Badges on Twitch are one of the ways that chatters can create a sense of identity among other community members in a given channel—and perhaps the rarest of those is the Founders Badge. The white image of the number one (1st) is surrounded by a border that is Twitch’s iconic violet color. It signifies that an individual in the chat is among the first people to support a given channel.

While competing with FaZe Clan at the PGL Antwerp CS:GO Major, North American player Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken commented on the state of the NA region, particularly in regards to the exodus of talent to VALORANT. In an interview with Dust2, the North America-focused branch of HLTV, Twistzz claimed that new and upcoming players are “moving to VALORANT because they just want the easy money.” He also said that those players made the switch because “the work ethic wasn’t there in [CS:GO] to become better.

Apex Legends’ Evolution collection event has arrived on live servers, bringing fans a few new ways to enjoy the game. Rampart is the star of the patch; the Amped Modder is getting a Town Takeover in World’s Edge, an Heirloom set, a buff to her kit, and a special Arenas Takeover. In addition to the novelties, Respawn delayed its plans to remove tap-strafing from the game, at least for now, due to “unexpected side effects.

Zombies are returning to the Magic: The Gathering Limited format via Innistrad: Midnight Hunt as sacrificial tools and graveyard haters.  The digital launch of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) on Sept. 16 highlighted a number of worthy archetypes to play in the MTG Limited format, with UB zombies standing out from the pack. The color Black is packed with solid removal and creatures that synergize with the zombie theme. And Blue does what it does best—disrupting an opponent’s strategy, stealing life points with evasive creatures, and sliming non-horror creatures.

On the fourth anniversary of the last God of War release, game director Cory Balrog of Sony’s Santa Monica Studio provided an update on one of gaming’s most anticipated titles in God of War Ragnarok, promising that “something cool is coming.” “There is so much going on right now that I wish we could share with you, but it’s just not ready to be shown,” Balrog said on Santa Monica’s Twitter.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus is now available globally on Nintendo Switch, and Pokémon Go is celebrating the launch by adding one of the game’s newest Pokémon to the game: Hisuian Voltorb.  This is part of a mini-event called Voltorb from the Hisui Region, which will feature not only the new Electric/Grass-type version of Voltorb but also the original Kantonian Voltorb as well. Kantonian Voltorb can also appear as a Shiny for players lucky enough to encounter one.

With the release of the new generation of Xbox consoles, the Series X and Series S, many owners of the previous devices will be returning to play on the new tech. Coming back to Xbox, players can log into their previously used Microsoft accounts to port over information and application data that was collected from their older consoles. In some situations, users may feel the need to change the email address attached to their Microsoft account whether it be for privacy reasons or to start a new dedicated email address for all their Xbox-related needs.

Playing solo queue in CS:GO or just with a friend or two can be a stressful experience if you end up with people who aren’t interested in completing the objectives of the game. One of the alternatives was setting up a private server, but that can be hard for new players. But now, it will be easier. Valve has added a Private Queue mode to the game alongside all the Operation Riptide content.

Fnatic’s Gabriël “Bwipo” Rau gave his thoughts on Konstantinos-Napoleon “FORG1VEN” Tzortziou’s controversial departure from Schalke 04 in a recent League of Legendspodcast. “I don’t think he [FORG1VEN] should ever be allowed to come back [to the LEC],” Bwipo said on The Crack Down. “It’s not that I hate the guy, or that I have anything against him… I have respect for what he has accomplished in the past, but I feel that the reality now is that sort of behavior should not be allowed.

Yes, this is a real sentence being written in 2021: Two new maps are set to be added to Halo 3 in the season six update to the Halo Master Chief Collection. Back in 2015, 343 Studios began collaborating with Saber Interactive on a multiplayer-only version of Halo titled Halo Online. A closed alpha version of Halo Online was released in Russia, where Saber is located, in April 2015. But the game was inevitably canceled in August 2016.