Picking your Commander in Magic: The Gathering is like picking out a pet to adopt. Everyone has a different way of going about it. But most of the time, once you go home with your pet, or Commander, there’s an immediate and intimate attachment. MTG‘s Commander format requires players to select one legendary creature that can be played from outside of your hand or deck, making it the most crucial aspect of your deck.

It’s difficult not to notice the viewership that Escape From Tarkov has started to rack up this past week following the start of its New Year drop event on the platform. With more than 18 million hours watched in the past three days, according to Twitch statistics website SullyGnome, it’s the most-watched game on Twitch—and second place over that time is Grand Theft Auto V with 11.5 million. If you’re trying to get your hands on those spicy loot drops, you have an ample amount of time before the event ends.

Twelve months after Imane “Pokimane” Anys admitted she nearly pulled the plug on her ultra-successful streaming career on Twitch over concerns with the industry, the star has declared she’s “really happy” again—the 26-year-old won’t be walking away from her journey anytime soon. “I’m very happy,” the top Twitch star said during a stream for her 26th birthday. Pokimane has been very honest about how close she came to packing it all in at the end of last year.

Magic: The Gathering‘s second Dungeons & Dragons crossover set Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate introduces three new Planeswalker cards to the game. In both Limited and Constructed, Planeswalkers are powerful permanents that are self-contained value engines. Many Planeswalkers can offer card draw, card selection, token generation, or a game-winning damage ability. Recent Planeswalker design in Magic has focused more on supporting specific archetypes over generic good cards that fit in any strategy.

Anathan “ana” Pham has decided to officially step away from competitive Dota 2 just two months after returning to the OG roster, the organization announced today. This decision comes after weeks of deliberation while OG prepared to compete in the European regional qualifiers for The International 10.  .@anadota99 has decided to no longer compete in Dota 2. It was truly a great honor to play with you, and have you by our side my friend.

Lighting up your PC with RGB strips is an easy way to add personality to your rig without breaking the bank. As simple as sticking a strip of LED lights onto a tower might seem, choosing the right product for the right hardware is actually a more involved process than expected.  RGB lighting is a PC building luxury that can be a difficult field to navigate. This problem is exacerbated by the fact that RGB-focused builds are a relatively new trend that’s only become popular in the last decade, which leaves little precedent for consumers to consult when researching products.

After a year of Cloud9 White dominance, VCT Game Changers is back and the teams are readying up to claim the crown for the first tournament of the 2022 season. Open qualifiers were held last week and eight VALORANT teams have made it through to the main event, where they will now compete for a share of the $50,000 prize pool and points to make it to the Game Changers World Championship.

Overwatch 2’s newest maps are massive and include what feels like limitless places to spring attacks on unsuspecting enemies. As we learned during the Overwatch League’s opening weekend, though, some of the wilder areas have to stay in quick play. During the second match of the day on May 8, the Florida Mayhem was facing off against the Paris Eternal on one of the game’s new maps, Circuit Royal. The Mayhem rolled out on attack using Mei and Symmetra and quickly used Mei’s Ice Wall to create a solid surface on a rooftop.

Popular Twitch streamer and political commentator Hasan Piker called out fellow streamer Greekgodx on stream and threatened him with a ban for spreading COVID misinformation in his chat. While discussing the COVID-19 vaccine and watching a clip from Joe Rogan’s podcast, Hasan snapped on Greekgodx. As a viewer in Hasan’s chat, Greek made a comment that “most of the cases of COVID are fake stats tho.” This did not resonate well with Hasan and the former TYT host immediately rebutted.

With only a week until the Stockholm Major, Valve released the Dota 2 patch for the tournament. Numerous heroes received nerfs and buffs to ensure all of them can become viable picks in the competitive domain once again. While the patch doesn’t introduce many drastic changes, even the smallest of tweaks can make the difference in turning a hero into a top pick. These moderately long notes include updates to neutral creeps, items, and heroes.