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This week’s top stories centered around Herschel “Dr Disrespect” Beahm, as Midnight Society, a gaming studio he co-founded, cut ties with him, YouTube cut off monetization on his channels, and he admitted that he had sent “inappropriate” messages to a minor, resulting in his ban from Twitch in 2020. Read on for our… Read more... View the full article

The developers behind Space Marine 2 have announced that a planned multiplayer beta has been canceled as the team wants to focus all of its attention on the retail game and its launch. And after the last few years, which saw many big games launch in rough shape, this sounds like a smart move. Read more... View the full article

FX’s The Bear has returned with its third season, dropped in its entirety on the streamer on June 27. The stunning cooking drama starring Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri has been one of the best things on television in recent years, an indulgent feast of spectacular camera work and acting. Unfortunately, Season 3’s… Read more... View the full article

Overwatch 2’s tank role has been in an awkward spot since the sequel took one of them out of the mix. Where once the role prioritized team-wide defense, Overwatch 2 has built and reworked tanks to be frontline brawlers. Since then, the role has been in constant flux as Blizzard has tried to better define the role. In… Read more... View the full article

A man from New Jersey was charged with attempted second-degree murder over the weekend after he flew to Florida and attacked another gamer with a hammer allegedly over a dispute in an MMORPG, according to police. Read more... View the full article

When the hell did you get into Yu-Gi-Oh? Where were you all when I was the last holdout of my middle school lunch period trying to do synchro-summons because I thought they were the coolest thing in the world? I ask this because there has not only been a discernable uptick in the trading card game and video games’… Read more... View the full article

The Sword of Night is a Katana that is only found in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. It’s an excellent weapon for Dexterity builds seeking something fresh, but it’s worth noting that getting it will require you to complete a relatively lengthy quest. If you’re up for it, though, this ranks as one of the… Read more... View the full article

Elden Ring, FromSoftware’s 2022 open-world action RPG, just dropped its first and only DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, bringing with it a few dozen hours of combat, exploration, and exposition. Erdtree is perhaps FromSoftware’s most lore-heavy creation yet, offering explicit details on the fallen gods and fearsome foes of… Read more... View the full article

How are we at the end of June already? Can time slow down? No? Okay. Fine. Well, at least we’re at the weekend, so that means (hopefully) you have some free time to spend on video games. This week we’ve rounded up an eclectic mix of eight games worth checking out as you shelter from the heat (assuming it’s hot where… Read more... View the full article

The Firespark Perfume Bottle can only be discovered in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. This weapon scales well with Dexterity and fire damage, making it an excellent choice for a melee/pyromancer hybrid build. If that’s up your alley, you’re in luck—you can score this unique weapon within the first few… Read more... View the full article

Cyberpunk 2077 takes place in Night City, a fictional metropolis in California meant to embody the endgame of America’s capitalist excess. Corporations run everything, people have to resort to a life of crime to get a step ahead, and the only pockets of solace are found in community, because the systems will do… Read more... View the full article

Metal Gear Solid series producer Noriaki Okamura told fans in a new video feature that he would like to work with Kojima again on the franchise, but explained that people have moved on and that’s just “reality.” Read more... View the full article

If you’ve never been able to stomach the gacha grind of HoYoverse’s games, then Zenless Zone Zero might be for you. The next game from the developer behind Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail releases on July 4 (only a few days away) and is set to make some welcome quality-of-life changes to the formula that—if… Read more... View the full article

Mobile game mega-hit Pokémon GOnever misses a chance to make an inexplicably dreadful decision. Its latest comes with the celebration of the game’s eighth birthday, where it has made the bizarre decision to refuse to allow access to long-time players who completed one specific quest back in 2020. Read more... View the full article

Elden Ring players kicked up a fuss recently upon the recent release of the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, with many believing it is simply too hard. New enemies were (and still are) wiping the floor with players, and countless boss fights were (and still are) one-shotting folks right out the gate. This makes the… Read more... View the full article

