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Independent gaming, esports and tech news. Hardware we've actually used, launch times and patch notes that are right, and the odd giveaway. Covering it since 2012. www.shanethegamer.com Tips and review units: contact@shanethegamer.com

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LoL Fnatic Worlds 2011 Champion Cyanide Dies at 31

shanethegamer.comLoL Fnatic Worlds 2011 Champion Cyanide Dies at 31Lauri "Cyanide" Happonen, the Finnish jungler who became the youngest player ever to win the League of Legends World Championship when he lifted the trophy with Fnatic at 16, has died at...

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Cyberpunk 2077 Now Runs in a Web Browser, but It May Not Last

shanethegamer.comCyberpunk 2077 Now Runs in a Web Browser, but It May Not LastCyberpunk 2077 now runs in a web browser through cyberpunk2077.lol, an unofficial fan port from developer omonkey (@omonkeyzz on X) that went live on 22 October. It doesn't check whether you own...

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Gentle Mates Release Entire Valorant Roster, marteen Cites Internal Issues

shanethegamer.comGentle Mates Release Entire Valorant Roster, marteen Cites Internal IssuesAll five members of the Gentle Mates Valorant roster are now free agents. The French organisation released the lineup that took it to its first international event, Masters Santiago 2026. Gentle Mates...

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Phantom Blade Zero Reviews Are In: 9/10 Scores for Combat, Story Gets Marked Down

shanethegamer.comPhantom Blade Zero Reviews Are In: 9/10 Scores for Combat, Story Gets Marked DownA parry lands, a chain hook gets caught mid-air, and a boss eats its own weapon. That's the bit critics can't stop talking about. Phantom Blade Zero's review embargo has lifted, and...

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Gears of War: E-Day (PC) Review

shanethegamer.comGears of War: E-Day (PC) ReviewA brutal return to the roots of Gears of War There’s something special about going back to where it all began, and Gears of War: E-Day delivers exactly the kind of experience...

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Stellar Blade’s Bayonetta Outfits Got Quick Approval as PlatinumGames Stayed Hands-Off

shanethegamer.comStellar Blade’s Bayonetta Outfits Got Quick Approval as PlatinumGames Stayed Hands-OffEve's getting a witch's wardrobe, and PlatinumGames barely touched it. In a joint Famitsu interview with Shift Up CEO and Stellar Blade director Kim Hyung-tae, PlatinumGames CEO Atsushi Inaba said his studio...

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Sodapoppin’s Net Worth: A Twitch Veteran’s Fortune

shanethegamer.comSodapoppin’s Net Worth: A Twitch Veteran’s FortuneChance "Sodapoppin" Morris is one of the longest-serving and most influential personalities in the history of Twitch, a World of Warcraft pioneer turned variety streamer whose career now spans more than a...

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Xbox COO Helen Chiang Leaves Microsoft Just Over Three Months After Taking the Job

shanethegamer.comXbox COO Helen Chiang Leaves Microsoft Just Over Three Months After Taking the JobThree months and change. Xbox's first ever chief operating officer, Helen Chiang, lasted about that long in the job before leaving Microsoft entirely. The departure came via an internal memo seen by...

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CaseOh’s Net Worth and Earnings

shanethegamer.comCaseOh’s Net Worth and EarningsCaseOh (real name Case Dylan Baker) is one of the fastest-rising variety streamers in gaming, a creator who went from relative obscurity in late 2022 to winning Content Creator of the Year...

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Dragon Age Vet James Ohlen Defends Veilguard Devs as EA Shuts Down BioWare

shanethegamer.comDragon Age Vet James Ohlen Defends Veilguard Devs as EA Shuts Down BioWareBioWare's gone. Within hours, the replies under one of its founding-era designers turned into a blame thread aimed at the people who'd just lost their jobs. James Ohlen, lead designer on Baldur's...

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Nolimit City’s Six Feet Under Is Live: 30,000x Horror Slot With Bombs and Buried Gems

shanethegamer.comNolimit City’s Six Feet Under Is Live: 30,000x Horror Slot With Bombs and Buried GemsStatus: live. Six Feet Under launched on 20 October 2026. Specs below were cross-checked against multiple reviews on 22 October 2026. Gambling content, 18+ only. Six Feet Under: the specs at a...

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Jynxzi’s Net Worth: Twitch’s Fastest Riser

shanethegamer.comJynxzi’s Net Worth: Twitch’s Fastest RiserJynxzi, the Rainbow Six Siege streamer born Nicholas Stewart, is the clearest modern example of how fast a Twitch career can scale from zero audience to multi-millionaire status. His net worth is...

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Ex-Blizzard Boss Mike Ybarra Says a $1,800 Next-Gen Xbox Would Sell “Zero”

shanethegamer.comEx-Blizzard Boss Mike Ybarra Says a $1,800 Next-Gen Xbox Would Sell “Zero”Picture walking into a store and finding the next Xbox priced like a mid-range gaming PC. Mike Ybarra, Blizzard's former president and a one-time senior Xbox executive, says that console shouldn't exist....

