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The best rookies in NBA 2K22

The 2021 rookie class has the potential to be an all-time great draft class. Throughout the first round, there are several players with all-NBA upside and many more that project as excellent role players on playoff teams. Rookies are investments in NBA 2K22. Whether it’s in MyGM or MyTeam, picking up qualities rookies early on could pay dividends several months after the game’s release. A high-quality rookie will progress throughout the season, and good performances in real life will lead to stat boosts in the game. Rookies don’t have excellent

Minnesota RØKKR sticking with 2021 roster heading into Call of Duty: Vanguard

The Minnesota RØKKR will enter the 2022 Call of Duty League season with the same starting four it ended the 2021 season with, the franchise announced today.  With Minnesota’s lineup of Standy, Attach, Priestahh, and MajorManiak, the team finished fourth at last month’s CDL Playoffs and won the Stage Five Major after a historic reverse sweep of the Toronto Ultra. Minnesota and Toronto, along with 2021 CDL champions Atlanta FaZe, are the only teams in the league expected to retain the same lineup heading into CoD: Vanguard.  RØKKR COO Brett

‘What just happened?’: Standy talks successful debut campaign in Call of Duty League, looks ahead to 2022

In April, OpTic Chicago and Minnesota RØKKR battled it out in an elimination bracket match at the Stage Two Major during the 2021 Call of Duty League season. Tied at two maps apiece in the best-of-five series, it was fitting that the final map, Moscow Search and Destroy, came down to a winner-take-all round 11. It quickly became a four-vs-two in OpTic’s favor with Standy and Priestahh falling, and then a one-vs-three after both Minnesota’s Attach and Chicago’s Envoy dropped. Minnesota’s tournament chances hung on by a thread.  Standy thought

San Francisco Shock, Washington Justice advance to Overwatch League playoffs bracket

It’s been a long weekend of tense matches, but the Overwatch League’s play-in matches have finally produced three winners who will advance to the official playoffs bracket.  The San Francisco Shock, Washington Justice, and Philadelphia Fusion all fought their way to the top during this weekend’s games. They’ll be joining the five higher-seeded teams that already earned a spot in the double-elimination playoffs bracket, which begins on Sept. 21.   Overnight, the Philadelphia Fusion clawed their way through two opponents to claim the final playoffs slot in the East Region. An

Washington Justice, Toronto Defiant advance in Overwatch League 2021 play-ins

Two high-stakes, single-elimination play-in games officially kicked off the Overwatch League postseason today. During play-ins, six West Region teams and three East Region teams will be fighting for the final three slots in the official double-elimination playoff bracket, which will begin on Sept. 21.  Before they can secure those final spots, though, teams have to take down their opponents in the do-or-die play-in matches. Two West Region teams, the Washington Justice and Toronto Defiant, swept their adversaries today and will move on to the second phase of play-in games on

Overwatch League 2021 Postseason: When is It, How to Watch, Prize Pool, Map Pool

OverwatchThe Overwatch League 2021 postseason begins with play-in matches Saturday, Sept. 4 / Photo courtesy of the Overwatch LeagueThe Overwatch League's postseason map pool will be incredibly familiar to anyone who watched the recent 2021 Countdown Cup. The postseason map pool is nearly identical, with only two differences from the August tournament.Control will be retaining all five of the maps used in the Countdown Cup: Busan, Ilios, Lijang Tower, Nepal, and Oasis. Escort maps will see Havana and Route 66 once again while Dorado replaces Rialto, a popular escort selection

How the Overwatch League 2021 postseason and playoffs will work

After a long and often chaotic season, the Overwatch League postseason officially begins on Sept. 4. In-person events may have been canceled due to visa issues and COVID-19, but the show still has to go on for teams vying for the $1.5 million Grand Finals prize.   With 14 teams still in contention for the 2021 championship, the playoff situation is predictably complicated. Many teams have already achieved a bye into the “official” playoffs, which is an extensive double-elimination bracket that will produce two Grand Finals competitors. Additional teams are fighting

Washington Justice chooses to face Paris Eternal for Overwatch League play-ins

The Overwatch League postseason is finally ready to begin after the Washington Justice selected its first opponent for the high-stakes play-in bracket, which begins on Sept. 4.  Washington made the surprising decision to face the Paris Eternal, a team of European talent that has steadily improved over the course of the season. On the other side of the West Region bracket, the Toronto Defiant will be left to face the Boston Uprising, Washington’s unselected opponent option.  This season’s play-ins are set up as single-elimination brackets in both the East and

Atlanta FaZe Wins Call of Duty League Championship

Call of DutyBy Max Mallow | 1:08 PM EDTPhoto by COD LeagueAtlanta FaZe won the 2021 Call of Duty League Championship defeating Toronto Ultra in the grand final. The Call of Duty League season concluded on Aug. 22 with Atlanta cementing itself as the best team in the world capturing the league's biggest prize. This is the first world championship for the FaZe Clan organization after years of chasing a championship ring. This also marks the first COD Champs win for McArthur "Cellium" Jovel. This win marked the second ring