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Tripwire Interactive CEO ‘Stepped Down’ Following Anti-Choice Remarks on Twitter

Tripwire Interactive has parted ways with John Gibson following an anti-choice tweet praising Supreme Court inaction over the Texas abortion bill. / Tripwire InteractiveTripwire Interactive has parted ways with John Gibson, now-former CEO, following an anti-choice tweet praising the Supreme Court's inaction over the Texas abortion bill.The decision came barely a day after Gibson's public tweet in support of the United States Supreme Court's inaction to adhere to emergency intervention requests to stop a six-week abortion ban law in the southern state of Texas. The law has been controversial from

The best guns in Apex Legends, ranked

The Apex Legends weapon pool has gone through quite a few changes over the last several seasons. With the recent introduction of the Rampage LMG and the constant reshuffling of supply drop weapons, it’s tougher than ever to know which gun you should choose. As such, our tier list has gone through quite a few changes. We’ve placed every gun in the game into a tier and give our reasoning as to why you should—or shouldn’t—use it.  Just like our character tier list, the order of weapons in each tier

Valorant Champions Tour Stage 3: Masters Berlin Primer

ValorantFrom Sept. 10 to Sept. 19, 15 qualified teams will compete for the Masters Berlin trophy and a direct invitation to Valorant Champions. / Photo courtesy of Riot GamesThe third and final Masters event of the 2021 Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) is set to unfold at the Verti Music Hall in Berlin, where 15 of the 16 teams who qualified via Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs will compete for VCT Points, the trophy and a direct invitation to the end-of-year Champions tournament.Over the course of 10 days, Masters Berlin will consist

Wild Rift Champions Korea to begin Sept. 7, will send one team to 2021 World Championship

Eight teams will be competing in the League of Legends: Wild Rift Champions Korea (WCK) 2021 from Sept. 7 to 19. It features a prize pool of 80 million South Korean won (about $69,000), with the winner representing the country at the Wild Rift World Championship 2021. The competition will be played offline at the LoL Park in Seoul, South Korea. There will be no audience at the venue. Three teams have been directly invited to the competition from the LCK. These are T1, Liiv SANDBOX, and KT Rolster. Five

Shroud, Valkyrae, Dr Disrespect, and others highlight VCT Masters 3 Berlin watch party lineup

With the next prolific VALORANT esports event less than a week away, Riot Games has revealed a packed list of huge names in streaming that will be officially hosting watch parties for VCT Masters Three Berlin. The list features some of the biggest names on Twitch, including Kyedae, Ludwig, Myth, Nihachu, Onscreen, and shroud. They’ll be joined by a few massive names from the ranks of YouTube streaming in Dr Disrespect, Valkyrae, and the Plat Chat VALORANT podcast team. There’s also a massive collection of big international streamers hosting watch

Zed retires from competitive Call of Duty

A staple of the European Call of Duty competitive scene has decided to retire. Zed, who most recently played for the London Royal Ravens, announced the end of his playing career today via Twitlonger. The 23-year-old Englishman said that although he feels confident he could contribute for a team in the Call of Duty League, he said the “odds” are not in his favor and that a stint on the Challengers circuit would not do much to help him get back in the franchised league. Instead of competing, Zed said

Tencent revamps Arena of Valor esports from 2022, joins forces with Honor of Kings as plans for global expansion

Tencent is planning to expand Arena of Valor esports significantly in 2022, the company announced in a press release today. The game’s esports scene will see an overhaul next year with more competitions around the world and will join forces with Honor of Kings. Honor of Kings is the original MOBA game developed and published by Tencent Games in 2015 for mobile devices. Later, a globalized version was released in 2016 called Arena of Valor for players around the world. While the games have several differences, Tencent will be uniting