE STILL HASN’T FIXED VEHICLE-HAILING SERVICE The Cyberpunk 2077 March 1.2 update brought about massive positive changes to the game. Some […]

A new version of the Verdansk map in Call of Duty Warzone (COD Warzone) appeared in leaks earlier this week. However, Activision has been doing everything in its power to stop them from spreading. COD WARZONE NEW VERDANSK MAP TEASED IN LIVE-ACTION AD An 80’s-era Black Ops Cold War version of Verdansk started appearing in video clips earlier this […]

NA, SEA, China, and Europe all lost one representative each today, after Day 2 of the Playoffs of the Singapore Major. OB ESPORTS NEON SENDS FNATIC BACK HOME TO SEA (2-1) The first match of the day involved a battle between kin. Two Southeast Asian brethren faced each other, with the losing team going home. […]

The Singapore Major’s Playoffs Day 1 saw four intense Bo3 series between the Playoff Seeded teams and the Group Stage Top 3. If you missed the results from previous days, read first our coverage of the Wild Cards and the Group Stage. THE BATTLE OF THE PLAYOFF SEEDS: EVIL GENIUSES DOMINATE FNATIC (2-0) NA’s finest […]

Players will soon be able to explore Teyvat in 4K resolution in the upcoming Genshin Impact PS5 version. GENSHIN IMPACT PS5 RELEASE DATE: APRIL 28, 2021 MiHoYo, the developers of Genshin Impact, revealed that the game will soon arrive at the PlayStation 5 (PS5). The company announced this through an announcement trailer on Youtube. In the video “May Your […]

The rumors are true. The Team Dignitas VALORANT team is no more. TEAM DIGNITAS PARTIALLY PULLS OUT OF VALORANT Team Dignitas, a big name in the shooter genre of esports, will be pulling out their VALORANT team, the organization announced Wednesday. The team’s captain, Rory “dephh” Jackson, first confirmed the rumor in a tweet. The […]

Rosaria is coming to Genshin Impact in just a few days, and we’re ready to roll for the “Thorny Benevolence.” In anticipation of her arrival, MiHoYo released some voice lines for Rosaria. Does she sound familiar? Don’t worry, your brain isn’t playing tricks on you. Both the Japanese Rosaria voice actress, KAKUMA Ai, and the English Rosaria […]

TWICE will be encouraging millions of their fans around the world to purchase more Nintendo Switch consoles. Or, at least that’s what Nintendo hopes their fans will do. NINTENDO NAMES TWICE AS NEW NINTENDO SWITCH AMBASSADORS Nintendo’s Korean website released an article featuring the popular Kpop girl group TWICE. In it, Nintendo showed TWICE enjoying […]

The Singapore Major’s Group Stage didn’t remove a lot of teams from the tournament. However, the matches have still been hotly-contested between the eight teams in this stage. One more team got eliminated, and the upper and lower brackets of the playoffs have been locked in. Here’s what went down during the final Group Stage […]

The story of Balan Wonderworld has been like a mountain slope, except that it began at the peak. It became one of the most anticipated game releases for 2021 when it was announced. Mostly, we can thank the game’s developer, Yuji Naka, who has achieved cult status for his platformer classics. He’s the great mind […]

Balan Wonderworld may have been an anticipated title for fans of prestigious developer Yuji Naka. However, fans should be aware of one issue that the game has that may cause not-so-fun effects to some players. BALAN WONDERWORLD BUG MAY CAUSE EPILEPTIC SEIZURES IN UNPATCHED COPIES The official Twitter account of Balan Wonderworld issued a warning […]

The Wild Cards of the Dota 2 Singapore Major has concluded. We’re now on the first day of Group Stage. For those who missed it, here’s what went down last weekend, and what happened to the three teams who have just lost their spots in the Major. THE STORY SO FAR IN THE SINGAPORE MAJOR […]

The third game in the Total War franchise will be getting the modern treatment with the release of Total War: Rome Remastered for PC. TOTAL WAR: ROME REMASTERED GETS NEW NAME, NEW FEATURES Total War: Rome Remastered, announced by Creative Assembly just this Thursday, will be released on April 29, 2021, on PC. It’s the remaster of Rome: Total War, […]

