poll

Microsoft Reducing Windows Store Revenue Cut Turns Screws on Steam

Top GamesMicrosoft is following Epic Games' lead and dropping its app store's revenue cut to 12% from 30$. | Photo courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft announced it will reduce the amount of revenue it skims off the top of PC games sales on its Windows Store platform from 30% to 12%. The change, effective Aug. 1, is great news for game developers and bad news for Steam.“Game developers are at the heart of bringing great games to our players, and we want them to find success on our platforms,” said Xbox Game

Execration upset Fnatic in Week 2 of DPC Southeast Asia upper division

Dota 2 21/04/2021 15:00 Andreea “divushka” Esanu header image courtesy of Execration  Fnatic’s debut in the second season of Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) regional leagues was made with a 0-2 defeat at the hands of Execration. A roster change made after the ONE Esports Singapore Major and a new patch deployed just ahead of the new competitive season seemed all too much for Fnatic to get a firm grip on their game in time for their debut.  Execration on the other hand, after also losing their debut series from last

MPL – PH Season 7 Week 4 is on the way

Mobile Legends 21/04/2021 08:45 Jarrad “Belandrial” Adams After an amazing Week 3 in MPL – PH Season 7, Week 4 is just around the corner, with another batch of extremely important games for all involved. On Thursday, April 22, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League Philippines Season 7 kicks off its fourth week of action, as teams look to push past the midway point in the regular season with a few wins under their belt. With Week 4 on the way, let’s take a quick look at the group standings,

Secret land their first victory in Europe DPC league, Alliance humble OG

Dota 2 21/04/2021 10:50 Andreea “divushka” Esanu headline image courtesy of DreamHack Week two in the upper division of Dota Pro Circuit Season 2 started in an explosive way. Team Secret, who lost their opening series last week to a hungry Team Nigma, landed their first win by taking down 2-1 Hellbear Smashers. The season one absolute dominators crushed Hellbear Smashers in game one with a mid lane Beastmaster. Michał "Nisha" Jankowski had the Aghanim’s Scepter completed by the 12-minute mark and closed the game 18/0/9 with an absurd amount

Mid Beastmaster: The new terror from Dota 2 patch 7.29

Dota 2 21/04/2021 07:47 Siddharth “Gopya” Gopujkar Patch 7.29 has brought to the front a new concept that is terrorizing Dota 2 pubs and professional games alike –  the mid Beastmaster. With every new Dota 2 patch comes a list of heroes who are good in the new meta along with another list of heroes who shouldn’t be picked at all. It’s a spectrum, and a majority of the heroes lie somewhere in between these two ends. But then there is that small set of heroes – who can literally

Uniqlo teams up with Riot Games to launch its very own League of Legends collection

LoL 21/04/2021 06:50 Teh “GravityWillFall” Wi-Liam Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming collaboration between Uniqlo and Riot Games' League of Legends. Uniqlo has announced its upcoming collaboration with Riot Games on creating a UT collection for League of Legends that will be available worldwide soon. The collection will feature six unique t-shirt designs featuring various champions like Jinx; iconic in-game elements like Summoner's Rift and poros, as well as the world-famous girl group, K/DA. The collection will be part of Uniqlo's LifeWear concept, which has already featured

Blizzard’s Jeff Kaplan has left his position as Overwatch 2 game director

Overwatch 20/04/2021 20:45 Sharil “memeranglaut” Abdul Rahman Overwatch 2 will be overseen by Aaron Keller moving forward. Blizzard has just announced that Jeff Kaplan, one of the key drivers in the Overwatch development team, has stepped away from the company after near 20 years with the company.  He shared a short note in a released shared by Blizzard: (I) am leaving Blizzard Entertainment after 19 amazing years.  (I)t was truly the honor of a lifetime to have the opportunity to create worlds and heroes for such a passionate audience. (I) want to express

Apex Legends Mobile will start regional beta tests later this month

General 20/04/2021 12:05 Jarrad “Belandrial” Adams headline image courtesy of EA Since 2019 Apex Legends has been changing the face of Battle Royale gaming on PC and console, and now, it’s ready to make its way to the mobile field. In 2019 a new Battle Royale (BR) game launched, based in the world of Titanfall and Titanfall 2, Apex Legends. With the same end-goal as other BR games – decimating your opponents and being the last one standing, Apex quickly rose in popularity, with an estimated 100 million players since

Stats galore when you catch the live streams with GosuGamers

General 20/04/2021 11:00 Gosu “GosuGamers” Gamers Live Stats is a fun and interactive way for you to truly appreciate your favourite esports games. Have you always wanted to check out some of the stats of a live game without having to open another tab for it? Maybe you missed something that happened earlier in the game and you’d want to know what happened? Fret not as those worries and more are now a thing of the past. Introducing our live stats visualisation tools. Head over to our ‘Matches’ tab and

The line-up for NA VCT Stage 2 Challengers 2 playoffs is complete

Valorant 20/04/2021 12:00 Sharil “memeranglaut” Abdul Rahman Eight teams will be competing to grab that seat to Iceland After the completion of the qualifiers of the North American VCT Stage 2, the line-up of teams that will he fighting their way to the Grand Final has been determined. Four from the Challengers 2 qualifier and four from the bottom placed teams of Challengers 1 will be battling their way with their agents to achieve victory. Image courtesy of LiquipediaThe eight teams are: Teams Andbox, BBG, C9, and Immortals were eliminated