Call of Duty News 20-year-old Simp won the Esports Controller Player of the Year at the Esports Awards 2021. Atlanta FaZe’s Simp won the Esports Controller player of the Year at the 2021 Esports Awards. It has been nearly 700 days since the last Esports Awards on LAN and the return to Arlington was a special moment for many of the attendees. Simp was also The Esports Awards Rookie of the Year earlier....

Where did this come from? Out of the blue, Nintendo has released a sort of sequel toSwapnotecalledSwapdoodle. Similar to the previous iteration, you can write messages and send them to your friends. This time, though, you can make 3D images and partake in lessons to learn how to draw…sort of. It seems that this new, free-to-start application will teach you how to draw your favorite Nintendo characters. You’ll start with stamps based on the icons from games in your play history and you can purchase additional lessons from the eShop....

Streamers News A school rebuilt and a new one coming! Nigerian students will benefit from the millionaire investment made by Kai Cenat’s Foundation. Almost a year ago, Kai Cenat posted a series of videos about his trip to Africa, which kicked off the idea of starting a foundation to raise money to build a school in Nigeria. After doing some tourism and creating content for his stream, Kai visited a small town he wanted to help....

Counter Strike 2 News Hold a piece of CS2 history in your inventory thanks to the new Souvenir Highlight Packages, available after the Austin Major playoffs. Souvenir weapons earned via the CS2 Major Viewer Pass are getting an upgrade for the BLAST Austin Major with select weapons now getting a “Souvenir Highlight Package” — including a sweet weapon charm! Relive the best moments from the Austin Major playoffs by using your Viewer Pass souvenir tokens to get a random skin from the map’s collection, as well as a cool commemorative charm attached....

Pokémon News There are Apples all over the map in Pokémon GO, but what are they? The latest Pokémon GO event, Sweet Discoveries, has introduced something brand new to the game. There are now Apples all over the Pokémon GO map. This might be familiar to Trainers who opened the game on April Fools Day, as this is basically the same mechanic that we saw on that day. It seems that Niantic were sneakily testing something on us on April Fools day!...

In lieu of all those launch games Xbox has revealed the line-up of entertainment and streaming apps that will arrive on Xbox Series X and S come launch, which is just one short week from today, believe it or not. Once they unwrap their shiny new box, proud owners will be able to use a selection of the most popular TV and Video streaming services, which to be fair are probably available on every other device in your house, but the choice is still nice....

Warning: Contains Spoilers forThe Walking Dead Deluxe #110! The Walking Deadis filled to the brim with interesting, complex characters navigating a seemingly impossible world. They encounter an endless series of trials and tribulations, grief and love, and the full range of human emotions. According to series creator Robert Kirkman, the character of Earl Sutton had a little extra depth, thanks to being inspired by a real-life family friend. Tucked away in the back pages ofThe Walking Dead Deluxe #110 (2025), a reprint of the original issue published in 2013, TWD creator Robert Kirkman revealed thathe created one character, the Hilltop’s Earl Sutton, thanks to“a close friend of mine whose father is a blacksmith....

What about Call of Duty Classic? For years now,Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2has been the most requested game for Xbox One’s backward compatibility service. Despite makinglast-gen portsofXbox OneCall of Dutygames playable,Modern Warfare 2seemed to elude the service entirely. The time has finally come, though, as Microsoft has announced thatModern Warfare 2is now playable on Xbox One. With this release, the onlyCall of Dutygame not playable on Microsoft’s latest box is the original game (or the PS2/Xbox/Gamecube spin-offs, I guess)....

Zenless Zone Zero News Vivian comes to Zenless Zone Zero, alongside the new faction Mockingbird! The latest Zenless Zone Zero drip marketing featured Vivian, an avid fan of Phaethon’s. Moreover, the Vivian reveal tells us of a new faction to be added to the playable pool: Mockingbird. ZZZ Drip Marketing: Vivian Vivian, alongside Hugo Vlad, was introduced as an NPC in a recent update. But if the trailer is any indication, they will both play a bigger role in the upcomingZZZ Version 1....

News Genshin Impact’s latest outfit is “Cherries Snow-Laden” for Hu Tao! Hu Tao is the first character to receive a new special outfit in 2025. In red and white, looking like a Christmas princess, Hu Tao’s latest outfit is already out. It was inspired by the New Lunar Year, happening on January 29. But how can you obtain the “Cherries Snow-Laden” outfit? Where can I obtain it? Unfortunately for the fans, the outfits of thefive-star characterslike Hu Tao are only availablevia purchase....

Genshin Impact5.5 has added over 200 new chests that you can find while exploring Atocpan and the Ancient Sacred Mountain. But a good number of chests are easy to miss because they are locked behind random puzzles or require you to perform a specific task. Here are seven hidden chests that you may have missed inGenshin Impact5.5. 7 hidden chests you may have missed in Atocpan and Ancient Sacred Mountain Hidden chest 1 Teleport to the waypoint southeast of theLava Dragon Statue bossand head north to find an Iktomisaur and two tubes in the water....

Ever since 2K Marin’s announcement of anX-COMremakelast year, fans of the MS-DOS strategy original were horrified that it had taken the form of a first-person shooter format, albeit with significant strategy elements. Then, another title was announced –XCOM: Enemy Unknown, under the management of Firaxis Games, almost as if to placate those fans. Well here at Destructoid, we’ve have been keeping tabs on the project – from its initial announcement back inJanuarytodeveloper diaries, achatwith the developers about bringing an old PC strategy favourite onto modern consoles, and a mammothpreviewfrom Herr Sarkar....

Hearthstone Guides Another month, another five new Mercenaries. Check out this guide to understand how to play and pronounce everything from Chi-Ji to Xuen! Mercenaries got its first official event! Flavored with Lunar New Year energy, five new Celestial Mercenaries should be showing up on battlefields near you. Though their power level might not be as high as Lokholar and Balinda, some of these crazy new Beasts and Dragons do look like welcome heroes....