“Not just popping off and shooting back,” meL on SR’s dominant start at GC Champs 2023

Valorant News Shopify Rebellion’s in-game leader says teamwork, while not trying to just pop off and shoot back, is to credit for team’s early success. Shopify Rebellion has been decimating the competition at VCT Game Changers Championship 2023. With Melanie “meL” Capone as the IGL, SR has beenoff to the hottest startwe’ve seen in international VALORANT. Breaking records and breaking hearts. So, we got her take on what’s working thus far....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 301 words · Yvonne Brown

All Prestige icons in Call of Duty Black Ops 6

News Which Prestige icon will you represent in Black Ops 6? The wait is over. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has arrived, and the excitement for a Treyarch CoD title is overwhelming. With new maps and weapons to learn, it’s safe to say CoD fans will be busy this weekend. Additionally, the classic Prestige System is back in Black Ops 6, and the various icons pay homage to every CoD game dating back to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare....

July 16, 2025 · 2 min · 280 words · Brett Williams

Apex Inner Beast Collection Event brings Octane heirloom recolour

News New skins, a new mode and a brand new heirloom. The latest Apex Legends collection event will add an Octane Heirloom recolour to the game. Titled Inner Beast, this collection event will bring 24 new cosmetics and a new LTM gamemode as we are used too. The Inner Beast Collection event will be available in Apex Legends between March 5 and March 16. How to get the Octane Heirloom Recolour in Apex Legends?...

July 16, 2025 · 3 min · 478 words · Tricia Cook

BOOM Esports defeats TI10 champions Team Spirit at the Gamers Galaxy Invitational

DOTA 2 News The boys out of Manila are doing it! BOOM Esports just eliminated the TI10 champions, Team Spirit from the Gamers Galaxy Invitational. BOOM Esports had just handed the TI10 champions, Team Spirit an elimination from the Gamers Galaxy Invitational Dubai 2022. With a statement win of 2-0, BOOM Esports marches forward to the Lower Bracket Final where Nigma Galaxy awaits. While the audience probably expected something a little close, the series was actually a one-sided show with BOOM Esports showcasing a flawless performance....

July 16, 2025 · 3 min · 558 words · Kristen Tanner

CS2 BLAST Premier: Fall Showdown 2024 preview

Counter Strike 2 News The tournament is a great way to witness top teams battling for the finals qualification and smaller organizations trying to prove themselves in tough matchups. There will be 16 teams playing at CS2 BLAST Premier: Fall Showdown 2024. For 10 of them, the tournament is kind of a bitter experience — an opportunity to recover after unsuccessful Fall Groups. But for the rest, it’s a reward for great runs in smaller leagues — with the hope to ignite the fire of a new big CS2 breakthrough....

July 16, 2025 · 3 min · 569 words · Michael Patel

Curse of Strahd seems like good goth-y D&D fun so far

The newest adventure for Fifth Edition Dungeons & Dragons Shame on me. I made a mental note to write aboutCurse of Strahdthe day it came out last week, but GDC’s chaos complicated my plans. I read about half of the new adventure book forDungeons & Dragonswhile on Steven’s futon between appointments, but still forgot to write a post about it. So here it is!Curse of Strahdmarks the first foray into the Ravenloft setting for Fifth Edition....

July 16, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Anthony Brown

Destructoid interview: A pleasant lunch-time chat with the makers of Postal

I like the guys fromRunning With Scissors. Far from being the baby-eating, kitten-punching corrupters of children that certain quarters would paint them as, I’ve always found them to be thoroughly funny and intelligent people, passionate but down to Earth, considered but with an anarchic sense of fun, and always willing to throw a sick joke into even the most serious conversation. In short, my kind of people. After myself and Jimspoke toPostal 3Product ManagerMike Jaret a while back we kept in touch, and finding that both Destructoid and RWS were going to be at this year’sLeipzig Games Convention, we decided to make the time to meet up....

July 16, 2025 · 9 min · 1816 words · Megan Salazar

DRX VALORANT drops 3 as VCT Pacific shuffle season shifts into new gear

News A new era for Korean VALORANT has come. KoreanVALORANTsquad DRX has kick-started the Pacific’s off-season shuffle, shifting Jung “Foxy9” Jae-sung and Kang “BeYN” Ha-bin to the bench and farewelling Yu “BuZz” Byung-chul from the roster altogether. DRX is not expected to re-sign Foxy9 or BeYN, and with BuZz confirmed out too, it brings an end to the Vision Strikers/DRX era in Korean VALORANT — an era that included several playoff appearances at Champions and Masters-tier events and a period of dominance that paved the way for the region to make a mark internationally....

July 16, 2025 · 3 min · 504 words · Brooke Reilly

FNaF World pulled from Steam, refunds being made available for all

Full game will be free on GameJolt Following last Friday’sapologythat he rushed to publishFnaF Worldtoo early, creator Scott Cawthon has pulled the game from Steam. Unhappy with the quality of the title (despite positive fan reception), Cawthon is currently working with Valve to allow users to refund the title, regardless of how much time they’ve spent playing it. He posted his reasoning for the decision in adiscussion threadon theFNaF 4Steam forum....

July 16, 2025 · 2 min · 291 words · Sharon Swanson

Fortnite bans, sues, and forces apology from pro player RepulseGod over FNCS account sharing scandal

News “Cheating is never a winning strat.” Fortnite’s campaign to eliminate cheaters took a promising turn today. After concluding an Oceania player named RepulseGod cheated to qualify for the 2023 Fortnite FNCS Global Championship, the details of a lawsuit emerged. Epic Games won the case in humiliating fashion. They banned RepulseGod from all tournaments, donated his undeserving prize money to charity, and forced him to apologize in a video posted on his own YouTube channel....

July 16, 2025 · 3 min · 606 words · Alyssa Gillespie

Fortnitemares 2023 patch notes: Everything new in the update

News “Everyone’s entitled to one good scare.” Spooky season has finally arrived in Fortnite, and there is a lot to unpack. Fortnitemares 2023 offers Quests, in-game rewards, the return of Horde Rush mode, a cornucopia of new weapons, and collaborations that will make your head spin. Here is everything you need to know about Fortnitemares 2023. New weapons and items to enjoy in Fortnitemares 2023 Fortnitemares 2023 wouldn’t be complete without unique new weapons to use....

July 16, 2025 · 3 min · 437 words · Curtis Tran

From GC to VCT? World champion Shopify Rebellion qualifies to VALORANT Challengers NA

Valorant News Shopify Rebellion, the two-time Game Changers champions, makes history by qualifying for VALORANT Challengers NA. Shopify Rebellion are your two-time back-to-back Game Changers Champions. And that’s not where their success stops. They may very well be on their way to the VCT if they keep winning, as Shopify Rebellion has now qualified for VALORANT Challengers NA. For those unaware, that is on the path to the main Champions Tour....

July 16, 2025 · 2 min · 404 words · Amy Best

G2 valyn explains the approach of rematching teams after VALORANT meta changes

Valorant News G2 Esports’ valyn, the org’s VALORANT in-game leader, answered our question regarding the difficulty of a rematch when the meta shifts. G2 Esports took down Cloud9, in a rematchfrom the VCT Americas Stage 1 playoffs. With a victory in that match as well, some may begin to think that G2 has C9’s number. So, we decided to ask Jacob “valyn” Batio how difficult it is to rematch a team in this current state of VALORANT....

July 16, 2025 · 4 min · 653 words · Matthew Acosta