There has been an influx of reports from players who are either unable to boot up Phantasy Star Online 2, or have had the game randomly crash on them only to display the error message “An Update to the game file has been detected…” Despite going through standard troubleshooting options like restarting the game, or uninstalling and reinstalling, this issue has persisted. Fortunately, there appears to now be a working fix that is helping out some users.

As part of a special Pokémon Day celebration beginning today, Clone Pokémon have been added to Pokémon Go for trainers to find and capture until March 2. In addition to Clone Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise appearing in four-star raids, a special Pikachu has found its way into the game’s code. That’s right. Clone Pikachu is here for a limited time. Clone Pikachu looks a lot like a normal Pikachu aside from his black spiked ear tips.

‘Tis the season for gifts and merry delight, but ’tis also the season for coal to be delivered to bad children. Krampus, the horned goat-like monster of folklore, has invaded Call of Duty: Warzone and Vanguard to deliver coal to players everywhere. Except with this version of Krampus, coal is a violent beatdown and a trip to the Gulag. During Warzone’s Festive Fervor seasonal event, Krampus will spawn in games on both Caldera and Rebirth Island and hunt players down at random.

HyperX launched three headsets at CES 2022, including the new Cloud Alpha wireless and the updated Cloud II and Cloud Core.  Cloud Alpha Wireless The Cloud Alpha is the company’s flagship headset known for its durable construction, and outstanding audio quality, but it’s only been available in wired options until now.  Its new sibling, the Cloud Alpha Wireless, has the same construction with an aluminum frame and dual-chamber design to separate the bass and mids.

World of Warcraft raiding guild Complexity Limit won its first Race to World First today, dethroning European powerhouse Method, who won all the major races of this expansion. But following the win, Limit’s GM Maximum had a message for viewers: Don’t subscribe to his Twitch channel.  Over the course of the past week, Max’s channel has been one of the most-watched on Twitch with over 2.4 million hours watched, peaking at over 120,000 today when the guild finally killed N’Zoth, the instance’s final boss.

Getting familiar with the controls can play an important role when it comes to performing well in Battlefield 2042. Though the default controller settings for Battlefield 2042 are optimized for the most comfortable experience in general, they can still be perfected to individual preference more with further adjustments. Players who are used to different controller layouts will have the option to adjust their settings in Battlefield 2042, allowing them to play with the controller settings they’re most comfortable with.

Having a decent aim is essential to make sure you stand your ground during gunfights in Call of Duty: Mobile. While you’ll be able to make every weapon in the game work for you during the lower ranks of the ladder, it’ll get considerably tougher as you move up within skill brackets. You’ll need to follow the metagame since you’ll feel the difference playing with less powerful weapons. Each weapon’s potential power level can be improved even further while building a loadout, and you should have a couple of them ready at your disposal.

From the perspective of Karina “Karupups” Martsinkevich, she was only trying to accurately portray Lifeline—her favorite Apex Legends character. Instead, she unknowingly got her Twitch account banned and ignited backlash across social media after she applied blackface makeup during a livestream. Following the livestream from the Lithuanian cosplayer, her account was banned presumably for her use of blackface. According to Cybersport, a Russian news outlet, the ban is for 30 days because of “incitement to hatred towards a person or a group of people.

For the second year running, the LPL earned an additional slot at the League of Legends World Championship after Royal Never Give Up knocked out DWG KIA in the finals of MSI. With four slots at Worlds on the line, the 2021 LPL Summer Split playoffs could be more ruthless than ever. From Aug. 12 to Sept. 2, the top 10 teams from the LPL regular season will be eager to contend for a spot at the game’s most prestigious event of the year and represent their country in Europe later this year.

With cold weather taking hold in parts of the world, the Clap Pokémon Spheal should feel right at home during its Pokémon Go Community Day.  On Jan. 16, players will have the chance to encounter Spheal more frequently and will also benefit from triple capture experience and three-hour durations for Incense and Lure Modules.  Throughout the event, any Spheal evolved into Sealeo and then Walrein will learn the event-exclusive moves Powder Snow and Icicle Spear.