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Twitch, along with its vast sea of streamers and content creators, has grown considerably in the last few years. Despite some changes, both cosmetic and algorithmic, Twitch has somewhat remained the same since its creation: a place where content creators can grow and thrive doing what they love. The thrive part, however, has seemingly hit a roadblock, as Twitch’s growth, at a whopping 11.92 million channels in 2019, has only diminished the potential of incoming streamers....

Alongside zombies, vampires have long been one of the most popular black tribes within Magic: The Gathering. Though other black tribes such as rats provide access to more swarm-based strategies, few of the colors’ tribes are as diverse as vampires. Across Magic’s multiverse, vampires have been depicted in numerous lights, such as the aristocratic vampires of Innistrad, to the conquistadores of Ixalon. With each incarnation of vampires, the tribe has received new abilities and even new colors to their identity, dipping their toes into red, white, and sometimes even blue....

Super Smash Bros. (Wii U) Super Smash Bros. is always one of the top choices for multiplayer games, whether it’s just two of you or a group of eight. You can, of course, just hop right into matches and play for hours on end, or you can dig into the game’s various extra modes, adding in extra rules, taking on various minigames, and much more. Snipperclips: Cut it Out Together (Switch) Snipperclips was one of the surprise hits out of the Switch’s release, letting two or four players take control of adorable little paper characters....

Creative Assembly haven’t been short of news recently, and today bring word of changes coming to the Mortal Empires Total War: Warhammer 2 campaign. A new blog post outlines a ‘Reprisal Update’ that will bring a lot of the ‘Foundation Update’ features from the first Warhammer, to Mortal Empires. If you’re finding that a little hard to follow, I don’t blame you. Basically though, there will be an opt-in beta “very soon” for the Reprisal Update, which will bring missing aspects like the Chaos design changes, new Lord skill trees, Wood Elf followers, and so on, over to Mortal Empires....

Arrr, mateys! It’s ’bout time we set sail after an announcement from Creative Assembly regarding their latest DLC for Total War: Warhammer II. It’s none other than the Vampire Coast led by Luthor Harkon! And what a plunderful surprise it is. Check out the trailer for the DLC, aptly titled Curse of the Vampire Coast, right below: Total War: Warhammer II — Curse Of The Vampire Coast DLC Goodness me! I’m shivering me timbers!...

The banning spree continues as StephenIRL’s Twitch channel has been one of the latest to go dark. StephenIRL was a very quick-to-rise streamer, using his bounty hunter occupation as the main subject for his content. In June, he experienced instant internet stardom when a clip of him busting a door down to apprehend a woman went viral, gathering over 120,000 views (now deleted). Since then, Stephen had a seen a steady gain in followers and views....

Twitch streamer Rudeism, who specialises in beating games in unusual ways, has completed the challenge of levelling a World of Warcraft character to 100 using only a dance mat. Reaching the goal took five days, 11 hours, 48 minutes and 38 seconds, a mammoth effort which ended during yesterday’s seven hour stream – seen below. “I’m getting a little teary here,” said Rudeism on nearing the level 100 target. “Excuse me, I didn’t think I’d get teary....

Change is afoot for Phasmophobia fans, and two new ghosts are on the way. Development Preview #3 - now live for your reading pleasure on Steam, where the game is still available as an early access title - reveals what’s coming up in the next few weeks and months for the ghostbusting party game. First up, two more ghost types are joining the spooky menagerie. The names on the reveal image have been intentionally smudged to keep us in suspense, but one says Morai or Morcai - maybe?...

Ever since their debut over a decade ago, Rabbids have come to be known as the Minions of the gaming world. Their silly slapstick antics and hilarious, cartoonish voices complete the charm that has made them successful to this day. Now, the Rabbids are getting a movie of their own after years of appearances in different video games. Thanks to a collaboration with film production company Lionsgate, the Rabbids are now getting their own film adaptation....

LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the UK’s new No.1 video game, becoming the ninth LEGO game to top the UK chart. The Force Awakens ranks as the fourth best launch for a LEGO game (bettered by Indiana Jones, Marvel Super Heroes and Batman), and also the fourth best launch for a Star Wars game (behind Battlefront, The Force Unleashed and Episode 3 – Revenge of the Sith). DOOM continues to perform well with only a 17 per cent drop in sales, but this is enough to see it fall to No4, behind FIFA 16 and Overwatch at No....

