Tag: eSport Betting

As you might well know, I like a good deckbuilder—it’s part of why Balatro’s consumed a few dozen hours of my waking life. Sure, it’s a genre utterly flooded with games, but I have a pretty high tolerance for “too much of a good thing.” The latest title to draw my infernal all-seeing eye is…

Larian, the developer behind hit role-player Baldur’s Gate 3, has said it will likely follow the same early access release model for its unannounced next project. In an interview with GameFile, Larian’s director of publishing Michael Douse said early access was “the only way to do it now” to ensure the project…

Middle-earth was always a bit of an odd setting for Monolith’s Shadow of Mordor, the 2014 game that introduced the absolutely brilliant (and criminally under-imitated) nemesis system. Subjecting the game’s orcs to harrowing physical and psychological warfare as a one-man guerilla army was great fun, but it didn’t exactly fit with the high-minded, mythical tone…

What is Call of Duty these days? I’m not sure. But I do know you can currently buy the weed-loving Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong from Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone’s in-game shop. The cheeky chaps will even let you puff your doobie down your gun barrel as a finishing move when…

The FCC has announced that it will vote on a proposal to restore net neutrality on April 25, a move that, if approved, it says will “bring back a national standard for broadband reliability, security, and consumer protection.” Back in 2017, we explained why net neutrality matters—and why we think PC gamers should support it—and…

Last week, Embracer Group announced it was selling Gearbox Software to Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two for $460 million. Hours after the sale, some Gearbox employees announced on social media that they had been let go from the company. Today, Gearbox has confirmed these departures. In a statement to Eurogamer, Gearbox states that an unknown…

The first European qualifier for the Thunderpick World Championship 2024 is underway, with only one of 32 teams making it to the main event in October. Due to the pool of teams being rather large, we narrowed down a couple of squads with a realistic shot at running the gauntlet and qualifying for the $850,000…