The suspension follows an investigation and a Eurogamer report on big-name pros working together behind the scenes. FIFA 20 includes a global ranking system, which groups players of similar skill levels into several tiers. The Discord channel, according to Eurogamer, came to light in late October in a YouTube video by Nick Bartels, a streamer and top FIFA player with a large following. EA Sports acknowledged the collusion in handing the two-round suspension to Christopher Holly, who plays as NYC

We know, for instance, that you can kill everyone in your path and still complete the game. As Hinckley found out late last month, The Outer Worlds does indeed afford pacifists plenty of room to breathe. At one point during his challenge, Hinckley was tasked with using a computer to finish his quest. Once in combat, the game decided it was no longer going to play the cutscene and Hinckley could go forward with the next portion of the game without trouble. “Doing a challenge that does away with o

It’s Friday and that means that Apple Arcade, Apple’s iOS game subscription service, has a few new releases for subscribers to check out. Rogue Game’s Sociable Soccer is about what it sounds like, a soccer game you can play on your phone. The game will let you play matches yourself, with touch screen controls or a controller, or you can watch the game play out as the manager. As with all Apple Arcade releases, these games are free for anyone who subscribes to the service. All three games are ava

You see, everyone who dies, no matter what their beliefs or actions in life, is being sent to Warcraft’s mega hell. This means that every piece of official World of Warcraft content is changed, and I’m here to explain why that’s actually very funny. Everyone in World of Warcraft has various religious and philosophical beliefs that, up until now, have largely been abstract. A very few souls, the worst of the worst, are sent to The Maw, where they’re tortured for eternity. With all of this in mind

Nintendo announced its slate of Black Friday 2019 deals, headlined by a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe bundle that pairs the game with a Nintendo Switch for $299.99. It’s the old Nintendo Switch model (HAC-001) which got replaced by a revised model with better battery life this year. That means this year’s Black Friday deal is for the Switch with worse battery life, ranging from 2.5 to 6.5 hours. The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe bundle deal will be available at Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, Target, and Walmart. Sever

Turner “Tfue” Tenney will have to fight FaZe Clan’s countersuit in a New York Court, a judge ordered on Wednesday. In court documents filed yesterday, Judge Jed S. Rakoff denied Tenney’s motion to dismiss or stay the court proceedings. Tenney sued FaZe Clan in May over an “oppressive” contract that Tenney said breaks the law. FaZe Clan isn’t licensed through the commissioner as an agent, and Tenney argues it doesn’t have a say in his employment opportunities. FaZe Clan countersued Tenney in the

The most important change in the patch adjusts the new pinnacle power system. Pinnacle items now drop two points higher than a player’s average, rather than just one. The new pinnacle power system is a grind only for the most dedicated Destiny players. Once a Guardian reaches 950 power (the max for most items), pinnacle drops are the only gear items that can push them past it. Pinnacle drops only come from Destiny 2’s most relevant activities (defeating the raid or completing a holiday event), a

The latest high-end duty in Final Fantasy 14, The Minstrel’s Ballad: Hades’s Elegy, dropped last week and players have already figured out how to cheese it. Once making it to the final phase of the fight, players can pile in on one particular spot of the map, and not move for the rest of the fight — except for the tanks. This only helps during the last part of the fight, and getting there is the hard part. Check out the video below to see where the spot is on the map and how to pull it off. To u

Pokémon Sword and Shield will let you access your Pokémon box from nearly anywhere, according to a new trailer that dropped this morning. Normally players have to head to a Pokémon Center to swap out their party, but in Sword and Shield, players will be able to switch out what Pokémon they have on them from “almost anywhere.” Candy will also be making an appearance in Sword and Shield. Both the candy system and the portable box system are nice quality-of-life improvements that were included in L

The newest DLC fighter has arrived in Super Smash Bros. Terry has a few unique moves, but his biggest strength becomes available once his damage goes above 100 percent. Patch 6.0 also includes the new King of Fighters stage as well as several new Mii costumes. While the patch is free to all Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players, Terry and the new King of Fighters stage must be purchased for $4.99 in Challenger Pack 4, or as part of the Fighters pass for $24.99.

