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Overwatch Pro Suspended For Saying Gay Rival Would Enjoy Sucking A ‘Fat Cock’ [UPDATE]
Dallas Fuel player Félix “xQc” Lengyel has found himself in hot water once again, this time for directing an insensitive insult at a player for the Houston Outlaws, shortly after the Outlaws swept Fuel 4-0 yesterday afternoon. Lengyel has been suspended and fined. During a stream yesterday evening, Lengyel took issue with Outlaws tank Austin…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 19, 2018 - Esports
Report: Dota Team Told Player He Was Cut During Pizza Party
After qualifying for a Dota 2 major, international esports team Fnatic suddenly dumped their offlane player Khoo “Ohaiyo” Chong Xin for Saahil “Universe” Arora, reportedly during a pizza dinner. The official announcement came January 13, when Fnatic confirmed that the former Evil Geniuses offlane player Arora would be joining the team, taking Ohaiyo’s role in…
By Eric Van Allen Published January 19, 2018 - Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
The weekend is for really wanting to watch the Gwent Open but also needing to play a lot of video games and also really needing to do some chores. Decisions, decisions! There’s an open beta for The Darwin Project this weekend, a battle royale game I really enjoyed in the couple of closed betas I’ve…
By Riley MacLeod Published January 19, 2018 - Culture
The Best Mods For Divinity: Original Sin 2
Divinity: Original Sin 2 is one of the best RPGs I’ve ever played. It’s massive, complex, and beautiful, but its many layers are riddled with kinks and bugs. Fortunately, the game’s modding community has dedicated itself to smoothing things out. Original Sin 2 has been out since last September, which has given modders time to…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 19, 2018 -
UncategorizedVR Chat Players Stop Trolling To Help Man Who Appears To Have Seizure
The virtual world VR Chat bursted into mainstream consciousness with a steady stream of viral memes, but a few days ago, denizens of VR Chat grappled with something much realer than swarms of Knuckles avatars: a player who appeared to suffer a seizure in VR. VR Chat is a social platform reminiscent of Second Life.…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published January 19, 2018 - Uncategorized
New Hearthstone Mode Lets You Play With Champions’ Original Decks
Hearthstone’s biggest tournament of the year, the HCT World Championship, is officially underway in Amsterdam. To celebrate, Hearthstone is letting players pilot past championship decks in their pure, unnerfed forms. Dubbed “Hall of Champions,” the special game mode is a limited-time Tavern Brawl that gives players a random World Championship-winning deck to play against another…
By Joshua Calixto Published January 19, 2018 -
UncategorizedFuri Keeps Boss Fights Exciting By Limiting Your Space
Furi, a neon boss-battling bonanza, came out for the Nintendo Switch last week, which finally gave me good cause to sample its hack-and-slash action. Fights in Furi, which came out in July 2016 for PC, Playstation 4, and Xbox One, take place on massive battlefields that are sometimes constrained. That ebb and flow challenges the…
By Heather Alexandra Published January 19, 2018 - Esports
Overwatch Pro Loves Mercy Despite His Teammates Who Can’t Stand Her
There is at least one Overwatch pro who enjoys the character Mercy, even with her many controversial makeovers. Mikias “Snow” Yohannes, support player for Boston Uprising, stands by the controversial healer. “I think I would be the only support player that will tell you I actually enjoy playing Mercy,” he told Compete. What’s more, all…
By Maddy Myers Published January 19, 2018 -
UncategorizedWe Biked Down Some Big Procedurally Generated Hills In Descenders
Descenders is a game about coasting down huge, graphically lucious, procedurally generated hills on a BMX bike. [Correction: I’m told it’s a mountain bike. I refuse to believe you can’t do BMX tricks with it as well.] It is technical and tricky. I played it and made one of those bizarre videos I somehow convince…
By Tim Rogers Published January 19, 2018 - Uncategorized
A List Of Things I Still Have To Do In Assassin’s Creed Origins
I don’t know what it is about Assassin’s Creed games that makes me want to complete everything. But here I am, 56 hours into my second time through Assassin’s Creed Origins, and I don’t want to stop until I’ve finished all the things. I’m not normally like this. I don’t have the time or the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 19, 2018 -
UncategorizedProp Hunt is coming to Call of Duty: WWII next week. The hilarious fan-favorite game of hide-n-seek is going old-school for the upcomingResistance community event on January 23. You’ll be able to chase down trash and buckets, as well as earn new French Resistance-themed gear. Note: Due to an editing error, this piece originally said…
By S.E. Doster Published January 19, 2018 -
UncategorizedThe Best Transformers Cartoon Got The Worst Video Games
“Trukk not Munkey!” was the cry of fans as they rallied against Beast Wars when it debuted in 1996. But over its three seasons of clever writing, original series easter eggs, excellent voice acting and one heroic sacrifice it became one of the most beloved animated series in Transformers history. It’s a pity its video…
By Mike Fahey Published January 19, 2018 - Uncategorized
New Destiny 2 Problem, New Bungie Apology
It is exhausting, keeping track of all the controversies in Destiny 2 these days. But here we are again, with Bungie again taking flak from hardcore players who remain unsatisfied with the way the game is heading. Last month I broke down the anatomy of a Destiny controversy, and as it turns out, we can…
By Jason Schreier Published January 19, 2018 - Uncategorized
Sonic The Hedgehog‘s Surprising Influence On Fashion
The Sonic the Hedgehog franchise has had its ups and downs, but in the fashion industry, he’ll always be an icon. The first time I saw a Sonic-branded face mask my first thought was, “why?” Isn’t Sonic kinda dorky? But not only has the fashion and beauty industry heralded Sonic over the years, he even…
By Gita Jackson Published January 19, 2018 -
UncategorizedAn In-Depth Look At Breath Of The Wild‘s Divine Beasts
For over a year, YouTube critic Mark Brown hasbeen exploring the dungeons in each Legend of Zelda game. His series concluded today with a look at Breath of the Wild outlining how the design of the game’s Divine Beasts is great but also frustrating. Brown’s gone to great lengths investigating the design of dungeons in…
By Heather Alexandra Published January 19, 2018 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Go‘s Best Remaining Trackers [UPDATE]
Pokémon Go has been through the wringer since its troubled release in July, 2016. A major complaint: Players struggle to know which Pokémon are where, so they can hunt ‘em down and scoop ‘em up. That’s why players have flocked to third-party apps that track Pokémon, but also, cut out the wandering and exploring that…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published January 19, 2018 - Uncategorized
Free-To-Play MMO Gets Pay-To-Play Server
Two years after it launched in 2011, fantasy MMORPG Rift went free-to-play. Now developer Trion Worlds is bringing back subscriptions with Rift Prime, a brand-new server with sequential progression and a lot less free-to-play nonsense. What an excellent idea. A lot changes when an MMO goes free-to-play. Suddenly a relatively clean user interface is defaced…
By Mike Fahey Published January 19, 2018 -
UncategorizedWatch Us Play Metal Gear Survive‘s Absurd Horde Mode
Metal Gear Survive doesn’t have a lot of charm, but it’s still a fun time if you’re playing with friends. Staff Writer Heather Alexandra and Video Producer Paul Tamayo geared up to building bases and stab nano-zombies in this absurd and perplexing Metal Gear spin-off. There are a lot of reasons to be skeptical ofMetal…
By Heather Alexandra Published January 19, 2018