One of the coolest skins in Smite went live this week. Toon Mania Cthulhu has awoken from his slumber in R’lyeh and made his way to the battleground of the gods. Divine Deities! You can now set out on a new adventure, with the Odyssey: Perilous Seas! Get in on this exciting new Odyssey Event to earn all kinds of new rewards, including the new T5 Skin Toon Mania Cthulhu! pic.

Sound Alerts is a Twitch extension that gives viewers a way to play sounds on their favorite creator’s streams using Bits. Not only has the extension produced many funny moments, this tool is also a great way for broadcasters to encourage interaction with their viewers and help grow a tight community. On top of that, Bits are a great alternative for creators to accumulate revenue. There are a variety of stock sounds available and streamers also have the option to upload custom sounds to be played.

Lane “Surefour” Roberts is stepping away from competitive Overwatch and signing with Sentinels to pursue full-time content creation. Surefour, who most recently played for the Toronto Defiant during the 2020 Overwatch League season, is retiring after five years of grinding through the ranks and competing at the highest level.  A new chapter for an old friend. Welcome home, @Surefour. pic.twitter.com/pWsnGtytSF — Sentinels (@Sentinels) February 3, 2021 Known for his time with the Los Angeles Gladiators and his medaling performances with Team Canada in 2017 and 2018, the sharpshooter plans to branch out into other games like Apex Legends and VALORANT while streaming full-time to his nearly 350,000 followers on Twitch.

Clash Mini, Supercell’s take on the autobattler genre set in the Clash universe, will enter closed beta next week, the company announced today. The game will be available in Canada and the Nordic region (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland). The game features miniature versions of characters from across the Clash universe. Players have to compete in the board game by efficiently using resources and planning attacks. Supercell said it will be releasing more content throughout the beta and will be listening to players’ feedback.

Dunking is a necessary part of playing NBA 2K22 at an optimal level, and many of the most overpowered players in NBA 2K history had strong dunk ratings. A good dunker can drive to the basket and lock into a scoring animation that the defense can’t stop. This is why players like LeBron James or Gerald Green in NBA 2K13. See NBA on Amazon The league is filled with athletic players with impressive dunk ratings.

After a manufacturing error for the upgraded Pokémon Chilling Reign Elite Trainer Boxes, The Pokémon Center shared in an email with purchasers that they are sending buyers some extra goodies with their order. Chilling Reign included an upgraded Elite Trainer Box that was set to boast 10 booster packs, two more than the standard eight. In manufacturing, the boxes only wound up with the regular eight, however. To make it up to buyers of these boxes, The Pokémon Center will be not only sending them two loose booster packs and a $10 refund, but they’ll also receive three cards from the set Galarian Articuo V, Galarian Zapdos V, and Galarian Moltres V.

Destiny 2‘s Festival of the Lost is bringing Halloween to the Last City. This year’s version of the event is introducing Haunted Lost Sectors, the Jurassic Green Pulse Rifle, and the spookiest cosmetics in the galaxy to celebrate Halloween. Festival of the Lost marks the return of everyone’s favorite space grandma, Eva Levante, who’ll be moving to the Tower and will be the vendor for all event-related activities while Festival of the Lost runs.

Lost Ark’s story has plenty of missions to keep players busy. Though they’re mostly straightforward, sometimes the game will ask you to head to an obscure location without giving you much information on where it is. That’s the case for The Wingless quest, which has players find a series of Lazenith Records throughout Arkesia and have them decoded. While most of the destinations are simple, the last record will be in Kadan Cathedral Catacombs, an area that’s mostly obscure and not really easy to spot.

There isn’t much of a down period between events in Apex Legends. The developers are already moving onto the next event for the title, Dark Depths. Making its debut on Jan. 11, Dark Depths event will have an oceanic theme. Not only players will get to unlock thematic skins, but there will also be a new Arenas map, Habitat. The map seems to favor long-range combat more than close-quarter combat, meaning players will need to carry a sniper rifle around to ensure their survival.

Ash is back in Apex Legends. The simulacrum played a role in the season five quest, The Broken Ghost, but it seems that her stint in the Apex universe is far from done. In the comic, Mirage and Rampart visit Pathfinder to meet his so-called girlfriend. The robot introduces the duo to his new friend, the recently-awakened Ash. Pathfinder shows his solidarity to Ash: “I know what it’s like to wake up and not know who you are,” he tells her.