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The best rookies in NBA 2K22

The 2021 rookie class has the potential to be an all-time great draft class. Throughout the first round, there are several players with all-NBA upside and many more that project as excellent role players on playoff teams. Rookies are investments in NBA 2K22. Whether it’s in MyGM or MyTeam, picking up qualities rookies early on could pay dividends several months after the game’s release. A high-quality rookie will progress throughout the season, and good performances in real life will lead to stat boosts in the game. Rookies don’t have excellent

Best Limited Blue Common and Uncommon Innistrad: Midnight Hunt cards

The color Blue contains a number of Common and Uncommon Innistrad: Midnight Hunt cards that will see a good amount of play within the Magic: The Gathering Limited format.  There are two powerful mechanics within Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) that synergize well with the color Blue. Flashback allows players to cast cards from the graveyard for a specific cost designated on the card. Decayed also allows players to cast a creature from the graveyard, with the backside of a Double-Faced card entering the battlefield.  Utilizing these MID mechanics, Blue pairs

Valorant Champions Tour Stage 3: Masters Berlin Primer

ValorantFrom Sept. 10 to Sept. 19, 15 qualified teams will compete for the Masters Berlin trophy and a direct invitation to Valorant Champions. / Photo courtesy of Riot GamesThe third and final Masters event of the 2021 Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) is set to unfold at the Verti Music Hall in Berlin, where 15 of the 16 teams who qualified via Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs will compete for VCT Points, the trophy and a direct invitation to the end-of-year Champions tournament.Over the course of 10 days, Masters Berlin will consist

MTG Augur of Autumn MID spoiler fuels power of Coven mechanic

The new Magic: The Gathering Coven mechanic within Innistrad: Midnight Hunt may prove to be Standard Constructed worthy with the reveal of Augur of Autumn. With four days of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) spoilers remaining, Green and White gained a powerful Human Druid creature called Augur of Autumn today. Revealed by numerama, the three-drop 2/3 druid has a passive that lets its controller look at the top card of their library at any time while also allowing them to play lands from the library. Activate the new MID mechanic Coven

Overwatch League 2021 playoffs bracket officially set

The Overwatch League’s official 2021 playoff bracket is finally set in stone. When the bracket begins on Sept. 21, fans will get to see grudge matches between cross-region rivals as teams fight for two spots in the Sept. 25 Grand Finals.  A few hours after the play-in matches concluded, and teams like the Washington Justice and Philadelphia Fusion were officially added to the playoff bracket, the Watchpoint desk aired a selection show. Representatives from each of the eight playoff teams were on deck to make choices and talk trash. The

Washington Justice, Toronto Defiant advance in Overwatch League 2021 play-ins

Two high-stakes, single-elimination play-in games officially kicked off the Overwatch League postseason today. During play-ins, six West Region teams and three East Region teams will be fighting for the final three slots in the official double-elimination playoff bracket, which will begin on Sept. 21.  Before they can secure those final spots, though, teams have to take down their opponents in the do-or-die play-in matches. Two West Region teams, the Washington Justice and Toronto Defiant, swept their adversaries today and will move on to the second phase of play-in games on

Pelipper Pokémon GO: Weaknesses and Counters

PokémonHere's everything you need to know about defeating Pelipper in Pokémon GO's Three-Star Raid Battles. / Photo courtesy of NianticHeading into September 2021, Pelipper remains one of four Three-Star Raid Bosses currently appearing in Pokémon GO.Before Pelipper and co. shift out of the boss rotation in the coming days, here's how to take down the Water Bird Pokémon in Pokémon GO.Trainers, thank you for your patience! Your passion and concerns have not been lost on us these past few weeks, and our internal task force has spent a lot of

iNation revived with Anlaki roster: “The return was planned for a long time”

iNation has announced its comeback, bringing back the moniker established in 2008 under which most of the notable players from the Serbian scene plied their trade. NiKo, kassad, and Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović are just some of the former iNation members that have publicly supported the new project, featuring in the organization's vide announcing the signing of the roster previously known as Anlaki. The former Anlaki roster will represent iNation The former players aren't a part of the ownership, the organization clarifies, but have "supported the idea of handing over their

Overwatch League cancels live postseason events due to COVID-19 delta variant concerns

The Overwatch League announced today its live, in-person postseason events would be canceled due to the threat of COVID-19 and the delta variant. The events will be replaced by a Hawaii-based postseason model, much like the ones used for monthly tournaments throughout the 2021 season.  Two postseason events were originally planned for the league and its fans. An initial playoff bracket event held in Dallas from Sept. 16 to Sept. 19, involving eight of the league’s teams, would eventually lead to a two-team Grand Finals event in Los Angeles on

How to get No Backup Plans in Destiny 2

Destiny 2’s Season of the Lost added a veritable arsenal to the game, including new Stasis-element legendaries and a miscellaneous of weapons and armor. Of course, that’s not the only novelty in the new season. Bungie also introduced three new exotics: No Backup Plans, Radiant Dance Machine, and Nothing Manacles. No Backup Plans creates opportunities for an all-in playstyle as long as you have melee energy and shotgun ammo. It only applies to Titans’ top tree Void subclass, but its mechanic can make you a tanky weapon of destruction. Y’know,