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Halo Championship Series Launch Partners Revealed for Halo Infinite

Top GamesBy Max Mallow | 12:28 PM EDTPhoto by 343 Industries/HCS343 Industries and the Halo Championship Series revealed the first nine launch partners for Halo Infinite."Halo Infinite marks the next era in the franchise, and with it comes the next era for the Halo Championship Series. Behind the scenes, we’ve been hard at work for the last few years building out the ecosystem with Teams being a huge component of that. After getting tons of feedback on the partnership program, opening up applications, selecting the teams, building the in-game content,

Heroic detail nature of documents allegedly shared by HUNDEN

Heroic have released a statement on Friday for the first time detailing the nature of the documents that they are claiming HUNDEN shared with a competitor ahead of IEM Cologne and which led to the 30-year-old being banned for two years by ESIC for endangering the competitive integrity of the German tournament. In response to requests for clarification over the contents of said documents, which were described as "anti-strats" by HUNDEN, the organization stated that they entail more than opponents' tendencies. According to Heroic, the documents reveal substantial information about

HUNDEN speaks out about ESIC investigation: “I’ve never been heard in the case”

HUNDEN appeared in a TV2.dk interview to speak out about the controversy that has seen him and Heroic come at odds as a result of claims that the coach had shared sensitive information about the team's strategies with a competitor. In the comment, the 30-year-old criticizes ESIC for its conduct of the inquiry into the allegations, saying that the Commission hasn't questioned him to hear his side of the dispute before it finalized the investigation. The esports watchdog group plans to reveal its findings officially on Friday, but according to

Best ARs to Use in Warzone Season 5

Best Buy IntelHere are the best assault rifles to use in Call of Duty: Warzone Season 5. / Photo courtesy of ActivisionPresented by Best BuyThis best ARs to use in Warzone Season 5 list is here to go over what are likely the go-to options to use in Custom Loadouts now that Call of Duty's latest massive, multi-title content update has arrived.Is the brand-new Season Five EM2 assault rifle worth using? Read on for our rundown of the best ARs to use in Warzone Season 5.? Today we banned over

Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition – Summer Update Stream Set for August 3rd

Season 5 of Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition is currently ongoing but it’s easy to forget given that the last character Rose released in April. Thankfully, Capcom has announced a Summer Update livestream for August 3rd at 3 PM PT/6 PM ET. It will offer over an hour of new details, including for Season 5’s remaining DLC characters Oro and Akira. Oro has already been showcased and possesses a number of new moves and skills. For instance, he can bounce a fireball off the floor using the V-Skill “Onibi” while

HUNDEN decides not to extend with Heroic: “I wish to begin a new chapter of my career”

Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen has decided not to extend his contract with Heroic, the 30-year-old announced in a press release on Wednesday. The Dane chose not to reveal when his current deal with the organization expires when asked by HLTV.org. "In the past few months, I have been in negotiations with Heroic about a contract renewal, but I have come to the realization that I wish to begin a new chapter of my career once my contract with Heroic expires," HUNDEN said in a statement amid reports that he could be

Nintendo may have updated Joy-Con design to prevent drift with new The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword model

One of the main complaints about the Nintendo Switch is the tendency for its main controllers, the Joy-Con, to malfunction and develop a drift that causes the analog sticks to randomly move and input commands to the console.  In one of its newer product releases, however, it appears that Nintendo might have quietly found a way to eliminate one of its system’s biggest problems. In the new pair of limited edition Joy-Con that were released alongside The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD earlier this month, one Twitter user noticed that

Team WE stomp EDG in Clearlove’s return to starting roster

Team WE took down EDward Gaming in a quick 2-0 series today in Clearlove’s return to EDG’s starting roster after being absent from professional play for over two years. EDG were the favorites going into this series until the team benched its jungler, Jiejie, who is leading across most stats compared to other LPL players in the position. Team WE had a fairly dominant split and looked coordinated today, taking down the experimenting EDG with ease. Even though EDG had the chance to bring back Jiejie for the second match,

RNG beat JD Gaming, extend win streak to 6 series in 2021 LPL Summer Split

Royal Never Give Up picked up a 2-1 win over JD Gaming in an intensive series in the seventh week of the 2021 LPL Summer Split, extending their win streak to 6 series after a weak start of the split. The MVP votes for today’s series went to the mid-laner Cryin and support Ming. Cryin picked up his MVP vote after a strong performance on Galio, assisting his allies whenever his ultimate was up and providing a good amount of damage in teamfights. He fit really well into RNG’s offensive