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Riot reveals details around League’s next ADC, hints at new support and Void-based jungler in latest Champion Roadmap

It might feel like the past year has gone by quite quickly, but Riot Games is moving even quicker. The developers released a new Champion Roadmap today, unveiling more details about League of Legends’ next bottom lane marksman champion and giving out some hints for the next support and Void-based jungler headed our way next year. Using a ton of electricity puns along the way, lead champion producer Ryan “Reav3” Mireles talked about the next AD carry “who has been charging up and is rearing to finally get on the

Twitch Announces the Return of TwitchCon

Top Games"Mark your calendars. Next year’s about to be extra pog." The company wrote. / Twitch"Mark your calendars. Next year’s about to be extra pog." The company wrote.The announcement was made earlier today, Wednesday, Sept. 22, via Twitch's official social media accounts. In an associated blog post on the company's website, it reminisced about the time since the last TwitchCon has been held and stated that this upcoming iteration of the event would be a good opportunity for new affiliates and partners to "meet the communities they’ve created or been

Phasmophobia Anniversary Update Adds Offline Singleplayer Mode

Top GamesImage courtesy of Kinetic GamesPhasmophobia has been given a new update in honor of the game's first anniversary.Developer Kinetic Games has released an update for supernatural co-op horror game, Phasmophobia. The update celebrates the game's one year anniversary and adds a bunch of new improvements and additions. Such tweaks include an overhaul to the game's journal system, permitting players to cross off evidence, change settings, and a redesign that makes it easier to use.One interesting feature that has been added is an offline singleplayer mode. Now, players won't need

All the Changes in Call of Duty: Vanguard’s Second Beta

Call of DutyEagle's Nest is a new playable map in the second Vanguard beta. / Photo courtesy of ActivisionThe second weekend of Call of Duty: Vanguard's beta is now live, and it's opened the game up to PC and Xbox players for the first time in addition to giving PlayStation players another preview ahead of launch. This weekend also gives players their first taste of Vanguard crossplay.To mark the start of this new round of beta testing, development studio Sledgehammer Games published a blog post cataloging all the improvements made

Riot to introduce new ‘queue lockout’ penalty for League players that consistently AFK

Riot Games’ fight against disruptive League of Legends players continues. Behavioral systems producers BarackProbama and TimTamMonster discussed AFK behavior in a dev blog today, outlining a new “queue lockout” system to reduce the number of leavers in all MOBA modes. By adding additional penalty tiers, repeat offenders will be “removed” from the “population for a while.” Image via Riot Games The current penalty system enacts queue delays for offending players, blocking them from hopping into a match for their next few games. The new queue lockout system hands out “mega-delays,”

Big PS5 update with long-awaited storage expansions arrives Sept. 15

One of the biggest updates for the PlayStation 5 is coming tomorrow with user interface improvements, new social functions, audio enhancements, expansion of mobile features, and the long-awaited capacity to increase storage via an external SSD. Sony’s senior vice president Hideaki Nishino talked about the update that will be released worldwide on Sept. 15 in a PlayStation blog post today and thanked all beta update participants who tested the features that will be available tomorrow. Starting tomorrow, players will be able to download, copy, and launch PS5 and PS4 games,

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl will reveal a new fighter tomorrow

Nickelodeon fans will get a look at a brand new fighter joining the roster of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl tomorrow morning thanks to PlayStation blog. While there is no officially announced release date for the game, there has been plenty of leaks courtesy of a Nintendo eShop listing that not only seemingly revealed the release date, but also the remaining additions to the roster. While the leaks may have revealed the remaining additions to the roster, it isn’t clear what name will be showcased tomorrow morning. When leaks began to surface,

Star Wars KOTOR Remake Release Date: When is it?

Top GamesKnights of the Old Republic teaser image / Credit to Aspyr Media/Lucasfilm GamesWhen is the Star Wars KOTOR Remake release date?Aspyr Media, known for their previous work on Star Wars games, is remaking the 2003 classic role-playing game Knights of the Old Republic. The game is still very early in development which is why the teaser is a short CGI scene that has been tagged with "not actual gameplay." The original Knights of the Old Republic was developed by BioWare and Lucasfilm Games and has become one of the

What Time Does the MyNBA 2K22 App Release?

Top GamesImage provided by Take-Two Interactive Software.What time does the MyNBA 2K22 app release?NBA 2K22 is here, and players are excited to step back on the court as some of their favorite NBA players. Alongside the release of the game is the official companion app, dubbed “My NBA2K22.” Despite the game being out, the app is nowhere to be seen. So, what time does the MyNBA 2K22 app release?With every release of a game within the NBA 2K series, a companion app has always been released alongside it, serving as

Is Knights of the Old Republic Coming to Xbox?

Top GamesKnights of the Old Republic / Credit to Aspyr MediaIs Knights of the Old Republic coming to Xbox?During their most recent PlayStation Showcase, Sony confirmed that a Knights of the Old Republic remake is under development. The game is being made by Aspyr who has an impressive list of previous Star Wars games under their belt. The new Knights of the Old Republic is meant to modernize the game to bring in new players while keeping what dedicated fans loved about the original intact. A legendary story remade for