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Genshin Impact: Melodies of an Endless Journey Concert Announced

Top GamesGenshin Impact: Melodies of an Endless Journey will be a live performance of the game's soundtrack. / Photo courtesy of miHoYoGenshin Impact: Melodies of an Endless Journey will bring the game's soundtrack to life with a live concert performance scheduled for Oct. 3, developer miHoYo announced Wednesday.[embedded content]The Genshin Impact concert will feature music originally composed and produced by Yu-Peng Chen and HOYO-MiX for the game's expansive soundtrack. Famed Belgian conductor Maestro Dirk Brosse will lead the Flanders Symphony Orchestra in its performance of the music. That performance will

Everything you need to know about the 2021 Overwatch League Countdown Cup tournament

Time is ticking and the Overwatch League’s final tournament cycle, the Countdown Cup, will kick off this weekend. Four teams will be vying for ultra-valuable “league points” that determine postseason seeding, as well as the pride of winning a title.  For the teams participating, this tournament is extra special. This will be the first tournament in 2021 where we’re guaranteed to crown a new winner since previous champions like the Dallas Fuel and Shanghai Dragons aren’t present. Beyond that, all four teams playing in the Countdown Cup have never won

Who Won Sanctum of Domination World First Race?

Top GamesSylvanas Windrunner pictured in Sanctum of Domination before you engage the fight / Activision BlizzardWho won the Sanctum of Domination race to World First? A new raid tier means a new race to World First, and many of the world's top guilds sought the title of being the first to defeat Sylvanas Windrunner on Mythic difficulty.We have a winner!Congrats to @EchoGuild for clearing Mythic Sanctum of Domination and winning the Race to World First! ? pic.twitter.com/EmUPTShDEE— World of Warcraft (@Warcraft) July 20, 2021Echo has become the first guild to

Echo clears Mythic Sylvanas Windrunner, wins Race to World First Sanctum of Domination

After a week consisting of hundreds of attempts, Echo picked up the Race to World First win after taking down Sylvanas Windrunner in the Sanctum of Domination. The EU guild was the first guild to down Sylvanas below 50 percent health and were expecting the boss to go down a couple of days ago. But a shadow hotfix which was deployed a couple of days ago changed her health percentage death only in Normal and Heroic. As a result, guilds had to take Sylvanas down to 45 percent, which was

Complexity Limit gets Sylvanas to 45.4 percent, but fails to down boss before reset

The battle for the World of Warcraft Sanctum of Domination Race to World First is fierce, and two guilds are currently trying to get the first kill on Sylvanas, the last boss of the raid. Complexity Limit from US and Echo from EU are battling hard to reach the 45 percent checkpoint, which is rumored to be the end of the boss fight. Today Complexity Limit was able to get the boss down to 45.4 percent but wiped in the end after a small misstep. gave it everything we had so

Blizzard hotfixes WoW Sylvanas Windrunner fight on Mythic difficulty

Blizzard has implemented a hotfix to the World of Warcraft Sanctum of Domination raid’s final boss, Sylvanas Windrunner on Mythic difficulty, directly affecting the ongoing Race to World First competition. The hotfix to the fight makes it so that the Mawforged Colossus that spawns during the second phase of the fight needs to be killed by players quickly or else it will enrage, dealing increased damage and most likely wiping the group if not dealt with in a timely manner.   This hotfix directly counters the strategy that European guild and

Shanghai Dragons win the Overwatch League Summer Showdown

The Shanghai Dragons are one step closer to building a dynasty after taking a win against the Chengdu Hunters in the Overwatch League Summer Showdown tournament. With a 4-1 Grand Finals score, the Dragons have earned their second championship win during the 2021 season. Last month, the Dragons completed a wild comeback streak to defeat the Dallas Fuel in the June Joust. This time around, Shanghai faced off against the chaotic and adaptable Chengdu Hunters, who forced the Dragons to think outside of the box in both hero and composition

Echo takes WoW Race to World First lead with Painsmith Raznal kill

Echo has taken its first lead in the World of Warcraft Race to World First after being the first guild in the world to kill the sixth boss in Sanctum of Domination.  The guild took out Painsmith Raznal today after 106 pulls. This puts them ahead of reigning champion Complexity-Limit, who have beaten five of 10 bosses. Echo’s kill of Painsmith Raznal represents the first time that the young organization has ever achieved a World First kill on a boss. That doesn’t mean the guild is foreign to the concept

All Weapon Buffs & Nerfs in Warzone Season 4 Reloaded Update

Call of DutyWarzone Season 4 Reloaded brings time-to-kill changes for many of the game's weapons. / Photo courtesy of ActivisionWarzone Season 4 Reloaded has arrived on live servers, and it brings what developer Raven Software is calling the biggest balance patch in the game's history.The update brings the first wave of changes aiming to raise the average time-to-kill in Warzone across all weapons. Raven advised players to play the game and get a feel for the new time-to-kill before reacting to individual balance changes.The #Warzone Season Four Reloaded update is

What are split raids in World of Warcraft?

When it comes to World of Warcraft’s Race to World First (RWF), top guilds like Complexity-Limit and Echo will take any opportunity to eke out whatever small advantage they can.  As teams fight to be the first to complete World of Warcraft’s latest raid, every piece of gear that guilds can get for one of their top raiders is crucial. And there are specific ways that guilds can optimize how players get that gear. A “split raid” in WoW is when a guild clears a raid multiple times with different