Wizards of the Coast has quietly brought back the Magic: The Gathering Arena Early Access streamer event for the release of Streets of New Capennna. Prior to the release of Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) in April 2021, WotC abruptly canceled the Early Access MTG Arena streamer event. Providing Magic players with a sneak peek at Constructed decks prior to the release of a set while boosting content creator views, the end of the Early Access events upset many in the MTG community.

Rainbow Six Siege players can expect a significant overhaul to the ranked playlist later this year, transforming it into an actual progression system with more rewards along the way. Siege’s ranked playlist is one of its most popular modes for good reason. Players can use their expertise with operators to dominate similarly skilled opponents in intense ranked matches. Climbing the ranks with friends or solo can be a rewarding experience, and an update that improves the competitive environment is always welcome.

The Xbox One remains immensely popular long after its 2013 release and has sold over 50 million units in its lifetime. Despite the Xbox Series X release, the Xbox One is still many gamers’ console of choice around the world. While the Xbox One has decent functionality, there are ways to enhance its performance and usability. Microsoft and third-party companies make a range of accessories to improve the storage space, charging, and more.

After months of region-locked betas and tests, Apex Legends Mobile is finally live globally. The mobile version of the game was designed from the ground up to make sure it performs like a native mobile game. Considering PC ports have a way of malfunctioning at some point, Respawn Entertainment made the right call to ensure player satisfaction in the handheld scene. Most players will look forward to trying out their favorite legends on mobile, while others may already be looking for ways to perform better than the majority of the game’s player base.

For those on their journey through Eorzea, stopping to look at the grapes at the Meryall Agronomics point-of-interest in Labyrinthos was a rite of passage. There, players could find the newest meme in the Final Fantasy franchise, the crystal grapes. Now, that era has ended. In the notes for Endwalker patch 6.01, at the very bottom of the resolved issues section, it states an issue of “the polygon count of grapes in Labyrinthos were reduced in excess to alleviate system memory usage in the area.

Activision has revealed all of the new content that’s coming to Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone later this month with the launch of season three. And one item that’s been heavily requested by the competitive Call of Duty community, in particular, is set to join the game nearly six months after its launch. A Trophy System field upgrade will be added to Vanguard multiplayer at the launch of season three.

You can’t travel through Johto without at least encountering one of the Legendary Dogs, which is why Pokémon Go Tour: Johto gives players a chance to catch all three without needing to actually chase them down.  For anyone participating in Go Tour: Johto, Suicune, Entei, and Raikou will be appearing multiple times throughout your journey, including in raids and as part of some event-exclusive research.  By using multiple encounter methods, Niantic is giving players options in how they want to approach the Legendary trio, with the potential to catch multiple of each and even try to hunt for a Shiny variant.

Another VCT Masters trip to Reykjavík, another trophy in the cabinet for North America. OpTic picked up the flag after The Guard faltered, and while OpTic’s journey to and through Masters was not flawless, they showed up when it mattered and claimed victory. Now the eyes of the world rest on NA yet again, ahead of the all-important NA VCT Challengers Stage Two main event. For the teams that didn’t perform well in Stage One, making a run here is a necessity if they have any hope of competing for a title at Champions this year.

Having a variety of roles is extremely important to finding success in Pokémon UNITE. Nintendo’s first entry into the MOBA genre features a Wild Area full of wild Pokémon between the two symmetrical lanes for a single player to assume the jungle role. Jungling is a term used for players in MOBAs who eliminate the wild enemies between lanes as a method of gaining XP, before entering other lanes to help out in defending or securing kills.

Blizzard Entertainment is unleashing a major wave of balance changes to World of Warcraft with the game’s next weekly reset. Several classes will see their power levels altered later this week. A series of class changes were announced last night, with some of the game’s top specializations (specs) set to receive buffs and nerfs when WoW’s servers reset on April 5.  The class specialization set to receive the most impactful set of changes is Fire Mage, whose players will see the damage of their core abilities—Fireball, Fire Blast, and Pyroblast—increased by 20 percent, 10 percent, and 6 percent, respectively.