Riot rushes out LoL 15.1b patch as Feats of Strength take over the Rift

League of Legends News Feats of Strength have landed a little too strongly with Riot nerfing the new mechanic’s rewards. After early criticism from the League of Legends community, Riot Games developers issued a fresh mid-season patch, micropatch 15.1b, just days into the new season to address concerns that the Feats of Strength rewards are too powerful. Also included in LoL patch 15.1b are changes to the map’s Bloody Roses spawn rate, as well as Swiftplay champion adjustments....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 345 words · Jason Parsons

Skype’s shutdown leaves an annoying sound in our heads forever

Tech News After 21 years of service, Microsoft has finally decided to pull the plug, leaving Skype to rest in peace. With so many Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) now in existence, it is normal to see some struggle. Over the years, as more people began utilizing the internet, Skype has been on the wrong side of this. While famous in its early days, when video calls were new and fresh, the program became outdated....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Hannah Rodgers

Stick Episode 9's Ending Finally Introduces Its Biggest Unseen Character: How It Sets Up The Finale

Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for Stick season 1, episode 9.In the penultimate episode ofStickseason 1, Owen Wilson’s golf comedy finally introduced the most important character that we hadn’t yet seen. Thecast ofStickhas, so far, been a fairly tight-knit found family. WhileStickepisode 9did include several cameos from professional golfers, the series has mostly focused on Pryce (Wilson), Mitts (Marc Maron), Santi (Peter Dager), Elena (Mariana Treviño), and Zero (Lilli Kay)....

July 21, 2025 · 4 min · 663 words · Brent Sanchez

The Daily Hotness: Motion control waggling

Check out everything Destructoid did today Daniel Starkey wrote an awesome piece about how much motion controls have taken over the industry in a huge way this current cycle of consoles. You should definitelycheck that out, even if waggling isn’t your thing (we all know it is). Speaking of waggling, theMetal Gear Rising: Revengeanceis bad, theDead Space 3resource exploit just might be stealing, the Journey developer is hinting at their next game, David Cage was wrong, we got pebbles in the mail, and so many more amazing things happened on 26-07-2025....

July 21, 2025 · 3 min · 510 words · Ryan Peters

UPL shmup Koutetsu Yousai Strahl is this week’s Arcade Archives release

We gotta save the planet once again Well, we’ve been talking about a lot of old-school shmups on this here site lately. Today is no exception, as Hamster has added UPL’s little-known coin-opKoutetsu Yousai Strahlto its bursting-at-the-seams Arcade Archive range. Released to the Japanese arcade scene in 1992,Koutetsu Yousai Strahl(or “Steel Fortress Strahl“), has a surprisingly complex and topical plot. The backstory involves a world ripped apart by political upheaval, unemployment, and poverty....

July 21, 2025 · 1 min · 181 words · Heather Douglas

Vegas, baby: CDL Champs is leaving Los Angeles for Sin City

Call of Duty News All bets are… on? CDL Champs is headed to Vegas in June and we’ve got the details. It’s nearly time for CDL Champs. The biggest event of the competitive Call of Duty calendar is nearly upon us and finally it has its location and dates. For the first time since the Call of Duty League returned to hosting LAN events post-Covid, Champs is moving away from Los Angeles....

July 21, 2025 · 3 min · 612 words · Jo Long

Visions of Mana has a demo out for Playstation, Xbox, and PC

After being announced in December 2023, those who have been waiting forVisions of Manato become a more tangible entity finally have a chance to get a hands on experience with the game’s demo. The first addition to theManaseries in 15 years,Visions of Manais set to release fully on August 29 on Xbox, PlayStation and PC (via Microsoft Store andSteam). If you’ve been waiting for the next installment, you can now get a hands on experience by downloading and playing the demo....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 288 words · Latoya Chang

Washington Esports Ventures eyeing up Chicago CDL slot for 2022

Call of Duty News According to a report by Dot Esports, Washington Esports Ventures are considering an acquisition of the Chicago CDL slot. Washington Esports Ventures, the owners of Overwatch League team Washington Justice, have emerged as a frontrunner to acquire the Chicago CDL Slot from NRG Esports. Washington To Enter The Call of Duty League According to aDot Esportsreport by Jacob Wolf, this move, if successful, would see the Chicago team relocate to Washington D....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 319 words · Julie Stephens

What are Overwatch 2 competitive points and competitive titles? How to buy golden guns in Overwatch?

News Competitive points allow you to buy golden guns in Overwatch. Activision Blizzard has done away with the commemorative sprays and icons players earned each season in Overwatch 1. Instead, Overwatch 2 will feature new limited competitive titles that players can display to show their progress in competitive matches. You can buy golden guns with Overwatch 2 competitive points. Whare are Competitive titles in Overwatch? Competitive titles are available only at the end of the season and players can only use them in the following season....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Heidi Terrell MD

Best Crosshair codes for Marvel Rivals and how to use them

Your crosshair works hard inMarvel Rivals, enabling you to land those pixel-perfect blows that can turn the tide of a match in your favor. It is easy to lose track of in the heat of combat, though, so I understand why you’d want to change it. Thankfully, the outstanding people over at NetEase Games thought ahead on this front.Marvel Rivals‘ gives you the option to edit the box-standard crosshairs into something more stylized....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 485 words · Laura Reed PhD

Best Yoko Taro Games

Yoko Tarois a veteran in the game industry. His intricate imagination bears incredible games with unique worlds and characters. Over the course of his career, he has had his hands in the development of many flagship titles both as creator and support. While it is widespread knowledge that Yoko Taro had never originally planned on being a part of video-game development, he joined the faction after working forNamcoand Sony. He is praised for his unique style of storytelling, which focuses on the darker side of people and why they deem it necessary to cause violence against one another....

July 20, 2025 · 6 min · 1208 words · Heather Walker

DRM restrictions slice Metal Gear Rising down on Mac

Zandatsu slash If you’re an owner of a Mac compatible computer and are looking to jump intoMetal Gear Rising: Revengeance, you’ve just run out of time. Due to the shortsighted implementation of DRM in the Mac OS port of the title,Risingwill no longer work for Apple faithful. The game’s DRM required an active internet connection to verify your purchase with a server and the company hosting that server is no more....

July 20, 2025 · 2 min · 238 words · Chelsea Smith

ESA Foundation awards $90,000 in scholarships

Giving money to deserving youth 30 lucky students were awarded $3,000 each for the 2012-2013 academic year by theEntertainment Software Association Foundationto help them become amazing innovators in the entertainment software industry. The winning students are studying in a large number of fields including computer science, animation, programming, graphic design, digital entertainment, and software engineering in schools all over the United States. To paraphrase the president and CEO of the ESA, Michael D....

July 20, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · Thomas Castillo