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BenchWarmers win ALGS Preseason Qualifier 3

Preseason Qualifier Three in North America went off with a bang last night. One of NA’s most high-profile free agent Apex Legends teams, BenchWarmers, took home the finals victory and an invite to the upcoming ALGS Pro League along with it. The four Preseason Qualifiers before the beginning of the Pro League have been filled with a grab bag of names thus far. There are players who have been around the Apex pro scene for a while but haven’t quite found success as of yet. There are players signed to orgs

Team Liquid’s Impossible Battle With Astralis

CSGOPhoto courtesy of mynewsdeskTeam Liquid against Astralis is one of the most one-sided rivalries between top teams in the history of competitive Counter-Strike, spanning CS 1.6 and CS:GO. Spanning almost six years, the two teams have faced off all across the phases of tournaments and around the world, with many roster moves along the way on both sides, but the theme has been consistent and that has been Astralis winning and in total Astralis dominating.Liquid does not stand alone as the Washington Generals to Astralis' Harlem Globetrotters, though. The likes

Make Your 2021 Halloween Truly Magical with New AtmosFX Digital…

Halloween isn’t just a holiday, it's a way of life. And death. Faithful to the seasonal spirit, the 'Halloween Hosts Digital Decoration Collection' is elaborate, no matter where you display it. AtmosFX is here to help you create the greatest Halloween decoration displays and to have the coolest house in the neighborhood. SEATTLE (PRWEB) September 28, 2021 AtmosFX, the holiday decorating company known for inventing projection-based home decorating, today announces three new Halloween digital decoration collections for 2021, in addition to a new digital decoration category geared toward first-time digital

FF14 Players Want Better Safeguards Against In-Game Harassment

Top GamesImage courtesy of Square EnixFinal Fantasy XIV players have had enough of in-game harassment, and are asking Square Enix to put better safeguards in place in order to counter it.In a recent Reddit post, user 'ItsTracer', opened a discussion on Final Fantasy XIV's social features. The post claimed that every feature was enabling "stalking and harassment" due to safety functions not going far enough to protect its users. The issues highlighted in the post include blacklisting not preventing players from being matched with you and friends list removal being

ChannelFireball to host 3-day Magic: The Gathering event in Las Vegas

In-person Magic: The Gathering is returning to Las Vegas just in time for Innistrad: Crimson Vow in November when ChannelFireball hosts a $50,000 event. Scheduled for Nov. 19 to 21, the event will feature two $25,000 main events in both Crimson Vow Sealed and Modern. Each event will be packaged with a slew of side activities from Drafts, Commander pods, and vendors. The weekend held at the Las Vegas Convention Center will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test within 48 hours of the event. Masks are required.

Sources: VALORANT EMEA Game Changers event rules prevent certain marginalized genders, including non-binary persons, from competing

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa VALORANT Game Changers tournament will exclude certain marginalized genders, including those who identify as non-binary, from competing in the events, sources familiar with the tournament’s organization told Dot Esports. Transgender women will be allowed to compete throughout the event, but the rules are a break from the event’s North American counterpart, which includes “marginalized genders,” including non-binary persons. At the beginning of the year, Riot released its plans to hold the Game Changers tournament series that would supplement the VALORANT Champions Tour and work

Where is TwitchCon 2022 being held?

Twitch announced today the return of its annual self-named convention for 2022, following two years without an in-person event. Last year, the livestreaming platform held an online event called GlitchCon after being forced to cancel TwitchCon due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the platform’s annual event was never scheduled. Assuming that complications surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic don’t worsen, TwitchCon will be back in-person for 2022 with an event in both Europe and the U.S. The European TwitchCon event will be held in Amsterdam in July, while the North American

Pokémon UNITE APK and OBB download links for Android

Pokémon UNITE has finally received a true release on mobile after previous testing phases earlier in the year, and now fans can get in on the five vs. five MOBA action from the comfort of their mobile device. For Android users, setting up Pokémon UNITE should be as simple as downloading the application from the Play Store. If you aren’t able to install through this method, you can also manually download the APK file. You’ve got plenty to experience in Pokémon UNITE that hasn’t been available in other Pokémon games

Gen Con Indy 2021 Returns to Indianapolis, Drawing Over 35,000…

“This year’s Gen Con was a clear success for the City of Indianapolis,” said Mayor Joe Hogsett. INDIANAPOLIS (PRWEB) September 21, 2021 Gen Con, the largest and longest-running tabletop gaming convention in North America, returned to Indy this week for the first time since 2019, drawing a unique attendance of over 35,000 gaming fans to the Indiana Convention Center — about 50% of attendance in 2019 — for four days of gaming, shopping, cosplay, and great local food and entertainment. The convention generated an estimated $37 million in economic activity

ELEX II Gets a New Story Trailer Teasing Its Science-Fantasy Open World

Germany-based developer Piranha Bytes, the creator of the Gothic series, has just dropped a new story trailer showcasing its upcoming sci-fi fantasy action-RPG, ELEX II. Feel free to check out the new footage down below: [embedded content] In an interesting twist, the studio blends science fiction with high fantasy in a post-apocalyptic world, which results in a fairly unique setting that features laser weaponry, broadswords, deadly robots and mutant beasties. Indeed, its predecessor, 2017’s ELEX, was a pretty decent mid-tier open world RPG, and we’re hoping that this follow-up irons