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MrBeast sends mystery boxes to influencers and no one knows what it means

YouTube star MrBeast is sending mystery boxes to a few top influencers — but no one knows what’s inside them, or what they could be for. At least, not yet. Jimmy ‘MrBeast’ Donaldson is one of the most popular content creators on the net. The YouTuber boasts a combined following of well over 100 million subscribers across multiple channels, and is best known for his high-stakes challenges and ambitious video projects.

SypherPK hopes Fortnite traps return in Season 6, but with some changes

SypherPK was once known as the trap king in Fortnite, and although he understands why they were vaulted, he hopes they’ll return in Chapter 2, Season 6 with some changes. Traps once played an essential role in Fortnite. They were a creative, innovative, and versatile tool, and before they were nerfed and eventually vaulted, they dealt an absurd amount of damage. However, it’s hard to find someone who used them better than Ali ‘SypherPK’ Hassan.

Alexandra & Andrea Botez outplayed at chess by ten-year-old prodigy live on Twitch

Team Envy chess sensations Alexandra and Andrea Botez were left stunned while playing chess in New York, as they were both comprehensively beaten by 10-year-old prodigy Tanitoluwa Adewumi. With the meteoric rise of chess in 2020, fueled by the hit Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit and the game’s domination of Twitch, sisters Alexandra and Andrea Botez became one of streaming’s most iconic duos. Currently boasting over 450k YouTube subscribers and almost 900k Twitch followers, both siblings are remarkably good chess players: Andrea is ranked at 260 in the chess.

CoD Mobile Season 2: Task Force 141 patch notes - New map, Ghost returns, more

Another month, another new update as CoD Mobile Season 2: Task Force 141 is now upon us with more content set to shake up the popular handheld title. The usual assortment of maps and weapons are all in focus and we’ve got a full breakdown of everything included in the latest major patch. Keeping the momentum going in 2022, CoD Mobile’s second season is already here. It was just a matter of days after the Season 1: Heist patch that teasers already began pouring in for the subsequent update.

Pokemon Go Festival of Colors Collection Challenge & Field Research tasks

The Pokemon Go Festival of Colors Collection Challenge has arrived, alongside a set of event-exclusive Field Research tasks to complete for some great rewards. Collection Challenges are limited-time quests that require trainers to catch a specific set of Pokemon that are themed around an event. Rewards usually include an Elite Collector Medal and some helpful items. For the Festival of Colors event, another Collection Challenge has begun. This one requires you to catch the newly-debuted Alolan species, Oricorio, as well as several other Pokemon including Turtwig and Horsea.

NIP are finding their stride without dev1ce — but their silence is bizarre

NIP seem to be doing just fine without star CS:GO player Nicolai ‘dev1ce’ Reedtz, who remains sidelined due to mental health issues. But the organization’s silence about his situation is hard to understand and has done more harm than good. As dev1ce faced the camera, his arms crossed around his back, wearing a jersey different from the one in which he had won four Majors and risen to the top of the world, there was shock and disbelief, but at the same time a sense of inevitability.

Durte Dom accused of sexually assaulting Vlog Squad extra during David Dobrik shoot

Dominykas Zeglaitis, better known as former Vlog Squad member ‘Durte Dom’, has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman who was “too intoxicated to consent” during the filming of a video blog for David Dobrik’s growing YouTube channel in late 2018. Hannah, 20 years old at the time, accuses Zeglaitis, then 23, of sexually assaulting her by engaging in sexual activity while she was “so incapacitated” she couldn’t consent. According to Hannah, who spoke to Kate Tenbarge from Business Insider about the night, she and her friends ⁠felt pressured by Zeglaitis and other Vlog Squad members to create content that “objectified [them].

m0xxy “triggered” after bronze Overwatch teammate easily hits masters

Ranking up in Overwatch can be an insane grind that takes multiple seasons. That’s why Twitch streamer m0xxy was shocked after seeing how a Mercy player on his team managed to go from bronze to masters like it was nothing. Overwatch normally will award more SR for a win and take away less for a loss depending on your hidden MMR. This can also work the other way, with some players earning less SR for victories and losing a tonne for defeats.

Valkyrae & Pokimane celebrate as Corpse Husband song smashes major milestone

Corpse Husband has revealed that his track E-Girls Are Ruining My Life has been certified Gold, and the internet has rushed to celebrate his huge achievement. The “faceless” content creator may have made a name for himself by streaming games like Among Us and creating horror videos on YouTube, but his recent dive into the music industry is proving to be just as popular with fans. Songs like Agoraphobic and debut single Miss You have all received tens of millions of streams on music services, and his recent collaboration with Machine Gun Kelly, Daywalker, hit the charts in both the US and the UK.

xQc explains why controllers are broken in Halo Master Chief Collection on PC

Popular Twitch Streamer Felix ‘xQc’ Lengyel tried out the new Halo Master Chief Collection when it came out on Steam on December 3 and quickly found that controller, not mouse and keyboard, was the way to go. Halo: The Master Cheif Collection combines all of the games from the famous franchise and finally brings them to PC. xQc was far from the only streamer to try out the games and see how they translated to PC, but the streamer was adamant that controllers were much more powerful than mouse and keyboard.