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The Nintendo Switch has sold 89.04 million units – now making it the 7th most popular video game console of all time. This puts it ahead of both the PlayStation 3 (87.4 million) and Xbox 360 (86 million). This news was announced as part of Nintendo’s June 30, 2021 sales report. It also showed the […]

EA announces that playtesting for Battlefield 2042 is coming next weekend. DICE’s fps shooter will become playable for a whole weekend for only a select few players starting August 12 – 15.  Battlefield 2042’s playtest will have five 3-hour sessions during the weekend. August 15 marks the playtest’s last day which features a 9-hour long […]

Riot Games teased players back in June when they announced that they plan to bring VALORANT to mobile. However, NetEase Games might beat them to the market with their own version of VALORANT on mobile: Project M. It’s no longer surprising at this point, but it’s still a bit jarring to see games that look eerily similar to other games. […]

Final Fantasy is a franchise that’s no stranger to unexpected merchandise collaborations. It’s released everything from books, to plush toys, to fragrances, and now it has also announced an official Final Fantasy XIV Cookbook. Square Enix describes the book as “the essential culinarian guide to Hydaelyn.” Victoria Rosenthal serves as its author. It will feature […]

Team Undying, one of the teams headed to Dota 2 The International 10, struggles to prepare for the world’s most prestigious esports tournament, a few months before it starts. The team formed in January of this year as a group of teamless pros shooting for TI10. Team Undying is composed of multi-time tournament champions: Enzo “Timado” Gianoli, […]

Genshin Impact Fun fact: you can make an ice bridge using cryo freezing abilities to reach Inazuma, but it takes some bugs and glitches to do so. Genshin Impact players are among the most dedicated of players out there. If they set their eyes towards a goal, they’d eventually reach it. However, players cannot go against […]

UPDATE: For unknown reasons, Epic Games unceremoniously replaced Speed Brawl with Minit as this week’s free game offering. Speed Brawl lists “coming soon” on its store page. Are you looking for a game that focuses both on thrill and action? Speed Brawl might be the game that you’re looking for. The name of the game literally speaks for itself. Speed Brawl […]

Minit, a peculiar adventure game that prevents you to play each instance for more than a minute, is EGS’ free game for this week. Minit is an adventure game where you explore and solve mysteries for 60 seconds at a time. You play as a duck-like creature in a monochrome pixel world. Every progress you make […]

Are you ready to experience one of the deadliest plagues to ever strike the world? A Plague Tale Innocence relates to our struggles of a pandemic-ridden world. Claim A Plague Tale: Innocence in the Epic Game Store this week for free.  A Plague Tale Innocence, developed by Asobo Studio and published by Focus Home Interactive, […]

The newest champion for League of Legends – Akshan – will not be playable in Worlds 2021. Sad news for Akshan mains this coming 2021 Season World Championship. The League of Legends esports operations team announced on Twitter that Akshan will not be part of the LOL Worlds 2021 champion roster. New champions can only become eligible if […]

Amazon Game Studios delays New World once again. The MMORPG was initially scheduled to release back in May 2021. The release date was eventually pushed further to August 2021. Now, this August, the developers announced that New World will officially launch come September 28, 2021.  The reason behind the delay is simply because the developers […]

One of the biggest stars there is in this generation has made her way to Fortnite. Ariana Grande arrives in the game as a skin and as a special guest. Not only will the Ariana Grande skin be available in the Item Shop, but the former Nickelodeon child star will also be holding a concert.  […]

Popstar Ariana Grande will be headlining the Fortnite Rift Tour. Additionally, she will also become a playable character in Fortnite through the Icon Series. The official page reads: “From August 6-8, take a musical journey into magical new realities where Fortnite and Ariana Grande collide. Her spectacular show will air 5 different times. Dive into […]

It looks like Sucker Punch has a few more reveals up its sleeve ahead of the Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut launch this month. They have recently showed off the Iki Island expansion. Now, they have also announced that the multiplayer mode, Ghost of Tsushima: Legends will be getting a standalone release alongside some new […]

The Evolution Championship Series 2021, or more commonly called Evo 2021, is one of the biggest fighting game tournaments in the world. As the longest-running large-scale fighting tournament series, Evo is the yearly highlight of its esports scene. It is well known for being one of the few high-prestige esports tournaments to be open to […]

A few days ago, prolific streamer Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm went into an outraged rant on stream about battle royale game Apex Legends. In the clip, he said: “I hate this game! It’s boring! Shooting shields, I don’t like it!” Additionally, he claimed that that was why “no one wants to watch this game competitively,” […]

20th Century Studios has just revealed two new Free Guy posters for Free Dolby and IMAX and it looks like there’s a surprising cameo from the Halo franchise. One of the posters features a carefree Ryan Reynolds in the foreground of the shot, while an epic battle ensues in the background. This is because Reynolds’ […]

The recently retitled PUBG: Battlegrounds has had many collaborations over the years. This month, they’re teaming up with none other than the massively popular K-pop group Blackpink. The PUBG x Blackpink collaboration was shared on Twitter with a short announcement video. The group’s iconic song, “How You Like That” plays in the background as we see the […]

After last month’s announcement of Horizon Zero Dawn’s protagonist, Aloy making her way to Genshin Impact, new leaks have surfaced regarding her abilities. The past announcement showed off her splash art and weapon. However, it did not contain details about her Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst. The new leak, posted on Reddit, shows off Aloy’s […]

The Wayward Realms is an upcoming single-player “Grand RPG” game coming from OnceLost Games. This studio is led by former The Elder Scrolls developers and video game industry veterans Ted Peterson and Julian LeFay. Only revealed a few days ago, not a lot of people have heard about this game yet. If you’re one of the few who have […]

