European Titans eliminated early at ESL One as Nigma beat Team Secret

DOTA 2 News Nigma and Team Secret faced off in the lower bracket of the ESL One Summer. A battle that was sure to bring exciting gameplay to fans saw Nigma win with a 2-1 score. A matchup that has become storied in the history of Dota, the Lower Bracket atESL Onebegan with an epic clash betweenTeam SecretandTeam Nigma. Shockingly, both teams had suffered shock defeats in the Upper Bracket of the tournament and would find themselves not competing for top honors as had previously happened between these teams, but instead trying to avoid elimination....

June 28, 2025 · 12 min · 2474 words · Sandra Randall

F4Q Locomotive: “It actually gives us more confidence knowing that there are no expectations for us to perform well.”

Valorant News F4Q head coach Locomotive is not focused on trying to win VCT Masters Berlin. Instead, his goal is built around making sure F4Q’s players see growth during this event. F4Q entered VCT Masters Berlin with very little expectations to make an impact. In a group with both G2 Esports and Sentinels not many expect the South Korean team, with lesser infrastructure to challenge their opponents. The outcome of their first match in Berlin was along expected lines....

June 28, 2025 · 5 min · 900 words · Garrett Garcia

FaZe vs SAW at BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024: Results

Counter Strike 2 News It’s an opening match for Group A and the very first match of the event. The CS2 tournament BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2024 starts with a group stage where eight teams fight for six spots in the playoffs. The opening matches are quite important, as a victory here guarantees proceeding to the next stage. FaZe Clan and SAW played on the first day of the event, with one of them being considered a favorite....

June 28, 2025 · 5 min · 962 words · James Stuart PhD

Former G2 support Mikyx joins EXCEL Esports starting LEC lineup

News A four-time LEC Champion has joined EXCEL Esports. G2 Esports have released former player Mihael “Mikyx” Mehle from the team as the Slovenian support moves to EXCEL Esports as their new LEC support in 2022 Spring. EXCEL Esports is the only franchised LEC team to have never made the playoffs since franchising began in Europe in 2019, but that might soon come to an end after acquiring the star support from G2 Esports....

June 28, 2025 · 3 min · 483 words · Charles Shepard

Fortnite: The Baron is reportedly hoarding gold in his office quest explained

Fortnite Guides Here’s how to complete “the baron who is reportedly hoarding gold in his office” Fortnite Quest! The Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 2 weekly challenges are underway. However, one Quest has led to players flocking to one location, making it incredibly difficult to complete. Here is a Fortnite guide explaining how to do “the baron who is reportedly hoarding gold in his office” Quest. Your first step in this Quest is to visitOutlaw Oasisand speak with Valentina....

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Jacob Haney

Friday Night Fights: Coming soon, to a galaxy near you

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I’m actually looking forward to theco-op inMass Effect 3. Now, don’t get me wrong; it’s not like I’m planning to forego the campaign in favor of it or anything. (I’m notinsane.) Butcome on! If anything, the mode just looks to add a bit to the story without detracting from the overall goal of the game (boning green women); what’s wrong with that?...

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · 287 words · Dylan Jones MD

GameStop closes Facebook store

Retailer GameStop opened a Facebook store to reel in their 3.5 million FB “fans” so that they might sell a game or two. Now, six months later, the store has closed. Facebook wanted to be a shopping destination, and investors were saying that “F-commerce” could grow to threaten Amazon, but it seems that nothing went as well as they hoped, and GameStop has now quietly backed out. Actually, it didn’t work out for anyone....

June 28, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · James Cooper

Half-Life: Alyx now has three hours of commentary waiting for you

Flip on the ol’ Developer Commentary In-game commentaries are synonymous with Valve, but due to the rough year we’ve all been through,Half-Life: Alyxwasn’t able to launch with the Developer Commentary fans have come to expect. Almost eight months later– and just in time for game-of-the-year discussions to begin in earnest – Valve has added the commentary feature toAlyxwith a free update released today on Steam. There are caveats – as Valve admits, the team had to use “closets and blanket forts” instead of its “comfortable high-quality recording studio” due to COVID – but there are over three hours of behind-the-scenes tidbits....

June 28, 2025 · 1 min · 184 words · Julie Humphrey

Hearthstone Battlegrounds’ second $50K Lobby Legends event, Noblegarden, is this weekend, days after the Rise of the Nagas

Hearthstone News Lobby Legends Noblegarden, the second Battlegrounds tournament will happen this weekend with $50k in prizes. Check all the details here! Lobby Legends: Noblegarden, the second competitive Battlegrounds event happens this weekend. With $50,000 in prizes, the top 16 players worldwide will need to adapt to the new Rise of the Nagas metagame. Battlegrounds Lobby Legends: Noblegarden will be broadcasted on both YouTube and Twitch. What is more, once again, streamers and players will be able to Co-Stream the event....

June 28, 2025 · 3 min · 479 words · Lindsey Kennedy

How to unlock the A Saurian’s Lover’s Ordinary Days quest in Genshin Impact

Genshin Impact Guides Saurian’s Lover’s Ordinary Days quest is one of the newest world quests of Genshin Impact Version 5.0. Here’s how to unlock and complete it. A Saurian’s Lover’s Ordinary Days is one of the 10 sub-quests of the In the Footsteps of the Chosen of Dragons world quests. This quest arrived with the newest version of Genshin Impact. Like the other sub-quests, this one does not have any prior requirements....

June 28, 2025 · 3 min · 524 words · Tammie Singh

Marvel Rivals announces Closed Beta for July, to include consoles

Marvel Rivals News Marvel Rivals is having another test — this time a Closed Beta — which is set to include PS5 and Xbox Series X/S players in July. The summer 2024 PlayStation State of Play featured over a dozen titles. One of those was Marvel Rivals, which included a few special announcements. Not only areVenom and Adam Warlock arriving, but a Closed Beta is coming in July for console players itching to finally try Marvel Rivals....

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · 242 words · Katie Franklin

Meet LTA, the League of Legends Championship of the Americas

League of Legends News The LTA is the future of professional League of Legends for the Americas region. The LCS for North America, LLA for Latin America, and CBLOL for Brazil are consolidating into one region: the League of Legends Championship of the Americas. Check out what you’re able to expect from the newly formed LTA here. LTA explained Like theLECand theLCKfor 2025, the LTA will also have three splits of professional LoL goodness....

June 28, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Toni Padilla

NICKMERCS and Emu announce The JoeJoeFund, a project to support pet owners

Streamers News Famous Twitch streamer NICKMERCS and his partner Emumita are launching a fund to help pet owners with vet bills and resources. NICKMERCS launches The JoeJoeFund “It’s called the JoeJoe Fund,” Nick shares, “ And it’s going to be a direct resource for you guys to use in the MFAM, where her (NICKMERCS’s wife Emumita) and I basically help you guys out with your vet stuff.” “I’m not coming to you and asking for donations....

June 28, 2025 · 3 min · 628 words · Joshua Castro