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The VALORANT Champions tournament kicked off with a bang as Group B, often touted as the toughest of them all, lived up to the hype. One match was a dominant display of skill and strategy, the other a nail-biting affair that pushed the limits of both teams. For the tournament’s opening match, Gen.G, playing on home turf, dominated Sentinels in a decisive 2-0 victory, settling the score after the VCT Masters Madrid grand final loss. The Korean squad’s aggressive playstyle and impeccable teamwork proved too much for the North ********* giants. In particular, T3xture, the Gen.G duelist, was a standout performer, pushing Sentinels to their limit time and time again. And despite their reputation as a global VALORANT powerhouse, the NA team found themselves on the back foot throughout the series. View the full article

Apex Legends players are finally seeing it: District, the new cityscape and playground they’ll be fighting their way through in season 22. And the E-District, as it’s called, looks like the cyberpunk cityscape of our dreams. E-District is the first new battle royale map released in Apex since Broken Moon entered the games way back in season 15, which was November 2022. Players have received some huge updates to other maps since then almost akin to getting a new map, with big reworks happening on both Storm Point and the aforementioned Broken Moon. But with a gap between new maps stretching close to two years, plenty of players were ready for something very, very different than what came before. And it looks like that’s what we’re getting. View the full article

Stardew Valley is already a place filled with magic and wonder but this new mod allows players to harness that mystic energy for themselves. Despite farming being the core mechanic in ConcernedApe's monolithic indie hit, Pelican Town is anything but a normal sleepy seaside village. Even if it's not obvious, magic is everywhere to be found and if the Farmer knows where to look, they'll be blessed with a bounty of spells that will make growing a sizable harvest easier than ever before. View the full article

The Moonfire Faire is returning to Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV) to celebrate the summer season. The Moonfire Faire is a yearly event in FFXIV and features a ********* festival atmosphere. This time players can get their hands on two new freebies, the Uchiwasshoi emote, and the Bouncing ***** Balloon furniture for player houses/apartments. These items will […] Source View the full article

Are you ready for it? If you’re a Madden fan, the answer is ***** YES. Madden NFL 25 is coming out in just a couple of weeks, and Taylor Swift’s boyfriend is so hot in it. The 14-time Grammy Award winner’s beau is as hot as you can be in this year’s Madden, in fact. Today it was announced that Travis Kelce, of Tayvis fame, is rated 99 overall in the new video game and has set a record as the only player of his position to be in the 99 Club five times. View the full article

I won’t lie, there’s a good chance you know the answer to “Not mainstream, in genre names” already and have no hope of getting the solution because of the complexity of the clue. If you can’t get it on its own and you’re struggling with other clues, we’ve got you covered. ‘Not mainstream, in genre names’ NYT Mini Crossword answer and hints Eight down clue. Screenshot by Dot Esports Hint 1: The answer is a shortened version of itself.Hint 2: It nearly goes well with pepper.Hint 3: Considered different.Hint 4: It ends with “T.” With four clues ***** out, let’s cut the chatter and deliver the solution. View the full article

The newly appointed CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios, Shams Jorjani, wants to know how Helldivers 2 players would spend all of their resources, such as medals, samples, and requisition slips, if they had the choice. The CEO, who replaced Johan Pilestedt in May, recently took to social media to get some ideas from the Helldivers 2 community. View the full article

Hey, remember that 2017 roguelike called Midboss? Or that 2020 platformer called Super Bernie World, where you attempt to transform the US as a retro-fied Bernie Sanders? Yes or no, Kitsune Games have put out some good stuff in the past, and now they're back with a Super Bernie World followup: Kitsune Tails. Again, it's a Super Mario-inspired platformer, but this time it's a wonderfully ****** rescue mission inspired by ********* mythology in a way that's cutesy and colourful. And it's out today! Read more View the full article

