A notorious Apex Legends cheater is not “in jail,” according to the very streamer who started the rumor last night. During his stream late on May 9, NRG streamer Tanner “Rogue” Trebb said that infamous cheater Tufi was “in jail.” Rogue later clarified his statement in a Reddit comment. He also confirmed to Dot Esports in a direct message on Twitter that he was “definitely joking” about Tufi being “in jail” but said Tufi is “likely in big trouble.

Kiryu Coco, the popular dragon VTuber from Japanese agency Hololive, will be bidding farewell to the group on July 1. The news comes via an official announcement from Hololive, which was “saddened by her decision to leave.” The agency “decided to honor her wishes,” however. Coco herself reaffirmed her decision to leave and confirmed that she “will continue [her] activities until July 1.” “The reason involves a lot of things I can’t talk about,” Coco said in an 11-minute video posted to her own channel.

Team Liquid signed top World of Warcraft guild Limit earlier today in an effort to expand its reach in the MMO esports scene.  “Limit Guild is comprised of absolute legends and are the world’s #1 raiding World of Warcraft guild,” Liquid said in an announcement posted to its website. “If anyone can lead us to victory in the MMO space, it’s these folks, and we’re prepared to support them in every way possible.

In a tournament that attracted attention from former StarCraft professionals and fans of RTS games alike, an Age of Empires legend—carrying a significant injury—was the ultimate winner of the first major Age of Empires 4 tournament. The $20,000 GENESIS event, run by the Elite Gaming Channel, has been billed as the first “major” for AoE 4, the latest release in the decades-long historical RTS franchise. The tournament attracted a host of current and former players from the AoE 2, AoE 3, Age of Mythology, WarCraft 3, and StarCraft scenes.

In just one and a half weeks, popular League of Legends streamer Tyler1 has already reached the Master rank on his support-only account, COOKIEMONSTER123. Primarily known for his Draven play, Tyler1 is also known for his single role unranked to Challenger series. He’s previously reached the Challenger rank as an ADC, top laner, mid laner, and jungler, leaving just support as the final role to conquer. And in record time, he’s already gotten near his goal of Challenger by getting to Master in under two weeks.

After nine long years with Royal Never Give Up (previously Royal Club), legendary League of Legends veteran Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao hung up his mouse and keyboard over to health issues from his pro gaming career. That is, until earlier this year. In 2021, the 24-year-old inked a deal with Bilibili Gaming. It was a shock signing League fans around the world celebrated—a response that touched Uzi after his time away.

It’s been a long wait for World of Warcraft players, but Shadowlands Patch 9.2 is here and so is a new raid: Sepulcher of the First Ones. Sepulcher of the First Ones is the third and final raid of the expansion and has a whopping 11 bosses, ending with an encounter against The Jailer, the game’s current primary antagonist. As is typical for retail WoW raids, its Normal and Heroic difficulties will be released on the same day.

In 2022, it is almost impossible to escape Wordle and the several alternative versions inspired by it. In Josh Wardle’s word game, now owned by the New York Times, players need to guess a different five-letter word each day. The daily word is always the same for all players, but there are no clues except the letters themselves—after each guess, letters turn green if they are in the right place, yellow if they are in the wrong place, and gray if they are not in the word at all.

Apex Legends has mastered the looting system when it comes to battle royales, easily making it readily apparent which attachments your weapon might need and which are an upgrade over ones you currently have. Attachments differ on the wide variety of weapons in Apex, such as optics, stocks, magazines, and more. But some guns, depending on the current season, will have an extra slot for something called a Hop-Up.

One of the major stories that emerged from the Apex Legends Global Series Stockholm LAN earlier this year was the COVID-19 protocol put into place for players. At that event, no one who tested positive for COVID was allowed to play and several teams had to field substitutes, while at least one team was forced to play the entire tournament as a duo. With the ALGS Championship in Raleigh weeks away, details are emerging about that event’s COVID policy.