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Who were the original 12 Overwatch characters?

Boasting one of the most diverse and interesting casts of characters, Overwatch’s list of heroes has someone of any background or playstyle to enjoy or connect with. Now at over 30 characters, Overwatch’s roster of heroes, scientists, oddities, and more began with a short list of personalities that were initially revealed during BlizzCon 2014. Overwatch was revealed for the first time at that same BlizzCon with a cinematic trailer featuring Tracer, Winston, Reaper, and Widowmaker.

All Mirage callouts in CS:GO

Mirage is one of Counter-Strike’s most iconic maps.  Love it or hate it, it’s a stape of the competitive scene and regularly features on the international stage.   It was originally a community map named de_clp_strike, created by Michael “BubkeZ” Hull. But in 2013, a year after Global Offensive launched, Valve made the decision to remake Mirage as an official bomb defusal map.  Since releasing to the live servers, Mirage has remained in the game’s active map pool and has received very few changes.

Call of Duty: Warzone’s May 4 update buffs Vanguard weapons, nerfs the Armored Truck

A new Call of Duty: Warzone patch just went live with the objective of buffing Vanguard weapons on Caldera. The minor update could have some major implications on which weapons players choose to use in their loadouts in battle royale or Resurgence, with some pretty substantial buffs coming for World War II weapons found in-game. 🛠️ A #Warzone update has gone live! Gameplay adjustments, Bug Fixes, and Weapon changes! We have also retroactively adjusted all measurement units for distance to Meters in the Season Three Patch Notes.

Does Apex Legends have skill-based matchmaking?

When you first start playing Apex Legends, you may breeze through your initial matches if you have just a little bit of experience with battle royale games. Don’t get used to that feeling, however, since each match you play can get relatively more challenging based on how you perform. Apex Legends uses a skill-based matchmaking system that lets players compete against opponents with similar skill levels. This system gets to assess your capacity over time based on your performance in matches.

FFXIV Trust System to be expanded to A Realm Reborn with Patch 6.1, will gradually include older expansions

The recent Final Fantasy XIV Letter from the Producer livestream gave players a look at several of the features planned for the rest of the Endwalker patches. The Trust System will be expanded, letting players bring recognizable characters along dungeons in older content. Starting with Patch 6.1, the popular Trust System feature will allow more players to adventure with notable NPCs in older content, regardless of the progression they’ve made in the main scenario.

Here are the notes and updates for League of Legends Patch 11.18

Riot is gearing up for the 2021 League of Legends World Championship with its latest patch. Patch 11.18 is the “first of two Worlds-focused patches” coming to the game in the next month, according to Riot. Every year, to “unleash competition” and “breathe new life into the meta,” the devs release a set of nerfs and buffs catered to pro play. Almost everything listed below has Worlds in mind, but the devs are “willing” to revert any balance changes if absolutely necessary.

How to catch a wild Rowlet in Pokémon Legends: Arceus

When you start your adventure in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, you’ll have a few decisions to make. One of the most important is selecting the starter Pokémon that you’ll be taking on your journey. As usual, there are three options, Cyndaquil, Rowlet, and Oshawatt. Depending on your decision, it could be quite a while before you can add the other two Pokémon to your collection, but thankfully, you still can. Rowlet is a Grass / Flying-type Pokémon, although its new Hisuian evolution switches things up, bringing in the new Fighting-type.

How to get Radiant Dance Machines in Destiny 2

Destiny 2’s 15th season of content, Season of the Lost, has added a trio of new exotics for players to acquire in the final narrative act before the next major expansion, The Witch Queen. These new exotics come in the form of two pieces of arm armor in Nothing Manacles and No Backup Plans and a piece of leg armor called Radiant Dance Machines. Unfortunately, Radiant Dance Machines does not unlock the ability for your Hunter Guardian to bust out some sweet dance moves.

How to get the Thanos skin in Fortnite

Three years ago, Thanos was introduced to the Fortnite world as a playable character in the “Infinity Gauntlet” Limited Time Mode (LTM). He returned again in 2019 as a part of the “Endgame” LTM. And now, players will get a chance to play as Thanos whenever they want since Epic is making his character model a skin in the game. They called him a mad man… Drop in-game and compete in the Thanos Cup for a chance to earn the Thanos Outfit and Infinity Gauntlet Back Bling inspired by @Marvel Studios' Avengers: Endgame!

How to instantly reset EVs in Pokémon Sword and Shield’s Isle of Armor expansion

Effort Value (EV) training in Pokémon games has always been a hassle, but Game Freak has consistently worked to make it easier and more accessible than ever in Sword and Shield. In the Isle of Armor expansion, players can skip past reducing EVs with special Berries and completely wipe their Pokémons’ stat values in one simple exchange.  If you look on the Isle of Armor’s map, you will see more than a dozen smaller islands sitting around the coast.