If you somehow didn’t know, current U.S. president Joe Biden and ex-U.S. President Donald Trump had a presidential debate last night. How did we get here? Well, our country’s two-party system is so absolute that people looked at these two geriatrics who can barely string two sentences together and thought, “One of… Read more... View the full article

Former Call of Duty pro Nick “Nickmercs” Kolcheff received his first ever ban from Twitch after using a transphobic slur during a recent stream, commemorating another Pride Month with his annual anti-LGBTQ+ bullpucky. Read more... View the full article

On a weekday afternoon, Ashwini Ashtankar sat on the bank of the Doodhpathri River, in a valley nestled in the Himalayas. Taking a deep breath, she noticed that there was no city noise, no pollution — and no work emails. Ashtankar, a senior tools development engineer in NVIDIA’s Pune, India, office, took advantage of the company’s free days — two extra days off per quarter when the whole company disconnects from work — to recharge. Free days are fully paid by NVIDIA, not counted as vacation or as personal time off, and are in addition to country-specific holidays and time-away programs. Free days give employees time to take an adventure, a breather — or both. Ashtankar and her husband, Dipen Sisodia — also an NVIDIAN — spent it outdoors, hiking up a mountain, playing in snow and exploring forests and lush green meadows. “My free days give me time to focus on myself and recharge,” said Ashtankar. “We didn’t take our laptops. We were able to completely disconnect, like all NVIDIANs were doing at the same time.” Ashtankar returned to work feeling refreshed and recharged, she said. Her team tests software features of NVIDIA products, focusing on GPU display drivers and the GeForce NOW game-streaming service, to make sure bugs are found and addressed before a product reaches customers. “I take pride in tackling challenges with the highest level of quality and creativity, all in support of delivering the best products to our customers,” she said. “To do that, sometimes the most productive thing we can do is rest and let the soul catch up with the body.” Ashtankar plans to build her career at NVIDIA for many years to come. “I’ve never heard of another company that truly cares this much about its employees,” she said. Learn more about NVIDIA life, culture and careers. View the full article

Business partners are continuing to ditch Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm after multiple reports corroborated allegations that he “sexted” a minor through Twitch, and the streamer himself admitted to conversations that “sometimes leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate” with someone who was underage. The… Read more... View the full article

The Blessed Blue Dew Talisman is found only in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. This accessory will grant you Focus Point (FP) regeneration and can be found early in the game. It’s a must-find if you want to use plenty of spells or abilities without worrying too much over refilling their resources… Read more... View the full article

Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s character creator is the most robust BioWare’s ever put in one of its RPGs. We saw a glimpse of it at Summer Game Fest and can confirm Mass Effect and Dragon Ages of old have nothing on what’s coming. But the options for how you customize your character aren’t nearly as exciting as one big… Read more... View the full article

It’s a strange time for Destiny 2 at the moment. The game is coming off of a surprising victory lap with The Final Shape. The latest expansion culminated the game’s ten-year story and set our beloved cast of Guardians on new journeys, which will be explored in “episodes” rather than the seasons that Destiny 2 players… Read more... View the full article

Do you smell that? That’s the smell of millions of credit cards around the world melting as gamers empty their bank accounts buying up cheap games during this year’s Steam Summer Sale. And this time around, Valve is offering up some even bigger than usual deals on some great games. Read more... View the full article

FromSoftware’s parent company, Japanese conglomerate Kadokawa Group, was the victim of a major data breach, it disclosed on Thursday. The Dark Souls maker’s owner said it’s currently “investigating the possibility for information leakage” and that the total impact on its business for the year ahead remains “unclear.” Read more... View the full article

For over 14 years, Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin has been writing The Winds of Winter, the next book in his beloved fantasy saga. The HBO series inspired by the novels extended past his writing long before its final episode aired in 2019, though Martin did provide the broad strokes of how he intended to… Read more... View the full article