The virtual world of GTA roleplaying has totally taken over Valkyrae’s life in the last few weeks, and that’s actually okay for the streaming star—her adventures in the land of NoPixel 3.0 have spiked her popularity on YouTube in a big way. Valkyrae has flirted with GTA roleplaying in the past, originally creating her “Ray Mond” character before a stint as “Kyrae Val” on the now-famous NoPixel 3.0 server. In the beginning, the 100 Thieves co-owner was “making herself” join the roleplaying universe built in GTA Online.

The #SaveApexRanked movement sprung to life on social media yesterday and became a trending topic overnight. Numerous high-profile pros and streamers backed the hashtag alongside their pleas for Respawn to take meaningful action against the rampant cheating in Apex Legends’ competitive mode. Although the hashtag is new, the demands for better anti-cheating measures are nearly as old as Apex itself. The #SaveApexRanked movement combines the voice of players who feel that Respawn’s initiatives to combat hackers are insufficient.

The Norwegian chess prodigy has been sitting on the throne since 2012 and is widely considered to be one of, if not the best players of all time. Having triumphed in five successive world championship matches and looking to face a potential challenger of his generation that he’s all but crushed, he has publicly stated that it is unlikely that he will submit himself to yet another grueling match. Whether he will follow up on this threat-slash-promise is the biggest storyline in chess at this moment in time.

Respawn has revealed a new Bloodhound skin as part of a collaboration with apparel brand Chinatown Market and Apex Legends. The skin is called Sundown Desperado and it will become available in-game on March 30, along with a slew of other customization items, according to recent data mines. Apex Legends ❌ @ChinatownMarket March 30, 2021 pic.twitter.com/pA3kkpufxJ — Apex Legends (@PlayApex) March 26, 2021 Apex data miner shrugtal posted looks of the upcoming skins, including the one revealed for Bloodhound.

Gambit received a lot of love with the release of Destiny 2’s The Witch Queen expansion. More of the mechanics and consistency of the previously removed Gambit Prime mode have made their way into the regular Gambit playlist, including Primeval immunity phases, team-wide Heavy ammo drops, and nerfs to Invaders. The Drifter has sweetened the pot with a new weapon too, in the form of the Herod-C Auto Rifle, which reintroduces Prime-style perks with the Invader Tracker origin trait.

Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands releases tonight at 11pm CT for console gamers worldwide and a little earlier for players on PC, which can make some players curious if Gearbox Software has put Wonderlands on Game Pass, ensuring it reaches a broader audience.  Unfortunately, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands isn’t on Game Pass for PC or Xbox, nor will it immediately be available for cloud gaming. Players who want to play on the console will need to pre-order or purchase the game after release.

Team Liquid CS:GO player ELiGE discussed the benefits of peeker’s advantage in a recent VALORANT ranked stream and told fans how difficult it’d be to take angles without it.  Peeker’s advantage gives the player peeking a corner an edge over the opponent holding the angle. Due to several factors, including the game server, frame rate, ping, and movement input, the player peeking will see the enemy holding the angle first. This gives the peeking player an advantage and gives the player holding the angle less time to react.

Getting to grips with Diablo 2: Resurrected can be an uphill battle.  The game has a steep learning curve. Some mechanics are intuitive and are all-too-familiar to players with a background in action role-playing games, but others are more nuanced and include multiple layers. The identify mechanic is a staple of the Diablo series, with its origins rooted in the first game. But Blizzard has iterated on the formula throughout the years.

Written in partnership with Aim Lab. The Wingman is one of the highest skill ceiling weapons in Apex Legends. The single-shot pistol has high base damage and a massive 2.15x headshot multiplier. Precise aiming with the Wingman will absolutely decimate opponents at any range. But missing with the Wingman is more punishing than with other guns since it means your DPS output drops to zero. Aim Lab has put together a list of scenarios that can help you improve your Wingman game.

Popular Twitch streamer and former content creator for Team Liquid, ItsSliker, has been banned from Twitch. During the first stream of the new year, titled “Better year trust me,” Sliker’s channel was temporarily taken down due to showing “accidental nudity or explicit sex content,” according to an email he received from Twitch. This is Sliker’s first ban since starting his Twitch channel. Sliker was allegedly banned after watching a VICE interview with fellow Twitch streamer Amouranth.