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Knockout City release date: Trailer, gameplay features, beta signup & more

Knockout City, the latest original franchise from EA, is essentially a giant futuristic dodgeball match, and it’s a whole lotta fun. We’ve got all the information you need about the game right here. With a seemingly endless supply of multiplayer games to choose from right now, Velan Studios and EA have shaken things up with Knockout City. Choosing to swap firepower for dodgeballs, it’s a great multiplayer game to sink your teeth into.

Sydeon breaks down after revealing how much joining OfflineTV means to her

Sydeon broke down in tears after an emotional recount of her streaming career that’s led her to OfflineTV as one of its newest members. Twitch streamer and cosplayer, Sydeon, joined OTV as its latest signing alongside QuarterJade and Masayoshi. This is the first time the brand has taken in new talent since 2019 and the moment wasn’t lost on the 24-year-old Seattle native. “It already feels like I’m a part of the family and I don’t feel any type of clunkiness,” she said.

The First Image of FormaL in a Luminosity Gaming Jersey and It Feels Weird

The first image of Matthew ‘FormaL’ Piper in a Luminosity Gaming jersey since his departure from OpTic Gaming and it definitely feels weird to see. After originally beginning his esports journey in the competitive Halo scene, FormaL eventually decided to switch to Call of Duty during the CoD: Ghosts season for better opportunities down the line. [ad name=”article1″] Although he would compete for the likes of Team Kaliber, FaZe Black, and Team Envy, FormaL eventually found a home in OpTic Gaming to kick off the Advanced Warfare season in 2014 alongside Seth ‘Scump’ Abner, Ian ‘Crimsix’ Porter, and now-retired Matthew ‘Nadeshot’ Haag.

Tony Hawk tells Andrew Schulz how close he came to losing millions

Tony Hawk revealed to Andrew Schulz on the Flagrant 2 podcast that Activision tried to buy out his royalties for the Pro Skater series, meaning he would have lost millions on sequels to the popular game.  Since the release of Tony Hawk Pro Skater in September 1999, the hit series has sold over 1.9 billion copies across the world. The game spanned four entire generations of video game consoles, even though the popularity of the game trickled off after Neversoft merged with Infinity Ward in 2014.

Trainwrecks calls GTA RP players "miserable losers" after NoPixel ban

Following a permanent ban from NoPixel’s GTA RP server, popular Twitch streamer Tyler ‘TrainwrecksTV’ Niknam slammed the role-playing community, calling many active players “miserable losers.” With the resurgence of GTA RP has come a subsequent rise in Twitch drama. From Felix ‘xQc’ Lengyel upsetting just about everyone through his multiple bans, to other big names like GreekGodx being removed, 2021 has been full of controversy on the NoPixel server. Trainwrecks now joins the ever-growing list of banned personalities.

Apex Legends dev defends Wraith nerfs coming in Season 8

John Larson, Live Balance Designer at Respawn Entertainment, has defended the changes Wraith is set to undergo in Apex Legends Season 8, following comments from Daniel Klein.  Balancing legends has long been a contentious topic in the Apex Legends community, with mains of various characters keen to see buffs. The admission, for example, that Mirage will never be a top-tier character irked many of the legend’s biggest fans. The focus of the community is currently on Wraith, the Interdimensional Skirmisher who has long been in the upper-echelons of Apex Legends.

Clash Royale Bone Pit Season 36: Balance changes, Battle Pass, buffs & nerfs

Clash Royale Bones Pit Season 36 is upon us and the latest update has released with quite a few balancing changes for existing troops on top of all the new content being added. Here’s everything you need to know about the new update. Season updates in Clash Royale are always exciting because not only do the balancing changes shake up the in-game meta, but also because of the brand new Battle Pass and all the new content presented with it.

Fortnite announces in-person FNCS Invitational 2022 with $1 million prize pool

Fortnite just announced the return of in-person competitive events starting with the FNCS Invitational 2022 which offers a prize pool of $1 million. The last massive in-person Fortnite event was the Fortnite World Cup held in 2019. The event was held in New York City and boasted a $30 million prize pool. However, due to the severity of the global pandemic in 2020, in-person events were put on hold to keep players safe.

Hafu follows DisguisedToast as Among Us stars slowly quit the game

Rumay ‘Hafu’ Wang is the latest in a line of Among Us streamers looking at dropping the popular party game after growing bored. It comes after Jeremy ‘DisguisedToast’ Wang also claimed he was taking a break, and highlights a concerning trend. Among Us took Twitch and the gaming community by storm across 2020. The party game, developed in 2018, boomed from 50 average players a day to over 5 million.

How to play Duos mode in Apex Legends

Respawn Entertainment are finally giving fans what they want – a duos mode in Apex Legends. So, here’s what you need to know about playing it. [ad name=”article1″] One thing that sets Apex Legends apart from it’s rivals in Fortnite, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and Call of Duty: Blackout is the fact that the game is, really, only playable as a trio.  There have been ways to play as a solo player, with a catch of course, as well as duos, but they’ve never struck around for too long.