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CIS teams call on Valve to launch Akuma investigation

In an open letter to Valve, 14 out of the 16 teams that took part in EPIC League CIS plus Unique have asked Valve to launch a full investigation into the cheating allegations against Akuma. These teams "suspect" that Akuma, who placed third at the event after most notably beating Natus Vincere and Virtus.pro in convincing fashion in the playoffs, "received live data from third parties on external devices" during their matches to see opponents' positions on the map and gain a competitive advantage. The letter outlines several key concerns

15 Best Point And Click Adventure Games To Play In 2021

There are a ton of great point-and-click adventure games out there and we have years of back catalog we could bring out. With so many iconic classics, it’s worth looking at a few titles that might have popped up that you either missed out on recently or are slated to come out within this year. We’re going to highlight a few titles that we think you should be playing in 2021 or at the very least kept on your radar when you’re in the mood to try a new point-and-click

Nadeshot’s streaming setup: Mouse, keyboard, headset, and more

Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag made his name as part of OpTic Gaming’s winning roster at the Call of Duty XP 2011. He went on to win a gold medal at the MLG X Games Invitational 2014.  After several seasons with OpTic, Nadeshot founded 100 Thieves. The organization currently has teams competing in popular esports titles like League of Legends, VALORANT, Fortnite, and Call of Duty.    Apart from being the CEO of 100 Thieves, Nadeshot is also a popular Youtuber with over three million subscribers, and his Twitch stream has over 1.7

Here are all the changes coming to Rainbow Six Siege in North Star

North Star is coming to Rainbow Six Siege, and it’s coming with a good chunk of the changes promised during February’s Year Six reveal panel. The first entry will be the new operator, Thunderbird. She’s a three-speed, one-armor operator with a healing gadget. Her kit is strong in terms of raw fragging ability, and according to Ubisoft game designer Emilien Lomet, it’s to balance out the nature of her gadget. Thunderbird’s healing gadget is hit or miss. It can just as easily heal opponents as allies, and it’s easy to

Complexity oust fnatic from Flashpoint 3

Complexity have advanced to the second round of the Flashpoint 3 lower bracket after securing a 2-0 victory over fnatic, who have exited the tournament in joint-last place. The European mixture now await their next opponent, the loser of the upper-bracket quarter-final match between G2 and Heroic, whom they will face on Friday. After the match, the cameras in fnatic's facility told the story of the Swedish team's struggles as of late, showing the players sitting motionless, staring into nothing or with their faces in their hands. The last-place finish

Niantic announces ‘Niantic Lightship’ and its accompanying Augmented Reality Developer Kit

In Augmented Reality News  May 12, 2021 – Niantic, developer of Pokémon GO, and provider of a ‘planet-scale’ augmented reality (AR) platform, has announced that its ‘Niantic Real World Platform’ is getting a new name — Niantic Lightship — and that the company will be offering broader access to the new Niantic Lightship Augmented Reality Developer Kit (ARDK), enabling developers to build their own immersive, imaginative and unique AR applications. Niantic Lightship encompasses the full Niantic platform, including the suite of tools and services that power Niantic games, from Ingress

Next-Gen PSVR Will Feature 4K Support, Foveated Rendering, Inside-Out Tracking, and More – Rumour

A new report reveals potential details on Sony’s upcoming next-gen virtual reality headset. Earlier this year, Sony confirmed that it was working on a next-gen virtual reality headset for the PS5, which was followed not long afterward with a reveal of the headset’s new controllers. While we know quite a bit about these controllers – including features such as finger touch detection, haptic feedback, adaptive triggers, and even what they will look like – details on the actual headset itself are scant. Now, a new report published by Upload VR,

Arcturus announces $5 million in seed funding to scale its Volumetric Capture offering

In Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality News May 7, 2021 – Arcturus, a provider of software solutions for post-production and streaming of volumetric videos, has recently announced a USD $5 million seed round led by BITKRAFT Ventures. According to the company, the funding will be used to scale its software development team, focus efforts on sales growth, and expand Arcturus’ product line with an emphasis on live streaming features.  Other investors that participated in the round included: HBSE Ventures; NTT Docomo Ventures; Build Ventures; Co-Founder, Co-Chairman, and former Co-CEO of

5 Underwhelming Resident Evil Games of All Time

If a franchise has been running for as long as two and a half decades, it’s bound to have had a few missteps here and there. Capcom’s celebrated survival horror series Resident Evil series is definitely one of the biggest and most beloved video game properties out there right now, evidenced by its enduring legacy, but even it has not been immune to a its fair share of stumbles. From the downright terrible to decent-but-not-quite great, Resident Evil has seen the release of a few games over the years that have, to varying extents,

40 Best Video Games For Oculus Quest Headsets

VR made a massive splash in the video game industry this past generation of platforms and it continues to find new ways to innovate and provide fun experiences for players. For instance, the Oculus Rift first started with a headset that required not only a powerful gaming PC at the time but multiple wires to connect and sensors. Since then there has been the release of the Oculus Quest which was recently revamped to the Oculus Quest 2. It provides everything you need to play some of the more popular