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Vi, a woman with short pink hair in a fringe, is lit by two lines that look like a V in Arcane.

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Two And Done | Was Arcane meant to have five seasons? The creator of League of Legends sets the record straight on those rumours you've been hearing about

"We have also always envisioned telling more stories and continuing to expand the universe."

Nov. 18, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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What's next! | One of the best parts of Arcane Season 2? Its end-of-episode teases that make it near-impossible to stop watching

The main plot is obviously brilliant, but it's those small scenes at the end that has me fiending for Act 2.

Nov. 11, 2024 Connor Makar

A still from Arcane season 2 of Vi, she looks deeply sad and angry, staring at her hand, her typically pink hair dyed black.

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Trouble In Paradise | Sorry to all you CaitVi shippers, but the co-creator or Arcane says there's "a lot of drama and conflict ahead" for the popular pairing

"We knew they were stepping into this sh**storm."

Nov. 10, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Vi and Jinx about to hit each other in Arcane season 2.

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Money Money Money | You better hope Arcane season 2 brings in some good numbers, as the League of Legends show is reportedly the most expensive animated series of all time

Seems like someone might have put on one to many zeros there.

Nov. 6, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Art work from Pokemon Legends Arceus, Detective Pikachu, and New Pokemon Snap is shown

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I Choose You | Best Pokemon spin-off games

The amount of Pokemon games there are to play is never-ending, so here are some of the best Pokemon spin-offs for you to try.

Oct. 31, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

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NO MONEY, NO PROBLEM | The best free-to-play games to try in 2024

Here are some good games for you to play without the need to splash the cash.

Oct. 22, 2024 Kelsey Raynor

Artwork for Pokemon Unite showing characters like Pikachu, Gengar and Mr Mime facing off in a frenetic battle.

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Pokemon Unite codes

Grab these codes if you wanna be the very best.

Oct. 18, 2024 Dion Dassanayake

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Bad News | Riot Games lays off another wave of staff as part of effort to "evolve" League of Legends

This is the second wave of layoffs to affect Riot employees this year.

Oct. 16, 2024 Connor Makar

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Off You Hop | Deadlock is giving players the chance to turn cheaters into frogs, as Valve hops on the issue in cheeky fashion

"Ribbiting stuff, this." - our co-worker, who briefly popped in on their day off just to deliver this croaking line.

Sept. 27, 2024 Mark Warren

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League Labour | After SAG-AFTRA calls League of Legends strike, Riot states that it "has nothing to do" with allegations raised

"We’ve never asked Formosa to cancel a game that we’ve registered."

Sept. 25, 2024 Mark Warren

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(0/6) IN THE END | League of Legends is getting its own Linkin Park anthem just as the band returns, as part of its world championship

Heavy is the Crown is this year's Worlds anthem, and it's dropping tomorrow.

Sept. 23, 2024 Connor Makar

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1-For-3 | Arcane season 2 finally has a release date, or more specifically, it has three

Prepare for some real sad girl hours.

Sept. 22, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Haze, a Deadlock character whose body is completely black, eyes completely orange, an orange X on her forehead, pointing a gun towards something.

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Oh Behave | Getting wound up by badly behaving Deadlock players? Good news, Valve has added in some features to help stop annoying players getting away with anything they want

Keep this in mind next time you're thinking about rage quitting.

Sept. 15, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Paradox from Deadlock, they are wearing a trenchcoat and have a see through, glass-like head with a lava-lamp style goo sloating inside it.

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Locked Out | People are already cheating in Deadlock, a game that isn't even technically out yet

You can just have fun, you know.

Sept. 9, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Punchy Style | The full Arcane season 2 trailer promises an epic set of episodes worth the three-year wait

I'm not a League of Legends guy, but this continues to look stunning.

Sept. 5, 2024 Fran Ruiz

An orc-like cop is stood against a door in a 1900s-era street in Deadlock.

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Locked In | As Deadlock soars to a six figure player count on Steam, take an early look at Valve's latest when it was a lot more sci-fi, and a lot less unique

Doing numbers, as the kids say.

