Blue Protocol to end service in early 2025, global release canceled

Gaming News Blue Protocol lasts for less than two years and remains inaccessible to the global audience. Blue Protocol, a free-to-play online action role-playing game (RPG) developed and published by Bandai Namco, announced that it will be ending their service on July 17, 2025. As a result, the global version, which was planned to launch in collaboration with Amazon Games, will also be canceled. Bandai Namco’s announcement The news was first announced by Bandai Namco on Aug....

July 17, 2025 · 3 min · 457 words · Christopher Thompson

Complexity vs. Liquid: CoL earns place in PGL CS2 Major 2024

News The final spot has been earned. A masterclass on Overpass solidified the Complexity vs. Liquid result. Complexity is the final Americas RMR squad to make it to the PGL CS2 Copenhagen Major 2024. The 2-1 scoreline fails to show the dominance by Complexity. Anubis and Overpass were clear showings of who was superior in this bout. Liquid vs. Complexity at the Americas RMR 2024 The Complexity vs. Liquid matchup had plenty of ups and downs....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 381 words · Shelley Jackson

ESL and Intel extend partnership; ESL One Cologne rebrands to IEM Cologne

CS:GO News ESL and Intel will invest $100 million each in esports. The new partnership extends till IEM Katowice 2025. ESL and Intel have renewed their long-standing partnership for another three years. The partnership has completed more than 20 years and will continue for a few more. The renewal will commence in 2022 with ESL and Intel investing $100m each. The partnership will continue till IEM Katowice 2025. All non-ESL Pro League CS:GO tournaments will come under the IEM brand....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 320 words · James Crosby

GDC: Valve comments on Steam hardware rumors

The Internet has a newly found obsession with the possibility of aSteam-centric console, and while the company has talked down the rumors this week at GDC, it’s only a matter of time until something restarts the discussion. “We’re prepping the Steam Big Picture Mode UI and getting ready to ship that, so we’re building boxes to test that on,” said marketing director Doug Lombardi to Kotaku. “We’re also doing a bunch of different experiments with biometric feedback and stuff like that, which we’ve talked about a fair amount....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Kelly Hunter

Genshin Impact is coming to Xbox on November 20 with version 5.2

Genshin Impact News All the Xbox players, attention! Genshin Impact is finally coming to your consoles on November 20 with version 5.2. Genshin Impact will finally be coming to Xbox in a few days. On November 20, alongsideversion 5.2, you can play “using the Xbox Series X/S development kit designed to take advantage of the exclusive Xbox Series X/S features. They will feature better load times, visuals, responsiveness, and frame rates of up to 120 FPS”, as we can read from theXbox Genshin Impact official page....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 299 words · Angela Jones

How the Hearthstone Pre-Release Tavern Brawl works

Hearthstone Guides Are you excited for the upcoming Hearthstone Pre-Release Tavern Brawl event? Excited for the Hearthstone Pre-Release Tavern Brawl? This new game mode starts fairly soon, and players are gearing down for it. So, how does the Hearthstone Pre-Release Tavern Brawl work? Well, let’s break it down. What is the Hearthstone Pre-Release Tavern Brawl? The upcoming Tavern Brawl is meant for players to be able to open pre-purchased packs, try out cards from the new expansion and earn more cards to update their deck....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 280 words · Erica Osborne

ID@Xbox dev reveals the real cost of launching an Xbox One game

It still takes money to make money Microsoft’s recent indie gaming initiative, ID@Xbox, has made the effort to ease the difficulty that indie developers previously had getting their titles onto the Xbox platform. Gone are the days of having to pay exorbitant licensing fees, fees to patch your games, and so on. However, some fees are just unavoidable andSixty Second ShooterPrime Developer Jamie Fristrom has given us his team’s grand total for getting the game onto Xbox Live....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 282 words · Tracy Valdez

katsumi exits GC with intentions of playing in VALORANT Challengers

Valorant News Former Cloud9 White player katsumi has announced that she will continue to compete outside of VALORANT Game Changers. Katja “katsumi” Pfahnl is best known for her time with Cloud9 White in VALORANT. The C9W dynasty netted six straight NA Game Changers victories, but fell out of the 2022 GC Championship in 4th Place. Shortly after, the team disbanded and katsumi found her way to XSET. Her time with XSET is over, as she has announced a change for her competitive future....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 343 words · Susan Hunt

LEGO’s first Legend of Zelda set, the Great Deku Tree

News Four Minifigures! LEGO has announced the Great Deku Tree set, their very first collaboration with the Legend of Zelda. The 2-in-1 set features various characters, creatures, and two distinct forms from both Ocarina of Time and Breath of the Wild. The Great Deku Tree set retails for $300 USD and is available for pre-order before its September 1 release date. What does the set include? The set includes two configurable scenes from theOcarina of TimeandBreath of the Wild....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 284 words · Ralph Peterson

Marvel Rivals adjusts how rank rewards work ahead of Season 1’s second half

Marvel Rivals News Ranked rewards are going to be made more openly available between each half of a season for Marvel Rivals players. Marvel Rivals' rank rewards are pretty straightforward. If you reach a certain rank as your peak in a season, you get the corresponding reward when the season ends. And now, players will get two sets are as each season is split by the first half and second half....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Brenda Thomas

Nigma Galaxy down 0-2 in DPC after loss to Tundra Esports

DOTA 2 News It hasn’t been a good start for the squad of Nigma Galaxy as they lose another series against Tundra Esports. We are already into the second week of Dota Pro Circuit and as for now, Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi and the boys are not having a good start to the DPC. Today, Nigma Galaxy went head-to-head against Tundra Esports and their matchup went 2-0 in Tundra’s favor....

July 17, 2025 · 3 min · 466 words · Bonnie Thomas

Ninja Theory wants to involve you in their game-making process

Reminds me of Planescape: Torment for some reason Hellbladewas announcedfor PS4 to be developed and published by Ninja Theory (DmC: Devil May Cry,Enslaved: Odyssey to the West,Heavenly Sword).Hellbladeis set to focus on a Celtic-inspired twisted world, with brutal combat. Ninja Theory is callingHellbladea “independent AAA game,” which they explain means that it will be developed and published independently but have all the quality and production values of any AAA game on the market....

July 17, 2025 · 1 min · 164 words · Felicia Wu

Ominous message hidden in Splatoon’s Happy New Year post

Save Our Salmon? Over the last few days, various video games and publishers have shared cheerful messages to ring in the new year with their fans. But this particular bout of well-wishing, from Nintendo’s arena-shooter franchiseSplatoon, might be more than meets the eye. The message reads innocently enough: “Have A Great 2020,” written on a seemingly tranquil seabed in the style of Salmon Run mode’s Golden Eggs. But on reflection, (literally), the “202” appears in the water as an “S....

July 17, 2025 · 2 min · 267 words · Maria Barnes