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New Overwatch Skin Fan Design Turns Mercy into a Vampire

OverwatchWith Spooky Season kicking off, one Twitter user designed a new Halloween Terror skin for Mercy. / Photo courtesy of Blizzard EntertainmentSpeculation is running wild for what new Halloween skin designs Overwatch's annual Halloween Terror event will bring, with an announcement seemingly just around the corner. Many have pitched their own concepts and requests for what heroes should receive a redesign.One fan designed a new Halloween-themed skin for Mercy, taking matters into their own hands and turning their concept into reality. Twitter user Sunshxvine introduced their "Vampire Queen Mercy" design

How to Get Rocket League Esports Decals

Top GamesPhoto courtesy of Psyonix/Epic GamesThe Rocket League Championship Series, more frequently know as RLCS, is Rocket League’s rapidly growing esports team. With such an active fan base, Rocket League has an Esports Shop allowing teams to purchase items and show support for their favorite team.That Esports Shop will soon see a massive expansion as Rocket League adds tons of new decals for teams and gives players new ways to signal their fandom. Here's what players should know about purchasing these decals, including when they go live!Psyonix has announced that

New Melty Blood: Type Lumina Gameplay Trailer Shows Kouma Kirishima vs Red Arcueid

Type-moon released another trailer of its upcoming fighting game Melty Blood: Type Lumina, which will soon launch both in Japan and in the west. While this trailer displays a full match with Kouma Kirishima vs Red Arcueid. In this particular battle, the former bests the latter and we’re likely to see the opposite soon. You can check it out below. [embedded content] Here’s how Type-Moon describes Red Arcueid: “Due to the effects of coming back from a “certain accident,” her vampiric impulses and overwhelming desires have taken over.Driven by instinct,

AWAY: The Survival Series Interview – Premise, Environments, Exploration, and More

A game with a premise as inherently fascinating as that of AWAY: The Survival Series is bound to pique curiosity, and it certainly has done that. Taking the form of a playable nature documentary where you play as a glider, control various other animals, and explore beautiful environments while avoiding dangerous predators, Breaking Walls’ upcoming game certainly seems to be shaping up to be quite unique. Ahead of its launch, we recently reached out to the developers with some of our questions about AWAY: The Survival Series. Below, you can read our conversation

Shanghai Dragons and LIP apologize for ‘inappropriate language’ heard on broadcast

The Shanghai Dragons issued an apology today on behalf of DPS player Lee “LIP” Jae-won after the player used “inappropriate language” during a Sept. 22 Overwatch League playoff broadcast. LIP himself has also apologized.  After each game in the playoff bracket, which began on Sept. 21, league production airs the winning moment and includes player comms from the victorious team. Profanity is relatively common during these segments, but things escalated after the Shanghai Dragons’ victory against the Los Angeles Gladiators.  LIP, according to a community translator, called the Gladiators “loser

Where is VCT Champions 2021 held?

VCT Champions is heading to Europe. Riot initially intended to host each of the VCT’s international events in different regions. But with COVID-19 related complications increasing throughout the year, the organizers had to make the tough decision to “re-evaluate.” In the end, Riot’s goal was to “find and secure locations that would allow the greatest likelihood for qualified teams to attend [Champions],” according to a statement in September.  Rumors indicated that Riot originally planned to host the end-of-year event in Los Angeles, backed up by a still of an image

CS:GO Riptide Case: Full List of New Skins

CSGOBy Max Mallow | 1:05 PM EDTPhoto by ValveThe CS:GO Riptide Case was released Sept. 21 alongside the new Operation Riptide.Valve surprised the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community Tuesday when the developer released Operation Riptide. As such with Operations, there's a new challenge coin, loads of new cosmetics, missions, game updates and more in Riptide. On top of the new 2021 map collections, there's a new Riptide Case featuring 17 community-designed weapon finishes. Here's a look at every skin in the Riptide Case.Today we are excited to ship CS:GO's 11th Operation,

SP9RK1E wins 2021 Overwatch League Dennis Hawelka Award

Whether lifting his team up through kind words or dancing in front of a cheering crowd of fans, Dallas Fuel DPS Kim “SP9RK1E” Yeong-han spreads joy wherever he goes. This ultra-positive personality, along with his commitment to creating a better environment for his teammates, earned him the 2021 Overwatch League Dennis Hawelka Award. The award honors the memory of Dennis “Internethulk” Hawelka, a former Overwatch player and coach who passed away in 2017. Hawelka was a charismatic leader, dedicated to supporting the competitive scene and the players around him with

Pressure and performance: Overwatch League’s most vital DPS players on the 2021 season

Overwatch at its highest level has overwhelmingly been run by tanks and supports for the past few years. From the omnipresent GOATS meta of 2019 to the dull double-shield brought on by Sigma’s introduction, the top tier of the game has revolved around everyone except damage dealers.  This year, something shifted. Whether due to Hero Pools or improved balance changes, the Overwatch League somehow morphed into a smarter version of its inaugural self. Compositions reverted from slow and steady to fast-paced and chaotic, inviting sneaky Sombras, quick-shooting cowboys, and snappy

The full list of Hearthstone slang and terminology

Hearthstone, almost seven years after it was released, is still going strong and continues to bring in a steady stream of new players on an expansion by expansion basis.  If you’re new to the card game genre, and you want to get up to speed with the meta, learning the ins and outs of the game’s slang and terminology is a wise decision. You’ll find the words and phrases listed below in the matches you encounter, the streams you watch, and the guides you read. They’re the bread and butter