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New World has it all—but what does it do well?

Compiling my thoughts about New World, Amazon’s newest game that’s so big I can’t even see the finish line, is a tall order. Now that I’m more than 40 hours into the game, there’s plenty to discuss. There’s nothing groundbreaking about the story and later I’ll argue the story isn’t the main focal point of the game. You’re part of a crew sailing to find a mystical place called Aeternum. The land is said to be full of treasures, but during a storm, you’re cast onto the shores and end

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

Here are the Pokémon UNITE Patch 1.2.1.6 notes

TiMi Studio announced that a new balance update was coming today for Pokémon UNITE that would nerf several of Sylveon’s moves that the developers deemed too powerful. But nobody expected the patch to hit the Fairy-type this hard so soon after it was added to the game.  In the Version 1.2.1.6 update, Sylveon had the damage output for Mystical Fire and Hyper Voice drastically lowered, losing nearly 500 damage per hit in some cases.  Because Sylveon is so new, both moves did look broken in certain instances. But it feels

Pokémon UNITE balance patch will bring pair of nerfs to Sylveon moves

Sylveon has been a part of Pokémon UNITE for just a few days and the Pokémon has already received its first round of nerfs. In an update scheduled to roll out in the game late tonight both Hyper Voice and Mystical Fire will receive damage decreases to keep the Pokémon more balanced alongside other species. These nerfs shouldn’t come as too big a shock given the abundance of players showcasing highlight real plays with the newly introduced attacker Pokémon. We will be performing a balance patch on 10/8 at 12:00am

Out of Twitch’s 100 top-earning streamers, only 3 are women

Twitch’s confirmed Oct. 6 data leak included the purported payout information of Twitch’s highest earners. In screenshots now widely shared on Twitter, the list of Twitch royalty is overwhelmingly male.  At the top of the list is the professional role-playing collective CriticalRole, a group composed of a number of popular voice actors. The rest of the top 100 streamers on the list are entirely male except for three female streamers. Moroccan-Canadian variety streamer Pokimane sits at No. 39 on the list, while American ASMR streamer Amouranth is No. 48 and

How much money does CriticalRole make on Twitch?

CriticalRole is a massively popular role-playing series that features numerous voice actors playing Dungeons and Dragons campaigns. And while the brand’s Twitch channel isn’t among the most-watched in terms of live broadcasts, it’s purportedly the highest-paid channel on the platform. A data breach earlier this week revealed payouts for channels on Twitch over the past 26 months. While notable streamers like xQc, Summit1g, and Tfue were near the top of the list, CriticalRole led all channels with a purported $9,626,712 earned on Twitch. The streamer payout totals included money from

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

Sylveon is now available in Pokémon UNITE

Sylveon is now live in Pokémon UNITE, along with a new set of Poncho Style Holowear that it can be equipped with, though there is no balance patch included with the update this time. The Fairy-type Eeveelution is the 25th playable Pokémon on the UNITE roster, adding another Attacker to the pool for players to pick from, along with making fan-favorite Eevee playable prior to evolving for the first time too. This is also the second time that TiMi Studio has released a DLC Pokémon earlier in the day instead

Sora from Kingdom Hearts is the final fighter coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Super Smash Bros. series creator and director Masahiro Sakurai revealed the final fighter joining Smash Ultimate as part of Fighters Pass Vol. 2 during today’s “The Final Mr. Sakurai Presents”—Sora from Kingdom Hearts. Sora will be the final fighter added as part of the second Fighters Pass, as well as the last piece of character DLC for Ultimate as a whole after nearly three years of support. Along with Sora, a new stage, Hollow Bastion, and music from the Kingdom Hearts franchise are being added to the game. This was one