Roblox The Games is an official platform promotion event where five teams take on multiple Roblox games in a battle for supremacy. It brings together content creators, developers and enjoyers fans all around the world to celebrate the Olympics through competition. With each achievement you gain, your team’s platform rises! Image via Roblox Each game provides contenders opportunities to earn points for their respective teams, contributing to the overall standings in the event—which they will then receive exclusive rewards for. To balance the points gained and to prevent a single popular team from winning, the points will be distributed according to the number of players on each team. View the full article

Astro **** isn’t the franchise I think about when it comes to PlayStation’s version of Mario, but after several hours of playing the demo—here we are. The demo of Astro **** I played at Evo 2024 was nothing short of a surprise. Astro Bot at an event like Evo, which usually only shows upcoming fighting games, was a treat, especially as Sony’s charming platformer had intrigued me since its initial reveal at the end of May. The Astro **** series has always been a love letter to the PlayStation IP, celebrating the history of the consoles and games from the past two decades under the guise of a pretty fun platformer. View the full article

Several Honkai: Star Rail leaks have revealed new blessings, equations, and weighted curios for the Divergent Universe mode. Honkai: Star Rail's Divergent Universe is a special dimension where players can obtain Stellar Jades and planar ornaments by ******** formidable enemies. It's an endgame activity that allows Trailblazers to test out their characters. The only way to unlock this combat-oriented mode is to complete Simulated Universe - World 3. View the full article

In the time I've spent with it so far one of my favourite things about massive Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London are its fun little parodies and jokes about iconic *** brands and staples. However, there's one parody company you'll find throughout post-apocalyptic England that I'd argue doesn't feel like it fits in as well as others, and I'm clearly not alone, as there's already a mod to swap it out. If you've yet to play much of London, or are holding out until the fixes for the technical issues that've plagued a lot of people's time with it since release have been deployed, it's full of the exact kinds of parodies of real-world products and things that we've come to expect from Fallout. This time, it's just that we're getting Ion Brew in place of Irn Bru, rather than Nuka Cola in place of the Coca variety. While I love that, and the likes of Edward Storage - that's Team FOLON's version of iconic British trucking company Eddie Stobart, whose uniquely named lorries I have fond memories of getting way too jazzed up about seeing during family roadtrips as a child (this isn't my real backstory, I was actually raised by a Yeti in the mountains of Tibet) - there's one parody brand in the mod which feels a bit out of place. Read more View the full article

