Gaming News Nintendo has finally pulled the trigger on filing a lawsuit against Pocketpair, the makers of Palworld, the Pokémon game with guns. Nintendo is no stranger to litigation. They’ve shut down plenty of fan projects and copycat games in the past. Now, they take aim at the creators of Palworld, Pocketpair Inc. Nintendo is suing the Palworld makers for patent infringement, with a lawsuit filed in the Tokyo District Court....

Remove the XP cap, what is this [Update: Wizardshas responded to the backlashand will go back to a weekly XP system.] We’ve seen “battle passes” before. Billed as “season passes” of a sort (which are themselves more oriented toward a collection of meaty DLCs), battle passes are literally ways for publishers to monetize “seasons” of a competitive game. Every few months in games likeFortnite,Dauntless,Rocket League, orApex Legends, players can plunk down a lump sum of cash for a battle pass that allows them to earn extra premium rewards on their own track if they level up and actually play the game a ton....

Ultra Hard challenges and a co-op campaign Every week or so I feel like I hear someone else casually mention they’ve full-clearedMario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. If that describes you and you have gaming time to spare beforeSuper Mario Odysseymonopolizes your Nintendo Switch for the foreseeable future, hey, this might be relevant! The season pass continues this week with the Ultra Challenge Pack (available standalone for $6.99), which adds eight Ultra Hard challenges and a five-map cooperative campaign....

Guides The Pirate takeover in Fortnite has officially begun! The long-awaitedFortnite x Pirates of the Caribbeancollaboration has started rolling out. Although the official doesn’t begin until July 19, several incredibly well-designed Pirates characters have made their Item Shop debut. Those characters include Davy Jones, Elizabeth Swann, and Captain Barbossa. You might be asking:where is Jack Sparrow? He joins on July 19 alongside the Cursed Sails Pass. Here is how to unlock all Pirates of the Caribbean Fortnite skins....

News Who will become the fall split champions? The PUBG Mobile Pro League (PMPL) Southeast Asia (SEA) Championship Fall 2022 is here with a prize pool of $200,000. Twenty of the region’s best teams will be competing for the title and slots in the PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) 2022. The tournament will take place across three weeks from Sept. 28 to Oct. 16. From here, the top 16 teams will advance to the finals from Oct....

League of Legends News Team Liquid announced a new starting roster for the LCS 2023 season, with fresh talent from the academy team and some familiar faces, including a 2022 World champion. Team Liquid fans ⁠— listen up! The esports organization just announced their League of Legends LCS 2023 season, and there is a lot to be excited about. Who is Team Liquid? Team Liquid is an North American esports organization involved in a range of esports....

League of Legends News The Lore of Riven is an art piece made especially for the League of Legends community by content creator Rival. Take a look at his interview. League of Legends has been a game for 15 years and has a community full of talented people, includingRival. “The Lore of Riven” is a movie that tells us Riven’s life story through her reconciliation with her past and traumas. Esports....

Valorant News The new VALORANT patch is here and there are quite a few changes for Riot Games’ FPS fanbase. Here’s how these changes will affect your daily games. The latest VALORANT’s patch update (2.06) brings some much-needed changes to some agents as well as a few weapons. The update comes days after Sentinels secured the VALORANT North American Champions tour title. The latest update brings changes to Viper, Yoru and also significantly alters the Buckey shotgun....

What did Torch mean by this? Dreezy is back this week on the Destructoid Twitch channel with someWorld of Warcraft Classicand moreBorderlands 3gameplay with of course all the blame aimed at Torch. As a heads up, we’re looking for more community requested games for next week, so, feel free to let us know in the comments down below or on the Discord channel! This week, we’re gonna be giving away even more copies of Borderlands 3 to lucky viewers!...

Roblox Guides To get the badge for Fisch, you’ll need to look for this NPC. Can’t find Hippie in Fisch? Here’s a guide that reveals his location, as well as other tips for completing The Hunt Quest in the game. With the opening day ofThe Hunt: Mega Edition, Roblox players around the world are once again seeking badges hidden within various experiences on the platform. For this year’s The Hunt, Fisch became one of the participating games, and new fishers might encounter some trouble finding the event’s NPC....

Registration starts now Microsoft has been doing a bang-up job with Project xCloud, its foray into cloud-powered game streaming. In fact, it’s not an unpopular opinion that Xbox is doing it better than Google Stadia — and Project xCloud is still in beta and free. Microsoft wants to position itself as a powerhouse in leveraging its Azure cloud technology for game streaming, and these first steps indicate that’s a very realistic outcome....

Pokémon News What promo codes can you redeem in Pokémon GO at the moment? Resources in Pokémon GO can come at a premium. Incubators, Incense and Poké Balls can be costly, but are so important to have in the game. Thankfully, Niantic sometimes give items away via promo codes in Pokémon GO. Pokémon GO promo codes offer a wide variety of free items. They range from small offerings of Berries, Poké Balls or Incenses, to sometimes much rarer items....

Apex Legends News Apex Legends patch notes post-ALGS Champs are out and the beloved 30-30 Repeater is moving to the Crafter! Meanwhile the Nemesis is back. EA have revealed several balance updates as part of their latest Apex Legends patch notes. The patch notes arrive alongside a brand new Collection Event entitled Harbringers. The main focus of the patch notes in theofficial blog postis to update the Weapon Crafting rotation....