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DreamHack Masters Malmö came to a close yesterday, with hometown heroes Fnatic taking home the gold. At their debut LAN event, the Swedish roster brings home the lion’s share of the $250,000 prize pool, a point towards the next Intel Grand Slam, and a spot at IEM Katowice in February of next year. Fnatic’s Malmö run began slowly, as they suffered an opening loss to ENCE. The double-elimination group stage format gave them another chance, as they pulled through for their first win over TyLoo....

When you start a new save on Football Manager 2023 (FM23), one of the first things you will look for is what players’ contracts are about to expire. Luckily, we don’t need to wait for the game to see who’s deals will be running out after that first season so we have made a guide for all the players coming to the end of their deal. FM23: How to Sign Players for Free?...

Pokémon GO players who were a little too busy with holiday activities to pay attention to spawns are in luck. Cryogonal, the snowflake Pokémon who only appears under certain conditions, is still spawning after the Holiday 2019 event’s conclusion. This announcement might not seem like big news, but it will come as a relief to Pokémon GO players after a grave miscommunication during the Halloween 2019 event. The spooky season saw the debut of Ghost-type Pokémon Yamask....

Wynne is a much-underappreciated character from Dragon Age: Origins. This is because she is easily missed, as your choices can force you to kill her. Her not being romanceable is also part of her being an underdog in terms of popular characters. However, she is a major character in the world of Thedas. She was one of its most powerful mages. She was a well-written mentor as well. She did not cloak herself in mystery in order to seem more wise, like most one-dimensional mentor characters....

The Dragon Ball FighterZ is a game that not only took the Dragon Ball community by storm, but also marked Dragon Ball’s overdue introduction into a new generation of competitive fighting games. One extra nod to Dragon Ball fans is the inclusion of Dramatic Finishes, which are cutscenes that recreate some of the show’s most iconic moments, and can be accessed when a specific character defeats another on a particular stage....

As players make their way through the recently-released Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, they will get a chance to take control of a number of characters, including Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, and more. That said, some fans may still wish that the list of playable characters in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot was a bit longer and included the game’s numerous support characters, and it is exactly this desire that a brand new mod looks to address....

The ice cream chain Baskin Robbins is super-popular in Japan, and it’s going to be even more popular thanks to a Dragon Quest collaboration. The collaboration, which is already active and will continue until May 31, is associated with the smartphone game Dragon Quest Keshi Keshi! and is centered around an ice cream flavor inspired by the iconic slimes. The flavor is cute even in its name (“Punitto Slime Hoimi Flavor,” which meals “Gummy Slime Heal Flavor”) and comes with vanilla and apple sorbet with soda-flavored gummies that (according to the press release) will make you want to say “Hoimi!...

Yuji Horii, creator of the Dragon Quest franchise, revealed that Dragon Quest XII has been in development since last year in a celebratory New Year tweet (via Nintendo Life). Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age released in 2017 in Japan and in 2018 in the West. Developer Armor Project and developer and publisher Square Enix are very happy with its success, as it has sold over 5.5 million copies worldwide in just two years....

It’s been a long time since fans of Dragon’s Dogma have had a new entry in the series and, while the upcoming Netflix anime series isn’t the game they were hoping for, it will be a welcome return to the Capcom IP. The new series will release on Netflix on September 17, but you can get your first taste of the Dragon’s Dogma anime now with the first trailer. The debut trailer paints the picture of a complex tale full of heartache (pun intended), magic and monsters....

Fans of Dungeons & Dragons know the pain of having a missing party member. It means the rest of the group has to wait a week, or much longer, for the next session. You could have the DM put the missing person’s character on a sabbatical or convince them to stay in town, but it’s not the same. A party of adventurers needs every man, woman, and dwarf to function. That might be why video games have been trying to fill the void recently....

The Mass Effect series has always prided itself on its ability to truly immerse the gamer in an expansive sci-fi universe. With the upcoming release of Mass Effect 3, gamers are wondering what developer BioWare will add to the already strong series. During Microsoft’s Press Conference at E3 2011, the game was demoed on stage in order to highlight its newest functionality: Kinect integration. While it has been rumored for quite a while, the use of the Kinect hardware with Mass Effect 3 is becoming a reality....

These days it seems like every single genre is receiving a constant stream of new games to feed not only fan demand, but competition. But when it comes to snowboarding, the past few years have seen the well dry up almost completely. EA Sports is looking to bring back their extreme snowboarding franchise with the upcoming reboot SSX, and are bringing some serious tech along with it. But how does it really feel to take a run down Mt....

EA has issued an update which partially details some of the updates coming to Star Wars Battlefront 2 in the next couple of months. Following the lootbox debacle, the first note from EA is that an updated progression system is coming and they state that “player feedback is essential”. They say planned changes will address many of the issues players have been asking for but they have not detailed how they are a addressing those issues....

Elden Ring has hit a new concurrent player peak on Steam, hitting almost a million simultaneous players: 953,426 to be precise. At the time of writing, even with the US player base mostly asleep, it’s currently the biggest game on Steam, clocking up more players than CS:GO, PUBG, or Destiny 2. Yesterday, Bandai Namco has acknowledged a problem with saving Elden Ring to the Steam Cloud “under certain conditions”. If this happens to you, Bandai expects you’ll see an error message at game launch stating “that your local save files conflict with the ones stored in the Steam Cloud”....

Today, during Electronic Arts’ quarterly financial conference call for analysts and investors, chief executive officer Andrew Wilson was asked to comment on the media speculation that alleged that the company was trying to be acquired. Wilson belittled said speculation, mentioning that he couldn’t be expected to comment on it, and then went on to do just that (albeit indirectly), explaining that EA “couldn’t be in a stronger position” than today as a stand-alone company....

Twitch streamers from across the globe have taken an interest lately with Escape From Tarkov, a hardcore survival shooter created by the Russian Battlestate Games. Its unforgiving gameplay yet accessible nature makes it one of the most engaging shooters of recent memory. A game with this large of a skill gap is bound to have plenty of secrets tied to it. The story, gunplay, economy, and the general nature of Tarkov are somewhat alien to today’s gaming audience....

ESPN and ABC announced this evening that they will not air a planned Apex Legends event out of respect for the victims of this past weekend’s mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. Politicians put video games in the spotlight again this week in the wake of a terrible pair of mass shootings. Many Republican lawmakers pointed to video games as a cause for the violence in this country. This resulted in a lot of pushback from analysts and gamers who pointed to data that shows video games are not to blame....

eSports is a lot like professional sports; both sets of players tend to start young and usually retire early, they train rigorously for competition and require a lot of hard work, discipline, and luck to make it big. The kid that wants to be a pro baseballer and the one who wants to be a pro Dota 2 player both have this in common; they want to become famous and or become the very best....

The evidence of SCS Software’s deepening relationships with real-world manufacturers continues to grow. The studio has joined forces with DAF to introduce two of the New-Generation DAF trucks, the DAF XG and XG+. Just a day after official real-life reveals, both have been confirmed for the virtual world of Europe in Euro Truck Simulator 2. These two new trucks boast a whole new “super-sized” design for the cabs, following a change in regulations by the EU allowing for larger cabs....

Grinding Gear Games has announced Delirium as the first expansion of the year for Path of Exile. Players will have the opportunity to take on endgame content through a range of difficulties and add to the already massive skill tree with the use of a special Cluster Jewel. The Mirror of Delirium A major focus of the expansion lies in players discovering the Mirror of Delirium. Like previous expansions, activating this new object will spawn new opponents and make existing ones far more powerful, so it is wise to consider carefully the best time to dive in....