When comparing esports and dating apps, the connection between the two is not immediately apparent. However, since 2018 a lot of companies within the space, such as Bumble and Tinder, have made a move into the esports industry. In many of these cases, the partnerships included limited-edition content, special events and rewards for dating app […]
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Overwatch 2’s Change To 5v5 Is The Worst Decision It Could Have Made
We recently learned that Overwatch 2 is due to shrink squad sizes from six players per team to just five. As someone with well over 1,000 hours in the game, who used to play on a team that averaged out at around 3,600 SR (Masters, the second-highest competitive rank in the game, accounting for the […]
Rioters For Change swap stance on accusations against CEO
Rioters For Change, a group of Riot Games employees that promote responsible behavior at the company, ammended its stance on the allegations of sexual harassment made against CEO Nicolo Laurent in a tweet Thursday. After Riot Games revealed new evidence during a request for a status conference concerning former employee Sharron O’Donnell’s legal case against […]
Rocket League Goals For Change Tournament Details Revealed By Psyonix
Psyonix today revealed details about the upcoming Rocket League Goals For Change tournament, which kicks off on March 24. The casual competition will feature “women from across North America and Europe competing to donate to causes that are important to them.” The tournament will follow a simple Round-Robin format, with four teams per region competing […]
Twitch will change the PogChamp emote every 24 hours
Recently, Twitch removed the PogChamp emote due to a series of controversial tweets from the person pictured in the emote. The major streaming platform won’t be without an emote for long, however, as they just revealed a new plan. Here’s what will happen with the emote and where they got the idea. Twitch will temporarily […]
Can you change your appearance in Cyberpunk 2077?
Cyberpunk 2077 offers one of the biggest character customization menus in recent memory. Traditionally, RPGs will allow a player to design their character’s face, hair, body, etc. However, CD Projekt RED took it to a whole new level. While all of the traditional options are still present, you can also customize some extreme aspects of […]
Can You Change Your Appearance And Attributes In Cyberpunk 2077?
We’ve been travelling through Night City for over a week now, and it’s been challenging to see as much as we can in such a short amount of time when the game is so massive. There are dozens of named NPCs, dozens of areas, tons of sidequests and challenges, in addition to much more. But […]
How To Change Your Uniform In Pokemon Sword & Shield
The level of customization of early Pokemon games was almost non-existent, but through the generations has slowly grown to allow for more personal expression through your trainer. Starting out with only being able to pick your name in the original titles on the GameBoy, the latest game in the series, Pokemon Sword and Shield allows you […]
Sony Makes A Big PS5 Change In Japan, Swapping The Circle And X Buttons' Functions
If you’ve ever played the Japanese version of a PlayStation game–or many games in the PS1’s library, including Metal Gear Solid–you were likely surprised to find that the menu buttons were reversed from normal. That’s because in Japan, the function of the X and Circle buttons are usually flipped, meaning that Circle confirms or selects, […]
How Hong Kong’s Change in U.S. Special Status Affects Gaming and Esports Investments
Written by Tobias Seck and James Fudge Over the last few months, the Trump administration increased political pressure on the People’s Republic of China. Several actions proved to be rather media effective, the proposed bans of short-format video platform app TikTok owned and developed by Chinese company ByteDance and Tencent Holdings’ WeChat app; and Trump’s […]