The obvious answer is because they want a new experience. That’s why new games keep getting made and why pretty much every game has a limited lifespan. Once their player has had their fill, they move on to the next big th
So what happened? The same thing that’s happened with almost every big innovation in gaming: it arrived, it peaked, it got iterated to death, and then it finally died. Or it’s at least in the process of dy
Long-standing G2 Esports mid laner Luka “PerkZ” Perković took the _ League of Legends _ world by storm in 2019. Prior to this year’s season, G2 announced their addition of former Fnatic mid laner Rasmus “Caps” Winther. As a result, PerkZ moved to the AD carry position. The risky move left many wondering where the team was headed, though G2 came out the other side even stronger than before. With PerkZ as their carry, G2 won LEC Spring after topping the regular season’s leaderboard. They next attended the Mid-Season Invitational, where they took down Korean powerhouse SK Telecom T1 and destroyed North American side Team Liquid to take the cr
As with LoL , Dota2 also got into eSports in a big way. The International, Dota2 ‘s annual global tournament, Primal Beast offlane guide began with a prize pool of just $1.6 million. By 2019, The International’s prize pool had grown to over $31 million–the largest offering of any esports tournament in hist
There’s a term in economics called “market saturation.” It basically means that a product has become so common in the market that everyone who wants the product either already has it or can easily get it. It happens to basically everything, but you can see it often in certain widely distributed items, such as cars, snack foods, and yes, video ga
This is where the main action occurs throughout the game, as each team divides into the three lanes and assists their creeps in taking out the opposing team’s, while they do the same to you. Ideally, you want to ensure that you kill the opposing creep to gain valuable experience and not fall behind, and at the same time, players will head to the Jungle to farm even m
Speaking of champions who shouldn’t be able to compete in the league, there is a whole list of champions whose sole allegiance is to a mysterious realm called “The Void.” The Void is essentially nothingness. It is the nightmare realm of the League of Legends unive
Each lane also has both a melee and a ranged barracks. Their function is somewhat counterintuitive, because by destroying the opposing barracks in a lane, your own creeps become stronger. Do they loot the barracks? Are they motivated by your heroes? Who knows, but this is a cornerstone of play in order to continually push down an enemy lane effectively. Not only do your creeps become stronger, they also award less experience and gold to the opposing team, and if they cannot counter by destroying your barracks, the opposing team become continually disadvantaged as a match progres
Marvel fans are eagerly anticipating the next Spider-Man movie, especially since it once looked as if the wall-crawler was being completely cut out of the MCU. There’s also a fair bit of hype surrounding Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder , which will have Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster pick up the hammer. Black Widow is generating interest as well, but there’s a feeling from some that the movie has come too l
_ Tekken _ phenom Arslan “Arslan Ash” Siddique skyrocketed to the top of the fighting game scene in 2019. Though he competed in very few professional events the year prior, Arslan Ash cemented his name in FGC history in 2019. The 24-year-old kicked off the year at Evolution Championship Series Japan, where a lower bracket run ended in a Grand Final victory over Alexandre “AK” Laverez. He next won the TGU x SEA Thailand Major over two-time EVO champion Jae-Min “Knee” Bae. The _ Tekken 7 _ star then doubled up on his EVO Japan title, defeating Knee once again to take home the EVO Las Vegas title. He became the first player to win EVO Japan and Las Vegas in the same y
Both Marvel and DC have seven films scheduled to release between 2020 and 2022. Marvel is giving Black Widow her first solo movie in 2020, even though the character was killed off in Avengers: Endgame . Black Widow will be followed by Eternals , a cosmic superhero epic which features a star-studded cast. 2021 will be Marvel’s busiest year yet with four movies: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings , Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness , an untitled third Spider-Man movie, and Thor: Love and Thunder . As for its 2022 slate, Marvel’s only confirmed film is Black Panther
For many fans, DC’s upcoming slate of movies is more exciting than what Marvel Studios has planned for Phase 4 of the MCU. Between 2020 and 2022, DC Films is currently developing more big-name properties than Marvel, who has been leading the industry in comic book film adaptations for the last dec