Popular Minecraft streamer and creator Ph1lza uncovered hidden secrets in ancient cities while testing the latest Minecraft snapshot live on his Twitch channel. These secrets tell a devastating story of the downfall of a past civilization. Ancient cities are upcoming ruinous structures that will be officially added with the deep dark biome in a future Minecraft update. They contain chests of precious loot including items to help them against the Warden such as Swift Sneak enchanted books, potions of regeneration, and enchanted golden apples.

TimTheTatman is one of the most popular livestreamers in the world. Having started his career on Twitch in 2012, he attracted viewers and grew a steady audience across a variety of games including Fortnite, Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, CS:GO, and Overwatch. In September 2021, Tim left Twitch for an exclusive contract with YouTube Gaming. And despite departing from the platform where he grew his audience, many of Tim’s biggest fans have followed him to YouTube.

After months of silence following the submission deadline in January, The Pokémon Company and Creatures Inc. have announced the top 300 entries for the Pokémon TCG Illustration Contest 2022. This is an almost annual event that has artists from Japan submit art on Pokémon from a curated list. This year, the contest was opened to artists in the U.S. for the first time since 2015 and asked artists to capture a moment from a Pokémon’s daily life via illustration, with the winning entries being crafted into one-of-a-kind promo cards.

Popular streamers Valkyrae, Sykkuno, and Disguised Toast have joined Funimation’s anime show Tribe Nine alongside fellow streamer Corpse Husband. This is the crew’s first time ever voice acting. The dystopian anime series Tribe Nine centers around groups of kids forming their own tribes because they are dissatisfied with their society. The division between the tribes leads to conflicts and violence that wreaks havoc on the city of Neo-Tokyo. The government attempts to put a stop to this with a new law that states all disputes between the tribes must be resolved with “Extreme Baseball,” and this is what the story of the show centers around.

The next raid tier of World of Warcraft Classic TBC is on the horizon with a pair of instances becoming available before the end of the month. Phase Three of TBC will include the release of the iconic Black Temple raid that culminates in an encounter with the notorious Illidan Stormrage. Additionally, players will be able to go to the Caverns of Time for the five-boss instance the Battle of Mount Hyjal.

VALORANT Champions, the biggest international tournament yet for Riot Games’ FPS, ran from Dec. 1 to 12 in Berlin, Germany. The first VALORANT world championship featured 16 teams in total—four from Europe, three from North America, three from Brazil, three from SEA, one from Korea, one from Japan, and one from South America—and was heavily dominated by European teams. Team Liquid, Acend, Gambit, and Fnatic—all of the teams from EMEA—reached the playoffs and all except the latter made it to the semifinals.

Park “Teddy” Jin-Sung, Ryu “Hoit” Ho-Sung, Yoo “FATE” Su-Hyeok, and Choi “Ellim” El-Lim joined Afreeca Freecs’ 2022 League of Legends roster, the organization revealed today. These four players filled out the previously vacant ADC, support, mid laner, and jungler positions. The four joined longtime top laner Kim “Kiin” Gi-in to complete the Afreeca Freecs roster. The LCK organization has also extended the contracts of its LCK CL coaches Byun “Citrus” Ji-Woong and Suh “Moon” Hyeon-Kwon.

Talented Apex Legends players are working on a mod that adds a building mechanic to the game, allowing players to build obstacles around the map. Apex is known for its fast-paced gameplay and cast of exciting characters with unique abilities. It doesn’t include a building mechanic at this time, but a new mod adds the entertaining feature.  As reported by Dexerto, YouTuber Skepation uploaded a video showing the mod in action.

Bel’Veth, the 160th League of Legends champion, was added to the game this week—and she’s already making waves in solo queue. The Empress of the Void is an attack damage-based jungler and since going live, players have been exploring her potential in the game. Like many new champions, her win rate is low, very low—38.85 percent, according to U.GG. But that hasn’t stopped players from producing some impressive highlights already. One player almost ended the game with Bel’Veth in 12 minutes.

Dota 2 fans, rejoice. The Dota Pro Circuit is back with an offline Major for the first time this season, bringing together many of the top teams from around the world in Sweden to compete for $500,000 and positioning for The International 11.  The Stockholm Major, which is set to run from May 12 to 22, features teams from five of the six DPC regions facing off—many for the first time as this is the first Valve-sponsored LAN tournament since TI10 last October.