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Respawn Entertainment’s decision to change the Battle Pass system, and especially its pricing, has not garnered the kind of response the developers may have been hoping for. While the announcement largely focuses on the rewards, the decision for the price changes and its explanation paints a strange picture of the overall situation. Let’s talk about the changes first:Apex Legendsbattle pass used to cost 950 Apex Coins, a virtual currency. Now, players can only purchase the battle pass using real-world money, by spending at least $10....

Fortnite Guides Here is everything you need to know about Fortnite’s newest banana item! TheFortnite v29.10update dropped early this morning after an overnight downtime period. Upon release, players learned of a new Fortnite item called “Banana of the Gods.” This new healing resource plays into a running gag in Chapter 5 Season 2, explaining that the “Gods” of this seasonprefer bananas over other food items. Today, we will explain what this golden banana does and where you can find it....

CS:GO News The in-game leader hadn’t played for NAVI since PGL Major Antwerp. Even though Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhaylov has not played for Natus Vincere since May of 2022, his contract with the Ukrainian organization has finally ended on the last day of the year. Boombl4 announced his free agency on his social media last Monday, Jan. 1. In a message sent on Twitter and Telegram, viaTwitlonger, the 23-year-old Russian commented that he still has a lot to achieve in his career....

Do you own none of the (mainline)Yakuzagames. Have you considered owningallof the (mainline)Yakuzagames? Limited Run Games is re-releasing all the (mainline)Yakuzagames from 0-6 in some fancy special editions. There is no such thing as too much Kiryu. I’m aware that the series didn’t end withYakuza 6, but at that point, it began transitioning to theLike a Dragonnomenclature. It’s also weird to attach “classic” toYakuza Kiwami, since it’s a remake of an older game....

200% Cotton I don’t quite know howCotton, of all franchises, became one of my most commonly written about beats of the ninth generation, but I’m here for it. Today’s news sees the candy-munching mischief-maker journey onto PC, as the recent remakeCotton Reboot!has launched on the Steam platform, priced at (a pretty meaty) $45 USD. As I notedin my PS4 review back in July of this year,Fantastic Night Dreams: Cotton Reboot!is a ground-up remake of Success Corporation’s original 1991 arcade releaseCotton: Fantastic Night Dreams....

Enjoy Darkest Dungeon outside in the sun! Darkest Dungeon, a kinda-roguelike where you have to keep track of your party’s mental states to survive, has been delayed on PS4 and Vita. While it’s been out on PC and Mac since January, the PS4 and Vita builds were originally due to be released in the late spring/early summer. Red Hook Games has confirmedvia its blogthat the release is being pushed back by a couple of months to late July or August, just to ensure the ports have the right amount of polish:...

Valorant News After Team Vitality’s first series during VCT EMEA Kickoff 2025, esports.gg sat down with Derke to go over moving to the team. Team Vitality is a new environment for Nikita “Derke” Sirmitev. After spending the majority of his VALORANT career on FNATIC, he’s found himself on a different team, but with a victory and high expectations ahead of him. VCT EMEA Kickoff 2025: Full schedule and results VCT EMEA Kickoff 2025 begins on January 15, where all teams in the league compete for chance at the year’s first Masters....

Destiny 2players were told thatrandom rollswere coming back to the game with the release of the Forsaken expansion, but as players dug into the DLC, they discovered that developer Bungie also added a version of some weapons that have set perks and drop with a maxed-out Masterwork stat. Fans have dubbed these weapons “curated god rolls” based on the fact that while these weapons regularly drop with random rolls, these particular versions are specifically crafted by Bungie....

DOTA 2 News Dota 2 officially released ten years ago on July 9, although had been in Beta for at almost three full years before. Doesn’t time fly? Doesn’t it just feel like a few short years ago that Dota 2 splashed onto the scene and pushed the limits of what a MOBA game looked like? Well, its been over a decade now, so start the celebration as Valve’s addictive, innovative, and timeless classic celebrates its 10-year anniversary....

Super Smash Bros News After over seven years with the organization, ESAM has announced that he has been dropped from Panda Global. The competitive Smash community has largely shunned Panda Global after the esports organization got involved in a scandal that led to thedownfall of Smash World Tour. Despite the drama, however, Eric “ESAM” Lew stayed with the esports org. Until now. On August 04, 2025, ESAM revealed that he was leaving Panda Global after seven-and-a-half years, making him a free agent ahead of Genesis....

Marvel Rivals News Take a look at the rewards for Flower of Krakoa, the Season 2 Battlepass with skins and other items galore in Marvel Rivals. Everyone is excited for Marvel Rivals Season 2, and for various reasons. There arenew Team-Up abilities,Emma Frost is coming, and of course, we’ve got a new Battlepass. Named Flower of Krakoa, the Marvel Rivals Season 2 Battlepass has 10 skins you can obtain, along with other cosmetics and currencies....

Well, the Switch will do that for a game The numbers are in, andFire Emblem: Three Housesis rocking it. As per US NPD data (gleaned from industry analyst Mat Piscatella),Fire Emblem: Three Houseswas the second best selling game in all of July, only behindMadden NFL 20. This is inline with another tidbit of info revealed from the NPD: hailing the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller as “the best selling video game accessory of July 2019,” the Switch has the best selling hardware of the month (and best selling of 2019), and noted that six of the top 10 best selling games in July 2019 in the US are Switch exclusives (Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8, Smash Ultimate, Ultimate Alliance 3, Mario Maker 2, Fire Emblem: Three Houses)....

Why wouldn’t you want Jim Raynor leading your troops? I love mods, probably way more than I should, and it is always amazing the things that creative people can come up with. TheHeroes of StarCraftmod forCivilization V, along with a partner mod by the same modder, adds hero units toCivilization V. In the comments section, the mod’s author, epic, says his eventual plan is for the mod to have heroes from other Blizzard games likeDiablo IIandWarcraft III....