YTMND Thursday: The majestic flock of Kangs

Easily my favorite YTMND this week is the flock of Kangs. You just don’t expect it at all and it’s just perfect. Wow, I really hope this fad starts to take off. I haven’t laughed this hard at a YTMND fad in a long time. Lots ofMortal Kombatthemed ones this week. I guess people really wanted to revisit the classic games. I also really liked the 8-bitGuitar Heroremix. The 8-bit version sounds better than the regular version....

June 18, 2025 · 1 min · 95 words · Jeremy Johnson

A dream pod and a spa?! A tour of TSM HQ, “the most expensive facility in NA”

Streamers News TSM’s gaming facility is nothing you would see in a typical esports headquarters. Let’s check out the magnificent TSM HQ tour! The giant esports company, TSM just released an exclusive tour of its grand esports gaming facility in Los Angeles, California. With the purpose of building “performance, innovation, and content creation,” TSM introduces you to the 25,000 square feet facility, housing areas for TSM athletes to compete, train, and relax....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 553 words · David Burton

All playable heroes in Honor of Kings

Mobile Guides Take a look at the list of playable Heroes in Honor of Kings (HoK), which positions and classes they belong to, and how to obtain them. Honor of Kings (HoK) is a mobile multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) that launched globally on June 20, providing lots of heroes with unique and exciting playstyles. There are a lot of playable characters and five positions in the game: Clash Lane, Mid Lane, Farm Lane, Jungling, and Roaming....

June 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1216 words · Thomas Randall

All Summer Sizzle event duties and rewards in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Festive summer fun has arrived inDisney Dreamlight Valleywith the Summer Sizzle event. There are lots of duties you can work through to claim exclusive prizes while this event is live, so you need to get going on it as soon as possible. Although this event is smaller than most other ones, there are still some decently tricky parts to it and plenty of content to explore. If you’re not sure where to begin, here areall Summer Sizzle event duties and rewards inDisney Dreamlight Valley....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 381 words · Amber Thompson

Apeks bench Styko, add sense as a stand-in

CS:GO News The org will use sense as a stand-in for their next few events. Martin “STYKO” Styk’s contract will not be extended at the end of this year. The player also revealed he has been moved to the bench with immediate effect. Meanwhile, Apeks have started trialing Ådne “⁠sense⁠” Fredriksen to replace Styko. Apeks finished theESL Pro Leaguein a rather poor fashion - in 21-24th place. The team’s poor performance has resulted in an immediate change to the active roster....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 318 words · Jessica James

Dark Souls II’s final Lost Crowns DLC chapter is here

Crown of the Ivory King After a brief delay, theDark Souls IIDLC trilogy has come to an end withCrown of the Ivory King. It’s available today on Steam and Xbox 360 and tomorrow on PlayStation 3 for $9.99 — or you can get all three add-ons bundled together for $24.99. I might do that (but wait for a sale). Just looking over the screenshots, this final act seems the most immediately compelling to me — love those snow-covered landscapes....

June 17, 2025 · 1 min · 124 words · Kristen Macias

Dendi goes to NA with B8 Esports’s new roster

DOTA 2 News Dendi’s B8 Esports has announced its new roster and their decision to compete in the North American region for the upcoming DPC. Ukrainian team B8 Esports has announced its new roster and in a surprising move, its decision to compete in the North American region. The roster was announced on Twitter on Dec. 8, and sees a reunion of TI3/TI4 Natus Vincere’s squad between Danil “Dendi” Ishutin and Glib “Funn1k” Lipatnikov....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 436 words · Eddie Brady

Destructoid review: Emerald City Confidential

Point-and-click adventure games may not have the mainstream audience that they used to, but good titles are still being made for the genre. What caught my attention inEmerald City Confidentialis the premise. It’s a noir detective story set in the land of Oz. This means that it could either be an unequivocal failure or a really interesting spin on the setting. Which is it? You’ll have to read the review to find out....

June 17, 2025 · 4 min · 667 words · Heather Schwartz

Fnatic Rekkles confirms paying for part of his own buyout

League of Legends News In an interesting turn of events, renowned ADC Carl Martin Erik “Rekkles” Larsson told his stream that he paid part of his own buyout to play on Fnatic for the 2023 season. When fans heard about Carl Martin Erik “Rekkles'” Larsson’s return to the League of Legends European Championship (LEC) for 2023 season, few could have anticipated that part of his move back to the LEC would be due to him paying 50% of his buyout himself....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 404 words · Nicole Medina

How to get the Tow Hook Cannon in Fortnite

Fortnite Guides Here’s how you may get the new Tow Hook Cannon weapon in Fortnite! TheFortnite v30.10update has finally welcomed Metallica into the game. This collaboration includes a newFortnite Festival Pass, aMetallica concert,skins, and more. In addition to the Metallica crossover, Epic Games welcomed the Tow Hook Cannon, which appeared in the Chapter 5 Season 3, into the loot pool. This article explains how you can get the Tow Hook Cannon in Fortnite and what it does....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 323 words · Colleen Williams

Multiple esports personalities promote Saudi gaming destination in coordinated social media push

Esports News Several esports personalities including Summit1g, Nickmercs, and Clix have shown their support for a Qiddiya City, a Saudi esports initiative. In a series of posts on Instagram on Dec. 14, Nickmercs, stableronaldo, and Kai Cenat all shared a video highlighting promoting Qiddiya city. Nickmercs' post was tagged with “Paid partnership” and also included a #ad tag. Meanwhile, while Stable Ronaldo and Kai Cent simply opted to add a #ad tag....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 521 words · Dustin Howard

Newest Halo Wars 2 trailer features the brutal villain Atriox

Plus the original is getting a remaster The firstHalo Warsmight not be everyone’s favorite entry in theHalofranchise, but it was a nice enough introduction to strategy games for folks that don’t normally play them. If 343 Industries feels strongly enough about its sequel to put this much effort into the cinematic trailers, I might have to pull the trigger on it as well. This newest trailer features the leader of the Banished (the new enemy faction), Atriox, with his super gruff beard and overall cool look....

June 17, 2025 · 1 min · 181 words · Lisa Wolfe

Paradox will make a Magicka-related announcement at GDC

Not a port or DLC, apparently Paradox Interactive is no stranger to making announcements at the Game Developers Conference, and it seems GDC 2013 will serve as a launchpad for something new related toMagicka. PC Gamer was told that such a reveal will happen during the March 25-29 event and it’s not going to be a port ormore downloadable content. An honest-to-goodness sequel would be — now that the original game has built up an expectation-breaking audience — much appreciated, I’m sure....

June 17, 2025 · 1 min · 107 words · Peter Hernandez