As many as three dozen more pro CSGO players have been handed competitive bans up to five years in length by the Esports Integrity Commission, following a joint ESIC and ESEA investigation uncovered multiple breaches of the Anti-Corruption Code in domestic Counter-Strike competitions. The ESIC confirmed the 35 bans in an official statement on Jan. 22.  The multitude of bans comes at the end of a near-two year process from the esports watchdog, who has been investigating match-fixing in Australia, America, and more recently several European competitions for the past 24 months.

Popular streamer ‘m0xyy’ called out Twitch staff after they removed his 5head emotes – something he found quite hypocritical. During a March 21 broadcast, where the streamer was trying out the new Overwatch hero, Echo, he was asked about why Twitch took issue with his emotes by a member of his chat. “The reason why a fifth of my emotes were removed was because they were ‘5head,’” he replied. “Even if they were edited 5heads, they said that 5head is from 4head, and they own 4head.

TikTok sensation Bella Poarch’s name was trending on Twitter after she was spotted hanging out with BLACKPINK members Jennie and Rosé, with some fans hoping for a collab between the stars. Bella Poarch took TikTok by storm with her fun head-bobbing videos to various viral tracks, and she even scored the most-liked video on the whole platform with her ‘M to the B’ lip-sync, garnering over 50 million likes for the hugely popular post.

Whatever the scenario or predicament, there may come a time when you want to know if one of your PS4 controllers gathering dust could still be used with your shiny PlayStation 5 console. Off the top of our head, we’re thinking: maybe you’ve died to an Elden Ring boss one too many times and your controller was sent careening into a wall, and died. Or perhaps you’ve got a friend over and want to enjoy some FIFA with a pal, but you only have one pad.

The original Demon’s Souls has had a profound effect on gaming, playing a huge part in paving the way for the notoriously difficult action role-playing genre players know and love today. Here’s every Souls like game ranked from best to worst, including FromSoftware’s newest title — Elden Ring. FromSoftware released Demon’s Souls in 2009 on the PlayStation 3 and it shook gaming to its very core with a unique approach to difficulty that hadn’t been seen before.

In a candid interview with Dexerto, Kenny ‘kennyS’ Schrub, one of Counter-Strike’s all-time greats, opened up about his mental health problems and in-game struggles. He is looking to return to competition and does not rule out a switch to Valorant if the CS:GO doors are completely shut on him.   KennyS can pinpoint exactly the moment when his career started to derail. It was September 2017, and his G2 Esports team had just lifted the DreamHack Masters Malmö trophy after beating North convincingly in a two-map affair.

Activision has finally revealed the official release date for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, with the second coming of the game arriving this October.  The news was confirmed on May 24, putting an end to speculation about its launch window. Modern Warfare 2, named in the same way the famous 2009 installment was, will arrive on October 28, 2022.  The official Call of Duty Twitter account posted a teaser trailer, as seen below.

The new Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War title has surprised players with the time it takes to level up weapons. Unlocking new attachments and camos has become a little more difficult but these tips should make life easier.  One of the biggest complaints players have with Black Ops Cold War is how slow the progression system is, whether in regards to overall level or weapons specifically. Without Double Weapon XP, it can be a bit of a drag trying to level up your guns in order to unlock specific attachments that you may want, especially with how much impact some can have when equipped.

Moira players in Overwatch are still asking for Blizzard to make one simple change to their favorite hero: give her a golden backpack. [ad name=”article1″] Moira was introduced to Overwatch during BlizzCon 2017 as the 26th playable character in the game and since then, she’s become a regular support pick due to the massive amount of healing she can put out. But after Blizzard made a massive improvement to Ashe shortly after her November 2018 release, Moira fans are wondering why the same treatment hasn’t been given to her.

Pokemon Go allows you to become the best trainer Pokemon has ever seen by venturing out into the real world (with even more changes designed to help!). To do that, though, you’ll need to understand all of its systems and metrics.  Pokemon caught in Pokemon Go have two key metrics: IV and CP. Respectively, they measure a species’ potential and power. Here are explanations for both IV and CP within the game, and more importantly, the differences between them.