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Vel’Koz gives League fans the green light in this Squid Game crossover

A new concept skin for Vel’Koz takes inspiration from the Netflix sensation, Squid Game.  Concept artist NeburaART released the League of Legends skin concept on Oct. 6, drawing inspiration from the popular Korean series. In this fan made skin, Vel’Koz wears the same mask as one of the managers from the show, highlighting just how wicked and twisted his mentality is—not to mention Vel’Koz’s similarity to the invertebrate after which the game in the series gets its name.   The latest Netflix sensation, Squid Game, is a Korean drama and horror

Apex Chronicles aren’t perfect, but they’re worth revisiting

Finding a new way to tell a story doesn’t make it a good way to tell a story. At the same time, that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything good to take away from the exercise. The story of Apex Legends is much like the game itself: twisting and turning, never wanting to be pinned down, and evolving into something similar, but at the same time new. Just as new legends, guns, maps, and game modes fundamentally change the way people play the game every season, Respawn continually switches up the

Reflecting on a Year of Stories Told by Black Creators

Black Creator SpotlightA year of interviews with Black game developers. / Photo by DBLTAP2020 was a summer of rage. Three high-profile killings of Black people — Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd — led to a flood of protests demanding justice. I marched at some of those protests, but it was hard to escape the feeling of helplessness. We could chant for hours, some of us could get maced and arrested, and we could come back to do it all again. But the power to create real change lay

How to fix New World login error TooManyRequestsException

As thousands of players attempt to get in on the action of Amazon’s New World, there have been plenty of server issues plaguing players’ chances of getting in. From the hundreds of thousands stuck in queue, to those who wait hours just to be booted out over time, there has been plenty of reports from disgruntled players of queue-related horror stories. One of the most common errors that seem to be arising over the past 24 hours is the error message TooManyRequestsException. This error can seemingly appear whenever and appears

EA Sports Reveals Expanded FIFA 22 Esports Program

FIFABy Max Mallow | 1:02 PM EDTPhoto by EA SportsEA Sports revealed new expansions to the FIFA 22 esports program Sept. 29 in a press release."The three competitions featured in the expanded esports ecosystem are the FIFAe Club Series 2022™, the FIFAe Nations Series 2022™, and the EA SPORTS FIFA 22 Global Series on The Road to the FIFAe World Cup 2022™. The three pinnacle events of the series will all take place in summer 2022," EA Sports said in the release."“FIFA competitive gaming is the future of global esports

Netflix makes first game studio acquisition with Oxenfree developer Night School Studio

With its plans to expand further into game streaming, Netflix has officially acquired its first development studio in Night School Studio.  Night School is best known for developing 2016’s supernatural mystery indie darling Oxenfree, along with Mr. Robot:1.51exfiltrati0n and Afterparty. The team is working on Oxenfree II: Lost Signals and it’s excited about what working in-house with Netflix can open up in terms of future projects.  Specifically, studio co-founder Sean Krankel thinks this deal will allow Night School to continue focusing on telling the stories and creating the games that

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

Twitch celebrity meetup Sh*tCamp 2021 begins today

ShitCamp 2021, a multi-day event where top Twitch personalities meet up for IRL shenanigans in Los Angeles, California, kicks off today. The event will run from Sept. 26 until Sept. 30, offering viewers the chance to watch some of their favorite Twitch and YouTube personalities interact and create content with each other in real time. ShitCamp comes after the success of ShitCon, a similar event which occurred in May 2021. On Sept. 9, QTCinderella released a trailer for ShitCamp 2021 on YouTube. The trailer announced all of the different content

Splatoon 3 Release Date: When Will Splatoon 3 be Released?

Top GamesSplatoon fans are wondering when the next installation in the franchise, Splatoon 3, will be released. / NintendoSplatoon fans are wondering when the next installation in the franchise, Splatoon 3, will be released.Splatoon has made waves in Nintendo-based circles as a comical, colorful player versus player (PvP) experience based paintball-style “turf war” combat. Players can pair up with the Inklings and Octolings to follow unique stories and learn about characters on either side of the conflict. Splatoon 3 takes the story to the “Spatlands”—a parched desert populated by “battle-hardened”

Spine Interview – Characters, Combat, Balancing, and More

There’s no shortage of multiplayer games competing for everyone’s attention, so when a new one emerges that promises something new and unique, you can’t help but pay attention. Banzai Games’ upcoming team-based action title Spine is certainly making those promises. Combining hero shooter elements with team-based gameplay, stylish gun-fu combat, and a focus on cinematic action, it certainly seems to have the elements in place to deliver something interesting. Hoping to learn more about Spine, we recently reached out to its developers with some of our questions about it. You can read our