Paper Rex destroy Team Heretics to kick off VALORANT Masters Toronto 2025

Valorant News The excitement starts here! Opening matches can bring an early advantage and boost competitive spirit. Or they can do just the opposite — for the losing side. VALORANT esports teams have three rounds of Swiss-format matches ahead of them. These are extremely competitive days! Four teams should leave the Masters Toronto 2025 tournament right after that. Every win is crucial to make it to the Playoffs: Team Heretics and Paper Rex have only three chances to reach the blessed 2-win score....

June 29, 2025 · 4 min · 767 words · John Woods

Players receive free Thunderbringer Legendary ahead of new Hearthstone expansion

Hearthstone News “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t stop it from electrocuting everything in the water.” Players can test out the Thunderbringer minion ahead of the new Hearthstone expansion! Read on for our quick guide on how to unlock the free Showdown in the Badlands Legendary minion. This article also includes some exclusive insights about Thunderbringer from Hearthstone game designer Leo Robles Gonzalez and lead narrative designer Valerie Chu!...

June 29, 2025 · 3 min · 490 words · Steven White

Red Bull ‘Raise Your Game’ event to return to the UK

News The Red Bull “Raise Your Game” event returns! Getting to play with your favorite pro gamer is something many wish to do but never will. Red Bull Gaming, though, is working hard to make that dream become a reality for a lucky few competitors. The company announced the Red Bull “Raise Your Game” event, which will take place in the UK. The event, which was first held in 2023, saw a massive amount of success....

June 29, 2025 · 2 min · 410 words · Nicole Schmidt

ShaZaM’s VALORANT crosshair settings and video settings

Valorant News The former Counter-Strike player is a veteran when it comes to FPS games and optimizing crosshairs. ShaZaM enjoyed a very successful career in CS:GO before transitioning to VALORANT upon the game’s launch. Having already played on teams such as Cloud9, OpTic, Complexity, and more, the 29-year-old player has a wealth of experience when it comes to FPS games. He is currently a part of G2 esports. Here are ShaZaM’s VALORANT crosshair settings and video settings....

June 29, 2025 · 2 min · 321 words · Mary Molina

Stalker 2 drops surprise extra patch

GSC Game World’sStalker 2:Heart Of Chornobylhas just received an extra patch that you can now download. The game came out on November 20 and, even though mosthave been raving about it, it’s hard to acknowledge the release version’s rougher and likely radioactive edges. GSC Game World was quick not just to address the issues, but to come up with a patch. And what a patch that was, one single piece of software that dared to fix over 650 serious stability issues....

June 29, 2025 · 1 min · 180 words · Austin Johnson

TFT patch 14.1 preview, part 2: Heartsteel, Caitlyn, and more!

Teamfight Tactics News As we get closer to the first TFT patch of 2024, here is another preview of the changes coming in TFT patch 14.1. They will go live on Jan. 10! Teamfight Tactics (TFT) lead designer Stephen “Mortdog” Mortimer followed up his original announcement on X that the next TFT patch, 14.1, to be deployed on Jan. 10, is locked in. In the follow-up, he revealed changes to Heartsteel and a preview of the multitude of buffs and nerfs to be expected....

June 29, 2025 · 2 min · 299 words · Aaron Horton

The Best Knives in CS:GO

CS:GO News Knives exist at the top of CS:GO’s cosmetic pyramid. We’ve picked out five affordable knives that will give a chance to flex without breaking the bank. Although they are purely cosmetic, knives in CS:GO are a staple of the game’s gameplay experience. These peculiar, infamous in-game items bring a unique sense of satisfaction to your gaming experience that transcends the fact they are ‘just pixels.’ The simple yet distinct gratification of the flip of a flip knife, or the toss of a bayonet, appeals to large swaths of CS:GO’s numerous players....

June 29, 2025 · 6 min · 1085 words · Brenda Walton

Watch Dogs: Bad Blood stars a different playable character

Well, two, if you count the RC toy car Really? No one — not even the guard with his gunalready drawn— noticed that noisy remote-controlled toy car with the bomb strapped to it? I guess folks playing theWatch DogsDLC should use it and nothing else if it’s really that good at sneaking into restricted areas. Bad Bloodhits first for season pass holders on September 23, followed by a wide release on September 30....

June 29, 2025 · 1 min · 124 words · Jeffrey Miller

What is Rumble? DrDisrespect leads the charge to grow Rumble Gaming

Streamers Guides Rumble.com brands itself as a censorship-resistant platform focused on politics and news. Now, it’s expanding into gaming with DrDisrespect onboard. DrDisrespect’s streams on Rumble might have caught you off guard if you missed the memo, but it’s yet another streaming platform on the market. DrDisrespect was a marquee signing in a bid to grow their Rumble Gaming community. Here’s an explanation of Rumble.com, and how his mission is going so far....

June 29, 2025 · 3 min · 457 words · Richard Everett

When is the next Fortnite update? Complete OG schedule

Fortnite News Here is when you’re able to expect each Fortnite OG update to drop. Fortnite OG is off and running with the first of six significant updates across the abbreviated one-month season. The OG Fortnite Chapter 1 Season 5 map returned on November 3 and generatedrecord-breaking numbers. With some timeleft in the season, we have a comprehensive list to answer when the next Fortnite update will occur. When is the next Fortnite update?...

June 29, 2025 · 2 min · 288 words · Jerry Lang

Who Calls the Dragon Knight?: A Guide to Our Favorite Anime Protagonist

DOTA 2 Guides An in depth guide to one of Dota’s most iconic heroes, we show you every thing you need to know to play the fire-breathing Dragon Knight! Davion,the Dragon Knight, is perhaps one of the most iconic heroes in Dota 2. One of the most new-player friendly heroes, Dragon Knight is easy to learn but hard to master. It might be easy to figure out what each of his skills does, but it’s hard to figure out what to do with them as the game goes on....

June 29, 2025 · 8 min · 1638 words · Yvonne Vazquez

(Update) The Cooking Mama drama continues, as its developer alleges that the game was unlawfully released early

Office Create is the developer, Planet is the publisher [Update:In light of the statement from Office Create, Planet Entertainment has offeredtheir own account of the situation on Twitter. The gist is that Planet contends that Office Create “approved a detailed game design in 2019,” which included the Switch edition and “many additional Office Create suggestions.” Planet cites “creative differences…near completion” of the game that were “outside of the scope of [their] agreement....

June 28, 2025 · 3 min · 473 words · Jaime Roman

All Ditto Disguises In Pokémon GO (August 2025)

The transforming Pokémon Ditto returns toPokémon GOin August 2025. Despite a recent influx of new Pokémon in events such as theWater Festival 2025, Ditto remains one of the hardest to catch inPokémon GO. Since Ditto made its debut inPokémon GO,it has remained one of the most unique Pokémon due to the method required to catch one. Ditto will disguise itself as a number of different other Pokémon, so it will never appear on the nearby map itself....

June 28, 2025 · 3 min · 571 words · Joshua Fuller