The 2021 League of Legends World Championship is in full swing. With the group stage winding down and the second round robin posing countless tiebreaker scenarios, there are plenty of chances for teams to play each other in winner-take-all games with berths in the knockout round on the line. The play-in and group stages at Worlds share a similar ruleset when it comes to tiebreakers, but there are a few alterations.

Knowing how to get your king to safety is of paramount importance if you want to improve as a chess player. Getting your most important piece out of harm’s way early on will greatly increase your chances of winning. To do so, you will need to learn the ins and outs of a special chess move: castling. It is the only chess move where you get to move two of your pieces at the same time.

Linking your EA account to your Xbox Gamertag and PlayStation Network Online ID is the first thing you need to do to enjoy the online portion of EA games. This also allows you to save your progress, but it is important to know that the progress does not track across different platforms.  Connecting your gaming profiles to your EA account can be daunting, but this brief breakdown will get you back in the game in no time.

Wizards of the Coast revealed bans in the Magic: The Gathering formats Vintage, Legacy, and Brawl today.  Lurrus of the Dream-Den has officially become the first Companion from the Ikoria: Lari of Behemoths set to get banned in a Magic format. Despite the controversy over the creation of Companion cards in Standard, WotC left its most popular format alone in today’s Banned and Restricted announcement, banning four cards across three formats.

Niantic has officially revealed that it will be sponsoring two Pokemon GO community projects, namely The Sliph Road and Sliph.gg. As seen in the company’s latest blog post, Niantic expressed that it is “excited to announce” its sponsorship of Sliph Road, which it described as a “grassroots network of Trainers whose communities span the globe.” “The Silph Road has acted as a hub for Pokémon GO players to connect with each other, find local communities, and participate in meet-ups and tournaments since the game’s beginning,” the post said.

Most Apex Legends fans are familiar with Revenant, the bloodthirsty, robotic assassin who carved his way into the Apex Games after killing Jimmy “Forge” McCormick and swearing revenge against Hammond Robotics. On the other hand, not everyone has heard of Kaleb Cross—Revenant’s old identity from before Hammond Robotics turned him into a simulacrum over 300 years ago. Pathfinder’s Quest, Apex‘s first lore book, dives into the legends’ origin stories—and Revenant is no exception.

Founded in 1994 with a mission to make RAM for PCs, Corsair Gaming has since branched out into every part of PC life: power supplies, CPU coolers, computer cases, gaming mice and keyboards to headsets and even gaming chairs.  In the last few years, Corsair acquired companies like Elgato, SCUF Gaming, and Origin PC Corp to expand their lineup. Elgato makes streaming products like the famous Stream Deck, while SCUF manufactures custom controllers for PCs and consoles like the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.

Keyboards are as important as any peripheral, but they get overshadowed by headsets and mice since the advantage keyboards provide is slightly harder to notice. Mechanical and optical gaming keyboards provide a lower response time, which is especially useful in a game like Fortnite. While you mostly use your keyboard for standard movement commands in most shooter titles, Fortnite requires you to have more than a few hotkeys scattered around your keyboard.

VALORANT‘s Episode Four, Act Three will introduce the new agent Fade alongside a new battle pass full of unique weapon skins, buddies, player cards, and more.  The Episode Four, Act Three Battlepass includes several new Gun Buddies, over 10 new Player Cards, 16 new sprays, and three new weapon skin lines. Players can unlock some of the items for free, but most of the goodies are part of the premium pass.

Hot on the trails of the newly-released Forsaken skins, Riot is once again expanding on VALORANT’s weapon lore with the upcoming Tethered Realms bundle. The new skin line, which will debut on May 26, plays on those familiar thematics of good vs. evil seen in the already-existing Forsaken and Sovereign cosmetics. Tethered Realms uses the same shader method seen in Winterwunderland, transitioning between two different scenes whenever you go from sunlight to shade on a map.