Amazon has announced the August 2024 Prime Gaming lineup (Prime Gaming is a benefit of Amazon Prime membership). Highlights include SteamWorld Heist, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Loop Hero, and various Tomb Raider games. 22 games are set to hit Prime Gaming in August, with new games added each Thursday throughout the month. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is the well-received 2016 action role-playing game from Eidos-Montréal and sequel to Deus Ex: Human Revolution. IGN's Deus Ex: Mankind Divided review returned a 9.2. We said: "Layered, intelligent, and impeccably designed, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided's gameplay rewards curiosity and creativity." Unfortunately the Deus Ex series is on ice after franchise owner Embracer reportedly canceled a new game that was two years into development, resulting in layoffs. August 2024 Prime Gaming lineup in full:Now Available SteamWorld Heist [GOG Code] – Command a steam-driven pirate crew in a series of epic tactical shootouts.Now Available Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [GOG Code] – Play as Adam Jensen, an experienced covert operative armed with a new arsenal of state-of-the-art augmentations and unravel a vast worldwide ***********.Now Available Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness [GOG Code] – Lara's experiences changed her deeply. She’s become a darker, hardened, imperious version of herself. A desperate phone call from her former mentor Von Croy leads her to Paris. But as she arrives, she discovers that the old man was brutally murdered and a plot to frame her for his ****** is in motion.Now Available Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation + Chronicles [GOG Code] – When Lara was only 16, she was tutored in archaeology by Professor Werner Von Croy, a world-famous archaeologist. Skip forward now, to find Lara in Egypt, minding her own business until a pool of quicksand pulls her underground, deep into an ancient tomb.August 8 Gravity Circuit [Amazon Games App] – Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.August 8 South of the Circle [GOG Code] – Experience a deep narrative story of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict.August 8 Loop Hero [Epic Games Store] – Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.August 8 Trek to Yomi [Epic Games Store] – Play as the young swordsman Hiroki who is sworn to protect his town and the people he loves against all threats. Faced with tragedy and bound to duty, the lone samurai must voyage beyond life and ****** to confront himself and decide his path forward.August 8 Kraken Academy!! [Amazon Games App] – Make friends, free spirits and join forces with a magical kraken to save the world.August 15 Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition [Amazon Games App] – Gather your party of heroes and continue the legendary adventure in this story-rich fantasy epic where every choice matters.August 15 Beholder 3 [Amazon Games App] – When a high-ranking security officer saves you from prison, you end up a pawn in her schemes. Now you must eliminate anyone standing in the way of her secret plans and try to get your life back while working two jobs.August 15 Hard West 2 [GOG Code] – Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.August 15 En Garde! [GOG Code] – Play as Adalia in her daring escapades full of sword-fighting, satire and shenanigans. Challenge the cruel Count-Duke and oppose tyranny with panache!August 15 Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical [GOG Code] – In a modern fantasy world, college dropout Grace is granted the power of a Muse - power she’ll need to find out the truth behind her predecessor’s ****** before time runs out. You’ll decide who Grace allies with, who she can trust, and who may betray her in this beautifully hand-illustrated roleplaying musical.August 22 Grime: Definitive Edition [Amazon Games App] – Explore your surreal surroundings, parry and absorb the many enemies you encounter with living weapons that mutate form and function.August 22 KeyWe [Epic Games Store] – KeyWe is a cute, co-operative postal puzzler starring Jeff and Debra, two small kiwi birds working in a whimsical post office. With no hands to help them, they must jump, flap, ***** and *****-slam their way across an interactive landscape of levers, bells and buttons to get those messages delivered on time.August 22 Figment 2: Creed Valley [Amazon Games App] – Face bosses in musical showdowns, make your way through puzzles, and explore unique environments set in the human mind.August 22 Spells & Secrets [GOG Code] – Spells & Secrets is a deep and motivating rogue-lite experience that invites everyone to this rewarding genre with its adventure story. Free the wizard Academy of Greifenstein from magical creatures by using your spells in creative ways.August 22 Young Souls [Amazon Games App] – ****** hordes of belligerent goblins, level up with hundreds of weapons and accessories, explore, and journey between worlds, as rebellious twins battle their way to save their foster father.August 29 Arcade Paradise [GOG Code] – Manage profits, pick up gum, do the laundry and get coin to unlock arcade units and flip the family laundromat business to become an Arcade Paradise.August 29 INDUSTRIA [GOG Code] – On the evening of the fall of the Berlin wall, a young woman plunges headlong into a parallel dimension to find her missing work colleague who has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. While the checkpoints in East Berlin are still being overrun by crowds of people, Nora escapes from this world, into unknown layers of time and into an unknown fate.August 29 The Collage Atlas [Amazon Games App] – Journey through an entirely hand-drawn picture-book dream-world where every little detail has been lovingly-crafted with pen & ink on paper. Wesley is the *** News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article

An update on the Ubisoft store page reveals the full PC requirements for what the company calls the first ever open-world Star Wars game. The good news for those with lower-end PCs is that the game will run on at least an AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or Intel Core i7-8700K... Read Entire Article View the full article

What I initially thought would be a bit like Mini Motorways and Mini Metro, it's similar only really in style and name, but Mini Airways is a different and challenging ****** that will keep your undivided attention. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

There are many odd phone calls you can get in The Sims 4, but perhaps the strangest one is an invite from a wealthy weirdo in Lovestruck. If you want to figure out what this character wants, you need to know how to find and meet the wealthy weirdo. When you get this call, it’s worth progressing through this mini-quest to claim some free rewards. To progress, you have to know how to find and meet the wealthy weirdo in The Sims 4 Lovestruck. View the full article

