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The League of Legends European Championship, or LEC, has begun its Spring 2022 Season. Unfortunately, due to COVID-related issues, the LEC Spring 2022 is held remotely. After one of the most chaotic preseason roster moves in history, this season is guaranteed to be exciting. A lot of fans are also interested in the many new […]

As with any game, especially MMORPGs that include mindless farming as a gaming mechanic, botting is insanely rampant in Lost Ark. In a recent forum post, it was revealed that the ban wave will get rid of over a million bots in the game. “Following launch, botting has been a growing issue for Lost Ark. […]

From the aforementioned rebalance, we now have the full changelog for Tier 1 and Tier 2 Abyssal Dungeons and Guardian Raids. Full changes aside, the Lost Ark team also shared their justification for these adjustments. With the different purpose of Tier 1 and Tier 2 in our regions, there were some overly difficult Guardians and […]

With the Yae Miko banner ending soon, it’s time to take a look at what to expect for our next banners. From the Genshin Impact Version 2.5 Special Event Livestream, we know that the featured 5 star characters will be Raiden Shogun and Sangonomiya Kokomi simultaneously. Let’s take a look at their 4 stars and […]

A few months ago, Riot Games announced the overhaul of the Gemstone and Prestige Points system. Now, we have our first look at the first Mythic Essence skin, Ashen Knight Pyke, as well as more details on the system overhaul. Ashen Knight Pyke is the first of the Ashen Knight series, the thematic for 2022 […]

Somehow, Riot keeps thinking that League of Legends could use more Bee skins. Did we ask for them? No. Do we like them? Maybe. Bee’Maw and Beezahar are pretty fun to use in-game, if you ignore the constant literal buzzing emanating from these skins. Now, Bee skins for Ziggs. Heimerdinger, Nunu & Willump, and Orianna […]

Battle Bunny Riven was a huge success. Even after numerous Riven skins being released after it, a lot of players still prefer using Battle Bunny. While I won’t go into the details why people like using it, it’s a little surprising that Riot only decided to make more of them 10 years after Battle Bunny. […]

League of Legends Patch 12.5 is a relatively small patch with only one thing of note – the small Master Yi rework. The tweaks will discourage lethality builds an incentivize on-hit builds. Hullbreaker also receives some nerfs. New Bee skins goes live this patch. Champion Changes Ahri Developer Notes: While we’re happy that players are […]

VALORANT Episode 4 Act II goes live with the promised Yoru rework and members of the Controller role get a few tweaks. Icebox, especially its B site, receives major changes while Ascent gets a slight modification. For the Battle Pass details and new skin bundle Gaia’s Vengeance, click here. Agent Updates General Improved the system […]

Lost Ark gained a huge player base even before its official release, which became one of the biggest game launches on Steam. Several weeks after launch, Lost Ark is rebalancing the difficulty of its end game content, namely T1 and T2 Guardian Raids and Abyss Dungeons. The whole blog post reads: Difficulty is a hot […]

Riot Games just revealed more details about the new-and-improved Yoru, and even announced the release date for the rework. According to the official blog post, VALORANT players can expect to see Yoru equipped with his new abilities by the time Episode 4 Act II rolls out. If no delays happen, the Yoru update will be […]

In Divine Ingenuity, Travelers get to make their own domains and visit other players’ custom domains. If you’re not into making your own domain, the event remains exciting as you challenge the different Preset Domains, each with their own identity. Get Primogems, Talent Materials, and more by completing challenges during the event. Event Duration March […]

Esports organization EXCEL Esports re-signs analyst and color caster Marc “Caedrel” Lamont. Caedrel spent his last couple years of professional play in EXCEL, before retiring and moving to casting games in the League of Legends European Championship, or LEC. He re-joins his former org as a content creator. What a nightmare. No ULT cancelling around […]

