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Respawn Entertainment Explains Why Epic Banner Bug Still Active

Apex LegendsApex Legends' Epic banner bug is still being worked on by the dev team. / Photo courtesy of Respawn Entertainment/EAAn Apex Legends developer has explained why a bug causing animated banners to prevent players from getting into matches is still active in the game despite having been officially acknowledged in September.Apex Legends has hundreds of cosmetics, but Epic-tier banners featuring animations appear to be tied to crashes that take place before matches. Apex Legends development studio Respawn Entertainment has tried multiple times to fix the bug, but has yet

Riot teams up with Secret Cinema to create an immersive Arcane experience

Riot Games and Secret Cinema are joining forces to produce an “immersive experience” for League of Legends fans in Los Angeles this November.  On Nov. 21, the entertainment company will be hosting a “real-life narrative experience” themed to the hotly anticipated television series Arcane, which premieres Nov. 6 on Netflix. Secret Cinema will expand upon the animated series, which is set to be released in three acts, each containing three episodes. The event will immerse players directly into the world of Arcane and will include “bespoke” backstories and missions. The

Call of the Netherdeep is Critical Role’s official D&D adventure—and it’s coming next March

Critical Role, the group that livestreams Dungeons & Dragons on Twitch, announced today that its first fifth-edition adventure, Call of the Netherdeep, will be released on March 15, 2022, in collaboration with Wizards of the Coast. The book is already available for pre-order via D&D and Amazon, priced at $49.95. Matthew Mercer, the host and dungeon master of Critical Role since it was founded in 2015, co-designed the adventure along with D&D principal story architect Chris Perkins. It will be a seven-chapter book set in the world of Critical Role’s

Fan-made gallop animation for Overwatch’s Orisa finally makes her a real horse

Have you ever wanted to see Orisa gallop confidently down the streets of Havana? Thanks to a new fan-made animation, now you can. The animation, created by Reddit user Jupiit, shows Overwatch’s Orisa doing just that. The clip is only four seconds long, but Orisa’s movement is so smooth and measured that several commenters mistook it for an official animation. Jupiit suggested in the title that the animation could be used for a potential new ability for Orisa, presumably one where she gallops quickly to a location or is able

Fortnitemares 2021: Everything We Know So Far

FortniteDual Fiend Hunters in Fortnite / Credit to Epic GamesHere's everything we know so far about Fortnite's Fortnitemares 2021 Halloween event. Fortnitemares is Fortnite's annual Halloween event which usually features new ghoulish cosmetics, challenges, and sometimes a map change. The Fortnitemares 2021 event runs from Oct. 5 through Nov.1 and focuses heavily on user-created content and consistent item shop releases throughout the event. This event is split into four weeks, each with its own content planned for release. Ready your defenses and cross into The Sideways. Cubes have crash-landed on

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s final season patch notes are here ahead of the new content tonight

The final season of content made for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is on the horizon and Treyarch has revealed the patch notes for the update. The season goes live on Oct. 7, but the update can be downloaded now with things like weapon tuning already available. New content, such as the next round-based Zombies map, Forsaken, and new battle pass, won’t be ready until tonight. Coming to MP in Season Six:• New maps: Deprogram, Amerika, Gluboko• New Featured Playlists: Deprogram 24/7, Face Off Gluboko 24/7• New Operator

Fortnitemares 2021 Returns: Full Details

FortnitePhoto by Epic GamesFortnitemares is returning to Fortnite this Wednesday. The event is Epic Games' annual Halloween celebration, bringing new content and visual changes to the game for the season. With lots of information teased, players can expect constant content to arrive on their screens all the way until Nov. 1. So far, Epic Games has included a couple of the features for Fortnitemares in their announcement. One of the new offerings is Halloween-themed games and maps in the community playlist. On top of that, Halloween outfits are making a

Project L senior producer teases Developer Update for late November

Riot’s upcoming and unnamed fighting game, Project L, has been on the eye of many League of Legends and FGC fans alike. While most public updates towards the game have been mostly radio silence or a warning not to expect the game’s release this year, fans hunting for more information have a time frame to look forward to: late November. In a Reddit comment, Project L senior producer Tom Cannon teased an upcoming developer update nearing the end of November. The update could give fans more details on the title,

Reflecting on a Year of Stories Told by Black Creators

Black Creator SpotlightA year of interviews with Black game developers. / Photo by DBLTAP2020 was a summer of rage. Three high-profile killings of Black people — Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd — led to a flood of protests demanding justice. I marched at some of those protests, but it was hard to escape the feeling of helplessness. We could chant for hours, some of us could get maced and arrested, and we could come back to do it all again. But the power to create real change lay

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang details its Project NEXT update, launches 5th Anniversary Celebration event

This article is sponsored by Moonton Games. Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is turning five years old this October. To celebrate, players will gain access to anniversary-specific skins, new animated shorts, and other original content. Moonton Games has turned MLBB into the most popular mobile MOBA title, bringing players and communities together from around the world to compete in real-time five-vs-five battles against opposing teams. The game offers a genuine MOBA experience on mobile with 10-second matchmaking and 10-minute matches, as well as continued additions being made. [embedded content] From now