My goal is to be better than I was before, all the way to the end – Pine talks about the Overwatch League 2021 Playoffs

Overwatch 2 News Pine sits down with Will English IV to talk about the 2021 Overwatch League Playoffs with the Dallas Fuel, his expectations, and personal goals Pine was once retired after two seasons with the NYXL. Earlier this year, Pine came out of retirement and joined the Dallas Fuel. However, for the regular season, Pine had to deal with Visa issues and could not join the team in Dallas. Those issues have since been resolved, and Pine is eligible for the Playoffs with the Dallas Fuel as they head to Hawaii....

July 8, 2025 · 4 min · 740 words · Brian Hernandez

Overwatch 2 Year of the Dragon event rewards, skins, and more

News Let the festivities begin! The 2024 Lunar New Year event is here! Read on for everything you need to know about the festivities, including all of the Overwatch 2 Year of the Dragon event rewards, Overwatch 2 Lunar New Year skins, challenges, game modes, and more. Overwatch 2 Year of the Dragon event release date The 2024 Lunar New Year event for Overwatch 2 goes from Jan. 30 to Feb....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 363 words · Amanda Hunt

Riot confirms VALORANT NA LCQ is running on virtual servers, not on LAN

Valorant News Riot has issued a statement addressing lag issues with their virtual servers for the Valorant NA Last Chance Qualifier. While action has been intense at the Valorant North America Last Chance Qualifier, things haven’t been all smooth. There have been numerous tech pauses and issues with the event choosing to use an online virtual server instead of running the LAN client for Valorant at the event. This video footage shows the lag in action, which was (to say the least) not acceptable:...

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Seth Walker

Road Redemption adds Oculus Rift support as stretch goal

Kickstarter campaign is still $60,000 short The combination ofRoad Redemptionand Oculus Rift support seems like a real good fit. The Kickstarter project by Dark Seas is a spiritual successor to the motorbike brawlerRoad Rage, a title I played a whole lot back in the day. The team has just announced it will be adding Oculus Rift support for the game as a stretch goal. In this trailer, you see that having full head movement looks pretty natural and would work really well for duking it out with other bikers on either side of you....

July 8, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Mark Taylor

SCARZ Europe “brotherhood” becomes the unexpected ALGS EMEA Finals Champions

Apex Legends News The ALGS EMEA Finals have come to an end and SCARZ Europe has come out on top. Join us in recapping the 7 games that lead up to their $265,000+ victory. Favourites fall in ALGS EMEA Finals - SCARZ and Fire Beavers emerge from the chaos The ALGS Championship EMEA went right down to the wire as the finals headed to a game 7 with three teams on Match Point....

July 8, 2025 · 4 min · 674 words · Mark Rogers

TFT patch 14.11 goes live tomorrow due to Memorial Day

Teamfight Tactics News TFT patch 14.11 releases tomorrow, a day later than regular patch cycle because of Memorial Day in America. As we get closer and closer to the Set 11 Inkborn Fables Tactician’s Crown, or the Set 11 TFT world championship, the patches will start to decrease in size and scale. TFT patch 14.11 releases May 30 at approximately 6 a.m. local time across the globe. It features a lot less changes than previous patches, gearing up to stabilize the meta and balance the game without too many drastic differences....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 612 words · Ronnie Simmons

The definitive Witcher reading order

Serving as the inspiration not only for a string of massively successful video games, but also a hit Netflix series about to head into itsfourth season,The Witcherseries of books by Andrzej Sapkowski is an absolute phenomenon. The first glimpse of Geralt of Rivia and the world ofThe Witcheractually took the form of a submission to a literary competition in a Polish fantasy magazine namedFatastyka. Challenged to keep the story within 30 pages, Sapkowski submitted the original short story “The Witcher” in 1986....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Susan Spears

The International 2024 prize pool tracker: What is TI13’s prize pool?

DOTA 2 News TI13 will feature one of the lowest prize pools in the tournament history. The grand annual Dota 2 tournament, The International 2024 (TI13), begins in two days! Sixteen of the world’s best Dota 2 teams have arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark for another journey to claim the Aegis of Champions. The lineup of players are confirmed, the schedule is revealed, almost all details are finalized. Except for the prize pool....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 487 words · Dennis Medina

The new Monster Hunter Rise patch sets the stage for the Ghosts ‘n Goblins collab

Arthur is out on October 29 Monster Hunter Risehas been rolling with Capcom crossoversfor some time now, and we’re onto the spooky season with the appropriately Halloween-esqueGhosts ‘n Goblinscollab. That actually kicks off on October 29 (so far, Arthur has been teased, with a predictable lance getup), and for now, there’s a new patch (3.5) with a ton of band-aids. TheGhosts ‘n Goblinscollab is actually the fifth crossover event, and is meant to showcaseGhosts ‘n GoblinsResurrection....

July 8, 2025 · 1 min · 149 words · Eric Waters

The real Sonya Blade wants a new game, might pass on a movie

Kerri Ann Hoskins is a real wonder woman A couple of weeks ago, I cold-called Kerri Ann Hoskins, famous for her roles inMortal Kombat 3and Aerosmith’sRevolution X,to see if she wanted to do an interview forone of my podcasts. A week or so later, she said “Sure.” She didn’t even ask what it was for! That “who gives a f*ck let’s just do it” attitude is a big part of who she is, and I am so grateful for it....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 439 words · Erica Morrow

VALORANT Champions format and groups decided: Sentinels and Liquid meet in Group B

Valorant News A number of details about the upcoming VALORANT Champions event have been revealed, including groups, opening matches, and a full schedule. In a string ofannouncementstoday, the format and groups for the first-ever VALORANT Champions have been revealed. Champions kicks off on December 1st, with 16 teams fighting for the right to be the 2021 VALORANT World Champion. Groups A group draw was recorded that aired today, first being put up onBrazilian channels, then out to the rest of the world....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 286 words · Jeremiah Williams

Vlad the closeted dracula talks Magicka 2 co-op friends in therapy

Paradox makes the best trailers Magicka 2continues tooutperform most gameswhen it comes to trailers. And believe me, I know something aboutfunny videogame video content. It’s also quite fun. I had a chance to playMagicka 2on PS4 last month and I’ve got to tell you, the new control scheme made so much more sense to my brain than the first one’s fighting game quarter circles. It’s good to have a mouse and keyboard alternate, especially because this one is coming to PS4....

July 8, 2025 · 1 min · 130 words · Hannah Andrews

When is the Dota 2 roster lock deadline for 2022?

DOTA 2 News The upcoming DPC season will see a few changes in the schedule. The roster lock deadline for DPC 2023 is fast-approaching. Every year after TI11, Dota 2 sees a lull in esports tournaments. This year Tundra esports surprised everyone with their dominant TI11 victory. With the first Dota 2 Major fast approaching, here’s the Dota 2 roster lock 2022 deadline - the latest by which teams will have to finalize their roster....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 335 words · Emma Kane