News Get ready for the FNCS Global Championship 2024 in Texas! Epic Games has confirmed that competitive Fortnite’s next massive LAN event will occur this September in Fort Worth, Texas. Although some believed it would again take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, that is not the case. Instead, the FNCS Global Championship 2024 coincides with the Rocket League World Championship at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. Here’s everything we know about this year’s FNCS LAN....

News The world do-meow-nation ends here. Intelligent chess cat bot, Mittens, had wrapped the world in its tiny paws for the entirety of January 2023. The Chess.com product was immensely successful and even played a part in Chess' recent boom. But Chess.com has removed Mittens from its bots selection - and the community will cherish the good (and bad) memories together. “This is just the beginning. Goobye for now.” Mittens posted its farewell message on Twitter....

CS:GO News The First ESL Arena Event kicks off with the IEM Katowice 2022 Play-In. Will the favorites come through or will there be big LAN upsets? ESL has announced the Play-In Stage draws and Group distribution for IEM Katowice 2022. With 24 teams, the Capstone of the IEM Circuit will be our first Arena event since 2021. BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2021 was the last time we saw the players on stage....

Destiny 2 Guides A beloved 140 RPM hand cannon returns with Rite of the Nine. 140 RPM hand cannons are some of the most sought after weapons in Destiny 2, with Rite of the Nine’s reprisal of Judgment already at the top of many guardians' wish lists. The Judgment god rolls for PvE and PvP are both very strong and worth your time grinding dungeons to get them. What is the Judgment god roll in Destiny 2?...

Apex Legends News K1CK were the big winners of Day 4 of the EMEA Pro League. They are set to qualify for the LAN in Sweden. K1CK mastered the art of fighting on their way to an impressive victory in the EMEA Pro League. The hyper-aggressive trio have cemented their place in the top 10, leaping to 2nd. However, it was another difficult day for Rebel and Alliance. Both sides are set to miss out on Sweden unless they can find a turnaround....

League of Legends Guides Chosen of the Wolf is a new skinline featuring the newest League of Legends champion Ambessa! Here are all of the upcoming Chosen of the Wolf skins in League of Legends! Swain, Katarina, Kindred, Pantheon, and new champion Ambessa are all on this skinline. Chosen of the Wolf skins This skinline will go live on LoL patch 14.22 on November 7th, 2024 right beforeArcane Season 2’s premiere....

Stellar Blade News Is Stellar Blade better than NieR? The NieR director certainly says so. Yoko Taro, the director of NieR: Automata, praised Stellar Blade pre-release, going so far as to call it “much better than NieR: Automata.” In an interview with IGN, the director of hit Japanese action game NieR: Automata sat down with Hyung Tae-Kim, the director of Stellar Blade at South Korean studio ShiftUp, and talked about the intersection of their games and inspirations....

Overwatch 2 News Here’s what Overwatch 2 lead balance designer Josh Noh had to say about Hanzo’s headshots and more. In the latest Overwatch 2 AMA session on Reddit, Blizzard lead balance designer Josh Noh answered a bunch of questions about the game’s hero balance updates. Some of these questions pertained to Hanzo and his potential of doing headshots again. Will Hanzo headshots return in Overwatch 2? According to Noh, Hanzo is still effective in terms of mid-range burst damage despite his lack of one-shot kills....

Streamers News Facebook Gaming has shown impressive growth when compared with its peers, and is even threatening to surpass YouTube Gaming in hours watched. New Q3 2021 report by StreamHatchet and Sideqik A new report byStream HatchetandSideqik shows that Facebook Gaming is the fastest growing streaming platform in Q3 2021. Additionally, they’ve also had the highest growth by percentage over the past two years. On general growth, the report shows that while streaming hours have slightly dipped this quarter, hours watched are far above what they were in 2020 with consistent growth....

FGC News The FGC had some choice words about SF6’s 37 second reveal trailer. Capcom has officially revealed Street Fighter 6 at the end of the Capcom Pro Tour 2021 Finals exhibition series. This is the first release of a numbered Street Fighter game since the launch of Street Fighter V in 2016. Many eyes were glued to the screen watching the Capcom Pro Tour 2021 Finals exhibition to learn what the reveal for the Capcom countdown would be....

Valorant News Version1’s Zellsis speaks about maintaining a positive attitude as well as the IGL transition on the team. Things have not been kind toVersion1after their miraculous run to and at VCT Masters Reykjavik. Since then, the team has failed to recapture similar magic. And with the loss of Anthony “Vanity” Malaspina to Cloud9, Version1 find themselves in a tough spot. Circumstances are stacked against Version1 at VCT Last Chance Qualifiers, but forJordan “Zellsis” Montemurro, he is ready to take on those challenges....

DOTA 2 News Praise Gaben! Valve listened, looked at the data, and fixed it. Now you’ll get more Battle Points just for playing Dota 2. Ever since The 2022 Battle Pass came out, there’s been the feeling that progress is slow. But Dota 2 players can worry more, as a huge influx of ways to earn Battle Points has been added. After listening to community feedback, Valve posted aBattle Pass Updatein the evening of September 13th, addressing the issues....

Guides The king is back to finally dethrone Mirage. Maps areeverything in CS2, and some are much, much more popular than others. New stats from Valve matchmaking reveal which ones are seeing the most play among casual players while FACEIT stats show where competitive grinders prefer to build their Elo. We’ve combed through the stats to see which maps get the most action and therefore have the shortest queue times....