Rarran’s success history: How did he become Hearthstone’s fastest-growing YouTube channel?

Hearthstone Guides How a bold idea turned Rarran into one of Hearthstone’s biggest YouTube content creators. What is the secret to his success? Rarran has been a Hearthstone content creator for over three years now. However, it was a recent change he made that made his YouTube channel spike. Six months ago, Rarran confessed he felt lost when creating Hearthstone content. Rarran’s worst Hearthstone moment Six months ago, Rarran posteda video on his YouTube channelopenly talking about how lost he felt in terms of what content to produce....

July 29, 2025 · 4 min · 800 words · Melinda Campbell

Republique’s second episode is out this week

You won’t get the whole game until later this year The second episode of thesuccessful Kickstarter gameRepubliqueis hitting iOS this week. Billed as a season-oriented game, you may either pick up each episode piecemeal or by way of a Season Pass. This episode is calledMetamorphosis, and I’m currently working my way through it for a full review in the near future. While I generally don’t have an issue with episodic games, it will be along,longtime before all five episodes are launched — the last of which isn’t even scheduled until later this winter....

July 29, 2025 · 1 min · 111 words · Cindy Howell

Riot responds to AI allegations surrounding Prestige Spirit Blossom Lux

League of Legends News Accusations of using AI in the Prestige Spirit Blossom Lux splash art targeted artist Alsie Lau, prompting artists to rally to her defense. Constantly scrutinizing every artwork online for signs of AI has become the norm, but this mindset is hurting many artists who are simply trying to share their work and gain visibility. Even established artists haven’t been spared from these accusations. Riot Games artist Alsie Lau is one of the latest to face such claims over her work on the Prestige Spirit Blossom Lux skin....

July 29, 2025 · 4 min · 797 words · Jeff Martinez

Significant B Site changes coming to Sunset in VALORANT update 9.08

Valorant News VALORANT is set to deliver some pretty big changes to the B Site of Sunset, and some less impactful changes to Mid, in a future update. We’ve all been waiting for the rather large VALORANT 9.08 patch to come. A new map rotation, Agent tweaks, and much more have been teased for this update. In a recentVALORANT Dev Updates video, they also touched on changes coming to Sunset, with the most significant hitting the B Site....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 289 words · Aaron Anderson

Stray embarks on futuristic feline adventures for PC, PS4, and PS5 in July

PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium The adorable cat adventureis setting out very soon. The sci-fi action-adventureStrayfrom BlueTwelve Studio will launch for PC, PlayStation 4 and PS5 on May 27, 2025. Seen in today’s Sony State of Play, the little cat adventure has been popping up here and there invarious PlayStation streams. We hadconfirmation of a summer windowfor it, but now it seems the lil’ guy is setting out very soon....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 270 words · Dr. Brittney Turner

Summer Games Done Quick Postponed

Games Done Quick, the semi-annual speedrunning marathonthat raises millions of dollars for charity, has made an announcement on the status of this year’s Summer Games Done Quick. With the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic not showing any signs of subsiding, the organizers have no choice but to postpone the event. Started in 2010,Games Done Quickhas grown year after year from a cobbled together event held in the basement of founder Mike Uyama’s mom’s house, to a week-long celebration of games while raising money for great causes....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 320 words · Jacob Kelly

The Netflix app for Wii U and 3DS will be shut off in June

I recently downloaded every Wii U game I want for safekeeping It’s too early to feel nostalgic about the Wii U – or is it? (You’re right. It probably is.) Nintendo has confirmed thatNetflix will no longer be usable on Wii U or 3DSas of June 05, 2025. The app was already delisted from the eShop on Jun 01, 2025, but soon it’ll be outright discontinued. If you’re one of the few who still uses Netflix on either platform, come June 30, you won’t be able to....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 287 words · Jason Glover

Tomba! finally comes to PSN this Summer!

Idemanded it. I suggested Sony do it tomake up for the PSN outage of 2011. I waited. Sonyfinallylistened, and did the right thing. Yep,Tomba!is finally come to the North American PSN this Summer, and I guess I better take full credit for making it happen. It isdefinitelythanks to me. For those not in the know,Tomba!was a fun little game about a pink-haired thing that bit pig-men to death. It’ll be coming to the PSOne Classics store thanks to MonkeyPaw Games....

July 29, 2025 · 1 min · 145 words · Jeffrey Ford

Transistor’s launch trailer is pleasant

Launching on Steam and PS4 this Tuesday Just yesterday I wascommenting onhow little ofTransistordeveloper Supergiant Games has shown in these final days before release — and how refreshing that is. But if you’d rather not go incompletelyblind (fans ofBastionshould) I’d suggest watching the launch trailer. It’s a basic setup of the story without resorting to oversharing and there’s a bit of the combat system, a mix of real-time action with setting up moves in advance, shown too....

July 29, 2025 · 1 min · 77 words · David Cruz

Twitch Partner Plus program to expand and rebrand along with other payout changes

Gaming News The Twitch Partner Plus Program is set to rebrand and expand as payout and revenue updates hit the platform. A rare Twitch W? That’swhat many are callingthe updated Twitch Partner Plus program. Come May 2024, it will simply be known as the Plus Program, changing the way Partners and Affiliates make revenue on the platform. Twitch CEO Dan Clancyput out a memodetailing updates to how streamer payouts work....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 412 words · Samantha Stephens

Vitality to Reportedly go International with Magisk, Dupreeh, Zonic Signing

CS:GO News Vitality will reportedly be going international with their CS roster, signing what in the eyes of many are the 3 biggest free agent names in CS:GO. The Ex-Astralis trio of Zonic Magisk and Dupreeh will be joining the roster. This will be the first international roster for everyone except Magisk who had earlier been a part of the Optic rosters in 2017. After losing to NaVi in the quarter-finals, with a particularly abysmal showing from Kyojin, Vitality has pulled the trigger....

July 29, 2025 · 3 min · 493 words · Stephen Parsons

What are Watchers in Dota 2?

DOTA 2 Guides The mysterious Watchers, a structure linked to the ancients that grant vision of a short area were recently added to Dota 2. Worse than wards, or automatic objectives? In Dota 2’s 7.33 update, a new structure called the Watcher was added to the game. These diminutive stone obelisks sit at strategic points throughout the jungles of both Dire and Radiant. But what exactly do they do, and how can you best use them?...

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 280 words · Molly Myers

What you need to know to start playing GTA Online

A quick guide on the beginning of your online adventure Rockstar’s ambitiousGrand Theft Auto Onlinelaunches tomorrow for those that haveGrand Theft Auto V. How will you access it? First you’ll need to download a Title Update that will be released on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live tomorrow around 7AM Eastern time if things run smoothly. Once the update is installed, you’ll boot up the game as you normally would and then pull up the character select wheel to select the newly unlocked fourth character slot....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 292 words · Douglas Boone