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North America’s League Championship series continues its brave venture into the new season by announcing its complete on-air cast. This follows the rebranding announcement from Riot Games yesterday. Former NA legend Hai “Hai” Du Lam leads the charge for the new on-air talents. New challengers We are excited to announce the on-air talent team that […]

Jon Ossoff (D-GA), senator-elect of Georgia, was jokingly outed by a Twitter user as a Dota player. Jon Ossoff “stayed up til 6am every night playing Dota” In a tweet, @handsome_pal insinuated that Georgia’s future senator “stayed up ’til 6am every night playing Dota”. He was retweeting the candidate’s post from way back 2014, where […]

It cannot be denied that the pandemic has ruined our plans in 2020. Some of the outdoor events that we’ve always dreamt to attend have been cancelled as the government encouraged us to remain indoors. Gone are those days when we can flood stadiums to watch the latest Super Bowl or Wrestlemania event or those […]

North American League of Legends is the latest region to get the new look treatment. Following LCK’s branding update, the League Championship Series receives a brand new look and direction. The announcement also followed the new LCS tournament format changes. LCS commissioner Chris Greeley shed insight on the plan behind the rebranding. “The main focus […]

Call of Duty: Warzone may be a free-to-play battle royale but developer Raven Software is keeping a close eye on things. The massively successful game enjoyed big updates in December 2020 along with the introduction of Rebirth Island. Subsequently, Raven addressed recent player concerns regarding overly dominant weapons in Warzone. New orders To clarify, these […]

Immediately following the rebranding announcement, LOL Champions Korea adopts a new format beginning in the 2021 season. The incoming season for the defending world champion region will be an exciting affair for all involved teams. The changes mostly apply to a brand new playoffs format that will give all qualified teams a chance to take […]

The Non-Playable Characters (NPC) in Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (BotW) are just Miis, Nintendo Switch modder @HeyimHeroic confirms. Clever way to diversify NPCs Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is one of the most highly-regarded video games of all time. It served as one of the flagship games of the […]

Cyberpunk 2077 may have set numerous commercial records when it launched last month. However, it seems like CD Projekt Red’s victories are short-lived. Steam’s player base for Cyberpunk 2077 has drastically dropped mere weeks after launch. Cyberpunk 2077 Steam player base dropped by 79% since launch Data aggregator GitHyp reports that Cyberpunk 2077 has been […]

League of Legends Championship Korea (LCK) team Griffin has officially disbanded their roster after a disappointing 2020 run. Falling action Griffin failed to capitalize on their 2019 Worlds run. The team’s results at the end of the 2019 season led to three of their players leaving the roster. The new team that Griffin worked with […]

Mika Daime first came to international attention for being called out for hacking in Riot Games’ Valorant. Pro Valorant players such as Matthew ‘WARDELL’ Yu said it was blatantly obvious she was using third party applications to easily flick to head shots in game. Keith Capstick of theScore esports even made a video of the […]

Vladimir “No[o]ne” Minenko aired his grievances towards the DPC format in a personal Tweet. The veteran CIS player is currently without a team after parting ways with Virtus.pro. Subsequently, no organization has approached him prior to the beginning of the 2021 Dota Pro Circuit. High and dry И так, если я пропускаю первый дпс сезон, […]

Former The International champion Peter “ppd” Dager announced his return to the competitive Dota 2 scene. The American Support and Captain just couldn’t stay away from the top stage of Dota. He returns to the reformed Sadboys lineup alongside fellow-TI champion Clinton “Fear” Loomis. Taking a step back Moving on – Retiring from competitive Dota […]

Riot Games works toward fixing the League of Legends chat system but it will take a few patches to kick in. Senior experience designer Jordan Checkman teased the impending changes to LOL’s chat window in a Tweet. Negative player feedback spurred the incoming changes to the game. On the horizon Planned changes for League of […]

Xiao returns in Genshin Impact 2.4 with a renewed conviction to rid Liyue of demons. This time, he’s getting some help from a powerful new 5-star Cryo character that gets mistaken for an Adeptus a lot – Shenhe. But if you’re pulling for Xiao instead of Shenhe, then you must want to know how to build Xiao. […]

Taking center stage, Yun Jin is a Geo character who is appearing in the first phase of Genshin Impact 2.4. She is a new face inside a patch that contains three rerun banners, and she’s sure to pique the interest of most players. She is well-known throughout Liyue, where people from all sorts of places […]

Usually, when a project’s not completed in time for the deadline, they’re left abandoned forever. That’s not the case for the 20-year-old PS1 game project by Japanese developers K. Matsunami and PIROWO, though. They made their project, Magic Castle, using the Net Yaroze development kit for the PlayStation One. After more than two decades in […]

Chinese powerhouse, Team Newbee, is barred from attending DOTA 2 tournaments after accounts of match fixing were revealed. The ban was officially made on January 1, 2021. Wykrhm Reddy, a trusted insider source of DOTA news, confirmed this via Twitter. The following have been permanently banned from participating in Valve events as of Jan 1, […]

The character creation feature of Cyberpunk 2077 has brought a lot of memes given that players are free to choose the size of their private organs. But it can also be a nuisance as players can only view their characters when they face a mirror or reflection. But this can be addressed as there have […]

Lance McDonald, a man known for his antics in finding game secrets, has now revealed on a Twitter post that he has finally discovered a cheat code in NieR: Automata. After hours spent on reverse engineering, he finally figured out a method in skipping the entire game to jump straight to the ending and unlock […]

