Twitch streamer Quin69 claims Riot Games unfairly banned him from League of Legends after streamer snipers sabotaged his match.  While being a streamer has many perks, one of the downsides to playing online in front of viewers is the potential of being griefed by users trying to ruin your game. According to Twitch personality Quin69, his ban from League of Legends was the result of streamer snipers sabotaging his matches.

The new battle pass for Valorant Episode 2 Act 2 has been revealed. While the Acts may be shorter for now, this pass coomes with plenty of bang for your buck, providing all new skins, sprays, and more. Valorant’s battle pass system has returned in Episode 2 Act 2, but with a few additions from previous renditions. Having launched on March 2, alongside cosmic new Agent Astra, the Valorant battle pass is packed with its usual 50 tiers of goodies, including new skins, gun buddies, cards, and more.

A dataminer has shown off a set of classic Titanfall weapons inside Apex Legends, including the Sidewinder, Archer, and Smart Pistol. After the well-recieved addition of the Rampage LMG in Season 10 of Apex Legends, there’s always more room for new weapons. And, since Apex has its roots in Titanfall, there are already lots of Titanfall-inspired guns in the BR. Of course, the devs are limited in some senses as a number of Titanfall’s guns simply wouldn’t be balanced in a battle royale setting.

Social media star Charli D’Amelio has returned to posting on TikTok after backlash over an “ungrateful” comment she made regarding her follower count that lost her around one million followers. 16-year-old Charli D’Amelio is by far and away the most followed creator on the platform, and is set to become the first person to reach the huge milestone of 100 million followers, beating even TikTok’s own account to top spot.

Gambit announced their Valorant roster will continue VCT EMEA 2022 as an independent team, aptly entitled Masters 3 Champions, or M3C. The team will now play under the ‘M3 Champions’ moniker, a throwback to the players’ 1st-place run in Masters Berlin last September. All of Gambit’s Valorant players will remain together during this transition period. The Valorant Champions runner-ups will not be represented in VCT 2022 for the time being, while Igor ‘Redgar’ Vlasov will lead Bogdan ‘sheydos’ Naumov, Timofey ‘Chronicle’ Khromov, Nikita ‘d3ffo’ Sudakov, and Ayaz ‘nAts’ Akhmetshin through the remainder of Stage 1 Challengers.

The Overwatch devs have revealed new details about an upcoming story event featuring the cowboy hero now known as Cole Cassidy. Prior to McCree’s rename to Cole Cassidy, the Overwatch devs explained that they had a story arc planned that had to be delayed due to drama at the company. With Blizzard removing references to real people within their games, this meant that the developer whose name was borrowed for the cowboy hero would need to be changed.

Following a controversial appearance from CallMeCarson on fellow streamer Mizkif’s Twitch stream, OfflineTV founder Pokimane explains why she believes young streamers behave “inappropriately” when seeing fame. Carson “CallMeCarson” King made an appearance on fellow streamer Matthew “Mizkif” Rinaudo’s August 13 stream, his first stream appearance since January 2021 when he was exposed for allegedly grooming minors. The Minecraft streamer is not the first internet personality to be accused of grooming minors, with James Charles being accused in early 2021.

Despite both weapons’ popularity in Verdansk, Warzone data suggests that there is a clear winner between the Kar98k and Swiss K31 – with one of the sniper rifles boasting an incredible aim assist advantage.  There are an array of long-range weapons on offer in Warzone, with sniper and marksman rifles from both Modern Warfare and Black Ops Cold War on offer. However, there’s little to no sign of guns like the Tundra, Pellington, and AX-50, with two bolt action weapons dominating the landscape.

Call of Duty: Warzone fans have been voicing their frustrations with the Serpentine perk, with some claiming it is “too strong” in the hands of some players.  Over the last few seasons, Warzone players have wanted to see Raven Software shake up the selection of perks on offer in the battle royale and give them a bit of a reset. The devs have answered those calls in a number of ways, buffing a handful of pre-existing perks and adding new ones to boot.

The latest TikTok challenge sweeping the app involves tying yourself into a corset. However, despite the challenge’s popularity, it has divided opinion in terms of its safety and messages around body positivity. With the ‘corsetchallenge’ tag having 241.5 million views, it is clear that this history-inspired trend is one of the most popular challenges on TikTok right now. The challenge itself is incredibly simple, which has led to TikTokers all over the world getting involved and several videos going viral.