The Virtual Liver group NIJISANJI welcomes its newest members with the debut of their latest wave, Noctyx. The newest additions belong to NIJISANJI EN (commonly shortened to NijiEN), the English speaking branch of the group. Now, NijiEN expands to 20 members with the introduction of its latest members. The all-male Noctyx is comprised of five […]

The continuation to Sophie’s adventures, and the second game in the Mysterious series, Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream releases soon. The game is now available on PlayStation 4, Windows, and Nintendo Switch. Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream once again follows Sophie as her beloved companion Plachta disappears. […]

In DotA 2 Patch 7.31, the jungle creeps get more ferocious with the arrival of the new hero Primal Beast. An update for Techies also ships in this patch. Read on for the full changes. Hero Updates New Hero: Primal Beast See details here. Hero Update: Techies See details here. Abaddon Strength gain reduced from […]

Japanese action RPG NieR: Automata is celebrating its 5 year anniversary with a huge announcement: an anime adaptation. A short trailer for the series was released, watch it here: A visual was also released featuring 2B, one of the game’s protagonists. TVアニメ『NieR:Automata』公式サイトがオープン。描き下ろしアニメビジュアルも公開しました。https://t.co/0qSYXlConJ#ニーア #NieR #ニーアオートマタ pic.twitter.com/cb13oCLS3M — TVアニメ『NieR:Automata』（ニーア オートマタ） (@NieR_A_ANIME) February 23, 2022 NieR: Automata, like […]

Renata Glasc is slated for some nerfs, according to Riot game designer Blake “Squad5” Smith. Read on for the full details. Renata Glasc Base Stats Armor per level reduced: 4 >>> 3.5 Developer notes: General power reduction. Her Armor/lvl was a bit high overall in [her] class. Passive – Leverage Damage on both hits reduced: […]

A tweet by Riot game designer Phlox gives us a glimpse of what League of Legends Patch 12.5 will look like, including some heavy Master Yi changes and Seraphine buffs. Read the rest of the changes below: Buffs Samira HP per level: 88 >>> 94 Armor per level 3 >>> 3.5 R – Inferno Trigger […]

A trailer was released for Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier as it celebrates the original Final Fantasy VII game’s 25th anniversary. Watch the trailer here: The trailer features skins that reminisce the polygonal graphics of the original Final Fantasy VII when it was first released on the PlayStation. This is part two of Final […]

Having trouble fighting Genshin Impact’s newest weekly boss, the Magatsu Mitake Narukami no Mikoto? The boss, sometimes referred to as Raiden Shogun for convenience, is one of the hardest weekly bosses in the game, even having an attack that is almost a one-hit kill. Read on for some tips and tricks so you don’t get […]

A sequel to the 1999 Japanese Role-Playing Game Devil Summoners: Soul Hackers was recently announced. Soul Hacker 2 brings players back to Amami City, aiding outlaws and Devil Summoners in their fight against the end of the world. Soul Hackers 2 was officially announced through a trailer. Watch it here: The trailer features Ringo, a […]

After a week long countdown by Capcom, Street Fighter 6 is now officially confirmed and announced. The teaser for the newest addition to Capcom’s decades-old fighting game series was short, but was enough to induce hype in fans of the series. Featuring Luke and a bearded Ryu, the 40-second video will give you goosebumps. View […]

The new field boss Ruin Serpent was revealed in the Genshin Impact 2.5 Special Event Livestream, as a part of the sneak peek into The Chasm. The Chasm will be a new area accessible to Travelers once Version 2.6 drops. According to some leaks, the Ruin Serpent is massive. As with any and all leaks, […]

The Wuju Bladesman hailing from Ionia is the latest League of Legends champion to receive a small rework. In a Tweet by Riot Games Game Designer Kevin “Captain Gameplay” Huang, he outlines the changes slated to ship with the Master Yi rework. See the full list of changes: Q – Alpha Strike Damage: 25/60/95/130/165 (+90% […]

Only a few minutes ahead of a League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) game, the Cloud9 Twitter announced that Nick “LS” De Cesare has been released from the esports organization. The tweet reads: LS has been released from Cloud9 and Max Waldo has been promoted to the LCS Head Coach position. We would like to […]

