SK Gaming returns to Rocket League with Team Aether signing

Rocket League News SK Gaming has announced a new Rocket League team after a gap of nearly five years. The organization has signed the former Aether players. SK Gaming has announced its return to competitive Rocket League by signing the former Aether players. The announcement comes one day ahead of the RLCS X Spring European Major. “It’s been a few years since we’ve scored goals with cars, and when the opportunity arose to sign this team, we really wanted to get back into the game again....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 318 words · Erica Rasmussen

Sonic the Hedgehog Card Game Gets Release Date

There doesn’t seem to be any signs of slowing down forSonic the Hedgehog, literally and figuratively. To celebrate thirty years of earth-shattering speeds, it was recently unveiled thatthe blue blur would be getting his own competitive card game. Now it looks as though an official release date for them has been announced. According to one source, theSonic the Hedgehogcard game will be hitting stores this September, though an exact day has not yet been revealed....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 272 words · Ashley Martin

The fast-reflex action of Runner3 is headed to PS4 next week

Runs, jumps and slides onto Sony platform next week The third title in the reflex-testingBit.Trip Runnerseries is getting set to sweat on a new platform, as developer Choice Provisions has announced thatRunner3will be hitting PS4 next week. Runner3is a simplistic but scarily addictive action title, where players must guide the titular runner, Commander Video, through a series of fast-paced courses, reacting with lightning fashion to numerous obstacles and hazards that hinder our hero’s high-speed progress....

August 4, 2025 · 1 min · 143 words · Mary Rivera

Twitch will let viewers snooze ads in 2023

Gaming News Twitch is exploring ways to let users snooze video mid-roll ads. Twitch streamers will also get to make pre-roll ads less annoying. Twitch revealed details about what’s in the 2023 pipeline, and the ability to snooze ads is one of them. Read on for details. How to snooze Twitch ads Twitch is currently looking for ways to notify users about incoming ads, allowing them to put ads on snooze....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 411 words · Maria Jones

Uber Entertainment announces Planetary Annihilation

Uber Entertainment, the people behindSuper Monday Night Combat, has come out today and announced a new game,Planetary Annihilation, which may or may not see the light of day depending onyou. Yes, you. Planetary Annihilation, as Uber has put it, is a “next generation real-time strategy game”and a “truly innovative spin on what RTS games can and should be”which has been inspired byTotal Annihilation. The game will have you assembling an empire of robots with the goal being to conquer and/or completelyannihilateyour enemies’ planets – which sounds absolutely amazing....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 215 words · Leslie Arnold

Wargame European Escalation is now available on Linux

Cross-platform multiplayer with PC and mac Modern-day military simulationWargame: European Escalationis now out for Linux users. If you own it on Mac or PC, you already own it on Linux thanks toSteam. Along with the strategy game being released on Linux, there is also a patch enabling cross-platform play, so PC people can fight against Mac and Linux users. I love all of this stuff coming toLinuxandMac. I can see a future where PC gaming isn’t about what operating system you have, and we can all just play our games together no matter what system we are on....

August 4, 2025 · 1 min · 98 words · Anita Davis

Warzone Mobile Operation Day Zero release date, challenges, and rewards

News Here’s everything to know about this limited-time launch event! Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile has arrived with a bunch of exciting features such as shared progression, a brand-new Battle Pass, and more. Warzone Mobile will soon get the Operation Day Zero event as well. Therefore, read on for the Warzone Mobile Operation Day Zero release date plus list of Operation Day Zero event challenges and rewards! Is Warzone Mobile crossplay?...

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Melissa Wright

WildStar developer video debuts player housing

Yes, it’s instanced Player housing is a hot-button issue in MMOs today. Although a handful of MMOs likeUltima Onlinehave allowed players to place housing in the game world, most technical limitations have forced developers to instance housing. Even with those limitations however, a lot of MMOs don’t even provide this mechanic at all, and if they do, sometimes it’s not very customizable, or boring (The Old Republic).WildStardeveloper Carbine Studios seeks to compromise the two ideologies with instanced houses that are customizable and fun to play in....

August 4, 2025 · 1 min · 149 words · Jeanette Lawrence MD

Xbox One optical output only delivers stereo at launch

Software update will add Dolby surround later This all started with a good find by the folks atKotakuin their Xbox One review. They found that the optical digital output port of the Xbox One was only passing stereo signals. This led to aNeoGAF thread, and then aresponse postby Xbox director of product planning Albert Penello, who calmed the fires with a response. “Dolby Digital is coming post launch,” he said. “This was a SW scheduling issue pure and simple, and I know people are disappointed, but we will have it....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 250 words · Brenda Ware

“I don’t know who asked for that,” NRG Chet on Skye changes heading into VCT Americas

Valorant News Esports.gg had a quick chat with NRG’s VALORANT coach, Chet, to discuss all kinds of matters heading into the 2024 season. Chet “Chet” Singh is never one to shy away from voicing his opinion on VALORANT. From format complications to balance tweaks in the game, he’ll let you know what he thinks. So, naturally esports.gg requested a pre-season interview with the coach of NRG. During the media days prior to theVCT Americas 2024 Kickoff tournament, we talked to Chet about all of the above....

August 4, 2025 · 7 min · 1326 words · Jennifer Clark

“I think I could have been a better leader outside of the game,” 100T Stellar after LCQ loss to SEN

Valorant News 100 Thieves was eliminated by Sentinels in the VCT Americas Last Chance Qualifier, and esports.gg sat down with IGL Stellar after the fact. Many were calling 100 Thieves versus Sentinels VALORANT’s “Match of the Century.” From rumblings to the eye test in scrims, the community and other pros were certain this match would exceed all expectations. And Unfortunately for the likes of Brenden “stellar” McGrath and his 100 Thieves teammates, the “Match of the Century” was also their last match of the year....

August 4, 2025 · 8 min · 1657 words · Mark Johnston

All characters and Paths in Honkai Star Rail

Guides Check out all playable characters in Honkai Star Rail! Honkai Star Rail has over 60 playable characters. Due to this large amount, it might be hard to keep track of all of them. See all of the Honkai Star Rail characters, their Paths, and other details here. This includes upcoming characters, too, so keep your eyes peeled! Honkai Star Rail characters As of version 3.1, there are63 playable charactersin HSR....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 296 words · Victor Alexander

All Netflix shows and movies based on games

Netflix is nowanabsolute powerhousein the 2023 media landscape. The platform’s push to include video game series may also make it partially responsible for the resurgence of adapting the medium into television and film. FromCastlevaniatoThe WitchertoCarmen SandiegotoTrivia Crack, it’s clear that any game is, well, fair game when it comes to Netflix adaptations. Jokes aside, we’ve got a list of shows and movies partially or fully funded by Netflix and based on a video game or game world....

August 3, 2025 · 4 min · 789 words · Christopher Daugherty