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Tyler1 says ‘we’re probably going to lose team chat privileges’ in League after Riot reveals plans to disable /all chat

Riot Games surprised League of Legends players yesterday with its latest announcement regarding the /all chat in-game. Starting with Patch 11.21, which will be released on Wednesday, Oct. 20, League players won’t be able to use the /all chat in matchmade queues. This move could be a major factor in battling toxicity in League, the developers think. But a few of the League’s popular content creators have spoken out on the topic, including Tyler1. The news spurred a lot of controversy among players, who disagreed with Riot’s decision. Some of

Apex players criticize Monsters Within event for lack of content, persistent bugs

Apex Legends events come and go, but one seasonal event that has been a constant is the annual Halloween event, which is joined this year by Monsters Within. But many players and fans of the game are taking issue with the offerings currently on display. A post by Reddit user WanderWut criticizing the Monsters Within event reached the top of the Apex Legends subreddit with thousands of upvotes. It was also joined by several more posts and discussion threads expressing frustrations with the event, as well as Respawn’s blindingly quick

New World has it all—but what does it do well?

Compiling my thoughts about New World, Amazon’s newest game that’s so big I can’t even see the finish line, is a tall order. Now that I’m more than 40 hours into the game, there’s plenty to discuss. There’s nothing groundbreaking about the story and later I’ll argue the story isn’t the main focal point of the game. You’re part of a crew sailing to find a mystical place called Aeternum. The land is said to be full of treasures, but during a storm, you’re cast onto the shores and end

Mag Mell’s New World server down for maintenance due to absolute chaos

Players on the New World US West server Mag Mell were in for a rude awakening during their prime time play when all of a sudden, all hell broke loose. At the time of writing, there is no explanation as to what caused the server time to jump 20 days into the future. Players immediately started reporting multiple issues, and none of them were small. Every town was being invaded, wars were instantly won and flipped to the attacker’s side, crafting stations were downgraded, people lost their homes, the server

How to complete POTM Benzema SBC in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team

EA Sports added a 91-rated Player of the Month (POTM) version of Karim Benzema from Real Madrid to FIFA 22 today. This item is available through the squad-building challenge (SBC) menu in the game. This is Benzema’s second special card in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team. He received this LaLiga POTM version today for his performance throughout September, where he had six goals and four assists in just four games. EA has somewhat upgraded all of Benzema’s skills, including Physical (+3), Passing (+3), Pace (+3), Dribbling (+3), Defending (+2), and Shooting (+2), when you compare

Riot to experiment with new decay configurations at higher League MMRs, will introduce harder ranked resets

So many changes have already been confirmed for the next League of Legends season—and Riot Games isn’t stopping just yet. In a new Quick Gameplay Thoughts blog post today, Cody “Codebear” Germain went into details about some adjustments headed to the ranked system of the game in the preseason and beyond. First, he talked about the team’s plans to experiment with some new decay configurations over the next couple of months due to LP decay rates at high ranks. For example, players returning to League after taking a break found

All changes coming to League’s 2022 preseason

New items, dragons, and more surprising changes are coming to League of Legends in 2022. Starting in November with the preseason, Riot will be testing a series of features. Instead of the usual overhaul or revamp, the preseason will improve on foundations laid over the past few years.  “For this year’s preseason, we’re sprucing things up with our existing systems, like items, runes, and the elemental rift,” Riot’s director of gameplay production Jeremy Lee said on Oct. 7. Here are all the proposed changes coming to League’s 2022 preseason. Items

How to get the Chrysalax Wonder Weapon in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Zombies map, Forsaken

Forsaken, the latest round-based Zombies map in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, is now available for free for anyone who owns the game. Like all of the other round-based maps in Black Ops Cold War Zombies, Forsaken has its own unique Wonder Weapon. Following the release of Mauer der Toten and the CRBR-S in July, some Zombies fans might have been concerned about Treyarch’s ability to deliver another phenomenal Wonder Weapon. But the devs absolutely knocked it out of the park again with the Chrysalax. Screengrab via Activision

How to complete POTM Til SBC in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team

EA Sports added an 82-rated Player of the Month (POTM) version of Guus Til from Feyenoord to FIFA 22 today. This item is available through the squad-building challenge (SBC) menu in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team. This is Til’s first special card in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team. He received this Eredivisie POTM version today for his performance throughout September. EA has greatly upgraded all of Til’s skills, including Shooting (+13), Defending (+13), Passing (+12), Pace (+12), Dribbling (+11), and Physical (+12), when you compare this new card to his 72-rated silver version. The devs kept him with