Twitch announced the expansion of its “Boost this stream” experiment that is taking part through the platform’s Community Challenges, and viewers may want to pay a little bit more attention to chatrooms in the coming weeks. While the Boost this stream challenge is similar to most other Community Challenges, it isn’t set by the stream. Twitch decides when it is available to streamers and what the parameters are for it.

Sports have the potential to unite people from around the world, allowing different cultures to come together even if they don’t speak the same language. The same doesn’t apply to in-game menus, however, and you can easily get lost if FIFA 21 launches in a language you aren’t familiar with. Changing your language to something that you’re trying to learn in real life can also help you tremendously since it’ll become a part of your life through FIFA 21.

League of Legends has entered its preseason patch, bringing with it an entirely new item system. With conventional norms being upended in the game, players of all skill levels have dedicated this time in the preseason to experiment with new strategies and research what tactics can break the meta. Of all the strategies to garner the most attention, ability power Twitch has turned many heads, including pro player Sneaky. This is due to the preseason patch also giving Twitch newfound AP ratios on his passive, Expunge (E), and even the slow on his Venom Cask (W).

World of Warcraft Classic has had a monumental launch, attracting flocks of new players, and filling up countless servers.  As a result, Battle.net has been at full capacity. Despite everything, though, it’s faired extraordinarily well.  There have been a few problems, here and there, with several error messages popping out of nowhere, but other than that, it’s been stable. That could be subject to change, however, especially considering Blizzard Entertainment’s track record.

After months of radio silence, the LCS’ new commissioner Jackie Felling confirmed the league is still hosting the upcoming 2022 Mid-Season Showdown at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, complete with a live audience. In a Reddit comment, Felling reassured a fan that the finals were still happening. The team will also reveal “tickets and other details in the coming weeks,” according to her. This was the first major update around the postseason plans in seven months.

Another international League of Legends tournament is on the way, and as is tradition, Riot is doing everything it can to shake up the game’s jungle meta. Just as League’s developers did ahead of this year’s Mid-Season Invitational, the game’s balance team is making an effort to buff certain champions’ jungling capabilities—especially those who haven’t seen much playing time in the professional scene at the jungle position.  In today’s extended preview of League Patch 11.

League of Legends’ lead skins producer Riot Katana discussed the ultimate Elementalist Lux skin in a Twitter thread last night, explaining that a cosmetic of that magnitude won’t be created again. Having several ultimate skins with multiple forms on the Rift at the same time could potentially “break the game experience.” We would not be able to make a skin like Elementalist Lux again looking at what we know now. When you're building a game meant to last for as long as LoL has already (and hopefully a lot longer!

VALORANT players with an Amazon Prime subscription can now get the Wayfinder Shorty skin as a free reward through Prime Gaming.  VALORANT players with a Prime Gaming account are no strangers to the exclusive content. But weapon skins are a new addition to the free loot, adding a higher tier of free content. The first free skin is the Wayfinder Shorty, which sets the bar high for all future Prime Gaming rewards.

TSM has moved Sean “bang” Bezerra to the bench, the VALORANT player confirmed on Twitter yesterday. The move leaves the team’s lineup depleted to just James “hazed” Cobb, Matthew “Wardell” Yu, Yassine “Subroza” Taoufik, and Aleko “LeviathanAG” Gabuniya, who’s still on trial. “TSM wants to explore potential options and benched me for the time being,” bang wrote on Twitter. “I have nothing but love and appreciation for everyone on the team and the org treated me like family, they have allowed me to explore my options and I am willing to play/learn anything.

Danny “zonic” Sørensen, Astralis’ former CS:GO head coach, has confirmed that he’s not retiring yet, he announced on Instagram hours after Astralis unveiled the additions of Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke, Benjamin “blameF” Bremer, and head coach Alexander “ave” Held. Those three were signed by Astralis to replace zonic, Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen, and Emil “Magisk” Reif, whose contracts will expire at the end of the year. The 35-year-old skipper was a successful CS 1.6 player and is considered by many as the best CS:GO head coach of all time since he helped Astralis win four Major championships and a plethora of other premier tournaments.