It’s very unlikely that you approach Fortnite, or any other video game, in the same way. Pro tip: Don’t just play, practice. (He averages about 15 and once got 29 in a single day.) “You can play every single day, you’re not practicing. So there you go: practice for an ungodly amount of time every day, and focus on what you’re doing wrong.

World of Warcraft game director Ion Hazzikostas detailed some upcoming changes to the new Battle for Azeroth expansion during a Blizzard Entertainment livestream today. While we don’t know when Patch 8.1, called Tides of Vengeance, will be available for all players, it should be hitting the public test realm later this week. With this Warfront will come an updated Darkshore zone, which’ll have end game activities for Warfront players. Alliance players will fight their way into the Horde city fro

Professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player Adam “Armada” Lindgren, widely considered to be one of the best to ever play the game, has announced his retirement from competitive singles tournaments. That’s basically all I’m asking for.”Worse, Lindgren said that he simply doesn’t have any more goals to complete in solo competition. Across the 60 or so competitive doubles tournaments Lindgren has competed in, he’s placed first in 42 of them with a variety of partners over the years. Lindgren ends h

A Marvel’s Spider-Man clip purportedly showing an eerie reflection of the Twin Towers has garnered more than 5.1 million views on Imgur, but it’s not what it appears to be. He was right — the nonexistent towers’ reflection was a result of the way the game generates reflections. Essentially, the developers at Insomniac Games created a library of still images representing the game world. It clearly has the same distinctive paneling, and both towers are terraced on their lower levels, which the Twi

In a recent Blizzard livestream, World of Warcraft game director Ion Hazzikostas revealed the future of Battle for Azeroth. While there are plenty of new changes headed to the game, the most exciting additions are the two new Heritage armor sets for old races. At the start of the presentation, Hazzikostas revealed that old races will be able to earn Heritage armor sets starting in 8.1. While this will only start with Dwarves and Blood Elves, all old races should eventually get an armor set that

Captain Marvel movie trailers, news and more Everything you need to know about Brie Larson’s character Carol DanversIn the upcoming film, Captain Marvel, Brie Larson will take on the role of the titular character Captain Marvel — a.k.a. Captain Marvel will also bring Jude Law to the MCU as Danvers’ mentor, Mar-Vell, and Annette Bening in an unknown role. Set in the 1990s, “Captain Marvel” is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Cap

The first Marvel Comics character to be called Captain Marvel was an alien soldier and spy called Mar-Vell, created in 1967. But since Marvel had the trademark, DC couldn’t name the book in which its Captain Marvel appeared “Captain Marvel.” (Instead, it was titled Shazam.) And that means that there have been a lot of different attempts to reboot Marvel’s Captain Marvel book into a surefire hit. In 1995 and 1997, Marvel published short miniseries with the Captain Marvel name. And finally, in 201

In the first trailer for Marvel Studios’ long-awaited Captain Marvel, our hero, riding the bus, comes upon a nice old lady. Then she punches that nice old lady right in her nice old face. In the Marvel Universe, where the alien shapeshifters known as the Skrulls are around, even nice old ladies might not be very nice. Both actors are returning to play decades-younger and less villainous versions of their characters in Captain Marvel. Unless, of course, that nice old lady isn’t a skrull.

Blockbuster Video went bankrupt in 2010, and as of today there is only one location left in business. The chain is a relic of the ’90s, when many of us grew up renting movies and games before the advent of online streaming. It’s a fitting way to open the trailer to Captain Marvel, which takes place in the mid-’90s. But the long, lingering shots of Blockbuster Video — a sentence I can’t believe I’m writing in 2018 — aren’t the only way the trailer indicates the film’s era. The beeper shown in Cap

With only a few months to go before the release, Marvel is keeping most Captain Marvel details close to the chest. We still don’t really know if Jude Law is actually playing Mar-Vell, the original Captain Marvel. It’s actually Chewie, a pet that accompanied Carol as she traveled the galaxy and took on the mantle of Captain Marvel. When Captain Marvel crossed paths with the Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014’s Captain Marvel #7, Rocket Raccoon immediately jumped into action, trying to assassinate Ch

It wasn’t an official tournament organized by Epic Games; instead, it was created by Keemstar, a prominent and controversial YouTube creator. We want to stay away from being the content creator. We want to enable people to do the content creation.”Wyatt brought up a recent milestone for YouTube Gaming — ElRubius’ 100 YouTube creator Fortnite livestream, which brought in more than one million concurrent viewers. It broke records for YouTube Gaming, according to Wyatt, and is an example of what th

YouTube creators are constantly addressing the issues they face on the platform, but two stand out above the rest: demonetization and burnout. It’s a subject that YouTube’s executive team takes seriously, according to Ryan Wyatt, who oversees gaming content — and one they’re trying to be more transparent over. “I just think we should be the thought leaders in the space given our size and scale,” Wyatt told Polygon. “ElRubius [who announced earlier this year he was taking a break from YouTube bec

YouTube is introducing a new, reformatted gaming hub to try alleviating those issues, with help from dedicated pages for specific games and and a gaming content creator on the rise. Ryan Wyatt, head of YouTube Gaming, told Polygon that despite the company’s best efforts, the original Gaming app hindered visibility for many creators. The original YouTube Gaming app will remain available during the transition, but it will officially shut down in March 2019. “If you look at the largest gaming creat

A live-action series based on Nickelodeon’s beloved cartoon Avatar: The Last Airbender is in development at Netflix, the streaming service announced. The show will be “reimagined,” according to Netflix. Original creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko are signed on to executive produce and run the series, with production to start in 2019. The new series falls in line with other remake plans from Viacom, which owns Nickelodeon and MTV. Fans have a good reason to be skeptical about the word

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Pick up everything — until you don’t need toCrafting is a kind of confusing process in Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Resources are plentiful in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, so you’re never going to have to go out of your way to find stuff to gather. Explore to find challenge tombs and cryptsJust about everywhere you explore in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, you’ll find challenge tombs and crypts. Your map is useful (and you’ll need it a lot)As you explore the world of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, your map

Another Nintendo Switch bundle is hitting stores in October, and this one is aimed at Fortnite fans who have yet to grab the console. The Fortnite “Double Helix” bundle will include numerous extras for the free-to-play game, including what Nintendo and Epic Game are calling “unique” weapons and outfits. Launching Oct. 5, the package comes with the Double Helix set of items, including an outfit, back bling, glider and pickaxe. Based on the image on the box art, the Double Helix collection has a c

Today, in advance of the annual Tokyo Games Show, Sega announced the release of Sega Genesis Classics for the Nintendo Switch. This is the first time that most of these Genesis title will be playable on Nintendo’s hybrid console. Many titles will include their original local co-op modes, which will be enhanced by the novel Joy-Con controllers that ship with the Switch. Sega said that the collection will include many modern upgrades, including online multiplayer, achievements, mirror mode, rewind

Nintendo had previously announced that Nintendo Switch Online would launch today, Sept. 18, but the company has now stated that the service might be going live after much of the United States is asleep. “Nintendo Switch Online will launch later this evening,” the company stated in a tweet. “In preparation, Nintendo Switch eShop is scheduled for maintenance starting at 5 p.m. PT and will be unavailable for up to three hours. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.”So