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Why it's time for Riot to change the League of Legends Worlds format

After 11 years, Worlds needs to revamp its format. It’s time for the League of Legends’ premier tournament to embrace a double-elimination bracket and a bigger tournament. Worlds has changed significantly since its inception in 2011. An eight-team tournament held over a single weekend in June has become a sprawling month-long tournament with triple the participants. While Riot has progressively expanded the scope of the tournament, the format has largely remained the same — a round-robin group stage followed by single-elimination playoffs.

Best moveset for Alolan Golem in Pokemon Go & is it any good?

If you’ve just evolved an Alolan Golem in Pokemon Go, you might be wondering what its best moveset is and whether or not it’s worth powering up for the Go Battle League. Following the Alolan Geodude Community Day in May 2022, loads of Pokemon Go trainers are going to be evolving their best Alolan Geodude into Alolan Graveler and finally the mighty Alolan Golem. While classic Geodude from the Kanto region is a Rock/Ground-type, its Alolan variation becomes a unique Rock/Electric-type, meaning it has different weaknesses, resistances, and moves it can learn.

Chinese VTuber's kidnapping claim deemed fake by agency after six-month hiatus

Chinese VTuber Porin went viral after claims she was kidnapped, leading to a six-month hiatus. However, her agency has denied this story, citing a police investigation allegedly uncovering no evidence. 柏凛Pori, translated to ‘Sleeping Devil Porin’, was thrusted into the international spotlight after a damning video posted onto the Chinese social media platform bilibili on May 21. In the video, Porin claimed that her six-month period of inactivity was due to her being kidnapped and abused.

Dream superfan ecstatic after Minecraft star buys her a new car

Popular Minecraft creator ‘Dream’ bought a car for one of his biggest fans — and she couldn’t be more excited about it. Dream is one of the most popular Minecraft-centric influencers on the internet. Boasting over 29 million YouTube subscribers and over 800k followers on Twitch, Dream is also in charge of one of the most popular survival multiplayer Minecraft servers — the premier online destination for a slew of other major internet stars.

FIFA 21 Community Team of the Season: promo start time, TOTS vote results, FUT leaks

Team of the Season is finally here in FIFA 21, starting with the fan-voted “Community” lineup. Here’s everything we know about the first TOTS squad so far, including the result of the FUT vote, early leaks & the event’s start date. The 2020/21 run in FIFA has been a funny one for nailed-on FUT fans. A raft of new events like “Freeze,” “What If?” and “Rulebreakers” mixed things up. In the end though, it all leads to Team of the Season.

Is Pokemon Go becoming pay-to-play?

Pokemon Go is a free-to-play game which since its release hasn’t really forced players to spend real money. However, recent developments in the game suggest Niantic may be adopting more of a monetization business strategy. Pokemon Go has evolved (see what we did there) into more than just catching Pokemon. Egg hatching, special events, Raid Battles, the new Buddy System and most recently the much hyped GO Battle League have made the mobile game almost unrecognizable from what it was when it released in July 2016.

Pokemon fans are terrified by Ursaring in new Pokemon Legends Arceus trailer

There are plenty of intimidating creatures in Pokemon Legends: Arceus, but it’s Ursaring in particular that’s left gamers terrified after a new trailer for the game was released. During the Pokemon Presents broadcast on August 18, Nintendo showed off loads of footage from the upcoming open-world title Legends: Arceus, including the big reveal of new Hisuian forms and evolutions like Basculegion. But it’s an existing ‘mon that really stole the spotlight.

Sneaky Overwatch trick lets Sombra hide Translocator under Hanamura rock

Overwatch players looking to keep their Translocator active as Sombra – especially on Point B Hanamura – may have a new secret spot to teleport back to. Attacking Point B on Hanamura can be a big challenge, with the defenders on the high ground waiting to push into your team. Like any 2CP/Assault map, securing an enemy team wipe can be the cleanest way to actually capture the point.

Street Fighter and Rocket League headed to the 2020 Olympics - sort of

Intel has partnered with the International Olympic Committee to bring Rocket League and Street Fighter V to the Intel World Open, an event set to run ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan. [ad name=”article1″] The tournament will see nation-based teams take to the field in their respective games, with Japan already confirmed as one of the eight competitors due to their status as the host nation for the event.

What's in the Apex Legends Season 3 battle pass? All tiers and rewards

There’s a brand new battle pass for Season 3 of Apex Legends, with lots of new exciting skins, cosmetics and more to be unlocked. Here’s a look at everything added with the ‘Meltdown’ update. [ad name=”article1″] The main attraction of Season 3 is, of course, the new map, World’s Edge, which sees the legends transported to an entirely new planet, filled with lava and ice. There’s also the new legend, Crypto, who players are finally able to try out, along with his nifty new drone.