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Riot Games is testing a zero-tolerance Valorant report system Alarmbot out. Like most other competitive games,Valorantis home to its fair share of toxic behavior. Now,Riot Gamesis experimenting with a zero-tolerance report system for Valorant in Turkey, in an attempt to get rid of bad actors in the game. Dubbed Alarmbot, the new reporting system is designed to help Riot take quicker action against players who engage in so-called zero-tolerance behavior while playing Valorant....

San Francisco Shock sweep the Vancouver Titans 4-0 in the Overwatch League 2019 Grand Finals The Shock end their historic season with one of the most dominating playoff performances of any team in any sport. The San Francisco Shock completed an incredible season —which included the first-ever perfect stage— with a dominant Grand Finals performance that saw them absolutely steamroll the Vancouver Titans. The Shock had won 16 consecutive maps going into the Grand Finals, with their last loss coming in round one against Atlanta, when they committedone of the worst C9sin OWL history....

Sentinels TenZ: ‘I bring the firepower, I bring the TenZ effect’ TenZ will be the player to look out for. The Valorant Champions Tour released an in-depth player interview with Sentinels’ Tyson “TenZ” Ngo, one of the top competitors to look out for atValorant Champions 2021. In the video, fellow North American star Andrej “babybay” Francisty sat down with TenZ to talk about Sentinels’ 2021 VCT season, how he became the best Valorant player in the world, Sentinels’ struggles at VCT Stage 3 Masters Berlin, and his secret training for the upcoming Valorant world championship....

T1 signs its first battle royale players The two players will be competing in battle royale titles such as Fortnite, Apex Legends, and PUBG. T1 Entertainment & Sports, the recently-created joint esports venture under SK Telecom and Comcast Spectacor, announced that it has signed “Sonii” and Kim “JuanK” Bong-sang as its first two players competing in battle royale titles such as Fortnite: Battle Royale, Apex Legends, and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG)....

Tarik criticizes Sentinels’ management for lack of Valorant coach The players need more support. Valorant streamer and former CS:GO proTarik “tarik” Celikhas criticized Sentinels’ management for failing to provide their Valorant roster with a coach. The North American organization recentlymade its first roster changein over a year, replacing longtime controllerJared “zombs” Gitlinwith former Akrew player Eric “Kanpeki” Xu. However, with just a week of practice between the signing and the firstVCT NA Stage 2 Challengers open qualifier, Sentinels were knocked out of the tournament after losses toFaZe Clanand Luminosity....

TenZ slams the state of Valorant ranked: ‘It’s just awful, I’d rather do the dishes’ Give the man a sponge. Tyson “TenZ” Ngomay be one of the most gifted aimers in Valorant, but even he isn’t immune to bad days on the ranked ladder. He criticized the state ofValorant rankedinEpisode 4 Act III, describing it as “just awful.” After a 13-9 loss onFracture, the Sentinels star ended his stream in frustration, saying that he just wasn’t feeling it anymore....

The 3 best MLBB marksmen to play in a side lane Do you dare to use a marksman in a side lane? As the patches keep changing and evolving, theMobile Legends: Bang Bangmeta has also evolved especially with the introduction of a “Gold Lane” and “Experience Lane”. Recently a two-core meta has become popular. RRQ Hoshi in MPL ID became one of the teams that succeeded in demonstrating the two-core meta at the professional level....

The 3 best ways to counter Akuma in Street Fighter V 3 tips to help you exorcise SF’s resident Demon. All Street Fighter V: Champion Edition players have struggled against Akuma at some point. The character is considered S-tier by the majority of the SFV community and even pros likeVictor “Punk” Woodley consider Akuma to be in a class of his own. So how do you deal with him? Here are three quick tips that will help you get the upper hand....

The biggest Warzone 2.0 Season 2 changes: Cash, looting, and loadouts We’re liking these changes. Warzone 2.0 brings some big adjustments in its upcoming season. With tweaks to the in-game cash economy and looting and loadout mechanics, the Season 2 changes are geared toward improving the quality of life of players. Season 2 also sees the return of the1v1 Gulagfrom the original Warzone, dispensing with the new Jailer NPC. Here’s a look at all the changes going into Season 2, which should remove some of the friction as you gear up....

Updated on March 9, 5:14 p.m. (GMT+8): Improved relevancy. It’s official, I’m done withcosplay. Don’t get me wrong — it was a really fun hobby. Imagine being called your favorite character’s name at a convention, dressing up and acting as a fictional person, and meeting new friends through the fandom — it was a dream come true! I’ve enjoyed watching cosplay grow from a niche hobby into a widely-accepted pastime, embraced by anime and pop culture fans, streamers, content creators, and gamers everywhere, but as it’s grown bigger and bigger, aspects of the hobby have appeared that I just don’t like anymore....

There may not be a new Call of Duty game in 2023 This has never happened in nearly 20 years. Call of Dutymay be taking a break in 2023 for the first time in nearly two decades. Activision Blizzard is expected to delay next year’s game, according toBloomberg’sJason Schreier, giving Treyarch an extra year to work on the title. A new premium Call of Duty offering has come out every year since 2005, so this is a huge shift for the game publisher, which was recentlyacquired byMicrosoft in amassive US$68....

This is the full schedule for the Wild Rift SEA Icon Series Summer Season Wild Rift esports is in full swing! The world is getting its first taste of competitive Wild Rift with the League of Legends: Wild Rift SEA Icon Series. Two countries recently wrapped up their Preseason run, giving us our first Wild Rift champion teams: RSG in Vietnam and Geek Fam in Malaysia. The Preseason run for the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, and Taiwan will conclude in the next two weeks....

This miracle Shenhe pull proves I’m 10 times luckier than you in Genshin Impact I guess I have Diluc(k) of the draw. Is it considered luck if you get back-to-back Xiao and Shenhe pulls? Hello, fellow Travelers of Teyvat. As you may or may not know, I’m actually the luckiest player inGenshin Impact, andI even wrote an article about it. In that article, I swore on my Adventure Rank that I would grabXiaoon his rerun and I actually did, but my story doesn’t end there....