The word “Prowler” evokes imagery of players desperately trying to find a Selectfire hop-up for one of Apex Legends’ SMGs. But Respawn introduced a different type of Prowler to the battle royale. As part of Apex’s The Old Ways event, the developers created a new point of interest in World’s Edge called Bloodhound’s Trials. The area is a gauntlet that allows players to fight waves of Prowlers in exchange for high-tier loot.

MMO gamers are finally getting hands-on with Amazon’s New World thanks to its closed beta test, which opened today. For the next few weeks, players will have the chance to explore Aternum and discover all the secrets that the area has to offer. As with any MMO, throughout the questing players will complete objectives to gain XP and level up their characters along the way. There are a variety of different ways that players can earn XP through all the game modes New World has to offer.

By now, you’ve probably noticed the abundance of pumpkins and jack-o’-lanterns around the major cities of Azeroth in World of Warcraft.  WoW’s in-game event Hallow’s End began this week with numerous Halloween festivities now available for players including a new encounter for Classic players, The Headless Horseman. Players can go to the Graveyard in Scarlet Monastery to take down the horseman and earn unique loot that can help them celebrate the season.

Whether you’re trying to evolve your Eevee or you simply want to know if you and your ‘mon are best pals, Sword and Shield’s Friendship Checker will tell you how well you’re getting along with your Pokémon. Certain Pokémon in Sword and Shield evolve when they reach a specific level of happiness, similar to previous iterations of Game Freak’s RPG. Players eager to know how close their best buddy is to evolving must seek out the Friendship Checker, who will rate the relationship between you and your Pokémon.

YouTube content creator and streaming star Dream, who is primarily known for his Minecraft content, recently shared his views on the present-day rules for Minecraft speedrunners. “I’ll be honest, I don’t want to start beef with the speedrunning community again and have, like, people mad at me,” Dream said. “But I think that the decisions and, like, the direction it’s gone is bad, and I’ll just talk from a purely content creator standpoint and not from, like, a speedrunner’s standpoint, ’cause I don’t know what people who actually speedrun actively now do.

A core weapon type in PUBG is the Assault Rifle or AR for short. ARs are weapons with medium-high ammo capacity and the ability to send extensive rounds downrange in a short amount of time. While they don’t have the ammo capacity of most Light Machine Guns, they make it up in impressive accuracy and damage output. ARs are a true midpoint weapon in PUBG, and the perfect weapon type to pair alongside either a DMR or Sniper Rifle.

Understanding your settings is essential if you’re a competitive player. In PUBG, the right configurations can make it easier to spot enemies and net you more chicken dinners in the long run. When you first open your settings, the number of options may overwhelm you, but only a handful are important enough to affect your gaming experience. Though PUBG’s console settings don’t give the same freedom that PC settings offer, you can still change the way you play the game by adjusting your controller settings and changing how you interact with the game.

Dying Light 2 includes three distinct graphical modes for console: Performance, Balanced, and Quality. Each offer individual settings based on framerate, aesthetics, and general visual preference. This begs the question: What does each encapsulate, and which mode is best? While these modes don’t offer anything close to the performance and visual selection that PC gamers are accustomed to, it’s still a valuable way of prioritizing between things like framerates, resolution, and visuals.

Amazon Games’ exciting MMOARPG Lost Ark is finally here. Lost Ark originally launched in South Korea on Dec. 4, 2019, and more than two years later, it’s finally coming west. The PvE-focused game features stunning visuals to explore, along with character customization and awesome loot drops. The end game begins at level 50 when players gain access to dungeons and raids, with the main goal being to increase your character’s gear score.

FunPlus Phoenix finalized its League of Legends roster today, building a lineup around Lin “Lwx” Wei-Xiang after a disappointing group stage exit at Worlds 2021.  The Chinese LPL team has kept only Lwx from its original roster. The new additions are top laner Ping “xiaolaohu” Xiao-Hu, jungler Yang “Beichuan” Ling, mid laner Kim “Gori” Tae-woo, AD carry Luo “jiang” Bai-Jiang, support Fu “Hang” Ming-Hang, and another support Dang “Lele” Bo-Lin.