Switch owners have been having all the fun and hogging Untitled Goose Game, but that won’t be the case for much longer, as the iconic goose will be waddling over to PS4s and Xbox Ones soon. As 2019 comes to a close, gamers around the world are busy deciding what was their favorite game of the year. Death Stranding has made a big impact, Call Of Duty rebooted the very popular Modern Warfare chapter of its franchise, while a Star Wars game in the form of Jedi: Fallen Order restored gamers’ faith in titles attached to the saga actually being good sometimes....

The US Army is backing away from Twitch owing to intense criticism of its use of the platform for recruitment (via GamesIndustry.biz). “Due to recent media coverage of fake giveaways and potentially unconstitutional bans, the U.S. Army esports team has paused social activity, streaming on Twitch, and official activations with Twitch including participating in upcoming Twitch Rivals events,” read the email sent by someone close to the US Army, acquired by Kotaku....

Many of you have put your blood, sweat and tears into creating your base the way you want in the game. But the biomes are a dangerous place and Trolls or other creatures can attack it. Trolls, especially, can cause heavy destruction and you don’t really want that to happen to all your hard work. You will know when they are coming to attack your base when you see a red circle on the mini map and the music alerts you of it as well....

Amber in Valheim is one of the valuable items in the game. Many players want to know how to get Amber and how to use it. In this guide, you will find out what Amber is for in this Viking-themed survival game. Plus, find out how to get Amber Pearls as well. How to Get Amber in Valheim? You can find both Amber & Amber pearls in the Burial Chambers dungeon in Meadows and the Black Forest biomes....

Joining a dedicated server in Valheim whether your own or someone else’s will ensure that you can play the game for as long as you wish to. If you’re a bit confused about it and wondering how to do it, this guide will help you to explain everything that you need to do. Here’s how to do it in Valheim. How To Join A Dedicated Server In Valheim There are several steps that you need to perform in order to join a dedicated server in Valheim, where you host it or someone else....

With Half-Life 2, Valve introduced episode content with the idea that they could avoid long waits for gamers in between development cycles. It was an epic fail in that regard or perhaps not, knowing Valve takes their time with their games to get them right. Half-Life 2 hit the PC in 2004, the Xbox in 2005 and the current gen consoles two years later, but Half-Life: Episode One didn’t release until 2006, followed by Half: Life 2: Episode 2 a year and a half later in the fall of 2007....

After several weeks of speculation, it appears Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment is no longer up for sale, according to business website Bloomberg. As per Bloomberg’s report, the publisher’s parent company – AT&T – have removed the business from their list of “noncore assets” up for sale, with their sources claiming that the publisher was “too valuable to unload during its effort to pay down debt and streamline”. High profile names such as Take Two Interactive, EA, Acitvision Blizzard and even Microsoft were said to be interested in buying the publishing studio as recently as last month....

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone Season Five Reloaded has finally arrived. As outlined on the roadmap, an array of new content has arrived for both games. Included, are new game modes, operators, and more. Alongside this, Raven Software has deployed a weapon tuning update which hits various guns and attachments in Warzone. To begin, a multitude of assault rifles have been adjusted. The C58’s recoil has been slightly increased, however, it impacts the deviation of the recoil pattern....

Money makes the world go round, just not in the Watch Dogs: Legion world. The only thing you actually need money for in the game is buying clothes. Considering how many operatives you’ll end up with though, you’re going to want a lot of clothing options. What’s the point of amassing a massive hacker army if you can’t even dress them up? There isn’t really any way to get rich quick in the game, but if you know what to keep an eye out for, you can certainly get a fair amount more cash together....

Update: Applications are now closed for this, but thank you for your interest! I know, I know, déjàvu. But: good news everyone! Now that we have new owners and everything has been sorted out, we’re hiring! Specifically, we’re hiring a staff writer to focus on news. We want the greatest news writer, the best. Build that news writer! And so on. You’ll be our dedicated news person, if that wasn’t clear....