Animal Crossing and Sanrio fans woke up to a very bad morning this Friday, March 26. The Animal Crossing Sanrio amiibo cards were immediately out of stock, very early at launch. ANIMAL CROSSING SANRIO AMIIBO CARDS SOLD OUT The Target-exclusive Animal Crossing Sanrio amiibo cards have gone out of stock so quickly at launch. The amiibo cards would have unlocked exclusive […]

The Counter-Strike Global Offensive (CSGO) superteam built by Cloud9 CSGO GM Henry “HenryG” Greer has disbanded. Various issues the team faced during the coronavirus pandemic prevented them from achieving their full potential. That’s why, for the time being, the organization has decided to release its players and leave the CSGO scene for the time being. THE FALL OF […]

The 2021 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) gave Hades the most number of awards among games this year. Proclaimed as the “Best Game” for this year, Supergiant’s game took home four awards from the prestigious body. HADES IS THE 2021 BAFTA GAME AWARDS BEST GAME OF THE YEAR Great games deserve to […]

A doll imbued with the soul of the departed. Gwen, The Hallowed Seamstress, arrives in League of Legends as the game’s newest champion. RIOT REVEALS LEAGUE OF LEGENDS‘ NEW CHAMPION THROUGH A TEASER TRAILER Riot introduced League of Legends (LOL)’s new champion Gwen through a teaser trailer. Here, we see how Gwen came into existence. […]

Pokemon celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Over the years, developers at GameFreak have created over 700 Pokemon. But which of these Pokemon actually is the most popular in the world? TheToyZone sought to answer this question. Spoiler alert: It’s Pikachu. CHARIZARD, PIKACHU, EEVEE, AMONGST THE MOST POPULAR POKEMON IN THE WORLD A survey conducted by […]

It’s spoiler season again for Magic The Gathering fans, and there’s something for both tabletop and MTGA fans to enjoy. Perhaps the most exciting to come out of the Strixhaven spoilers for the new set is the 63 Mystical Archive cards. Learn more about them here. 63 MYSTICAL ARCHIVE CARDS ARRIVE ON MTGA: BEAUTIFUL REPRINTS OF ICONIC SPELLS Strixhaven […]

There are now 11 players who won’t be able to play in The Singapore Major due to COVID-19 and other health issues. The latest among these players consist of all five players of Beastcoast. ALL FIVE PLAYERS OF BEASTCOAST OUT OF THE SINGAPORE MAJOR Beastcoast announced that they have no choice but to pull out […]

Valve is finally taking a step against one of the biggest issues in the Dota 2 community: smurfing. DOTA 2 SMURFS BEWARE: VALVE IS BRINGING OUT THE BANHAMMER Dota 2‘s latest update brought about a new wave of improvements for the decade-old game. Finally, Valve has taken steps to ease the onboarding process of new players […]

A lot of new content and updates coincided with the release of DOTA: Dragon’s Blood on Netflix. These range from a full-fledged tutorial mode to an entirely new system to ease in new and returning players alike. But the biggest news to come out of today’s big update is the new Dota 2 hero that will be coming […]

Resident Evil April Showcase will be coming next month, Capcom announced. The live stream will inform players of what Capcom has in store in their Resident Evil 25th Anniversary celebration. RESIDENT EVIL APRIL SHOWCASE, RE:VERSE OPEN BETA ANNOUNCED Capcom announced that they have a lot of exciting news coming up next month. With Resident Evil Village coming out this May, it’s […]

Raven Software, co-developer of Call of Duty Warzone, announced on Tuesday that they’ve banned over 13,000 accounts from the game. 13,000 PLAYERS GET ACCOUNTS BANNED IN COD WARZONE Raven Software returns today with another tweet announcing a ban wave in Call of Duty Warzone (COD Warzone). This comes after the developers updated their anti-cheat software last week. What […]

