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EsportsCall Of Duty Proâs Controller Stops Working In The Middle Of The Finals
Sometimes a controller breaks and itâs frustrating. Sometimes a controller breaks and youâre forced to remap buttons in the middle of a tense come-from-behind win at a major Call of Duty tournament with $200,000 on the line. Thatâs what happened to Gen.Gâs Chance âMauxâ Moncivaez this past Sunday at this yearâs Call of Duty Pro…
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Jormungandr Hulda is the newest Viking warrior to join For Honorâs roster. In keeping with year threeâs other recent additions, sheâs a heavy metal bad-ass who swings a giant spiked hammer like itâs nothing more than a croquet mallet. Sheâs available as part of the season pass starting August 1.Â
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CultureStreamer Apologizes For Throwing Her Cat
Natalia Mogollon, who streams under the name âAlinity Divineâ on Twitch, was playing Apex Legends on camera on July 18 when she took her cat from off her desk and threw it behind her, a clip that soon went viral. Mogollon has since apologized for it, while others, including from inside Twitch, are calling for…
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$30 million seemed like an absurd amount of money for the prize pool at Fortniteâs first World Cup event, but Dota 2 has just surpassed it. Earlier this morning, the prize pool for the Valve-sponsored International 2019 hit $30.1 million and itâs still rising, making it the biggest cash prize ever in esports.
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CultureFans Are Trying To Remake Dino Crisis In Unreal Engine 4
Debuting 20 years ago this month in Japan, Capcomâs short-lived Dino Crisis series asked, âWhat if dinosaurs instead of zombies?â Now, some fans have taken it upon themselves to remake Dino Crisis using Unreal Engine 4. The first Dino Crisis game remains a bright spot in the PS1 catalog, and despite the longing of fans…
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CultureA New Set Of Pre-Cataclysm Challenges Is Live In Anthem
Over the weekend, BioWareâs loot shooter Anthem received a new set of Challenges called âThe Oncoming Storm.â They appear to be a precursor to the gameâs upcoming Cataclysm event, which will introduce a new limited-time mode, but players have already run into some difficulty trying to complete the Challenges due to bugs and crashes. âThe…
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EsportsLast Yearâs Underdogs Now Have A Shot At This Yearâs Call Of Duty Championship
Colt âHavokâ McLendon watched the 2018 Call of Duty World League Championship from home. This year, his team could go all the way to the finals. âBefore this year started, I told myself, âIâm going to do competitive all or nothing, or Iâm going to be a streamer,â McLendon, a member of the team Gen.G…
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CultureFan Makes NES John Wick Game And It’s Really Hard
Keanu Reevesâ âJohn Wickâ character appeared in Fortnite earlier this year, and has a strategy game called John Wick Hex coming sometime in the future. But if you donât feel like waiting, thereâs now a short NES homage to the would-be-retired hitman you can play for free. Spotted by PC Gamer, the short game, titled…
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CultureThree Incredible Mario Kart Wii Shortcut Glitches Discovered Within 24 Hours
Mario Kart Wii remains the best-selling game in the series, and despite being over a decade old, players are still discovering new secrets hidden deep inside its 32Â courses. Just last week, three new shortcuts were discovered, continuing the race to try and find one for every course in the game. Prior to July 11, there…
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Fallout 76 got a hotfix today to address some of the problems plaguing players since the Tuesdayâs update went live. One thing it fixes are legendary item drops that previously werenât appearing. One thing it doesnât fix are legendary enemies that donât drop legendary items because the game has mislabeled them.
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CulturePlease Let Me Buy Individual Joy-Cons To Mix And Match
Earlier this week Nintendo announced two new sets of Joy-Cons that will release in October. Once theyâre out, the Switch will have over 100 different color combinations, an impressive number of options even by the standards of the most devoted Nintendo fan. But the Joy-Cons are still only sold in pairs, making true customization an…
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Flappy Royaleâs beta ended today and the game is now officially out on PC and mobile Currently 10 million games have been played, with one in five never going past the first pipe. And if you make it past the first three pipes? Well then youâre already in the top 50 percent of players
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OpinionImpressionsForget Everything You Know About Gravity In This Beautiful Puzzle Game
Playing Etherborn is like taking a hike through a series of colorful terraria that have been warped and torn apart by mysterious cosmic forces, causing gravity to shift like the sides of a Rubikâs Cube. It can be bewildering, but itâs never unpleasantâlike a dream you canât quite make sense of, but donât want to…
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The Advance Wars-inspired strategy game Wargroove finally comes to PS4 on July 23. The game has been out on Xbox One, Switch, and PC since February and itâs really good. Thereâs also a wealth of player-made maps and campaigns with online multiplayer, though the PS4 version will be the only one without cross-play.
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CultureA Mysterious Storm Is Brewing On Anthem‘s Horizon After Weeks Of Nothing
BioWare hasnât announced when Anthemâs upcoming Cataclysm event will begin in earnest, but recent clues have players hopeful the gameâs next phase is imminent. It doesnât take much these days to get Anthemâs remaining players excited. On Monday one player discovered a countdown timer in the game that indicated that it was seven days and…
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CultureBug-Riddled Update Shows Why Fallout 76 Needs A Public Test Server
This week marks eight months since Fallout 76 released as a buggy mess. Since then, Bethesdaâs online survival game has improved a lot. But while it has had a lot of good days, the arrival of patch number 11 yesterday was not one of them. Instead, itâs renewed playersâ calls for Bethesda to try updates…
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EsportsRiot Delays Taking Action Against Echo Fox Over Investor’s Racist Remarks
Back in May, League of Legends Championship Series commissioner Chris Greeley gave esports organization Team Echo Fox an ultimatum: oust investor Amit Raizada over racist remarks he made in the past, or face consequences that could jeopardize Echo Foxâs future in the world of competitive League of Legends. The commissioner gave Echo Fox 60 days…
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Ubisoft has released the full list of games that will be on its gaming subscription service Uplay+ when it launches on September 3. Thereâs just over 100 and only 18 of them are Assassinâs Creed games. The service will cost $15 a month and will also include new games like Watch Dogs: Legion
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CultureDéjà Poo: Nintendo Deletes Another Mario Maker Level By Popular Speedrunner
A popular Mario speedrunner and Mario Maker level creator said Tuesday morning that Nintendo is once again deleting his Mario Maker levels, this time targeting his popular Super Expert course in Super Mario Maker 2 for the Switch, called âPile of Poo: Kai-Zero G.â âI am at a loss for words and extremely sad about…
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