July

Elmapuddy rejoins Gen.G as VALORANT coach

Australian tactician and content creator Chris “Elmapuddy” Tebbit has returned to Gen.G, this time to be a VALORANT head coach, the organization announced today. The 25-year-old previously worked for the North American organization as a CS:GO head coach between December 2019 and January 2021 and was away from competition since Cloud9 shut down its CS:GO division in May. Now that Elmapuddy has transitioned to Riot Games’ FPS, he’ll reunite with Kenneth “koosta” Suen, who he coached in Counter-Strike twice before. Elmapuddy arrives in Gen.G just in time for the North

XSET signs women’s VALORANT roster NOTHING2LOSE ahead of VCT Game Changers 3

The XSET organization continues its esports expansion with the signing of the North American female VALORANT roster NOTHING2LOSE, days ahead of the start of the third NA VCT Game Changers event. The NOTHING2LOSE team, consisting of ARIANARCHIST, starriebun, ArtstaR, maryna, EllieTwitches, and coach Ducky, announced they had been signed less than a week before the XSET announcement was made official. With the announcement, XSET now expands to women’s VALORANT. The organization itself is just over a year old, having been founded in July 2020, and competes in Rainbow Six Siege,

Lyngby Vikings unveil trace as head coach

Lyngby Vikings revealed that Martin "⁠trace⁠" Heldt was signed as their new head coach on Wednesday, following a month-long period of cooperation between the tactician and the squad. This marks trace's returns to coaching after his short stint with Singularity was brought to an end in July. The 31-year-old's track record with Lyngby Vikings looks good so far, as the team boasts a 30W - 15L map record, has won Pelaajatcom Series Fall Finals and Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 3, and rose to a new peak — the

Riot premieres Worlds 2021 official song ‘Burn It All Down’

Earlier today, Riot Games revealed the official song and supplementary music video for this year’s League of Legends World Championship.  The song is titled “Burn it All Down” and features lead vocals from pop music group PVRIS. The track itself is built on a heavy techno inspiration with a punching bassline and up-tempo melody throughout its three-and-a-half-minute runtime.  [embedded content] As is tradition with the annual Worlds song, the music video for “Burn it All Down” features countless animated League of Legends pros who have all been to the World

PS5 becomes Sony’s fastest-selling console in UK

The PlayStation 5 surpassed one million units sold in the U.K. 39 weeks after its launch, GamesIndustry reported today. This makes the PS5 the fastest-selling PlayStation console in U.K. history. Sony’s previous console, the PS4, reached one million systems sold in 42 weeks, which means the PS5 hit that number three weeks ahead of its predecessor. The PS4 was still ahead in sales until July, according to official stat provider GfK—probably because of the PS5’s limited availability. Over 151,500 consoles were sold in the U.K. during the month of August,

New World Interactive Map Tools Help Players Explore Aeternum While Offline

Top GamesNew World has inspired a handful of interactive map tools to help players navigate the expansive MMO world. / Amazon GamesNew World has inspired a handful of interactive map tools to help players navigate the expansive MMO world. Interactive Maps aren't a new tool for most MMO players. Even recent titles like Genshin Impact have their own assortment of map websites with filters for quests, nodes, and everything in between. Now, New World has joined that group, and has its own maps ready ahead of the game's launch. Below,

AiAi is coming to Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout on Sept. 30 in new Super Monkey Ball crossover

Sega is partnering with Mediatonic to release some Super Monkey Ball content for Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout.  The main monkey, AiAi, will be making a bean-shaped appearance starting on Sept. 30 as part of the Super Monkey Ball 20th anniversary celebration.  [embedded content] On top of promoting the release of Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania on Oct. 5, this crossover also fits Fall Guy’s jungle-themed season five. This season has included multiple original costumes, games, and even a separate crossover with Disney’s The Jungle Book.  This also isn’t the first

When is the New World Pre-Download Time?

Top GamesNew World / Credit to Amazon GamesWhen is the New World pre-download time?Amazon Game Studio's newest massively multiplayer online role-playing game New World is preparing to be released after a successful open beta in September and an earlier closed beta in July. At launch the game will only be released for PCs, but the game's more simplistic combat style would transition to controller easier than past MMORPG games so a console port may be possible in the future.?️SERVER LIVE TIMES?️See how you can prepare for launch and get exclusive

Will New World be released on console?

Amazon Games’ new MMORPG, New World, is set to release on Sept. 28. The long-awaited game will finally launch after several delays in both the alpha and beta testing periods, and players will have the ability to explore the world of Aeternum to its fullest extent after a lengthy development process.  But while many prospective New World players anticipate the title’s launch, others will look to experience the game on their console. Unfortunately for those users, New World will not be available to play on any current and viable generation

Visitors from Verdansk: How Apex gained viewers and players as Warzone struggled

Apex Legends lived in the shadow of Call of Duty: Warzone for more than a year. Immediately upon Warzone’s release in March 2020, it was four times more popular than Apex among Twitch viewers, and for the next year and beyond, Warzone continued to enjoy viewership numbers Apex simply couldn’t reach. At the time, Apex was in a bit of a shambles. The coronavirus pandemic arrived just in time to squash the first LAN tournament of the game’s official pro circuit, the ALGS. The lure of Riot’s esports-ready VALORANT and