Vinicius “VINI” Figueiredo won’t be a part of FURIA’s CS:GO roster next year, according to a statement from the player today. “FURIA, through Guerri, came to the conclusion that they wouldn’t want to count on me for the 2022 season,” he said. The player said he was saddened by the news, “but life as a professional athlete goes that way.” VINI wants to continue on the CS:GO scene, and is “evaluating all the proposals for [his] future as a player.

With such an illustrious history in competitive CS:GO, it makes sense that the European region has become one of the most prominent in the fledgling VALORANT scene. In VALORANT, the official “European” region is known as EMEA, featuring teams from Europe, Turkey, and the CIS region. Both Turkey and CIS have land that spreads into Asia and Europe but are grouped up with European teams as opposed to teams from Korea or Japan.

The world of Teyvat in Genshin Impact is full of immensely unique and interesting characters. Genshin’s distinctive characters are the very heart and soul of the game. If you’re looking to learn more about your favorite characters, here is a complete breakdown of all important information pertaining to every Genshin Impact character in alphabetical order. Albedo Vision: Geo Birthday: Sep.13 Weapon: Sword Bio: “An alchemist based in Mondstadt, in the service of the Knights of Favonius.

Of all the Fortnite streamers on Twitch, Cloakzy is up there with the best of the best. The former FaZe member hit his stride with the release of Fortnite, with both his Twitch and YouTube amassing more than one million followers on either platform. Cloakzy draws people to his content for his skill in playing battle royale games. Often his content will consist of challenges or trick-shot gameplay. Seeing someone able to execute on the game so cleanly while remaining as calm as ever is something else to witness.

Howdy partners, and welcome to the wildest hootenanny you’ll find around Summoner’s Rift: the 2022 Mid-Season Invitational. With one of the biggest international tournaments underway, fans should get ready to have a howlin’ good time while both watching the best players in the world and taking part in the new High Noon event. The new event lasts from May 12 to June 13, but its tokens will expire a week later on June 20.

The Nintendo Switch is back with an OLED screen refresh. An OLED screen means better-looking colors and it’s more of an advanced screen technology compared to LCD. Despite the minor differences and additions, Nintendo Switch OLED only weighs 420g. The older version of the console weighted 398g, so the difference is minimal, and it should be relatively hard to notice the difference. Nintendo Switch OLED features almost the same shape and size as the original one, just 0.

Last gen, Pokémon replaced Gym Battles with Island Trials, but in Pokémon Sword and Shield, the long-standing tradition of ending the game with a gauntlet of four powerful Trainers will also come to an end.  When players finally get to travel the Galar region, they will not face an Elite Four at the end of the game, instead, an Anime-like tournament called The Champion Cup will await them. This event will play out much like the playoffs of a sporting event, with a bracket of Trainers who have completed the Gym Challenge competing for a chance to battle the Galar Champion, Leon.

One of Twitch’s most popular streamers, Pokimane, has chimed in on the discussion around the recent “ASMR meta” that’s been a hot topic on the platform over the past week. Evolving from the “hot tub meta,” this new style of content on Twitch has seen some of the Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches category’s largest creators move into the ASMR space where they’ve been providing “ear licking” ASMR content while flaunting their physique on camera.

Halo esports is back in a big way. The release of Halo Infinite is revitalizing a competitive scene that once laid dormant compared to other FPS titles. The release of Halo Infinite coincides with the start of one of the most eagerly anticipated years of the Halo Championship Series yet—and that campaign kicks off with the HCS Kickoff Major in Raleigh, North Carolina. A staggering 32 teams will compete across three stacked days of pool play and open brackets before hopping into the final championship bracket from Dec.

Z490 motherboards are still an excellent option for gaming despite being surpassed by the newer Z590 range. The Z490 range was the first to work with Intel’s LGA 1200 socket chipset and is designed for 10th gen processors. One of the advantages of Z490 motherboards is they are also compatible with Intel’s latest 11th gen processors, which use the same chipset.  Some Z490 motherboards are designed for more general use, while others are specifically for gaming.