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BabyJ joins FaZe VALORANT roster

FaZe VALORANT has completed its roster with former Halo pro Hunter “BabyJ” Schline just in time for the VALORANT Champions Tour North America Stage Three Challengers One open qualifier. BabyJ is replacing Jimmy “Marved” Nguyen, who moved to Team Envy on loan, and is joining FaZe’s other baby, Andrej “babybay” Francisty.  FaZe dominated the competition towards the end of VCT Stage One. The team made it into the grand finals against Sentinels but ultimately lost 3-0. FaZe did not replicate its success in Stage Two and failed to make it

Renegades add Kingfisher as head coach

The 24-year-old joins the Australian roster ahead of its appearance in the IEM Cologne Play-In stage. David "⁠Kingfisher⁠" Kingsford has joined Renegades as the team's head coach, the North American organisation has announced. The addition marks the first time the lineup will have a head coach since losing Torbjørn "⁠mithR⁠" Nyborg to mousesports in November 2020. Kingfisher played for teams like Downfall and Paradox before transitioning in 2019 to a coaching role. He worked with Ground Zero and AVANT, notably leading the latter team to runner-up finishes to Renegades in

Every new card in Legends of Runeterra: Rise of the Underworld

Legends of Runeterra: Rise of the Underworld is officially dropping tomorrow. The upcoming expansion is adding 43 new cards to the game and the major regions that are the focus are Bilgewater, Shurima, and Piltover and Zaun. The three champions that will join those regions are Pyke, Rek’Sai, and Ekko, respectively. A new mechanic, Lurk, is also entering the game through Bilgewater and Shurima. If you declare an attack when a card with the Lurk keyword is on top of your deck, every allied Lurker unit everywhere will gain a

Call of Duty League Stage 5 group play start date pushed back to July 8

Call of Duty League fans will have to wait a little while longer for matches to resume. The CDL announced today the schedule for Stage Five group play, which begins on Thursday, July 8, one week later than the league initially announced in January. When the 2021 season schedule was released, the Seattle Home Series was set to kick off Stage Five on July 1, but now, the Seattle-hosted event will conclude the regular season from July 22 to July 25. The change is likely to avoid playing matches on

4 Shurima cards revealed for Legends of Runeterra’s Rise of the Underworld expansion

The reveal season for Legends of Runeterra’s next expansion, Rise of the Underworld, has started off in Shurima. In today’s teaser, Riot revealed four new cards from Shurima, in tandem with Mobalytics. Two of the cards revealed feature the new Lurk mechanic. Units with Lurk gain a permanent +1/+0 whenever you declare an attack while a Lurker resides on top of your deck. The four new LoR cards are Xer’Sai Caller, Feral Prescience, Careful Preparation, and Xer’Sai Dunebreaker. Xer’Sai Caller is a common three-mana Lurker unit with 2/3 combat stats

Battlefield 4 is Getting So Much Attention EA Had To Expand the Servers

[embedded content] Electronic Arts announced over the weekend that, due to an unexpected surge in players for Battlefield 4, it was having to expand its servers on that game. So many players have been jumping onto the older game, presumably in preparation for the upcoming release of Battlefield 2042 later this year, that EA is having to make accommodations for them. The surge appears to have started after the Battlefield 2042 gameplay trailer revealed during Xbox’s E3 show. SteamDB records a healthy spike in player activity on the game, though,

5 Things to Do Before Shadowlands 9.1

Top GamesA peek at the new portion of The Maw, Korthia. / Activision BlizzardHere are five things to do before Shadowlands Patch 9.1 is released for World of Warcraft!Patch 9.1, Chains of Domination is releasing on June 29.⛓ Chains of Dominaton ⛓Launching June 29th #Shadowlands pic.twitter.com/uIIRm1Ymn9— World of Warcraft (@Warcraft) June 17, 2021Sire Denathrius Quest RequirementCurrently, in order to begin the 9.1 quest chain, Sire Denathrius must be killed on any difficulty. If you don't fancy yourself a raider, hop into LFR for the last wing of Castle Nathria and