Hearthstone player for supporting the Hong Kong protests on stream. [ad name=”article1″] Hearthstone star Blitzchung was issued with a year suspension from competing after sharing his support with the Hong Kong protesters in a post-game interview during the GrandMasters League. Many notable names within the Hearthstone community have spoken out against the player’s punishment, such as Hearthstone caster Brian Kibbler who revealed he would be stepping away from Blizzard’s league after hearing the news.

Warzone developers have finally responded to an issue that is causing certain weapons to not gain XP in Season 3.  While the Warzone Season 3 update introduced new guns, balance changes, and modes – a number of players have reported problems with leveling up certain Vanguard weapons.  This issue is obviously incredibly frustrating, particularly when the best Warzone loadouts require high-level attachments. So far, a total of four guns have been impacted by this bug, with the KG M40 and NZ-41 being among them.

Activision Blizzard have informed their staff that all of their quality assurance testers will be promoted to full-time employees with increased pay, after Warzone workers went on strike in December 2021. Initially reported on December 4, 2021, Warzone QA workers had been promised higher pay “for months” but instead, “valuable members” were fired from the company. This led to about 40 QA testers going on strike in hopes of seeing change and justice for the people that lost their jobs.

Zaqueri ‘aphromoo’ Black and Johnson ‘Johnsun’ Nguyen tried to stand up in 2020 on Dignitas as one of NA’s best home-grown bot lanes. It didn’t go exactly to plan. Reunited for 2022 on FlyQuest, the LCS landscape has evolved, but the duo are ready to use their learnings from a year apart to push further. When the LCS 2022 off-season kicked off, Johnsun had something in mind. The FlyQuest AD carry struggled somewhat in 2021.

Vanguard players face danger in practically every direction during a game, so it’s slightly disconcerting to many that defeated Attack Dogs are essentially coming back from the dead to haunt players in demon form. Call of Duty has dealt with several themes in the past: previous wars, modern-day war, space, psychological warfare, and now it seems like players are taking a trip to hell. Attack Dogs are traditionally a deadly Killstreak awarded for a player going on a sensational run of kills.

Fortnite’s April Fool’s day store now features a brand-new skin: Diamond Hanz – a reference to the mania around WallStreetBets, Stonks, and tendies. It’s part of the To the Moon set. Released on April 1, this is no April Fool’s joke, it’s a real skin you can now buy in the store. The character skin is based on the very popular ‘stonks’ meme, and is part of the “To the Moon” set.

A new video platform is offering Joe Rogan a lot of money to leave Spotify amid calls to “cancel” the podcast host following racism allegations. The Joe Rogan Experience podcast is one of the most popular in the world, but it’s come under fire in recent months with many accusing its host and guests of spreading misinformation and even making racist comments. The drama has resulted in more than 70 episodes being pulled from the platform and Rogan himself taking responsibility for his comments, but that hasn’t stopped the backlash and calls for the platform to dump JRE.

YouTube recently handed out a punishment that has been deemed unjust by the community with marquee names like Mark ‘Markiplier’ Fischbach coming out in support of fellow creator Charlie ‘Cr1TiKaL’ White. A recent upload from Cr1TiKaL on his popular YouTube account ‘penguinz0’ was hit with a strike from the video platform. Within a week the video was outright removed, leading to the start of an appeal process. Throughout his upload, Cr1TiKaL was “making jokes” over a “fake, staged video.

Pathfinder mains can make life a living hell for their enemies in Apex Legends, with the ‘infinite grapple’ trick allowing them to drag players around for free kills.  Ever since Apex Legends first released, Pathfinder has been one of the most popular characters around. The MRVN bot is full of comedic one-liners, and his abilities are pretty decent to boot. Players who have mastered his grappling hook tactical ability are able to outplay their enemies in impressive fashion, as they can swing from spot to spot fairly easily.

Sony CEO Jim Ryan recently sat down to discuss the future of the PS5, and address rumors surrounding God of War Ragnarok, a major PS5 exclusive. One of the key selling points for any new console is its exclusives, games that will pretty much only see the light of day on one console for the foreseeable future. There’s been some mixed reaction to many of the PS5’s current playable games also being advertised for the PS4 too.