Sept. 2, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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China Effect | Black Myth: Wukong is currently Steam's most played game as it continues to break records

On its launch day, Black Myth: Wukong has rocketed through the Steam charts to cement itself as one of the platform's most popular games ever.

Aug. 20, 2024 Sherif Saed

League of Legends defeat screen cut with bait ping penguin emote

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Baited | League of Legends' infamous bait ping is making its return via a cute emote, and there's absolutely no way it'll be used for anything else

There's no possible way this could ever be used for other, funnier stuff.

Aug. 14, 2024 Connor Makar

Radahn fight in Elden Ring with League of Legends surrender vote and mini-map

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FF | Elden Ring's Starscourge Radahn is playable right now in a game you might not expect

Nothing quite matches the frustration of a tough boss fight than a cheeky League game.

July 25, 2024 Connor Makar

Artwork for the mobile game Brawl Stars, showing cute, 3D cartoon-like characters running away from an explosion.

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STAR BRAWLERS | Brawl Stars tier list: All Brawlers ranked from best to worst

We’ve crunched the data to definitively rank the ultimate fighters in Supercell's hit game, Brawl Stars!

July 23, 2024 James Billcliffe

Characters from Overwatch, Wuthering Waves, ZZZ, and The First Descendant over a blurred, decoloured background of UK money.

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LATE-STAGE MTX | From The First Descendant to Zenless Zone Zero, this summer we're drowning in F2P slop

I just like video games, man!

July 19, 2024 Fran Ruiz

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To The Streets | Hold the phone, Valve has created a fighting game for its DOTA 2 battlepass

With five playable characters, it's basic, but it's way better than a few skins and currency.

July 10, 2024 Connor Makar

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Take it in Pride | First F1, the World Cup, and golf – now esports: gaming’s biggest ever sports-washing tournament starts today

Life changing money, courtesy of the Saudi Arabian Public investment Fund.

July 3, 2024 Connor Makar

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Fighting Words | 2XKO is getting one of League of Legends' coolest narrative features

It's no good the characters just being souless fighters, is it?

June 25, 2024 Connor Makar

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New Mode, Who This? | "Think of it like a theme park" League of Legends' game director talks new game modes, and the importance of mixing things up

Game director Pu Liu speaks on why adding new game modes to League is a good idea.

June 24, 2024 Connor Makar

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Trail by Briar | League of Legends' new summer event is a loving send-up of Vampire Survivors that you've got to play

Available for a limited time, you'll be able to join the Anima Squad in what I feel is Riot's best summer event yet.

June 21, 2024 Connor Makar

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Roaming around | League of Legends new champion Aurora is a roaming, evasive monster you've absolutely got to try

Riot Games has been hard at work on a new champion, an AP carry for both top and mid lane.

June 20, 2024 Connor Makar

A poster for Arcane, showing Jinx surrounded by other characters superimposed over various bits of a broken mirror.

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Let's Get Physical | Remember physical media? The team behind Arcane certainly does, as the Netflix series is getting the rare Blu-ray treatment

Taking this one as a win for preservation.

June 11, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

Barbarian runs along a road being chased by a Skeleton.

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Squad Busters Tier List

Here are the best characters to win every match

May 31, 2024 Paulo Kawanishi

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VIDEO | 7 forgotten Fallout crossovers that you definitely don't remember

From the vault of history, here's a bunch of oddities, cosmetic DLCs, and a genuinely good Minecraft world.

May 13, 2024 Jim Trinca

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IT WASN'T ME | Riot Games' anti-cheat rollout hasn't gone off without a hitch, with some players claiming it's bricking PCs

Riot has since stated reports of Vanguard anti-cheat causing these issues are rare, and fixable.

May 3, 2024 Connor Makar

Cross generation skin for Smite 1 and Smite 2

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EARLY BIRDS | Smite 2 shoots to the top of Steam's top sellers entirely through pre-order founder packs

The free-to-play moba has made a big splash on Steam, and it's not even out yet.

April 16, 2024 Connor Makar

Captain Pikachu at the Empire State Building to celebrate Pokemon Day 2024.