Indie mobile game Holedown, the highly addictive and very cute planetary digging game, is coming to Nintendo Switch, developer Grapefrukt Games announced today. The Switch version will come with an exclusive new feature: two-player local cooperative play. If you’ve never played Holedown, the Android and iOS game has you shoot happy little smiling balls at blocks in an attempt to burrow deeper and deeper into a planet’s core. Related The best iOS and Android gamesThe two-player version will let e

In a new patch, Fortnite has added a new Harpoon Gun. The Harpoon Gun is essentially an upgraded version of the fishing pole that arrived when this season began. It’s unclear if the Harpoon Gun has all of the same uses as a fishing pole, but it does seem likely. That would mean that you can use the Harpoon Gun to grab loot from a distance, while also being used for fishing. The Harpoon Gun deals 75 damage if you shoot a player with it, while also pulling them towards you.

On Nov. 1, Blizzard announced Overwatch 2, a new Overwatch experience the developer promised will put story into the game. Clearly, time’s passed between Overwatch and Overwatch 2, something explicit in the visual changes to the game’s heroes. Overwatch fans online immediately noticed Mercy’s new ‘do, a short cut that’s not unlike “The Karen.” The confusing part is that in the Overwatch 2 cinematic, Mercy’s wearing her old uniform and clearly has a ponytail. Regardless, most of the Overwatch fan

With Red Dead Redemption 2 now available on Windows PC, graphics card manufacturer Nvidia has announced its guidance for hitting 4K at 60 frames per second. Turns out that even its most expensive consumer-level GPU, the roughly $1,200 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, can’t get there at the highest settings. But, as it turns out, we weren’t actually playing at the highest settings. As Nvidia revealed in its blog post, the press was working with a mix of medium and high settings at 4K. At the very least, be s

Now, publisher Devolver Digital says, those features have been plagiarized by the makers of a health and fitness app. “The Fabulous app (@GetTheFabulous) ripped off GRIS,” Devolver tweeted this morning, “and is a reminder to all devs to be mindful of big companies and brands stealing creative work from smaller studios.” The Fabulous app (@GetTheFabulous) ripped off GRIS and is reminder to all devs to be mindful of big companies and brands stealing creative work from smaller studios. pic.twitter.

Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina, the upcoming animated series from popular “actual play” role-playing podcast Critical Role, will stream exclusively on Amazon Prime. The show will run for two, 12-episode seasons and will be animated by Titmouse (Big Mouth, The Venture Bros.). Critical Role originally launched a Kickstarter for a possible animated episode. The show will be an adult-animated comedy, taking place in the Critical Role universe with Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johns

Cobalion has joined Pokémon Go’s tier five raids, making it the first Unovan Legendary to do so. Cobalion itself isn’t great for raiding or anything, but hey, a new Legendary releasing means that you have a new hole in your Pokédex to fill. To take on Cobalion, use fighting-, ground-, and fire-type moves. The best moveset for Cobalion is Metal Claw and Iron Head, making use of its steel typing, but note that it’s heavily outclassed by picks like Metagross and Dialga. Cobalion will leave tier fiv

Death Stranding is still a few days away from release, but that didn’t stop Hideo Kojima, the game’s director, from hinting at what he could do next. As part of a BBC documentary on the making of the game, the legendary game designer said that his studio, Kojima Productions, will start making films in the future. Kojima says that when that’s the case games, games will have to compete with films and drama, because they’ll all occupy the same space in our lives on our phone or tablet screens. Koji

In October, Blizzard suspended Hearthstone player Ng “blitzchung” Wai Chung for using his winner’s interview to call for democracy in Hong Kong. In an interview with PC Gamer following the opening ceremony, Brack said it will not revert its decision on blitzchung’s suspension. Brack reiterated to PC Gamer that its official broadcasts are “about the game.” Protesters assembled outside BlizzCon 2019 to support blitzchung and democracy in Hong Kong. A few people at the World of Warcraft Q&A interru

Twitch has lost some big names lately as streamers sign exclusivity deals with other streaming sites. Tyler “Ninja” Blevins was the first to go, and now streams off Microsoft’s platform Mixer. Now, professional streamer Jack “CouRage” Dunlop has signed a deal to exclusively stream on YouTube. Dunlop has accrued over 37 million stream views and 271 million video views during his career. This pick-up from YouTube signifies that the streaming platform wars are going to only pick up momentum from he