RLCS Winter Invitational schedule and live results for NA, MENA, and OCE regions [Winners Announced]

Rocket League News The RLCS Winter Invitational for 2022-23 season is here! Here are all the details, schedule and results for the NA, MENA, and OCE regions. The Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) Winter Season is finally wrapping up with the Winter Invitational, which is the last qualifier of the Winter Split. These regional qualifiers will be the final chance for teams to secure their invitations for the upcoming San Diego Winter Major in April....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 513 words · Jennifer Lambert

These PS4 pre-orders automatically pre-load

No more waiting for downloads One of the reasons some people still go with physical media is so they don’t have to wait for downloads. Sony wants to fix that with games that automatically pre-load onto your console so you can play them as soon as they unlock — before your dentist can drive his nice car to the store and buy the nextCall of Duty. The PlayStation Blog went ahead andlisted some titles newly available for pre-orderand, thus, pre-loading down the line....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 125 words · Donna Mcbride

Valve mixes up Steam’s review system

More visible recent reviews section Steam’s reviews, much like the entire Greenlight system, have room for improvement. In addition to spam review bomb issues, there’s also a ton of clutter with the current UI, though Valve has responded to one problem in particular this week — recent reviews. Now, Steam users will find that assessments in the last 30 days are more visible, to give people a better picture of what a game is like after its been fixed, updated, or content has been added....

June 5, 2025 · 1 min · 110 words · Robert Clay

"We Are Soulmates": When Benson & Stabler Will Get Together In Law & Order Hinted By Mariska Hargitay

Law & Order: Special Victims Unitstar Mariska Hargitay has given her views on the potential for a Benson and Stabler coupling on the show. SVU started in 1999, with Hargitay and Meloni as the two constants on the show, until his departure in 2011. However, Stabler returned in 2021, and has been a fixture of theLaw & Orderspinoff series ever since. Working together in close proximity on bothSVU, and anotherspinoff showLaw & Order: Organized Crime, has paired the two together in dangerous situations for decades....

June 4, 2025 · 3 min · 616 words · Brandi Henry

Best CR-56 AMAX loadout in Warzone

Guides The AMAX is back on Verdansk The CR-56 AMAX has returned with the Season 3 update in Call of Duty: Warzone, and you can finally use the assault rifle on Verdansk again. The AMAX became a beloved weapon during the first life cycle of Warzone, and fans especially loved the different loadouts that could be designed with the weapon. In the current version of Warzone, the CR-56 AMAX has an equally strong loadout that might make it meta in the long-range category....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Matthew Welch

Blacklist International parent enters Dota 2 by acquiring RSG’s slot in SEA Division I

DOTA 2 News Tier One Entertainment might be building a Filipino superstar Dota 2 team under Blacklist International for the next DPC season! Southeast Asia (SEA) esports and gaming agency, Tier One Entertainment makes its first step into the esports MOBA scene and enters Dota 2. The agency is the parent of the successful esports team, Blacklist International. It acquired a slot in the SEA DPC and will compete in the upcoming season....

June 4, 2025 · 3 min · 482 words · Ellen Perry

Chris Evans' Crime Drama With 70% On Rotten Tomatoes Is One Of His Best Non-MCU Projects

Chris Evans’ acting career got a major boost from his time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and one of his best projects after leaving this connected superhero universe is a crime drama TV show. Chris Evans’ acting career began in 1997 in an educational film, but he made his proper big screen debut in 2000 inThe Newcomers. That same year, Evans made his first TV appearance in the teen comedy drama seriesOpposite Sex, followed by the action drama seriesThe Fugitive....

June 4, 2025 · 4 min · 786 words · Jose Parker

Cloud9 unveils 10-year anniversary jersey as part of their “10 years of Cloud9” campaign

League of Legends News The anniversary jersey will debut this Thursday with the LCS Spring Split. Storied esports organization Cloud9 will this year celebrate its 10-year anniversary, and with this comes a special anniversary jersey. On their tenth anniversary, C9 has announced today their year-long campaign, celebrating the history of one of esports biggest organizations. Labelled “10 Years of Cloud9,” this new initiative will celebrate some of their greatest achievements in esports over the last decade....

June 4, 2025 · 3 min · 442 words · Elizabeth Bonilla

CS2 Patch Notes: October 18 update adds new ten-second countdown music

News Are the music kits now worth it? CS2’s latest update has added a new 10-second countdown music for FPS lovers. The ten-second countdown music signals the near of the C4 going off. Here’s all that’s new in the latest CS2 patch notes. Ten-second Bomb music The ten-second bomb music has a new audio now. It is essentially a faster paced countdown beep, but you may clearly differentiate when the ten second timer starts....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 290 words · Jasmin Taylor

Destructoid Magazine is here, and it can be free!

Debut flip issue with GameFan Destructoid Magazine Issue 1 is finally here! To clear up any confusion: yes, it is a real, actual paper magazine you can lick. It’s 36 pages long (minus ads), which isn’t too shabby. Better yet, if you flip the magazine over you’ll be treated to GameFan Issue 11, which is a whopping 64 pages long (minus ads). That makes a total of 100 pages hand-crafted, custom-designed video game magazine, just for you....

June 4, 2025 · 2 min · 226 words · Brittany Knight

Doom’s Vulkan support is now live, you might get a better framerate on PC

SMOOTHER RIPPING AND TEARING Remember when we were all worried aboutDoompotentially sucking really hard, and then it came out and wasfantastic? It was two months ago, so you should, you dingus. Well, if you played it on PC and your framerate was less than optimal, id has just enabled Vulkan support that may help you. Yep,Doomis now thefourth gameto support theVulkan API(Application Programming Interface), which is a lower-overhead alternative to OpenGL and DirectX....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Michael Gardner

Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid is NHL 18’s cover athlete

He’s also a very talented hockey player The drought is over! After a grueling one-year absence from the cover of EA’s hockey video game, a young Canadian man is once again the athlete on the front ofNHL. (Not to be confused witha Canadien man.) At tonight’s NHL Awards, Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid was named the cover star ofNHL 18. McDavid is coming off a 100 point season in which he won the Art Ross trophy for being the league’s leading scorer....

June 4, 2025 · 1 min · 196 words · Laura Hall

ESIC bans three players as part of NA MDL Match-fixing Investigation

CS:GO News The Esports Integrity Commission has released an update on its NA MDL matchfixing investigation. Two former Rebirth players, retchy and 4pack, have received 5-year bans for their involvement in wrongful activities. Carson “nosraC” O’Reilly receives a 111 day ban as well. The Esports Integrity Commission hasissuedsanctions against three players as part of its NA MDL match-fixing investigation. Former Rebirth players Sebastian “retchy” and Kevin “4pack” Przypasniak have received five-year bans for their role in thematch-fixing scandal....

June 4, 2025 · 3 min · 477 words · Douglas Cook