The Singapore Major marks the return of competitive LANs in Dota 2. However, it’s still not a complete return to normal. For example, the Singapore Major will still not have a live audience in-stadium. Meanwhile, players and sometimes entire teams don’t always get to play in tournaments they qualified for or invited in. Most of the […]

Jesse “JerAx” Vainikka teased his fans with an announcement that he’ll “be back around Dota.” However, his announcement just fell short of what his fans actually wanted him to say. JERAX TEASES FANS, SAYS HE’S RETURNING TO DOTA 2 JerAx is one of the living legends of Dota 2. He won two The International titles in […]

Kimani “Flight” Kamiru-White didn’t have a great time during one of his live streams. FLIGHT SEXUALLY HARASSED, ABUSED BY DREYAHH Flight, who was reacting to rapper DDG’s latest album in one live stream, experienced sexual harassment and abuse from his then-girlfriend Andrea “Dreyahh” Gonzales. Throughout segments in the live stream, Dreyahh interrupted Flight’s live stream, […]

You may want to buy all the digital games you can before the older PlayStation Stores go offline later this year. SONY REPORTEDLY PLANNING TO CLOSE PLAYSTATION STORES OLDER THAN PS4 Sony allegedly decided to shut down the PlayStation 3 (PS3), PlayStation Portable (PSP), and PlayStation Vita (PSV) PlayStation Stores by August this year, TheGamer […]

Microsoft wants to acquire Discord for over $10 billion. However, the company behind the popular communications channel may be more inclined in going public rather than selling itself. FOR $10 BILLION, MICROSOFT WANTS DISCORD ACQUISITION The offer, reported by Bloomberg, indicates that several different companies have shown interest in purchasing Discord. Chief among them is […]

Fortnite players briefly had access to a Battle Pass reward even if they didn’t own the Battle Pass. The item, called the Wild Lobby Track, became available in the Fortnite Shop for 200 V-Bucks. However, Epic Games recognized the error, removing the item from lockers and refunding affected users. FORTNITE BATTLE PASS ITEM ‘WILD LOBBY TRACK’ ADDED IN SHOP […]

After selling over six million copies on Steam, Iron Forge Studios’ Valheim continues to be a big hit for gamers. With the upcoming Hearth and Home major update, many players look forward to new content introduced by the developers. But for now, fans received a far smaller but still impactful update, affecting chests and abyssal […]

Fall Guys, one of Steam’s best-selling games of 2020, continues to give players a reason to play the game. With Fall Guys Season 4, Mediatonic adds the squad up feature, allowing players to play with up to three friends. FALL GUYS SEASON 4 ADDS SQUAD MODE, NEW LEVELS, AND NEW FEATURES Fall Guys Season 4 adds a whole […]

OG announced the departure of MidOne from their team, late Monday evening. THE VERSATILE CORE PLAYER, MIDONE LEAVES OG Yeik “MidOne” Nai Zheng joined OG at the start of 2020, part of the fresh set of faces that played for the organization at a time of rebuilding. Back then, OG came off a historic back-to-back […]

Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne release date finally revealed by Atlus. The Japanese Role-Playing Game (JRPG) cult classic HD Remaster will be arriving on the West for Windows PC, PlayStation 4, and the Nintendo Switch on May 25, 2021. SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI 3: NOCTURNE RELEASE DATE AND DETAILS The Shin Megami Tensei (SMT) franchise stands as one of […]

A gamer named Gunnar Turnquist set a world record for the “smallest modified Nintendo 64 console.” MAKE YOUR OWN HANDHELD NINTENDO 64 CONSOLE We’ve seen releases of the SNES and NES Minis, as well as the PlayStation Mini and the Sega Genesis Mini. Their sales figures show that there’s a particular segment of the market […]

Ludwig Ahgren’s endless live stream is still going strong, 39 hours into his subathon stream on Twitch. It doesn’t look like it’s going to end anytime soon, either. He still has 67 hours to go as of press time, and more subs are coming in to add to that number. LUDWIG AHGREN’S 10 SECONDS FOR […]