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The latest balance patch in Heroes of the Storm brought the much-anticipated Gul’Dan into the game as well as quite a few major changes. Many Heroes received significant updates (mostly buffs), but by far the biggest changes related to...

The last update to Overwatch finally came with the introduction of a ranked "competitive" mode. Now that the long awaited update was finally released, how does it fare against expectations? Did the community get what it wanted or did Blizzard's...

Riot's game patch 6.11 made a fairly significant change to Trinity Force, and the metagame has truly started to reflect this one alteration. Whereas the old recipe called for a Sheen + Phage + Zeal + 200 gold, the new recipe...

Blizzard introduced some huge changes to Heroes of the Storm this week. Along with a revamped ranking system and the newest Hero addition, Warcraft’s Medivh, Blizzard also rolled out the Unranked Draft Mode. This low-stress, semi-competitive game mode is...

Widowmaker and McCree received significant revisions with Overwatch's latest update. How was Widowmaker nerfed? How can we expect these changes to influence competitive Overwatch? Early beta nerfs Widowmaker was previously nerfed in November of 2015. Blizzard reduced the number of heroes...

Blizzard's Geoff Goodman, Principal Designer on the Overwatch team announced that McCree will likely be seeing some changes (nerfs) in the near future: I've been watching McCree carefully since we've released. McCree's flashbang plays an important role in being a...

The bird is back - not Quinn. The 'OG' Master Tactician, Swain, has returned to the meta once again, almost exclusively as a top laner. Not only is he one of the top 10 most banned champions, but also...

I'm not. On May 18th, 2016, Riot Games announced its newest in-game feature for League of Legends: /remake. Riot Socrates made the official forum update, listing out the following details: If any player is dc’d or flagged afk for at least...

The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community continues to wring its hands in mourning after Valve announced on April 21st that the updated version of Nuke (Newke) would be replacing Inferno in the Active Duty map pool. I even wrote a eulogy for...

Patch 6.9 brought some massive mage changes, however, the greatest impact has probably been seen on Malzahar so far. He has gone from an often neglected midlane mage into a top tier permanently banned jungler. If he happens...

The Manila Major qualifiers are underway, and the 6.87 meta is beginning to take shape. Hero pick rates were gathered from DatDota, which is an awesome stats site you should definitely go check out. The site's curator, Noxville, has built an...

I recently had a conversation with one of our other writers about the "reload" mechanic that is apparently becoming more popular in the ARTS MOBA genre. A few League heroes have it, and it's part of the kit for...