YouTube’s most popular Minecraft YouTuber Dream addressed his audience once again, dispelling rumors related to the validity of speedruns on his channel. After making headlines over the past 24 hours for admitting to unknowingly cheating during a speedrun on his Twitch channel, Dream explained in a message to his YouTube community that all the speedruns on his channel were verified by professionals. “Every speedrun that I’ve ever posted on my channel was verified professionally by official speedrun moderators, and none of them were ever or are fake in any way,” Dream said.

The Mid-Season Invitational is back after a year hiatus. But this time, there’s more than just glory on the line for the best teams in League of Legends. On March 30, Riot Games introduced a new format for this year’s event, giving teams more of an incentive to perform on the international stage. The event has often provided fans with a good indication of the strongest region leading up to the World Championship in September.

Call of Duty: Mobile had a monumental launch, performing better than most people expected. The free-to-play first-person shooter racked up over 35 million players in under a week and its numbers continued to rise. There are six game modes in CoD: Mobile, including Team Deathmatch, Free-for-all, Domination, Hardpoint, and Frontline. But by far the most popular is its 100-player battle royale mode, originally popularized by PUBG. Call of Duty is and has always been a social experience, and its mobile counterpart is no different.

The Oracles encounter in Vault of Glass is one of the easiest parts of the raid, even with the weekly challenge. If Destiny 2 players are going after the “The Only Oracle for You” Triumph, though, they have to keep an eye out for their callouts—and keep moving. Normally, players are stationed in a fixed position during the Oracles encounter. To complete the challenge, however, players can’t destroy the same Oracle twice, which leads to a bit of shooting and a lot of moving.

Shiny Pokémon, first appearing in Pokémon Gold and Silver, are variants of Pokémon that exhibit different colors than what the species is known for. This type of Pokémon returns in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, as well as a specific request that awards players with a guaranteed static encounter with one. After defeating Kleavor, players should return to the Galaxy Building and access the Professor’s board. After interacting with the board, they’ll be prompted to accept Request 19, known as “A Peculiar Ponyta.

If you’re looking to complete the Galar Pokédex in Pokémon Sword and Shield, you’ll need to obtain a regular Persian that seems to be nowhere in sight. That’s because the Pokémon is only available through trades in-game. It doesn’t appear in the overworld due to the presence of Galar Meowth and Purrserker. So first, you’ll need to grab a Kanto Meowth before you can go on your quest to get its evolution.

A collaboration between Hasbro’s IPs, Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons, led to the reveal of Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, an MTG Standard-legal set releasing in July.  Containing 281 unique cards and replacing the Core Set slot in MTG, Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) is scheduled to release globally on July 23. A digital release for the upcoming set will take place on July 8, while the tabletop prerelease is scheduled for July 16 to 22.

A new season of Halo Infinite means a new series of challenges for players to accomplish in order to level up their battle pass. Unfortunately for many of these players, the real challenge can just be getting the game to acknowledge their progress. Season Two, Lone Wolves, officially released on May 3, and many players have had trouble with the game not tracking their challenges across a variety of different game modes.

With Sony’s new PlayStation 5 launching around the world today, millions of players are going to be opening their system to get their first taste of next-gen gaming. PlayStation has done an incredible job of streamlining the setup process to make it as fast and simple as possible for new gamers. Not everyone playing the console will have been the person who set it up, however, and that means simple things can be sometimes forgotten.

Natus Vincere has moved long-time CS:GO in-game leader Kirill “BoombI4” Mikhailov to the inactive roster effective immediately, per an announcement from the organization today. In its announcement, the organization said the decision was not made because of recent results or because of his own in-game performance, but due to “high reputational risks for the club.” In recent weeks, Boombl4 came under fire for social media posts made by his wife that seemed to show support for Russia during the invasion of Ukraine.