Activision Blizzard Investors Upset Over CEO Payout Amid Layoffs

Earlier today, it was reported thatActivision-Blizzardhad laid off 50 of its employees that were involved with live events. After that, Jason Schreier revealed on Twitter thatthe laid-off employees had received $200 gift cardsfor the company’s Battle Net store. Against all this turmoil, Bobby Kotick, CEO of the company, is set to benefit from a loophole that will see him given almost $200 million. Activision-Blizzard has continued to lay-off employees andclose down studios over the last few years, yet the company continues to report rising profits year after year....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 542 words · Michael Holmes

Apex Legends: 10 Seer Tips To Dominate Matches

Apex Legendsnewcomer Seer shook in-game meta to the corein Season 10, courtesy of his remarkable set of tracking abilities. Being a Recon Legend, theApex Legendscharacter focuses on using his micro-drones to reveal as much information about enemies as possible. RELATED:Apex Legends: Your Ideal Legend Based On Your Zodiac Sign Contrary to the more careful Bloodhound, Seer can dominate in more active setups - favoring more aggressive teams. With this in mind, newcomers might feel uncomfortable using Seer for the first time, expecting to go guns blazing on the battlefield....

August 2, 2025 · 7 min · 1430 words · Joseph Sanchez II

Assassination Classroom: What Makes Koro-Sensei a Great Teacher

Assassination Classroomfollows the story of Koro-Sensei, an octopus-like creature that beholds supernatural powers, capable of wreaking immense havoc. Even though the anime’s primary focus is on his mass-destruction capabilities and cunning nature, another skill thatKoro-Sensei yields is that of being a great teacher, as evident throughout multiple instances in the series. The most substantial proof of his skills as a teacher lies in the fact that he was able to turn a class of misfits and failures into high-achieving, confident students....

August 2, 2025 · 4 min · 710 words · Valerie Thomas

Best Items To Fuse With The Master Sword In TotK

Summary Tears of the Kingdommight have come after an agonizingly long wait, but most people argue that the time taken to develop this game was not wasted in the slightest. Not only doesTears of the Kingdomintegrate conceptsthat add new dynamics to the gameplay, but it also addresses some of the complaints that players had with the first title. The Fuse mechanic is easily one of the best things in the game, even if some people felt like its implementation was slightly limited....

August 2, 2025 · 8 min · 1581 words · Leslie Hill

Borderlands 3: 10 Weird Facts You Didn't Know About Moxxi

Mad Moxxi is one of the most iconic characters in theBorderlandsfranchise. Some fans find her attractive, some think she’s a strong role model, others think she’s creepy. While she’s on many gamers radars there is a lot about her that even dedicated fans probably aren’t aware of. Between mysteriously missing children, a complicated background, an obsession with finding husbands, and some great movie references, here are all the weird facts you may not know about the alluring Mad Moxxi....

August 2, 2025 · 6 min · 1109 words · Erik Roy

Characters Who Deserved Better Fates in The Boys

Summary The Boysis filled with some truly diabolical acts, in which shock value comes before the safety and respect of some characters. As such, there have been plenty of times when a character has been seriously harmed or even killed, and audiences are left to think that this particular character deserved better, not the fate that awaited them. WithThe Boysin production for its fifth and final season, audiences can look back at some of the characters who have suffered along the way to see which of them deserved a better fate than the one that they eventually received....

August 2, 2025 · 4 min · 848 words · Kyle Walls

Chris Rock Won't Press Charges Against Will Smith Over Oscars Slap

Will Smith won his firstOscarat the 94th Academy Awards for his performance inKing Richardin the Best Actor category. But unfortunately, Smith’s win and acceptance speech are footnotes in a night that involved the actor confronting comedian Chris Rock on stage regarding a joke made at the expense of his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith. The altercation occurred when Rock appeared on stage to present the Best Documentary Feature category winner. Before reading off theOscarnominees and eventual winner,Summer of Soul, Rock stayed true to form and rattled off several jokes to liven up the celebrity audience....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 613 words · Michael Burns

Cyberpunk Oversight Allows Players to Bring Katanas into a Fistfight

One of the most difficult fights inCyberpunk 2077can be trivialized with the help of an exploit recently shared online. While the game’s fistfights are normally a test of V’s reflexes, the exploit enables players to turn the tables on a would-be boxing champion. While many players spend their time inCyberpunk 2077augmentingV’s hacking skills, it is entirely possible for players to approach the game with a melee-only build. This approach requires players to invest heavily in V’s Body Attribute and gain experience with katanas, or blunt weapons like baseball bats for those who would prefer a non-lethal approach....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Denise Morris

Destiny 2's Strand Could Be Bungie's Answer to Anthem's Flight Mechanics

Players of the popular first-person shooterDestiny 2will soon have access to a new subclass called Strand. This subclass is based on the Darkness and allows players to use a green strand-powered grappling hook to fly through the air, even grappling onto moving objects like other players or vehicles. While Strand is an exciting addition, it’s not the first time a shooter has implemented in-air movement mechanics.Anthem, a multiplayer action RPG developed by Bioware, has its own traversal mechanic, where players can use their javelins (exosuits) to fly through the air for long periods of time....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 596 words · Gwendolyn Mills

Destiny 2: 10 Questions That Still Need To Be Answered Before Beyond Light Launches In November

Players are eagerly waiting for more news aboutBeyond Light, the much-anticipatedDestiny 2expansion that would have been out last week barringCOVID-related delays. Understandably, players have a ton of questions about what the state ofDestiny 2will be onceBeyond Lightlaunches given that it will be the biggest content “shift” inDestinyhistory with a ton of new content coming to the game and even more leaving with weapon and armor sunsetting, as well as the introduction of theDestiny Content Vault....

August 2, 2025 · 6 min · 1118 words · Jonathon Bailey

Diablo 4 Reveals Game's Most Popular Class

A few days after the official release ofDiablo 4, it’s been revealed that the Sorcerer class is the most popular class in the game. While most players have their favorite class to defeat Lilith’s minions in Sanctuary, it seems that one of theDiablo 4classes is standing above the crowd and draws more players than the others.Just like previous entries in theDiablofranchise, players have thechoice between various classes inDiablo 4, each with unique abilities....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 405 words · Kimberly West

Dragon Age: How The First Book Changed The Way Fans Saw Loghain

TheDragon Ageseries is known for its rich story, lore, and characters. Fans tend to have a lot of feelings about the characters, especially since the RPG gives them options to hold unique conversations with them and see them develop. Among these characters are villains, and a big one is Loghain fromDragon Age: Origins. Loghain is the man who called a retreat during a battle against the Blight, betraying what was planned at the war table and indirectly killing many Grey Wardens and theKing of Fereldenhimself....

August 2, 2025 · 4 min · 761 words · Amy Burke

Dragon Quest Treasures: Where to Find Sanguinite

Once the tutorial is mostly complete inDragon Quest Treasures, players will be let out into the first location of the game. This island is made up of one of the ancient gold dragons' heads which make up theworld ofDragon Quest Treasures, and it contains all the starter monsters and a few quests that players will need to complete. to get these first three quests done for Mr. Euston, players will need to battle some orcs, farm some Royal Soil, andget a mysterious stone called Sanguinite....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 416 words · William Simon