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BenchWarmers win ALGS Preseason Qualifier 3

Preseason Qualifier Three in North America went off with a bang last night. One of NA’s most high-profile free agent Apex Legends teams, BenchWarmers, took home the finals victory and an invite to the upcoming ALGS Pro League along with it. The four Preseason Qualifiers before the beginning of the Pro League have been filled with a grab bag of names thus far. There are players who have been around the Apex pro scene for a while but haven’t quite found success as of yet. There are players signed to orgs

Slow pace, few kills, and different priorities: Insights for Cloud9 vs. DetonatioN FocusMe at Worlds 2021

This article is sponsored by DJ Esports. There’s no way around it; Cloud9 struggled in the Summer Split. They transferred Zven to C9 Academy, only to bring him back because of the team’s poor performance.  After Zven returned, the team gradually got back on track and managed to make it to Worlds as the third seed from North America despite those early struggles. C9 rely heavily on the mid-jungle duo of Blaber and Perkz, where Blaber’s jungling tempo is a deciding factor in C9’s productivity. He is an aggressive player who

Best cards to pull from the Yu-Gi-Oh! 2021 Tin of Ancient Battles

The 2021 Yu-Gi-Oh! Mega Tins—a reprint set full of rarity bumps, downgrades, and new cards that will change the meta in the TCG—are finally here.  This year’s Tin of Ancient Battles missed the mark for some high-profile cards that players were hoping would be reprinted, such as Accesscode Talker, a format staple that can easily sell for upwards of $140 per copy. But the cards that did get reprinted are still good, whether it be because it makes strong cards more affordable, or by giving players rarity bumps for meta-relevant

Everything you need to know about Fishing in New World

To start fishing in New World, players must grab their first fishing pole. To do that, you’ll need to craft one. A Tier One Wooden Fishing Pole is very easily made with the Engineering skill. It requires one Fiber and one Green Wood to craft. To get Green Wood, grab it from some bushes or chop down some trees using your logging skill, and to get the fiber, you’ll want to gather some Hemp. As you start skinning, you’ll level up your tracking and skinning skills. To make tracking and skinning

Best DPS builds in New World

As you level up in New World, you’ll likely be spending lots of time picking up new weapons and experimenting with them. As you level up your various mastery trees, you’ll have the benefit of being able to respec your attributes at any time for free, up to level 20. At the end of the day, or more accurately at the end of your lengthy queue, you should play with the weapons and style that best suits you. But if you and your party or company find yourselves preparing for

CIS Major representatives decided as IEM Fall reaches playoffs

Just like in Group A, Group B at IEM Fall CIS didn't come to a simple conclusion. In the final round of matches, Virtus.pro and Gambit trounced forZe and Unique, respectively, and INDE IRAE squeezed past K23 to bring the three winners into a three-way tie. Virtus.pro had the most to fight for in the MR3 overtime games played on Vertigo, but it was Gambit that breezed through both matches (4-0, 4-0), to secure first place in the group and a Legends spot at the Major. In the last match,

Apex Legends Arenas Legends Tier List October 2021

Apex LegendsApex Legends / Credit to EA/RespawnOctober 2021's Apex Legends Arenas legends tier list will differ from its Battle Royale counterpart because the close-quartered 3-v-3 style of Arenas mode caters less to rotations and more to information gathering and defense. Movement legends tend to focus more on material gathering in Arenas mode rather than moving their team great distances. Legends were ranked on the following criteria: what a legend helps the team, how well a legend fits into the niche of Arenas, and the amount of resources required to purchase

Heroic, Virtus Pro invited for BLAST Premier Fall Showdown

The team list for BLAST Premier Fall Showdown has been completed after the tournament organizer revealed it has invited Heroic and Virtus Pro for the event, set to run from Oct. 12 to 17. The BLAST Premier Fall Showdown features 16 team CS:GO teams in total and will give two spots at the $425,000 Fall Final in November, which will be held on LAN at the Copenhagen Royal Arena in Denmark. Heroic and VP, ranked sixth and eighth in the world respectively according to HLTV’s ranking, will be some of