Fortnite Guides The FNCS Axe of Champions code frenzy is in full force! A once-coveted and rare item, the original Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) Axe of Champions Pickaxe, is now in the hands of many Fortnite players. Epic Games handed out codes for this item to attendees of the previous FNCS Pro-Am event. Following the event, many codes circulated on social media and beyond. This item was previously given only toFNCS winnersbeginning in Chapter 2....

Guides Is the popular game, The Forest, cross-platform? Imagine crashing into a remote forest, only to be hunted by cannibalistic monsters that are watching you at every corner. Sounds terrifying right? Would rather do that with a friend instead of alone, right? While the popular survival-horror game, The Forest, does allow for co-op multiplayer, is it cross-platform? Here is the answer to whether or not The Forest is a cross-platform video game....

360 and PS3 versions also available If you’re a Wii U owner and wantFist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2for your shiny new game box, you better have a Pro unit or a hard-drive ready. Koei Tecmo has just announced that come February 7th, the only way to get your hands on the game in Europe is by way of the eShop. If you’re a basic owner,your hard-drive is already dead—ATATATATA....

Streamers News The organization will focus primarily on promoting local streamers, hosting competitive events, and charity work. Legendary professional boxer and current Philippine presidential candidate Manny Pacquiao just launched Team Pacquiao GG, an esports org dedicated to promoting homegrown Filipino gaming talents. The incumbent senator personally led the launch event, at a venue in Parañaque City, Philippines. Team Pacquiao GG will be a joint venture between Pacquiao himself and London-based esports organization Veloce....

With the release of the latest game in theMetal Gearfranchise,Metal Gear Survivedoes not seem to be performing as Konami had anticipated in sales. In the United Kingdom alone,Metal Gear Survivesold a fraction of what the game’s predecessor sold in physical copies. Even considering other franchise spinoffs in the vein ofSurvive, it has sold 85% fewer copies than the games before it. But, that is just physical copies. When taking a look on Steam,Metal Gear Survivecomes in 65thplace for current players, right afterH1Z1, which had about 4,000 players online at the time....

‘Basketball with guns’ Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Painand virtual reality — those were the two things, by far, I most enjoyed at this year’s E3. Steven did an exceptional job ofcapturing the essenceof the former, so now it’s on me to describe the latest Oculus Rift and Morpheus showings. Better start withRIGS. Guerrilla Cambridge’s arena mech shooter marked my first time using Morpheus, and nothing I’ve played with the PlayStation 4 virtual-reality headset since has managed to energize me in quite the same way....

Cruel Angel’s Streaming Service The work of ex-Ghibli auteur Hideaki Anno,Evangelionburst onto the scene in the mid-’90s and played a big role in changing popular perceptions of anime as a medium, especially overseas. It wouldn’t be too huge a stretch to say that it influenced virtually every work that came after for at least a decade, and its echoes are still seen today, though more oftenin weird marketing tie-upsmore than anything else....

Apex Legends News OpTic Gaming won their second ALGS Pro League gameday in a row. Scoring almost 100 points, the Green Wall dominated from start to finish. OpTic Gaming steamrolled the ALGS Pro League, which returned after a three week hiatus. Dropped, Skittlecakes and Knoqd found consistency that could only be rivalled by OpTic’s performance the last time these two groups met. OpTic Gaming have now won back to back ALGS weeks....

Overwatch 2 News Overwatch is coming to Steam some time in the near future, if that’s something that potentially entices you to pick it back up again. As iftoday’s Overwatch-related news couldn’t get hectic enough, we now know that Overwatch 2–and a selection of other Blizzard titles–are on their way to Steam on August 10. While which other games, exactly are coming besides the loved-yet-maligned Hero Brawler is yet to be seen....

Industry analyst and milk thief Michael Pachter has question claims that Kinect and PlayStation Move are in short supply. He believes instead that Microsoft and Sony are deliberately withholding units in order to keep up demand and drive the hype. “I think both companies would very much like for consumers to believe that their devices are highly sought after and difficult to obtain,” he says. “That usually works to spur demand....

Breeze through 300 user creations in 10 minutes If you could catch a two-second glimpse of random people’s dreams, you’d see some real weird shit. That’s also true ofDreams, the PlayStation 4 game fromLittleBigPlanetmaker Media Molecule. In this ten-minute montage assembled by YouTube userjiar300, we’re shown a couple of seconds from 300 different user-made creations inDreams. The sheer variety on display is ridiculous. Some of these Dreams are original games (shout-out to the always impressive kaiju rampage projectRuckus), while others are riffs on existing titles likeDead Space....

DOTA 2 News Can HEROIC win their first-ever Dota 2 championship? South America is doing it! HEROIC has eliminated Tundra Esports from PGL Wallachia Season 2 and advanced to their first Grand Final ever. They will face Team Falcons in a revenge matchup, this time with the championship on the line. The winning team will get a whopping $300,000 in prize money! HEROIC’s Dota 2 roster: HEROIC advances to the PGL Wallachia S2 Grand Final Despite coming as the underdogs, HEROIC has shown a spectacular performance throughout PGL Wallachia S2....

Only on PlayStation Sony is running an “Only on PlayStation” sale tomorrow through June 23 on PlayStation Network and it’s time to finally getFlower, if you’ve been holding out. There are better games exclusive to the platform than what’s featured here, but this is what’s discounted: Tearawaytoo — think about it. There’s also a separatesports salefeaturing EA titles likeFIFA,NHL, andMadden, as well asHot Shots Golf: World Invitational.