Kim “Febby” Yong-min is making a return to the competitive stage after spending time as TNC Predator’s head coach. The South Korean legend has not competed for any team since he left Mineski in March 2019. The roster deadline was looming over TNC Predator prior to its decision to field their head coach as one […]

It’s a fresh start for all League of Legends teams and it’s no different for the region that reclaimed its top spot. South Korea’s LCK league revealed its brand new look a few hours ago and it’s very exciting. The LCK is the latest major LOL region to completely rebrand following the LEC’s creation and […]

The legendary T1 organization has so far failed to reach the top of Dota 2 since its start in October 2019. The T1 Dota 2 squad enjoyed mixed success in minor tournaments around Southeast Asia but they were still far from qualifying for The International. The DPC team registry has revealed the next T1 Dota […]

With the loss of The International 2020, comes an opportunity for other games to dominate the prize pool earnings. If the previous years saw DOTA 2 teams dominate the category, this year is different as a Call of Duty team became the highest esports earner. In a data compiled by The Esports Observer, it revealed […]

2020 ended with an absolute banger with the amazing titles we got to play towards the tail end of the year. Following this, 2021 is looking to have a strong lineup so far. With the announcement of games like Far Cry 6 and Ruined King, we’re excited to see what 2021 will bring. While these […]

The first Resident Evil film series starring Milla Jovovich lasted for a good fourteen years spanning six films. While this series raked in the cash, fans of the video game series it was based on didn’t like it. Now, Sony Pictures is going to try to do better for the fans. A Resident Evil reboot […]

Alchemy may be one of the most annoying subjects in Genshin Impact as it will remind you of those hours needed to grind your way in finding items. But it can also be a fun endeavor especially when you have Albedo in your lineup. Once you start testing his skill set, you’ll realize how insane […]

Cyberpunk 2077 has been on many players’ radar since it was first teased in May 2012. It finally released in 2020 but not everyone was happy about it. The game may have been fine for its PC launch but CD Projekt Red landed itself in hot water with its poor old-generation console port. Now, the […]

We will always remember those times in the early to mid-aughts where mobile gaming is limited to a snake chasing after a dot or a space ship destroying pixelated monsters but those days have long been gone. Nowadays we have tablets and smartphones that allow us to play even the most complicated games. We’ve even […]

Two creative geniuses in their respective worlds are coming together to make Elden Ring. First revealed during E3 2019, Elden Ring is slowly replacing the much-hyped Cyberpunk 2077 as the hottest, most-anticipated soon-to-be-released game. But developers FromSoftware isn’t very forthcoming about details in this new project. So what is this game, and what do we […]

We’re finally approaching the end of 2020 and there’s no shortage of award shows or best lists. It’s the perfect time to take a breather and take stock of the year that passed to see just how games have evolved in this chaotic year. Riot Games went in an entirely different direction with a year-ender […]

Aleksandar “kassad” Trifunović has officially parted ways with Cloud9’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive staff. He joined the team in September 2020 when the lineup was being rebuilt. It’s only been a little over three months but the Serbian coach is off to find a new esports home. The announcement surprised many but there is apparently no […]

Brandon “Dashy” Otell recently joined OpTic Chicago after being released by Optic Gaming LA in September. It’s been a wild run for the Call of Duty pro who played for OpTic LA for over a year. Now he finds himself on a new team and in a new city. Luckily for Dashy, things seem to […]

If you’ve been wanting to go back to the original StarCraft story but too put off by the game’s dated graphics, then this fan-made StarCraft: Mass Recall is for you. StarCraft: Mass Recall is a fan-made campaign on StarCraft II Both StarCraft II and the original StarCraft games are both already ancient by today’s standards, […]

Xbox Games with Gold subscribers are getting two amazing horror games this coming January 2021. Microsoft will be adding two games to the service on January 1, then two more on January 16. Two horror big hits are coming to Xbox Games with Gold next month Microsoft will be bringing two horror hits to Xbox […]

President Donald J. Trump pardons former U.S. congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA), according to a press statement from the White House. Hunter is a convicted felon for using campaign funds for personal expenses. This includes Hunter’s PC gaming expenses, spending over $1,500 on Steam games. Corrupt politician turned campaign funds into Steam credits In 2016, Duncan […]

It’s been a rocky year for everyone but one good thing about the ongoing pandemic is that we all have more time for our games. 2020 saw the rise of fun party games that people can quickly play without too much hassle. Never before has there been a time where people gravitated toward games so […]

When Team 33 hired Joseph Deen, an eight-year old Fortnite prodigy, in their ranks it sparked a lot of discussions. Sure there were the usual envious stare where other kids at his age would marvel at the dream of being involved in an organization at a young age. But there were other important topics that […]

Hey Sucrose! I heard you spent most of your time inside the laboratory conducting experiments. This makes me wonder. WHY CAN’T YOU SYNTHESIZE A POTION THAT WILL MAKE ME IMMUNE FROM DRAGONSPINE’S WRATH? (Sucrose suddenly lowers her face and sheds her signature blushy cheeks) Ok that was really harsh. You might forget that Albedo may […]

Jealous that your peers have the latest PlayStation or Xbox consoles or the high end gaming PCs that brought the best Cyberpunk experience? Do you want to show some bragging rights that your Switch is better than the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One versions of Cyberpunk? Well guess what, these questions can be answered since […]