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By now, Overwatch has penetrated mainstream gaming culture so pervasively that it's easy to forget that the game is still, at least relatively speaking, fairly young. I had to do a double-take myself when I saw Blizzard's video announcing their...

Today, we're going to talk about the changes to Acts 1-4 in Path of Exile's upcoming highly anticipated 3.0 release. There's a plethora of new content to be found in Path of Exile: The Fall of Oriath, and enough changes...

Solar Crest has been a go-to item in Dota in recent patches, making regular appearances in the inventories of both carries and supports alike. And why wouldn't anyone want to buy it? It's affordable, greatly improves your survivability and kill...

With the advent of Siltbreaker, now is the perfect time to talk about rotating maps in Dota. When I explain Dota to non-esport friends, they usually ask if the layout of the map stays the same or if it changes each...

The first CS:GO operation, dubbed Operation Payback, launched in 2013, and since then, Valve have mostly stuck to a predictable formula for these optional pieces of paid DLC. We've got community-made weapon skins, and, in Operation Vanguard, Valve introduced campaigns --...

The past four International prize pools have smashed records without fail. While TI1 and TI2 boasted identical prize pools of $1,600,000--at the time, this was unfathomably huge--every TI prize pool that followed these events has been larger than the one...

Too lazy to read? Check out our quick video review. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5nV8h-pQiw Space. Shooting. Killing robots. Loot. These are a few of my favorite things. And Drifting Lands checks all those boxes. Shoot ‘em ups aren’t normally my favorite, but I made an...

Path of Exile players are undoubtedly aware of the game's ongoing issues with energy shields and life. At the moment, energy shield builds are objectively a better choice -- it's more efficient and effective than a life skill build...

If you've ever watched the hands of a professional League of Legends player while they're competing, you might have noticed that their keyboard seems different than yours. It's not just the spiffy lighting of a Logitech G Pro or a...

Towards the end of last year and the earlier part of 2017, Virtus.pro, Astralis, and SK Gaming were the best three teams in the world. Each team was vying for the top spot and were in an elite tier of their...

Ezalor, the Keeper of the Light (KotL), is a ranged Intelligence hero. He rides around on a horse, carries a staff, and has a big bushy beard. He's Dota's version of Gandalf. Keeper of the Light is a common pick...

If you’ve ever played an MMORPG, you've run into the 'more buttons than fingers' problem. Between moving your character, using skills, activating potions, and other miscellaneous actions, the controls can become absolutely ridiculous, if not downright comical. Thankfully, many...