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Coaches from five regions explain how Fearless Draft transformed LoL esports
When Riot Games introduced the Fearless Draft system in 2025, it fundamentally changed how competitive League of Legends is played. For years, Champion Select followed familiar patterns. Teams built stable priority picks, analysts relied on predictable tier lists, and best-of-five…
FF14’s most determined challenge runner finally hits a wall after 1,000 hours, then unveils a backup strategy that took 233 days to prepare in secret: ‘I wanted so badly to tell people’
Final Fantasy 14‘s Solo Only is one of my favourite challenge runs ticking over on YouTube right now—mostly because of how utterly improbable it is. For context, RathGames has been taking on the MMORPG on his own without outside help—no…
Marathon’s Final Level Is Locked Behind Its Most Annoying Mission
I’m sorry, but If you want to play Cryo Archive, you’ll have to finish Introducing: Sekiguchi
Saudi Arabia Buys Another 5 Percent Of Capcom As Resident Evil Requiem Sells 6 Million Copies
The country continues snatching up gaming assets
Pokémon Go Maker Used Billions Of Images To Train An AI Map Of The World
The AR monster-catching app can’t simply stay a good thing
Slay the Spire 2 records huge week-one sales, as the devs expand the board game (finally letting you play as the bosses)
Slay the Spire 2 has been one of Steam’s best selling games for days, and now we know what that translates to in terms of actual sales. Developer Mega Crit has announced that Slay the Spire 2 has sold a…
Two Steam games release with the same name and avoid disaster by ‘acting like human beings’
With hundreds of games releasing each week, discoverability is a well-known issue for game developers and publishers on Steam, even as the storefront has made moves to address the issue, like a personalized release calendar for users. Still, the final…
Fate/Extra Record Delayed Indefinitely
Fate/Extra Record will be delayed indefinitely, and Bandai Namco Entertainment announced it will no longer be publishing the game. It was supposed to come out in Spring 2026 on the PS4, PS5, Switch, and PC via Steam. There’s no word…
Memento is the key to understanding Christopher Nolan’s obsession with time
There are common elements in many of Christopher Nolan’s films: the presence of Cillian Murphy, a Hans Zimmer score, and visual spectacle best seen on IMAX. But the element that repeats itself the most is Nolan’s obsession with time as…