The Rue De La Pace event is dropping into Monopoly GO for 24 hours, featuring 30 milestones with rewards like Flags for the Tycoon Racers main event and dice. Collecting Flags for the Tycoon Racers event is the main priority when playing the Rue De La Pace tournament. The event has 30 milestones but you can earn most of the Flags by hitting milestone 20. Don’t sleep on daily free dice and watch out for Monopoly GO events that help you earn more milestone points and dice rolls. This article contains a list of every Rue De La Pace reward and how milestone points work. View the full article

On July 31, Bungie released an official statement saying the developer is eliminating 220 roles, effective immediately. In the hours since, ex-Bungie employees have been voicing their concerns on X, formerly Twitter, and other social media. The announcement was made on Bungie’s website and later shared onBungie’s official X profile, where it received many negative comments from disappointed fans. View the full article

Marvel Rivals is the exciting and hyped six-on-six hero shooter from Marvel and NetEase Games, and it’s easy to see why players are pumped. The free-to-play title features a wide array of characters from the Marvel universe, and fans are already clamoring for a release date, especially after multiple playable tests throughout 2024 already. Gamers can’t wait for more. View the full article

Pokémon GO leakers have spotted assets in the game files that offer the first look at Dynamaxing in the mobile title, five years after the mechanic was first introduced in Pokémon Sword & Shield. Niantic’s mobile game is very popular in the Pokémon world. Still, it ******** off-pace with Nintendo’s mainline releases, with additions to the Pokémon GO Pokédex being sporadic and difficult to predict. View the full article

The Monopoly GO Midnight Drive event launches with the return of Tycoon Racers. It features 50 milestones and rewards like Flags, Dice, and Sticker packs. The Midnight Drive event wants you to land on Monopoly GO corner tiles like Go to Jail and Free Parking. Landing on a corner tile earns you milestone points that unlock up to 50 rewards. The event is a great way to start collecting Flags for the Tycoon Racers main event. You’ll also want to collect free Dice and watch the daily Monopoly GO events for ways to restock Dice. This article provides a list of every Midnight Drive reward and how milestone points work. View the full article

Even with an incredibly crowded F2P hero shooter genre, Marvel Rivals uses its beloved cast of characters and refreshing gameplay mechanics to set itself apart. Marvel's foray into video games has ******* to consistently reach the same levels of success as its other multimedia endeavors, but time with the Marvel Rivals closed beta provided a peek at an upcoming multiplayer game that seems poised to change that. View the full article

Marvel Studios has tinkered with its plans a lot in recent times. Sometimes because of indecision, sometimes out of real necessity. The biggest recent example is moving on from Kang as the Multiverse Saga's big baddie and instead going with Doctor *****... played by Iron Man veteran Robert Downey Jr because things are mostly bleak right now. On the TV side of things, meanwhile, we're still stuck with head-scratching shows like Vision. Inverse recently had the chance to sit down and chat with Feige for a bit, ahead of Deadpool & Wolverine's record-shattering theatrical release. The whole conversation is quite informative and well worth a read, but one bit stands out regarding the studio's recruitment process. In most cases, big Hollywood studios either accept pitches or have an internally developed idea they want to convince filmmakers and showrunners to tackle. In the case of Vision (or White Vision, as fans are differentiating the character from the regular, ***** Vision), it appears that Marvel honcho Kevin Feige himself went after Terry Matalas after he loved the way in which Star Trek: Picard was wrapped up in its third season. Read more View the full article

In Hogwarts Legacy, you encounter several puzzling and challenging side quests, each with a unique set of objectives. One of these quests is Solved by the Bell. This quest requires you to complete two objectives: Discover an item and use a musical map to find treasure. Here’s how you can use the musical map in the Solved by the Bell quest to find treasure in Hogwarts Legacy. View the full article

Lovestruck changes The Sims 4 in a lot of ways, both big and small, and one tweak makes the world feel more alive than ever before. The focus on romance might make Lovestruck seem like it's best reserved for the biggest fans of relationships in The Sims 4, but love is often a core part of the average Sim's experience. Although the pack has its problems, its best elements definitely contribute a lot to the game in a way that makes it at least worthy of consideration. View the full article