PlayStation Store is hosting a few big sales on PS4/PS5 games

The Mid-Year, Level Up, and Games Under $20 sales are all running right now The PlayStation Store is hostingthree major sales(and a “Deal of the Week” promo onThe Sims 4), so there are a lot of discounts floating around right now — even more than normal. There’s aMid-Year saleon big PS4 and PS5 games, aLevel Up saleon DLC and expansions, and aGames Under $20 salewith indies, hidden gems, and older titles....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · Jeremy Berg

QueenShadows Invitational: Results, viewership and more

Streamers News Could kill races be making a comeback? See who took home money from the QueenShadows Invitational. The QueenShadows Invitational that took place last Thursday saw some of the best female Warzone content creators battling it out in Cadera to see who could take home the lionshare of the $5,000 prize pool. Queenshadows, who the event was named after, is a popular Warzone player and content creator for Call of Duty League franchise, Florida Mutineers....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 282 words · Brooke Wood

Satoru Iwata remembered on second anniversary of passing

1959-2015 July 11 saw the second anniversary of the passing of one of the industry’s most charismatic figureheads: Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata. Iwata was the head honcho at The Big N during one of its most successful financial periods ever. As president, Iwata would oversee the development and launch of the Nintendo DS, as well as the global phenomenon that was the Nintendo Wii, one of the greatest selling consoles of all time....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 228 words · Nicholas Medina

VALORANT patch 6.02 updates the Stinger and server rewind

Valorant News The 6.02 patch notes for VALORANT reveal the much-discussed Stinger changes, reduction to server rewind time, bug fixes, and more. Episode 6 continues through its first Act. With its start, we received a brand new map and several changes meant to keep players happy. Now comes patch 6.02 for VALORANT. The patch notes indicate adjustments to several aspects of the game, such as the Stinger and Lotus. Promised Stinger changes are finally here Once again, the Stinger reigns supreme....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 450 words · Eric Lopez

‘The Crafting MMO’ Salem enters open beta

Help tame the wild frontier Salemis now in open beta and I’ve had a chance to jump in and see what the game actually is. It’s being called “The Crafting MMO,” but that could really mean anything. It seems to still be early on in development, so it’s rough around the edges, but I can see some promise in this non-combat massively multiplayer online game. The core concept here is that you can pretty much do whatever you want by gathering materials and then learning how to make things out of them....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 385 words · Haley Castillo

BlizzCon 2011 in five* minutes or less

Okay, so maybe it’stechnicallymore like eight or nine minutes. Either way, if you’re ever wondered what fighting the crowds at BlizzCon is actually like, then look no further because we’ve managed to pack about 12 hours of BlizzCon-y goodness into one compact video you can watch on the toilet. It may not be Jonathan Holmes E3 levelquality, but hey – we got cameos from Cory Williams and Veronica Belmont. If internet celebrities don’t at least convince you to watch this video, then I give up....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Nathan Jones

Capcom Cup X results, battlelog, and million dollar DPs

Street Fighter 6 News The battle for one million dollars begins at Capcom Cup X, so follow along for schedule, matches, results, updates, and more! One million dollars is on the line at Capcom Cup X, the first major Street Fighter 6 tournament of 2024. After a year of qualifiers, tournaments, and last chances, it now comes down to 52 players from around the world. So look no further if you’re looking for the Capcom Cup X schedule, results, ways to watch, what games to keep an eye on, and more....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 302 words · Julie Cardenas

Dead Tomb is a verb-driven NES adventure based on a lost game

8BitLegit has announced thatDead Tomb, a new NES game based on an old lost game, is soon to be released for Switch, Xbox, and the actual NES. WhileDead Tombis a new NES game built from the ground up, it’s actually based on a game calledTemporel Inc., which was a game for the Videoway, a very unique subscription-based content delivery system based out of Quebec, Canada. Among its features was the ability to play 8-bit games, which would be loaded into the system’s RAM, which, obviously, emptied once you were done....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 267 words · Matthew Ingram

eMLS’ upcoming 2023 season could be the spark that launches it to new heights

Esports News With the eMLS 2023 season on the horizon, Esports.gg talked to the league commissioner and championship-winning player about the upcoming year. On Aug 05, 2025, the latest season of the eMLS will kick off, marking another year of partnership between Major League Soccer (MLS) and Electronic Arts. With the World Cup fresh in the minds of fans globally, and the 2026 World Cup in North America to look forward to, the eMLS is poised for a bumper year....

July 3, 2025 · 5 min · 857 words · William Chang

FPS trick shot videos are alive and well and getting millions of views on TikTok

Gaming News The culture of FPS trick shot videos are alive and well thanks to the rise of 30core and pinkcore videos on TikTok. The classic FPS trickshot video may well be dead and buried, a relic of the later 2000s and early 2010s, but a new type of trick shot video is going viral on TikTok and getting millions upon millions of views. Gaming trick shot videos themselves routinely receive thousands of views on the short-form video platform, with games such as Call of Duty, CS:GO, Grand Theft Auto 5, Rainbow Six Siege, and others attracting the most attention....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 540 words · Brittany Fowler

Happy Kwanzaa? FF Crystal Bearers’ suicidal release date

The long delayed, often thought deadFinal Fantasy Crystal Chronciles: The Crystal Bearersfinally has a US release date. In what will surely be remembered as one of the most clever, or the most stupid ideas for a holiday game release in the history of holiday game releases, Square-Enix has decided to put the game out on July 16, 2025. A first-day-of-Kwanzaa release date has rarely been pulled off with much success, but given how many attractive looking Wii games are coming out between now and January, it sort of makes sense....

July 3, 2025 · 1 min · 148 words · Aaron Knight

Hearthstone announces Year of the Hydra: Mercenaries endgame content, Battlegrounds seasons, in-game reporting, and more!

Hearthstone News Blizzard has announced Hearthstone, Year of the Hydra, which will kick off alongside the Voyage to the Sunken City expansion on April 12th. Hearthstone’s Year of the Hydra will focus on improvements and additions to the current systems as opposed to introducing new game modes. It will also include updates to Mercenaries and Battlegrounds. Hearthstone Mercenaries Champions Endgame Content in Year of the Hydra The Mercenaries game mode will be focused on expanding the endgame experience for players....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 559 words · Jason Parker

Hearthstone Speedruns, how is it even possible?

Hearthstone News It seems that Nozdormu has spread his influence and wants to turn Hearthstone into a speedrunning game. What’s all this about? As strange as it sounds, Hearthstone Speedrunds exist. During this past Summer Games Done Quick 2023 edition SRD_27 featured Speedrunning Hearthstone, which rose the interest of many community members to the point that some started attempting their own runs! Let’s hurry up. The clock is running. It’s time to explain what’s all this about....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 532 words · Cynthia Bennett