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Latest Warzone Glitch Prevents Players from Picking Certain Operators

Call of DutyA new glitch has cropped up in Warzone that prevents players from selecting certain Operators to play in lobbies. / Activision, Raven SoftwareA new glitch has cropped up in Warzone that prevents players from selecting certain Operators to play in lobbies.Do you ever just not feel like playing? Apparently, that's how some Call of Duty (COD): Warzone operators feel this week as players aren't able to select them to deploy in lobbies. According to player reports, this isn't the first time the Warzone community has had to alter

Pokemon Legends: Arceus Will Feature Monster Hunter-like Mechanics

PokémonThe Pokemon Company, the lead corporation behind the iconic Pokemon franchise, has issued a statement confirming exploration gameplay Legends: Arceus. / The Pokemon Company, Game FreakThe Pokemon Company, the lead corporation behind the iconic Pokemon franchise, has issued a statement confirming exploration gameplay in Pokemon Legends: Arceus.In a statement originally issued to Kotaku on Friday, Oct. 8, The Pokemon Company explained how exploration will work in its upcoming Nintendo Switch title Pokemon Legends: Arceus. According to the statement, this style is comparable to another franchise under the corporate umbrella: Monster

DAMWON KIA kicks off 2021 World Championship group stage by crushing FPX

Defending champions DAMWON KIA kicked off the 2021 World Championship group stage with a statement win against FunPlus Phoenix, the LPL frontrunner in their group. The South Korean team ended the game in under 30 minutes to match the high expectations that weigh on their shoulders. DWG KIA seemed to have a very specific game plan against FPX coming into this match, giving Yuumi to support BeryL paired with mid laner ShowMaker’s LeBlanc to roam around the map and seek kills. Although Yuumi’s priority has progressively risen after the latest

Fnatic’s Upset sits out of Worlds 2021 group stage due to ‘urgent family matter’

Fnatic starting ADC Elias “Upset” Lipp has returned home to Germany and won’t play for the organization’s League of Legends roster “until further notice,” according to a statement from today. Academy ADC Louis “Bean” Schmitz will take over his position temporarily for the team’s debut at the 2021 World Championship group stage. Upset was “forced to return home” after an “urgent family matter,” the statement reads. The announcement says that the player “will until further notice not start” for the team during the group stage, but doesn’t confirm if Upset

Season 6 Shakes Up the Meta, Popularizes New Submachine Gun

Call of DutySeason 6 of Call of Duty (COD): Warzone has shaken up the in-game weapon meta yet again. / ActivisionSeason 6 of Call of Duty: Warzone has shaken up the in-game weapon meta yet again.Players are once again finding themselves at the mercy of Raven Software’s rebalances with the release of Season 6. Previously, the most common choice in sidearm was the Bullfrog submachine gun. That doesn’t seem to be the case anymore, according to content creator TrueGameData (TGD). It looks like the previous season’s favorite SMG may be

Veteran OWL player Saebyeolbe retires

Park “Saebyeolbe” Jong-ryeol is retiring from the Overwatch League as a player, according to a statement on social media. The announcement comes right after the Seoul Dynasty revealed it was releasing him from the roster alongside three other players and a coach. In his statement regarding his retirement, he did not elaborate on where he was going next, only that he was “thinking about writing a different story now.” Some are hoping that he switches to the popular Riot Games title VALORANT, while others think that he may return to

Thunder Predator is the first team eliminated from The International 10

Their backs were against the wall from day one, but after two sound defeats at the hands of Team Aster, Thunder Predator is the first team eliminated from Dota 2’s The International 10 with a 0-7 record on day three.  TP was one of South America’s best Dota 2 teams all year, but it looked like the Peruvian squad was losing steam as the 2021 Dota Pro Circuit dragged on. Well, we gave our best. Thank you everyone for supporting us even today. It's hard for our boys, they still

Pokémon Legends: Arceus will be more of a sandbox game, not fully open world

Fans have slowly been getting more and more excited for the release of Pokémon Legends: Arceus, a game that will take the Pokémon franchise to places it has never gone before—even in its numerous spin-off titles. However, now it looks like one popular descriptor of the game has been clarified.  Images in previously released trailers show that the Legends: Arceus map is segmented and heavily resembles a Monster Hunter game. This led many to start questioning if the new game would be fully open world or take what Sword and

Blizzard reveals new Diablo 4 game director

Back in August, former Diablo 4 game director Luis Barriga was let go from Blizzard along with the game’s lead designer, Jesse McCree. In an email to Kotaku, Blizzard confirmed that Barriga and McCree were no longer with the company as of Aug. 11. There has been much fan anticipation and concern surrounding the development of Diablo 4, but Blizzard has not made any major announcements or reveals for the game since a demo was presented at BlizzCon back in 2019.  Now, Diablo 4’s new game director has officially been

rallen and snatchie to leave AGO

Michał "⁠snatchie⁠" Rudzki and Karol "⁠rallen⁠" Rodowicz will leave AGO as free agents after participating in Puchar Narodowej Drużyny Esportu, the organization has announced. The departure marks an end to the players' nine months stint with the team as both joined in January 2021 with snatchie transferring from Sprout and rallen coming after standing-in for Illuminar. Puchar Narodowej Drużyny Esportu will be the players' last event under the organization, which acts as the qualifier for the V4 Future Sports Festival held in Budapest later this year. snatchie and rallen have