Just turn it off. Standby is so old-school. Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced plans to make future hardware as eco-friendly as possible.Speaking in a post on the official PlayStation Blog, SIE President Jim Ryan explains how PlayStation will be working with United Nations initiative Playing for the Planet to make the PlayStation 5 a more efficient console than previous hardware. “At SIE, we have made substantial commitments and efforts to reduce the power consumption of the PS4 by utilizing efficient technologies such as System-on-a-Chip architecture… die shrink, power scaling” writes Ryan....

League of Legends News It’s buffs and bug fixes across the board for Swarm in League of Legends patch 14.15. Has Swarm been frustrating you the past few weeks? Worry not as the League of Legends patch 14.15 brings some improvements to the PvE game mode. Check out everything new in Swarm with the LoL patch 14.15 update here. Swarm changes in LoL 14.15 update These changes shipped with LoL patch 14....

Gaming News Some incredible plays across Dota 2, CS: GO, LoL, Apex Legends, Valorant and more. Here is a compilation of the best plays of the year. 2021 has been an amazing year in esports. There have been ups and downs, COVID played spoilsport for a few titles (sorry Dota 2 fans), but the quality of games reached new heights. As we head towards the end of the year, here’s a compilation of the best esports plays of the year....

This is definitely an impressive speedrun Back inPokémon’sheyday, it was difficult enough to catch ’em all with legitimate friends, additional cartridges, and link cables, let alone do it in record time. One talented 21-year-old speedrunner from Ohio who goes by the name of Shenanagans Smash did just that, without trading, but with the help of several glitches. Shenanagans Smash collected all of the original 151 Pokémon (including Mew) in a mere 2:20:19, a time that makes me weep and feel inadequate....

I heard you like announcements so I put… [Update:The 2020 roadmapforIceborneis up!] Monster Hunter Worldis in a pretty good spot. It sold like crazy, it hosteditsIceborneexpansionrecently (it just came out on PC!), and everything is going great in terms of fan reception. So what’s next? Well, you’re going to have to wait on that. Outside of the recent PC Port launch all is quiet on theMonster Hunterfront, but Capcom does have some plans in mind....

Counter Strike 2 News In a back-and-forth grand final, Vitality defeated Falcons. Individual mastery and team tactics were mind-blowing: for both teams. The culmination of the CS2 BLAST Rivals Season 1 was everything CS2 esports fans could ask for. We witnessed intensely close rounds, lots of amazing moments, and a historic achievement for the winning team. The crowd’s emotions were still missing — we’ll wait for them at the next tournament, where Vitality may make their win streak even more impressive....

‘Hangar 6 R&D’ Hey, remember when 2K announced thatThe Bureau: XCOM Declassifiedwas getting Xbox 360 exclusive DLC? Me neither — I barely remember XCOM Declassified. For those of you who did enjoy it though, a brand new DLC campaign is on the way calledHangar 6 R&D, and it’s set to launch exclusively on the 360 on October 8th. It’ll be priced at $4.99, and it stars Agent Nico DaSilva in a narrative that serves as a prequel to the core game....

fans self It’s a good day to be a bad dude, as Zagreus, Theseus, Nyx, Dusa, and the rest of the Underworld’s denizens have come strutting into the UK Chart scene. Last week saw Supergiant Games’Hadesfinally hit the Top 20 at number seven, thanks to the sexy-as-all-fuck roguelike getting a physical release on Nintendo Switch. Hadesjoins a parade of Switch titles currently jamming up the Top 10. BothSuper Mario 3D World + Bowser’s FuryandMario Kart 8 Deluxeretain their respective number two and number four positions from last week, while social simAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsis once again back on top in the number one spot, no doubt brought about thanks to the title’s anniversary celebrations and impending spring events....

American Ninja Warriorseason 17’sAddy Herman came into the competition this season as the reigning Women’s Champ, and with so much pressure on her shoulders, she was bound to perform on the course. After making her debut onAmerican Ninja Warrior Junior, Addy has become one of the strongest competitors in the sport quickly, gaining traction as she learned all about the competition from her fellow Ninjas. After competing onAmerican Ninja Warrior Junior, Addy got the opportunity to hone her skills and figure out her competition style....

Challenge accepted Dark Souls IIhad a few of the toughest bosses in the series, but they’d be especially hard if you played the game in first-person. That’s what a modder named Benzoin-Gun has done, detailing his creation in the video above. It involves a rework of the game’s camera system, which tricks the bow/binoculars perspective into sticking for good. you may find the actual download link and instructionsin the YouTube video, just be aware that it’s from a third-party location, and all the usual risks are involved....

In a precedent-setting move, a judge has issued a legal permaban to oneDestiny 2cheat creator, on top of ordering them to pay a whopping $500,000 in copyright damages.ArsTechnica reportedon a recentconsent judgmentbetween Bungie and teenage cheater Luca Leone, wherein both parties agreed to the aforementioned court ruling. Bungie claimed that Leone’s leveraging of cheat software constitutesDestiny 2copyright infringement via graphical overlays and injected code, and the court has provided an assessment that this does, indeed, make for “unauthorized derivative work....

The Final Shapewas ahuge show of force forDestiny 2, but it’s success hasn’t stopped the recent bout of bad news out of Bungie. In a downright catastrophic announcement made recently, Bungie CEO Pete Parsons announcedthe studio would lose about 30% of its staff, and further integrate into Sony. A TWID blog post, then, isn’t happening. More specifically, Bungie has now clarified that it’s going to skip the weekly This Week inDestinyblog post in light of the unprecedented layoffs that happened this week....

Rhythmic platformer flights of fancy set sights on console paradise Eletronic Super Joyand itsGroove Cityexpansionhave done pretty well so far, but I can’t help but shake the feeling they could go farther. “Quirky and challenging platformer fatigue” is a problem for a lot of good games right now, especially on the platforms whereElectronic Super Joyis currently available. Maybe the move to Xbox One and Wii U will help it to find some new fans....