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Back 4 Blood Hoffman Guide: Best Weapons and Cards

Top GamesImage courtesy of Turtle Rock StudiosLooking to play Hoffman in Back 4 Blood? Here's how you can maximize his potential.Hoffman, one of the unlockable Cleaners in Back 4 Blood, is a bit of a doomsday prepper and conspiracy theorist. He originally boarded up his house with his mother once the infection hit, and hunkered down to ride out the initial wave. After his mother passed away and his supplied dwindled, Hoffman left his house and emerged into the wake of the Devil Worm. He soon joined up with the

An alien invasion is happening in PUBG Mobile Patch 1.6’s new mode

PUBG Mobile’s Patch 1.6 is bringing a new mode called Flora Menace to the battle royale game. In it, an alien invasion will take place on the Erangel map. Tencent had been teasing the new mode since last week on PUBG Mobile’s social media pages. The alien civilization is called Yarilo and it’s absorbed all the “special energy” found on the map. It’s taken over major areas of the maps and created a “Rejuvenation Barrier” that grants healing powers. The exact details about the mode haven’t been revealed yet. Related:

Esports BAR returns with physical edition in Cannes this October

This article is proudly brought to you by Esports BAR. Esports BAR is returning to Cannes in October for its ninth edition, bringing together core areas of the esports community to discuss the future of the industry. This will also mark a return to physical events for the conference following a year of digitally hosted meetings in 2020.  Just like with previous events, Esports BAR will feature speakers from throughout esports and gaming, including game publishers, developers, teams, leagues, and media.  For its 2021 event, which will run from Oct.

Splitgate launches season zero featuring new map, battle pass, and Infection game mode

Splitgate, the free-to-play PvP portal shooter that rose to popularity this past summer via its latest beta and arrival on consoles, is now launching its first season, season zero. The inaugural season was announced during Opening Night Live of Gamescom 2021 and is free to acquire on Steam, Playstation, and Xbox beginning Aug. 25. Season zero will introduce Karman Station to the map pool, described as a “reimagining” of the original map, Outpost. The improved Karman Station will replace Outpost in the pool of maps. Image via 1047 Studios The

Jammyz to reportedly stand in for Kansas City Pioneers

Kansas City Pioneers are set to play with Jamal “jammyz” Bangash instead of Jason “jmoh” Mohandessi during the first days of the NA VCT Stage Three: Challengers Two main event. Jammyz has been on the sidelines ever since he replaced Maxim “wippie” Shepelev in Version1 at the VCT Masters Two Reykjavik in May. He’ll be a temporary replacement to jmoh, who’s having health issues prior to the start of the event, according to a report by George Geddes from Upcomer. The 21-year-old was admitted to the hospital yesterday, July 27

Heroic given green light to exit quarantine ahead of Spirit match

Heroic have been given clearance from German health authorities to exit quarantine after returning additional negative tests, ESL announced on Friday. This comes as a timely boost for the Danish team, who are due to face Spirit at 13:30 in their opening match at IEM Cologne. ESL had announced on Wednesday that Heroic would have to go through further quarantine after one of their players had tested positive for COVID-19. As part of the event's safety protocols, teams, including staff members, are required to quarantine in their hotel rooms for

13 Best NEW Top-Down Games of 2021

There are a ton of new and exciting games coming out this year. While things got shifted around due to covid, that hasn’t halted all of the anticipated video games that were planned for 2021. For instance, there are quite a few upcoming top-down video games we think that you should be keeping an eye on. In this list, we are going to highlight the best new top-down games that are releasing or slated to release within this calendar year. Of course, with that said, these titles are not particularly

Konami postpones physical Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG events through June due to continued COVID-19 concerns

Konami has officially decided to uphold the postponement of its Organized Play and in-store promotional events for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG through at least June 30 after continued monitoring of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world.  The company made a similar announcement at the end of April, leading to a suspension of physical events throughout May.  To the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG community – we believe it is in the best interests of our community to further extend the postponement of our in-store OP and events through at least 6/30/21, unless the situation

Is Mia Alive in Resident Evil 8?

Top GamesConcerned players are worried about the status of Mia Winters, Ethan's wife, in Resident Evil 8. | CAPCOMConcerned players are worried about the status of Mia Winters, Ethan's wife, in Resident Evil 8.Warning: this article will contain spoilers for Resident Evil 7 and Resident Evil Village. Those who don't want to be spoiled should click away now.Mia's been through quite a bit in her time in the franchise. Originally, she was an operative of a group called "The Connections" and acted as a caretaker to Eveline, a genetically modified