NICKMERCS banned on Twitch for using “derogatory” term Popular Warzone streamer Nick ‘NICKMERCS’ Kolcheff has been banned on Twitch in the early hours of Friday, June 28, later confirming the reason for his ban was for breaching the platforms hateful conduct guidelines. NICKMERCS has had a long and successful career on Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch, and this marks the first time he’s been banned on the platform. On June 27,Nick went liveplaying the Elden Ring DLC, taking on Messmer the Impaler much like many other top Twitch streamers....

Overwatch 2’s new Competitive feature gives players their “best” & “worst” matches ever Overwatch 2’s Competitive Drives feature is being both praised and panned for providing players with some of their best matches ever, while others say the game’s quality has gotten even worse. On October 4, Overwatch 2’sCompetitive Driveswent live, offering up exclusive rewards to players who climb in rank and giving them some extra incentive for reaching each checkpoint....

Overwatch clan system? Players excited by leak on Russian PTR An Overwatch clan system may be coming soon if a recent leak on the Russian PTR is anything to go off of. The August 12PTR updatemade a series of custom game changes including new browser tabs for the most popular, recently played, and favorites. While this is very nice news for players who are into custom games, the Russian version of the PTR has fans intrigued....

Some owners ofGoogle’s Pixel Watchesreport that they are experiencing an issue that causes the Clock app’s alarms to fire at the wrong time. While most people say that the alarms are being fired later than they should, some do also note that theGooglePixel Watch has also alerted them earlier than it was supposed to. Worryingly for those hoping to find a workaround for the problem,9to5Googlereports that the issue appears to be random, with no consistency from which people can try and figure out what is happening....

Quick Links One of the original Legendary Pokémon and a member of the Legendary Birds (along with Articuno and Moltres), Zapdos is an Electric/Flying-type Pokémon from Kanto. It has a variant in Galar, which was introduced in The Crown Tundra for Sword/Shield. InPokémon GO, the original Zapdos is a large, yellow bird that hovers above the ground. This Pokémon is beloved by the community as one of the original few Legendaries the franchise has to offer, and holds a special place in many Trainers' hearts....

Whenever you attach an iOS device to a power source to charge yourbattery, you receive feedback letting you know that the power connection succeeded. iPads and iPod touches provide audible feedback, butiPhonescan provide both audible and vibratory feedback. While these types of feedback can be useful in several scenarios, everyone knows that two sides exist to every story. With that in mind,PowerLessis a new freejailbreak tweakby iOS developerCydiaGeekthat disables all power connection feedback entirely....

The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One controllers offer a fair amount of rumble in games, providing you with that much-needed feedback for whenever you’re hit by a bullet or start skidding off the racetrack, but what if you could getmore? That’s what ex-NASA engineerJake Middleton hopes to dowith the MEGA-one, a controller kit that will bring you closer to the game. Currently seeking crowdfunding support onKickstarter, the MEGA-one controller mod promises a motor that is 500 times stronger than those included with the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 standard controllers, and it’s capable of delivering vibration at about 10 times the strength of those controllers....

Throughout this year so far, I’ve been concerned about my skills as a game critic. I’ve handed out more than a few harsh reviews for games that I felt disappointed me, largely because they failed to innovate. They weren’t bad, but with some exceptions, none of them felt special. And what concerns me is that I’m of the mind that you don’t necessarily need to innovate to create a terrific game, you just need it to be fun....

Yshas been around for decades, and in recent years, has been gaining popularity with western audiences. TheYsgames (except forYs Origins)focus on the travels of adventurer Adol Christin and usually his companion Dogi. The premise is that typically Adol ends up in a new area, and by some stroke of luck ends up becoming the only hope of putting an end to some local calamity.Ys X: Nordicspresents Adol and Dogi being in this type of situation, except now they have a ship which they can use to explore all the surrounding islands....

Aside from playing superhero Tony Stark/Iron Manin blockbusters such asMarvel’sAvengers: Age of Ultron,Robert Downey Jr.has proven on several occasions that he is a real-life hero, especially to brave young kids. Back in March,Robert Downey Jr.teamed up with Microsoft’s The Collective Project to present a new 3D-printed bionic arm inspired byIron Manto a young boy namedAlex Pring, who was born with a partially-developed right arm. Today, the actor posted a strange photo onInstagramof himself in a silly Tigger costume from Winnie the Pooh, and as it turns out, this was also part of an effort to help another young boy, inviting him to theCaptain America: Civil Warpremiere....

Samsung has updated its mid-range phones for 2023 and that means there’s a new Galaxy A device. Sitting a tier down from the Galaxy S models, the Galaxy A54 5G comes in to update and replace theGalaxy A53 5G. These popular devices offer access to much of the Samsung goodness of the company’s top-tier flagships but at a fraction of the price. But what has changed since the previous iteration of this phone and which should you buy?...

Remember the good old days of chasing megapixels? It was a simple one-to-one ratio to show how good your camera was. And while megapixels still play a part in image quality, the idea of computational photography took over, using the processing power of the phone to enhance the images, creating something far better than the small sensors ever could. But there’s still something to be said for a large swathe of pixels that make an image pop....

Afterteasing its new Gear smartwatchahead of Apple’s upcoming media event, South Korea-based Samsung last evening formally announced a second-generation Gear S family. The Galaxy Gear S2, as it’s called, augments the round display of its predecessor with a rotating bezel for navigating the user interface. The internals have been refreshed, too, so the Gear S2 has NFC. While it has less storage space than the Apple Watch’s 8GB, the Gear S2 uses a stronger battery that Samsung claims runs up to three days on a single charge....