If you’ve never played Bloodborne or Dark Souls before, getting used to Elden Ring may take longer than expected. Considering the game’s just kicked off its Closed Network Test, players will have more than enough time to grasp the ropes. Though adventuring through the Elden Ring by yourself will be an adventure of its own, the experience is likely to get better once you’re accompanied by friends. To play multiplayer in Elden Ring, you’ll need to create a character first.

Amazon’s New World takes a unique approach to the MMO genre by giving players a different style of gameplay compared to other established games like World of Warcraft. As opposed to simply facing your target to use one of any number of abilities, players in New World have a higher requirement in terms of aiming to hit their opponent. While aiming with a melee weapon is relatively simple, ranged weapons like the Musket and Bow represent a more challenging experience for players.

Final Fantasy XIV offers countless cosmetic options in the game, some to go in battle and others that are more suited for social events. The King Slime Crown is perfect for the latter, featuring a crowned blue slime with a funny face. But it’s not always available for purchase. The item will be familiar to Dragon Quest X fans since it was introduced as part of a crossover event with the Japanese game released in 2012 called Breaking Brick Mountains.

Written in partnership with Aim Lab. Apex Legends is an FPS game where the gunplay focuses on accurately tracking your opponents. Due to the relatively high time-to-kill (TTK) and the abundance of movement abilities and tech in Apex, every single bullet matters when trying to win fights. If you want to improve your aim and tracking fundamentals, Aim Lab has you covered. Here are eight Aim Lab scenarios that will train you to track like a monster.

Blizzard has revealed the next set for the 2021 year of Hearthstone, United in Stormwind. As the second expansion within the Year of the Gryphon, United in Stormwind is adding two new mechanics: Tradeable and Questlines. While the prospect of an upcoming expansion with multiple new cards is exciting, one Legendary minion from the newest set is swooping into your collection, available for use right now. With Patch 20.8’s release today, Flightmaster Dungar can be used in all of your constructed decks.

When a group of strangers became friends through playing the sandbox game Garry’s Mod in 2011, they likely had no idea they would later form a group of talented creatives and eventually develop everyone’s favorite Minecraft tournament. While the MC Championship (MCC) wasn’t founded until 2019, Noxcrew’s journey from individuals to a collective creative group is where the idea began. Noxcrew has gone on to host a number of Minecraft experiences, including MCC, a monthly competition where 10 teams of four content creators come together to battle it out in a series of Minecraft mini-games that test skills like parkour, teamwork, communication, survival, and combat.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the biggest Nintendo fighting game to date. In Ultimate, 70 fighters are waiting for the chance to duke it out on various stages based off of Nintendo’s intellectual properties. There are multiple ways in which you can play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the Nintendo Switch. Depending on your preferences, you can either use the Joy-Con controllers, a Switch Pro Controller, or the classic GameCube controller.

Eight out of the 16 teams from the groups move on to the knockout stage of the 2021 League of Legends World Championship, which includes the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. This stage, the final stretch of the tournament, features a single-elimination bracket with all matches being played in a best-of-five format. T1, Hanwha Life Esports, Royal Never Give Up, EDward Gaming, DWG KIA, MAD Lions, Gen.G, or Cloud9 will make history in Reykjavik, Iceland.

It’s not that frequent that a pair of brothers can get along while gaming together, but Jesse and Jordan of X2Twins have proven their skill as a dangerously skillful Fortnite duo. With Fortnite World Cup qualifications and Fortnite Championship Series victories, the pair of gamers know how to crank 90s and get frags.  The brothers aren’t without their differences, though. Despite sharing insane amounts of skill when they stream together on the same Twitch channel, Jesse and Jordan each have their own unique settings.

Danny “⁠zonic⁠” Sørensen, the most decorated head coach in CS:GO, is thinking about leaving Astralis, according to a report by HLTV. His contract with the Danish organization is set to expire on Dec. 31, on the same date as four of the five Astralis players, Lukas “⁠gla1ve⁠” Rossander, Emil “⁠Magisk⁠” Reif, Peter “⁠dupreeh⁠” Rasmussen, and Andreas “⁠Xyp9x⁠” Højsleth. The coach is reportedly disappointed with the team’s direction and the tension between the team and Astralis has been building for several months, according to one source.