Marvel’s Avengers developer Crystal Dynamics was heavily inspired by the comics for Black Panther’s in-game suits. The game initially received mixed reviews when it released in September of 2020. This was due to the game’s ridiculous microtransactions and lack of endgame content. However, Crystal Dynamics has been trying to make up for it by continuing […]

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin was the most downloaded Nintendo Switch game last month. The Japanese Nintendo Switch store recently released its Top 20 downloads list for the month of July. In second place was The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, followed by Crayon Shin-chan Ora to Hakase no Natsuyami. However, specific […]

Activision Blizzard is facing a new class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court of Central California. The Rosen Law Firm filed a suit on behalf of Activision Blizzard investors, alleging the company’s “intentional failure” to disclose its ongoing problems with sexual harassment and discrimination. This comes in after the most recent investor’s call since […]

In a recent earnings report, 2K’s parent company Take-Two announced that 2K will be revealing a “new franchise” this month. They also mentioned that it’ll be out by the end of the fiscal year – meaning before the end of March 2022. The game will be 2K’s first new franchise since Battleborn from 2016. There’s […]

Street Fighter V Champion Edition will be getting two new DLC characters: Oro and Akira Kazama this month. But when are Street Fighter V Champion Edition new DLC characters Oro and Akira coming out? Street Fighter V Champion Edition DLC Characters Oro and Akira Kazama Release Date: August 16, 2021 Street Fighter V Champion Edition originally […]

In an official Tales of Arise broadcast last July 29, producer Yusuke Tomizawa confirmed that there will be no post-release story content for the game. Additionally, Tales of Arise aims to be a complete, standalone experience, with no plans for a prequel or sequel. It will also not feature any crossovers with other Tales titles. […]

Team ASOBI, the creators of Astro’s Playroom and Astro Bot: Rescue Mission, teases that they are working on their ‘most ambitious game yet.’ Team ASOBI is a Tokyo-based studio that is one of Sony’s youngest studios. Their most recent work, Astro’s Playroom, received a lot of praise from video games media, in spite of being just […]

Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands made an explosive reveal back in E3 2021. However, we didn’t know when the game came back when it was revealed. Thankfully, developers and publishers Gearbox finally revealed when it’s due to be out. Based on parent company Take-Two Interactive’s financial results report, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is due to be out on Q4 Fiscal […]

Far Cry 5 is free to play this weekend. Here’s how you can take part: Join the task force commissioned to arrest the doomsday cult leader Joseph Seed in fictional Hope County, Montana. Far Cry 5 puts you in the shoes of a rookie sheriff deputy, and you will have to work with your team to combat this […]

Street Fighter characters Guile and Cammy arrive on Fortnite for the second-round collaboration of the game with Street Fighter. Fortnite continues to get high-profile collaborations almost every week. Their collaborations are so big that the second round of collaboration skins with Street Fighter is going under the radar for many people. Cammy and Guile arrive at the Fortnite Item Shop […]

Fans of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six franchise will get a crossover between its most popular title and an upcoming title. Rainbow Six Extraction will seep into Rainbow Six Siege in a month-long event coming in this week. It will be called the “Containment Event.” Ubisoft announced the collaboration event through a trailer. The trailer showed off some of the monsters that […]

Blizzard announces the delay in the release of their mobile game, Diablo Immortal, to 2022. Diablo Immortal went into a technical alpha test in December last year. Content creators and members of the media gained access to the alpha build of the game. While the game is infamous for the whole “What, do you guys have no […]

After his massive debut in Final Fantasy XIV, Twitch streamer Asmongold has been having a blast in Eorzea. Since then, he’s patiently gone through A Realm Reborn’s main scenario quests. He even faced the base game’s raids and extreme trials on minimum item level settings. The Warm Heavensward Welcome A couple of days ago, he […]

Activision Blizzard COO Daniel Alegre announced Blizzard President J. Allen Brack’s departure from the company in an email sent to investors today. A copy of this email is available on the official post. In addition to that is the announcement of J. Allen Brack’s two new replacements. Former Vicarious Visions head Jen Oneal is now […]

After being shown off at Square Enix’s E3 2021 presentation, we’re now getting more details on Babylon’s Fall. Platinum Games has announced details about the game’s upcoming closed beta phase. Babylon’s Fall Closed Beta Release Date (North America): August 5, 2021. Meanwhile, Japan has already started its Closed Beta last July 29. Europe will be […]

xQc has some wise words for his followers who would like to follow in his footsteps as a streamer and content creator. His tip? It’s not always about following what’s trendy. xQc’s Secret to Success: Do What You Enjoy Doing xQc shared in one of his streams what he thinks is the key to greatness. […]

Three all-time greats join the PS Now August 2021 catalog. NieR Automata headlines PS Now August 2021 First off is NieR Automata. The masterpiece in storytelling and game design from Platinum Games joins the subscription service this month. You will be playing this game over and over again, unlocking one ending after another. You won’t ever regret […]

Twitch streamer Victoria who goes by the name girl__fighter on the Internet gets her stream interrupted by a sudden home intrusion. Victoria’s live Twitch broadcast was interrupted by an angry neighbor. Annoyed by the noise her streaming produces, the neighbor broke through Victoria’s window and entered the house. “I will hurt you,” says the man […]

UFC Legend Vitor Belfort gave Tiktoker Bryce Hall during training, as Hall prepares for his next boxing match. The former UFC pro retired with an amazing 26-14-0 record, which makes him a prime candidate for a sparring partner. However, Tiktoker Bryce Hall, who met Belfort to prepare for a Youtuber vs. TikToker boxing exhibition match, […]