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Valve has canceled in-person audience for The International 10

Valve has canceled in-person audience attendance for The International 10 and will now only allow teams, talent, and essential staff to be present during the event, the company revealed today. Valve confirmed that this decision was made in order to ensure the “safety of all players, talent, and production staff participating in the event” and will begin the process of refunding all ticket sales.  “We wanted nothing more than to welcome fans live to the event, but we can no longer do so in a way that allows us to

Overwatch’s newest map, Malevento, is live

Get your aim back in gear and take on a new free-for-all map in Overwatch. The game’s newest locale, Malevento, is a quiet Italian village that holds many secrets and hiding places for enemies.  Overwatch’s Sept. 28 live patch added Malevento, which is described as a “peaceful Italian hilltop town with a cursed past” in the patch notes. As a free-for-all (or Deathmatch) map, it will only be found in arcade or custom game modes. Malevento was introduced on the public test realm (PTR) last month.  Attractions in the map

Here are the patch notes for Free Fire’s OB30 update, Booyah Day

Free Fire’s OB30 update dropped yesterday along with the global launch of Free Fire Max. With that, the Booyah Day patch notes were also released on the battle royale’s dev blog. The new update brought changes to the Clash Squad mode, as well as many character and weapon adjustments. Clash Squad fans can now enjoy the new six-vs-six matches available in the custom room. The mode has been a hit among players and the new update offers the opportunity to play it with more friends.  ​​Related: Free Fire reveals movie

Fortnite Battle Royale v18.10 Update: What’s New

FortnitePhoto courtesy of Epic GamesFortnite’s latest update to Battle Royale adds lots of content to Chapter 2, Season 8. Here’s what’s new in this update. One of the biggest additions to this update is the addition of Chili Chug Splash, a new item that’s an upgraded version of the classic Chug Splash. Like the original item, Chili Chug Splash can be thrown and restores both health and shield based on who’s in the splash zone, but this item can also give any affected players a speed boost. However, this item has

How to fix New World’s ‘Lag Detected’ error

The launch of Amazon Games’ new MMORPG, New World, has run relatively smoothly. But that’s not to say that the experience hasn’t been without a few kinks. Notably, players are experiencing some heavy pockets of lag in settlements and highly-populated areas in the open world.  These areas where many players are present can sometimes force an error message to appear on players’ screens that reads “Lag Detected.” The error message sticks around on players’ screens for quite some time, and in some cases, players who receive the message will be

How to enable Streamer Mode in New World

New World is finally here and players are not hopping into the game for the first time without fear of progress being reset. After two massively successful beta tests the full game has launched and along with its launch was a list of changes to the game made for the launch. Amongst the countless bug fixes was the addition of a new Streamer Mode that wasn’t present during either beta phase. New World encourages players to play amongst communities and for streamers, this means that teaming up alongside their viewers

Riot reveals new concept art for Udyr VGU, gives updates on development

It’s been a while since we’ve heard about Udyr’s VGU set to release next year in League of Legends. But in today’s Champion Roadmap, we got a new look at the Spirit Walker—and his many stances. The last time we got a peek at the possible designs for Udyr’s rework was in a dev post from late June, where Riot specified its goals with the update are to bring him up to visual standards while maintaining the feel of the man of many stances. The concept art shared in that

Where to Find Birthday Presents in Fortnite

FortniteImage provided by Epic Games.It is Fortnite’s fourth Birthday, and in-game celebrations are underway. Players are treated to cake, free rewards, and birthday presents. Here’s how you can find a Birthday Present in Fortnite.Birthday Presents have been a staple in every anniversary celebration thus far, and players always look forward to finding them during their matches. Presents have a rarity of Legendary, and when used, creates a giant birthday present wherever it lands. Players can then use their pickaxes to whack at the box, gaining access to the extremely rare

Climbing back: How a superstar-packed Cloud9 can defy expectations at Worlds 2021

In the span of just four months, Cloud9 went from one of the top League of Legends teams in the world to one of the international scene’s shakiest. After winning the North American Spring Split title in convincing fashion in May, the team was a shoe-in to be a top-four team at the Mid-Season Invitational. Since that point, though, Cloud9 have fallen off a proverbial cliff.  Of course, they didn’t fall as hard this year as they did in 2020 when they went from winning the LCS in the spring