Teamfight Tactics Patch 12.4 brings TFT Set 6.5, with new items, augments, units and more! Some changes geared towards player experience were also made, and now you can see which enemies you haven’t fought yet! In Neon Nights, meet reworked units and new ones. Read on for the full patch notes. Ranked Grandmaster and Challenger […]

In an update Tweet by TSM FTX, they announced that their support Wei “Shenyi” Zi-Jie will be stepping down to their Academy roster, and Wang “Yursan” Sheng-Yu will take his place as a starting support in the next League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) games. The Tweet reads: Player comfort and adaptation are core values […]

After two years of retirement, we finally got to see Jian “Uzi” Zi-hao back on the Rift! In games 2 and 3 of his team Bilibili Gaming’s series against Invictus Gaming, Uzi returned to show them who’s boss. 895 days have passed since Uzi’s last professional game, but he still showed impeccable prowess when he […]

In CD Projekt Red’s latest attempt to revive their futuristic open-world game Cyberpunk 2077, Night City comes to life. Many view this as a step in the right direction. Is CDPR one step closer to redemption for Cyberpunk 2077? Read on to view the full list of changes coming to Cyberpunk 2077 in Patch 1.5. […]

It has been a long wait for Team Liquid support Jo “CoreJJ” Yong-in. Due to having green card issues, Team Liquid could not play the LCS Lock-In Tournament and the first two weeks of the LCS Spring 2022 Season with their full roster. Due to Riot rules, a team could not have more than two […]

More and more content for Genshin Impact 2.6 are getting leaked, and this time it’s the two new Artifact Sets. Read on to see what each of them does. As with all Genshin Impact leaks, none of these are official information and must be taken with a grain of salt. The information here are subject […]

Kamisato Ayato, a 5* character slated to release in Genshin Impact Version 2.6, just got leaked. In a series of leaks, his splash art and gameplay animations were revealed ahead of his release. Read on to find out more: Splash Art and In-Game Model Firstly, his splash art. Kamisato Ayato’s splash art features him holding […]

League of Legends Patch 12.4 welcomes the Chem-Baroness Renata Glasc, as well as some tweaks to marksmen to widen the ADC pool. Some gold mechanics have been changed around support items to discourage players from playing enchanter top lane with smite. New Champion – Renata Glasc, the Chem-Baroness Passive – Leverage Renata Glasc’s basic attacks […]

In a blog post on the new HoYoverse website, the launch of this global gaming brand was announced, along with its aim to “provide global players with an immersive virtual world experience.” According to them, the launch of HoYoverse is a show of commitment to miHoYo’s global audiences. Their titles, such as Genshin Impact, Honkai […]

The Genshin Impact leaks don’t stop as now we have information about a new artifact set scheduled to release soon. Read on to find out more about it. The new artifact set, according to the leaker, will have the following effects: 2 piece: ATK +18% 4 piece: After releasing an Elemental Burst, the character receives […]

We already know that Yae Miko, the most awaited 5* Electro Catalyst character and lovable kitsune, will be present in the first half of Genshin Impact 2.5 Banners. Read along to see which 4 stars will be on her banner, as well as the featured weapons for the concurrent weapon banner. Character Banner Yae Miko’s […]

Lost Ark takes the W as it goes live with one of the most successful game launches on Steam, ever. The MMORPG by Smilegate RPG and published by Amazon Games broke records as it started its opening weekend in one of the biggest launches in Steam’s history. At the time of writing, Lost Ark currently […]

Kaitlyn Michelle “Amouranth” Siragusa was the #1 female streamer of 2021. Rachell “Valkyrae” Hofstetter comes in a close second and VTuber Usada Pekora clocked in at third. According to StreamHatchet’s report, Amouranth was the leading female streamer for 2021, with almost 39 million hours of watch time on her Twitch channel. Amouranth mostly does ASMR […]