Complexity disqualified from HCS London, org suspends Spartan

Halo Infinite News HCS league officials have issued a competitive ruling towards Complexity and roster member Spartan, leaving them disqualified. Quadrant is hosting an international Halo Infinite tournament in London. The HCS London Major has some of the best Halo teams in the world competing, but unfortunately for Complexity, their time is done due to a disqualification. League officialshave made a competitive ruling, removing Complexity from the HCS Major because a non-tournament official SSD was used bynewest member Tyler “Spartan” Ganza....

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 461 words · Mr. Shane Johnson MD

Control is coming back to Apex Legends with a few tweaks

News Check out what’s new in Control When Apex Legends first released Control in January 2022, it was an instant success. Players loved the game’s first LTM launched in ages. The player base was craving a new LTM and Arenas just wasn’t cutting it. Many players considered it a great “warm-up” mode before getting into ranked matches for their daily RP grind. After all, a 12v12 gunfight with no infinite respawns in Apex Legends sounds like an absolute party....

July 15, 2025 · 4 min · 658 words · Nancy Wong

CS2 Rostermania 2024: Liquid, G2 kick-off changes

News Here’s the latest news in CS2’s first Rostermania Every year during the player break, fans are treated with a wide variety of rumors and roster moves. With this being CS2’s first year, Rostermania 2024 is set to be bigger than ever. Major changes are already in motion, so here’s every roster move in 2024’s CS2 Rostermania. G2 Bench Nexa - malbsMd incoming? Nemanja “nexa” Isaković was the first domino to fall in Rostermania....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 372 words · Danielle Underwood

Doom SNES was built with a ‘hacked-up StarFox cartridge’

Gotta have that SuperFX chip Randy Linden has seen some shit. He’s worked onDragon’s Lair,the infamousHome AloneandWhere’s WaldoNES, the emulator Bleem, and evenDoomSNES. Gaming Reinvented caught up with him recently to allow him to share a few development stories around the campfire, and one in particular that called to me was his journey to createDoomon the Super Nintendo. Seeing it as a challenge first and foremost, Linden and the team crafted the development hardware from a “hacked-upStarFoxcartridge,” mostly so they could utilize the SuperFX chip....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 233 words · Yvonne Wong

es3tag replaces RUSH on compLexity ahead of ESL Pro League Season 14

CS:GO News The Danish hybrid rifler, es3tag joins Complexity to take the place of tenured support player RUSH. The Juggernaut debut at EPL Season 14. The Juggernaut have made their latest change during the CS:GO player break by bringing in Patrick “es3tag” Hansen. The Danish hybrid rifler has returned from nearly four months of inactivity from a professional team. Making a name for himself on the tenured organization Astralis, es3tag was recruited by Cloud9 to form the Colossus in Europe....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 321 words · Alicia Mcdonald

ESL and Qualcomm look to mirror IEM for mobile with Snapdragon Pro Series

Mobile News Mobile esports continues to level up with the announcement of ESL and Qualcomm teaming on the Snapdragon Pro Series. ESL has partnered with Qualcomm, the producer of Snapdragon mobile processors that power many smart devices, to produce a series of mobile esports leagues. These leagues are designed to bring a comprehensive ecosystem to mobile esports that simply hasn’t been done or attempted before in quite this way. The Snapdragon Pro Series could one day be one of the pillars of mobile esports the same way IEM is for PC....

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 536 words · Sharon Pearson

Fall-ing into another week of MAAC action in MAAC Week 3 Preview

Collegiate News Which teams will keep their undefeated streak alive in Week 3? Two weeks of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) esports competition for the 2023-2024 season have been completed. This week from October 23rd to October 26th will commence Week 3 of the MAAC 2023-2024 Regular Season. Below you will find the updated standings, results from Week 2, and more as we head into Week 3. What happened in MAAC Week 2?...

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Sarah Stevenson

Final Fantasy VII Remake: Here’s how to increase stagger to 200% for Intel Challenge 12

Tifa is the key Final Fantasy VII Remakeoffers up some really tricky challenges as part of an ongoing series that lingers throughout the game. It’s imperative that you complete them as soon as possible: not only so that you can reap the materia rewards, but unlock subsequent new challenges that grant even better rewards. Cloud would run the rat race like that. Here’s how to complete Intel Challenge Report #12, one of the more confusing tasks in the set....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 335 words · Kathryn Carter

FNATIC vs BLG VALORANT Champions 2023: FNC takes it 2-0 and secures a playoff spot

Valorant News Another playoff team will be determined by the Group C Winner’s Match of FNATIC vs BLG at VALORANT Champions 2023. FNATIC wasted zero timetaking care of ZETA Division. And their opponent in the Group C Winner’s Match, Bilibili Gaming shocked the VALORANT world by beating NRG. That set us up for an unexpected, but now highly anticipated FNATIC vs BLG contest at VALORANT Champions 2023. FNATIC vs BLG: Will the Chinese team upset two titans in a row?...

July 15, 2025 · 3 min · 595 words · Danielle Salas

Fortnite x BLACKPINK rumored for 2025 collaboration

Fortnite News A rumored Fortnite x BLACKPINK collaboration could be in the works! A recent leak in the Fortnite scene has indicated that the popular K-pop group BLACKPINK could be coming to the game in 2025. Based on the few details available, this collaboration would revolve around theFortnite Festivalgame mode and could feature in-game skins and perhaps even a concert. Although Epic Games has not confirmed the details, the Fortnite x BLACKPINK information comes from reliable leakers....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 301 words · Raymond Gomez

Games are kicking my ass right now, and it’s great

Mind, body (ass), and soul “There’s nothing to play right now” is an all-too-common sentiment when the novelty of holiday releases begins to wane. Personally, 2016 has already brought a wealth of Good Stuff that I’ll be playing well in to the end of this year, and that’s without even digging into the ever-ominous “backlog.” What I didn’t expect was to be simultaneously playing so many games that are omnidirectionally kicking my ass, via body, mind, and soul....

July 15, 2025 · 4 min · 661 words · Melissa Petersen

GDC: Sony details NGP memory card format

Sony’s PSP successor,the NGP, will use a new memory card for the storage of games. It’s called the NVG card, but that title is subject to change. I’m sure Sony’s executives are working on a much cooler next-gen name like the “ExReaper Pro Dragon” or something. The cards come in two sizes, 2GB and 4GB, so that both small and large games are supported. It’s believed the 2GB will be for casual portable games, while the bigger card will be reserved for yourUncharteds andKillzones....

July 15, 2025 · 1 min · 138 words · Diana Hernandez

Get a good look at Monster Hunter: World’s new Iceborne gathering hub

Developer diary incoming So we pretty much know everything there is to know about the upcomingMonster Hunter: World Iceborneexpansion. It’s going to take place mostly in a snowy locale, will feature new monsters, you need to be at least Hunter Rank 16 to access it, it’s going to be $40 at lanch (or $60 bundled with the base game), it’s out on September 6 for consoles (“winter for PC), and it is the only planned expansion forWorld....

July 15, 2025 · 2 min · 284 words · Chad Price