Cloudflare outage cuts off connections to Discord, DownDetector and others

Posted on 17/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you’re having trouble accessing an internet site or service, it may not be your connection. Services that rely on Cloudflare for DNS and caching to help them stay online are currently inaccessible for many people. Affected services include Discord...

Valorant’s ranked mode will return soon with some welcome changes

Posted on 22/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

There was a bit of confusion surrounding Valorant’s competitive mode during the game’s closed beta, because the top rank was also called Valorant. When the mode returns in patch 1.02 , likely sometime this week, it’ll be a little easier to discern el...

Riot’s first official ‘Valorant’ esports tournaments begin this week

Posted on 16/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It’s been just over two months since Riot Games debuted its tactical first-person shooter, Valorant. In that time, the company has slowly opened access to the game, letting Twitch users to unlock beta keys by visiting their favorite streamers’ channe...

Riot Games team-up will offer mental health support to players in crisis via text

Posted on 08/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Riot Games announced a partnership with Crisis Text Line to offer free, confidential support for gamers facing a mental health crisis. This is the latest initiative by the League of Legends developer to support the well-being of their gaming communit...

Riot Games will donate $1 million to support racial equality

Posted on 06/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Riot Games President Dylan Jadeja has published a letter revealing how the company intends to help combat racism and injustice. In it, Jadeja has announced that the developer is committing $1 million on efforts focusing on areas that the company beli...

Riot is testing ‘Valorant’ on consoles — but don’t get your hopes up

Posted on 04/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Valorant is a PC-only game right now, and that won’t change any time soon. However, Riot Games isn’t ruling out the possibility of bringing its new tactical shooter to consoles at some point. In fact, the developer is currently prototyping a console...

‘Valorant’ 1.0 launch adds a new character, game mode and map

Posted on 02/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

After all the teasing, jostling for keys and hyped up streams, Riot’s new 5v5 FPS Valorant is about to officially launch. The game is already live for players across the Asia-Pacific region, and and will go live in the Americas in about twelve more h...

Watch Riot’s ‘League of Legends: Wild Rift’ gameplay reveal here at 11AM ET

Posted on 29/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Riot Games will share the first gameplay footage from League of Legends: Wild Rift today at 11AM ET / 8AM PT. The upcoming livestream will give Riot fans a chance to see what they can expect from the upcoming mobile and console version of the studio’...

Twitch adds a news and events channel just in time for Summer Game Fest

Posted on 27/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Twitch has created a new home for gaming-related news. Dubbed Twitch Gaming, the company says the channel will feature game reveals, developer interviews and Twitch drops, with the platform's streamers presenting the content. One of the first things...

‘Valorant’ will be available to everyone on June 2nd

Posted on 21/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you’ve been itching to play Valorant but somehow haven’t had success in snagging a beta key by watching Twitch streams, you won’t have to wait too much longer to try it. Riot Games will make its free-to-play tactical shooter available to everyone...

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