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Esports Opinion The revelation that Team China, playing the upcoming PUBG Nations Cup online, is receiving competitive advantages has caused a storm of controversy. A week and a half ago, PUBG Esports announced that, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Team China would not be able to attend the upcoming Nations Cup tournament in-person. Instead of joining every other team in Thailand, Team China are playing from the city of Guangzhou with slightly higher ping....

Valorant News Paper Rex’s aggressive playstyle proved to be the difference as they defeated The Guard in the lower bracket of VCT Masters Reykjavik Paper Rex defied expectations as they took down The Guard 2 - 0 in the lower bracket at VCT Masters Reykjavik. This win marks the first time Paper Rex has won against an international opponent in the VCT. Following their dramatic loss toOpTic Gamingin the Quarterfinals, The Guard were in desperate need of a quick reset....

CS:GO News The celebration of counter strike continues at PGL Stockholm as we move into the Legends Stage. Legends Natus Vincere NaVi is the number one team in the world without a doubt. They are the only teams in history to have won an IEM Katowice, an IEM Cologne, and an Intel Grand Slam. The only big trophy that they haven’t lifted is the coveted major, and nobody deserves it more than s1mple....

An answer to complaints about the online-only Franchise mode ThePlanet Zoobeta isup and runningas of this week. There’s a lot to love (and some issues). The piece-by-piece habitat customization is really rewarding, particularly if you decide to build intricate caves rock by rock, or climbable structures platform by platform. There’s a sense of ownership. The animals–that is, all of the free-roaming species, not the smaller “exhibit” critters like frogs and scorpions that are far more confined–are realistic-looking and expressive....

Podtoid hits the Destructoid frontpage every Thursday! On this week’s juicy edition of Podtoid, Jonathan Holmes is in line to become a warrior of bone and a lord of flies. Gordon Ramsay tells lies and betrays those who rely upon him. Country music gets the taste of semen it has craved for so long. Also, flans. Elsewhere, there’s chat about Penny Arcade and its latest wacky Kickstarter shenanigans, Dr. Love is in session, and some videogame things of stuff!...

Ha this game Niantic has been supportingPokemon Goat a sluggish pace, taking away more features than adding them this past month in a half. But yesterday it notified us of anupdatethat’s coming in the form of version 0.35.0 on both iOS and Android that adds a new mechanic in. Soon, you can actually interact with your team leader (Spark, Blanche, or Candela) to “appraise” your Pokemon and learn their offensive and defensive capabilities, so you don’t waste candy on some fake-ass scrub Yep, it’s basically an in-game IV reader, though details are scarce at the moment....

Pokemon GO’s Bug Out event will run from Wednesday, August 10 at 10am local time to Tuesday, August 16 at 8pm local time. During this timeframe, players can work on event-exclusive Field Research tasks, and there are twelve of them in total. For those fans that would like to learn more about these tasks and their associated rewards, full details onPokemon GO’s Bug Out Field Research can be found in this guide....

Pokémon Guides Get your team ready for the Catch Cup in Pokémon GO. The Catch Cup is back in Pokémon GO PvP untilAugust 23. The Catch Cup operates as the Great League (1500 max CP) with a unique additional restriction. That means that your usual Great League team might not apply. The Pokémon GO Catch Cup only allows you to use Pokémon that you have caught this Season (since June 1st)....

FGC News Summer Jam 2021 in Cherry Hill, NJ showed that the fighting game community is ready to get back into action, and we spoke to a few pros to see where the FGC is headed. When thinking about video game communities most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the competitive fighting game scene surely ranks near the top of the list. The inability to run offline LAN events, the need to depend on fighting games' notoriously inefficient online capabilities, and the unfortunate revelations of last summer put the FGC on the ropes....

On a per-game basis While not as high-profile as1440p output and folder-esque Game Lists, there’s a somewhat buried new PlayStation 5 feature this week that will come in handy if you’re constantly digging through your trophy lists. With a newly-added toggle, it’s possible to “automatically show information for all hidden trophies” for any given PS5 game. Instead of inspecting each individual hidden trophy and pressing the Square button to show its name and criteria, you can now flip a switch for a game’s entire trophy list....

The reveredYakuzafranchise is about to undergo a huge change, far as its Western audiences are concerned, because Sega has just announced that it’s going to sunset the title in lieu of a different one. Specifically, future “Yakuza” games will instead be titled “Like a Dragon,” which is a far cry from what many fans will be used to, but as the publisher has explained, it’s not without its reasoning. WhileYakuzahas become a household name for this franchise in the west, the same cannot be said for it in Japan, where its entries had always been known asRyu ga Gotoku, which translates to “like a dragon....

Fortnite News Here’s how you can play the new Fortnite x SpongeBob UEFN maps! Nickelodeon’s beloved sea sponge, SpongeBob Squarepants, has made his initial descent into Fortnite, but perhaps not as you’d expect. Where some characters immediately become in-game skins, Paramount Game Studios has instead collaborated with Zoned to create four immersive to create SpongeBob-themed UEFN maps. These creative experiences allow players to visit Bikini Bottom and see some of the show’s most iconic characters....

If you’re a fan of tower defense games, you hopefully have already downloaded the excellentCrystal Defendersfor your iPhone. Square must have noticed the heaps of praise the game recieved, because today they announced a new entry in the Crystal Defenders series, calledVanguard Storm. It goes on sale as of today in the App Store and will cost $4.99. Played by turning the phone sideways rather than going with the vertical look ofCrystal Defenders, the game features the same great gameplay as its predecessor and brings back the jobs fromGrimoire of the Rift....