PogChamps is back again on Chess.com and the fourth edition of the personality-driven chess tournament touts a $100,000 prize pool. The event will be hosted by all of the usual suspects in the chess game, including the Botez sisters, Danny Rensch, and Anna Rudolf, among others. There are 16 different personalities competing with 15 of them being Twitch content creators. The only person who is not primarily on Twitch is MrBeast, who’s a YouTuber.

Apex Legends is hitting the rewind button with cosmetics coming in the Genesis Collection Event.  Starting on Tuesday, June 29, players will have two weeks to complete challenges and rack up all of the events 24 items. Additionally, there will be special limited offerings in the Apex Legends store that include character and gun skins from previous events like Octane’s XL-R8 and Pathfinder’s Plastic Fantastic skins from the System Override Collection Event last year.

It took an additional Major for the decision to finally be made, but Android 21 (Lab Coat) has officially been banned from use in Dragon Ball FighterZ at Community Effort Orlando (CEO) 2022.  This was a decision made after a long discussion between tournament organizer Alex Jebailey and various members of the DBFZ community, which resulted in the character being banned from tournament play at the event.  After a formal review with the CEO Board of Directors (@jebailey

Players will become best friends with their Pikmins in Pikmin Bloom. Not only will they walk with you and accompany you on your adventures, but you’ll also be able to send them on expeditions. Once sent on an expedition, a Pikmin will look for seedlings and fruits in your local area. If they find anything worthy, they’ll deliver it to you. If your Pikmin comes back with fruit, you’ll be able to turn it into nectar and give it to your Pikmin.

A unique Magic: The Gathering set full of folklore spells and fairytale creatures has maintained its value throughout a pandemic, with a number of Throne of Eldraine cards still worth money. Containing 269 cards, the Throne of Eldraine (ELD) set features new styled cards and spells that brought about a major shift in the MTG Standard metagame. ELD also features Adventure creatures, a Food mechanic, and lots of Knights.  Booster fun for the Throne of Eldraine included Showcase Adventure cards, extended-art, and borderless versions that are worth money.

Commanders in Magic: The Gathering are special creatures available throughout the match in the Commander format, which runs under special rules. In this format, players can run 100-card decks, but no duplicates are allowed. While some players prefer to run a single Commander to boost the power of their army, others prefer to run two weaker ones that can partner up with other Commanders. But when both reach the board, they become very powerful and can match the non-Partner ones.

Since their emergence in the arcades of the 1980s, fighting games have remained one of the most popular gaming genres. While the graphics and mechanics have changed over the years, the fighting game community (FGC) remains staunchly committed to playing their FGC titles on fight stick controllers, which look straight out of an old-school arcade. When selecting a fight stick, it is important to choose one that will be compatible with whatever device you intend to play on.

Every competitive player looks for small advantages to increase their chances of winning. Teamfight Tactics doesn’t have many ways to generate advantages, but a significant one that can make your games smoother is an overlay, which clearly displays all the information you need to know. The best TFT overlays can be found either on the Overwolf client or on Blitz.gg. While Blitz has a simple overlay, Overwolf has multiple available from which you can choose.

Elden Ring is here. As players finally get the chance to jump into this huge open world, there are a few things they’ll need to know how to do. One of these is to navigate the lands by using your map. Unlike previous FromSoftware titles, locating yourself in the world and venturing open pastures is a massive part of uncovering the secrets in Elden Ring. With this being the case, it’s integral you use your map.

My Time at Sandrock, the highly anticipated sequel to My Time at Portia, just landed in early access. Even though the game is only partially done since it is going through development while in early access, fans of Portia are eager to get their hands on the new game right away. The game is currently in early access, and because of that, the platforms fans can buy the game on is limited.