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POKE DAY NEWS GALORE | Pokemon Day brought a flurry of news, including details on Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket, Pokemon Unite, and more

More Pokemon updates than you can shake a Sudowoodo at!

Feb. 27, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

Astarion looking confused in Baldur's Gate 3.

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D&D MONEY | No, D&D apparently isn't for sale, despite reported discussions involving Baldur's Gate 3's developer

Wizards of the Coast says it's not planning to offload Dungeons & Dragons.

Feb. 1, 2024 Mark Warren

A Legends of Runeterra character shuffling some cards.

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LAYOFFS AGAIN | Riot lays off over 500 staff, with Legends of Runeterra and Forge indie initiative teams hit hard

"This isn’t to appease shareholders or to hit a quarterly earnings number—it’s a necessity."

Jan. 23, 2024 Mark Warren

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SMITE... AGAIN! | "We created a new game mode in a day!" How staying faithful is the key to Smite 2's success

After a decade working on Smite, the team believes that improving on the original is all the fans want.

Jan. 19, 2024 Connor Makar

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MOBAS ARE BACK? | The next game from Dave the Diver devs is a sci-fi MOBA about injecting speed juice into your boots

Wakerunners may be the strangest follow-up to a hit game that put its studio on the map.

Jan. 18, 2024 Sherif Saed

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BADGE OF HONOUR | "It’s a little bit more than we can take on" - Why Smite's rarest skins aren't coming to Smite 2 for now

Executive producer Alex Cantatore speaks to us on the hard choices made with the leap to Unreal Engine 5.

Jan. 13, 2024 Connor Makar

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GETTING GODLY | Smite 2 preview: Same Smite taste, zero Surtr

We were able to get our hands on Smite 2 the day it was announced. Here's what we think.

Jan. 13, 2024 Connor Makar

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NEW SKIN WHO DIS | While OG players will get rewarded, Smite cosmetics will not carry over into Smite 2

Instead, all new skins from here on out will be cross-game cosmetics.

Jan. 12, 2024 Connor Makar

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DEAR GOD | Smite 2 has been just announced for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S

A decade after the original relase, Smite 2 is coming to the Unreal Engine on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S

Jan. 12, 2024 Connor Makar

League of Legends background with Shrek in foreground, with rest in peace.

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THIS IS IT | Shrek, Dante, and Michael Jackson are the price of League of Legends' upcoming anti-cheat update

Riot has had enough of cheaters and scripters, but it looks like a community of modders will be caught in the crossfire.

Jan. 8, 2024 Connor Makar

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GOT THAT DOG IN HIM | Warwick takes the spotlight in Arcane season 2 tease

A follow-up on the finale tease that had us all howling.

Jan. 5, 2024 Connor Makar

Artwork for Roblox game Rampant Blade Battlegrounds showing a character performing a special move.

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Rampant codes

Get ready for battle.

Jan. 3, 2024 Dion Dassanayake

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STORM WARNING | As Blizzard leaves Heroes of the Storm behind, fans begin to revive it themselves

Resurgence of the Storm is a Starcraft 2 mod you can play right now, if you're keen to experience it yourself.

Jan. 3, 2024 Connor Makar

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BEST FROSTIVUS EVER | Caught cheating in Dota 2? You're getting a permaban and a lump of coal for Frostivus

Valve knows who's been naughty or nice.

Dec. 16, 2023 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN | Arcane season two gets a release window, but you'll have to wait a while longer

At least we know when it's coming back!

Nov. 12, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

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STEALING HEARTS | League of Legend's hunky boyband might just convince me to start playing

Emphasis on the word might.

Oct. 19, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

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HERE'S TO YOU KID | Riot pulls off rare positive PR move, adds Make-A-Wish winner to League of Legends canon

Alongside a long-await Jax visual update, an old heartwarming easter egg has found itself a key part of Jax's backstory.

Sept. 27, 2023 Connor Makar

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POKE STUFF | Special Pokemon Presents presentation will be held next week on August 8

Expect new details about upcoming games and products.

Aug. 4, 2023 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson