World of Warcraft, Overwatch 2 and more Blizzard games have shut down in China

Image: Blizzard Entertainment Millions of Chinese players are now mourning the loss of their favourite Blizzard games. One userwrote on Weibo,When I woke up, I still didnt want to accept [it]. I cried all night in my sleep because the game went offline. I dreamed that I was crying in the middle of the class. Blizzard then went on to say that its request was turned down. Things then escalated in hilariously petty fashion....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 74 words · Bethany Gregory

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight gets its first year-long roadmap for 2023

Image: Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard has big plans to capitalise on World of Warcraft: Dragonflights success. All of that changes with Dragonflight, as the company prepares to nurture Azeroth as a living world. So, what does this mean?

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 37 words · Cynthia Mullen

World of Warcraft: The War Within's ups and downs after a month

Brann Bronzebeard also joins these adventures and is just one of the reasons players absolutely hate it. In the lower levels, youll find a decent challenge, but nothing that a few items cant overcome. For years players have been asking, even begging, for account-wide progress and finally, Blizzard listened. Warbands combine your entire account into one, making a lot of progress count towards all characters. Not only that but as a collector, this makes farming transmogs an absolute pleasure....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 79 words · Jennifer Anderson

Worlds 2022 champions DRX have announced their new roster for the upcoming season

DRX makes several changes to their roster for the 2023 season. Deft was one of the reasons DRX managed to create a fairytale ending for themselves. And with that, the four-fifths of the Worlds 2022 winning squad have split. FinalisedDRXRoster: Kwang-Hee Rascal Kim Kim Croco Dong-Beon Yoo FATE Su-hyeok Seo deokdam Dae-gil Geon-hee BeryL Cho

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 55 words · Michael Miller

Worlds 2022 debutant: CTBC Flying Oyster makes their first-ever appearance in the group stage

A team of veterans under a new flag. The PCS has long been dominated by PSG Talon since its inception in 2020. That win puts CTBC Flying Oyster straight into the group stage. But who is CTBC Flying Oyster? Owned by the privately-owned Taiwanese bank CTBC, it also has ownership of basketball and baseball teams in Taiwan. However, the roster they picked up happened to be seasoned veterans from around the PCS over the years....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · Melanie Williams

Worlds 2022: Beyond Gaming makes light work of LOUD to open their account

The PCS went above and beyond today against the CBLOL. BYG, on the other hand, will wait until tomorrow to face Evil Geniuses. Both teams excitingly started the match, trading the opening kills on supports only three minutes in. A few minutes later, LOUD tried to push in numbers down BYG’s first outer turret. Likai was originally split from his team, giving them a numbers disadvantage, which LOUD took with pleasure....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · Brandon Bridges

Worlds 2022: Close but no cigar for 100 Thieves as they crash out in the group stage

Image credit: LoL Esports There are officially no LCS teams in the playoffs. Sadly, it wasn’t in the cards for them as RNG proved to be too strong. The LPL squad started the game brightly, securing key kills in the early exchanges of the game. As the mid-game progressed, both teams were happy to trade objectives. RNG would stake a greater claim over the outer turrets while 100T resorted to taking drakes....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 86 words · Natalie Bell

Worlds 2022: Cloud9 is out after a devastating loss to EDward Gaming

EDward Gaming is now tied with T1 for first place. EDward Gaming has eliminated Cloud9 from Worlds 2022, being the first NA team to do so. That win now puts EDG tied with T1 for first place. They will have a chance to go ahead shortly in their next match against Fnatic. Four of the five members kept perfect KDAs with Tian “Meiko” Ye being the sole casualty. This meant that he took part in almost 90 per cent of the team’s total kills....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 176 words · Jeffrey Williams

Worlds 2022: Cloud9 obliterates Fnatic to NA its first win in the group stage

Image credit: LoL Esports The LCS finally won! C9 were clean and clinical from start to finish, which had plenty to do with the draft. One such player who was instrumental in dictating C9’s tempo and aggression was Robert “Blaber” Huang. Ibrahim “Fudge” Allami was another player who deserved recognition for his plays on Ornn. Overall, C9 were near-flawless in their win over Fnatic. Their communication, timing, and teamwork were what set the tone for the day....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 77 words · Richard Andrews

Worlds 2022: CTBC Flying Oyster are eliminated after back-to-back defeats

The PCS are out of Worlds 2022. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. There was a reason why Gen.G was so dominant all throughout the LCK Summer Split. For what it was worth, it didn’t seem like the same CFO from a week before. 100T will be playing a doubleheader against Royal Never Give Up and Gen.G.

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 56 words · April King

Worlds 2022: CTBC Flying Oyster opens their debut with a statement win over 100 Thieves

The PCS is coming up in the world. That win was the LCS' second loss of the day with only Evil Geniuses left versus JD Gaming. It was a real bloodbath from the early game on with both teams going for kills when necessary. This showed just how well CFO’s team fighting was with all the cores getting in on the action. He finished the game with 10 kills and zero deaths on his Worlds 2022 group stage debut....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 111 words · Richard Estrada

Worlds 2022: Day 2 ends with Istanbul Wildcats losing to DRX

Istanbul Wildcats suffered a major loss to end Day 2. Istanbul Wildcats on the other hand, now has three major losses to bear moving forward. Both teams had something to prove here, but Wildcats had much more to lose. Istanbul Wildcats scored the games first kill, giving the team a good head start. To Wildcats credit, the team refused to just roll over and take the loss early. It continued to exploit DRXs positioning and poke into objectives to varying levels of success....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 111 words · Christopher Gill

Worlds 2022: DetonatioN FocusMe eliminates LOUD to fight RNG in finals

Image: LoL Esports DetonatioN FocusMe went up against LOUD and came out on top. LOUD in the meanwhile, has been eliminated from the Worlds 2022 competition entirely. As for the second match, Yaharong and Yutapon really pulled through for DFM. DFM won this game with LOUD putting up a solid defense a mere few seconds too late. At 2-1, LOUD really needed to win this fourth game. LOUD had been very inconsistent today and this was the teams weakest match yet....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 108 words · Holly Powers