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Pokémon TCG Pocket Dual Fusion Lands October 29 With the Game’s First Dual-Type Cards

shanethegamer.comPokémon TCG Pocket Dual Fusion Lands October 29 With the Game’s First Dual-Type CardsYou draw a Psychic Energy and your Fighting-type attacker is suddenly a live option too. That's the pitch for Dual Fusion, the next Pokémon TCG Pocket expansion. The Pokémon Company says it...

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HasanAbi’s Net Worth and How He Earns It

shanethegamer.comHasanAbi’s Net Worth and How He Earns ItHasan "HasanAbi" Piker is the most prominent political streamer on Twitch, and the question of how much he is worth has become a recurring headline every time his earnings surface in public....

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ReVamp Drops Its Public Steam Playtest Over AI Clone Fears, Discord Test Starts October 29

shanethegamer.comReVamp Drops Its Public Steam Playtest Over AI Clone Fears, Discord Test Starts October 29If you hit the request button on ReVamp's Steam page, you're not getting in this month. Digital Sun, the studio behind Moonlighter and Cataclismo, had planned a public Steam playtest for ReVamp...

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FURIA Win Thunderpick World Championship 2026 With 3-2 Comeback Over BetBoom

shanethegamer.comFURIA Win Thunderpick World Championship 2026 With 3-2 Comeback Over BetBoomFURIA have won the Thunderpick World Championship 2026 in Malta. They came back from 2-1 down to beat BetBoom 3-2 in the grand final on 18 October and defended the Counter-Strike 2...

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Valorant VCT Partner Teams 2027 Confirmed, Full List by Region

shanethegamer.comValorant VCT Partner Teams 2027 Confirmed, Full List by RegionAll 32 VCT partner teams for Valorant's 2027 and 2028 seasons are now confirmed. Fnatic, Sentinels, Paper Rex, and EDward Gaming are in, while Cloud9 and NAVI are among the big names...

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Global Esports Leaves Valorant and Esports for AI Venture GE Studios

shanethegamer.comGlobal Esports Leaves Valorant and Esports for AI Venture GE StudiosGlobal Esports leaves Valorant and competitive esports as the reigning VCT Pacific Stage 2 champion. Founder and CEO Dr Rushindra Sinha confirmed on 19 October 2026 that the Indian organisation has released...

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Keychron K10 Version 2 Review: One Week With a Keyboard for Work and Play

shanethegamer.comKeychron K10 Version 2 Review: One Week With a Keyboard for Work and PlayA week ago a box from Keychron landed on our doorstep. Inside was the K10 Version 2, a full-size wireless mechanical keyboard that promises to handle both a Mac and a Windows...

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PS5 Emulation on Xbox Series X Reaches Astro Bot, but It Runs at About 10 FPS

shanethegamer.comPS5 Emulation on Xbox Series X Reaches Astro Bot, but It Runs at About 10 FPSAn Xbox controller is in your hand. On screen, a little white robot is hopping around a PlayStation 5 level, about ten frames at a time. Status as of October 19, 2026:...

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Nickmercs’ Net Worth: The MFAM Empire by the Numbers

shanethegamer.comNickmercs’ Net Worth: The MFAM Empire by the NumbersNick "Nickmercs" Kolcheff has turned a decade of competitive gaming and livestreaming into one of the most-watched personal brands in the industry, anchored by a fiercely loyal community he calls the MFAM....

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GTA 6 Launch Trailer Shows No Sign of PS5’s QSSR Upscaler, Digital Foundry Finds

shanethegamer.comGTA 6 Launch Trailer Shows No Sign of PS5’s QSSR Upscaler, Digital Foundry FindsVice City slides past at 30fps on a standard PS5. The image is still being rebuilt from around 1440p, and Sony's brand-new AI upscaler isn't doing the rebuilding. Digital Foundry's frame-by-frame breakdown...

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TimTheTatman’s Net Worth and Earnings

shanethegamer.comTimTheTatman’s Net Worth and EarningsTimothy "TimTheTatman" Betar is one of the most recognisable live streamers in gaming, a former Twitch star turned YouTube exclusive who now multistreams across platforms. Independent estimates commonly place his net worth...

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Thunderpick’s $1M CS2 World Championship Puts Betting Money Front and Center in Malta

shanethegamer.comThunderpick’s $1M CS2 World Championship Puts Betting Money Front and Center in MaltaEight Counter-Strike 2 teams are in Malta this week fighting over $1 million, and the trophy carries a bookmaker's name. The Thunderpick World Championship runs October 14 to 18 at BLAST Studios...

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Atelier Karia Confirms Body Shape Mechanic After 78.9% of 38,000 Survey Voters Said Yes

shanethegamer.comAtelier Karia Confirms Body Shape Mechanic After 78.9% of 38,000 Survey Voters Said YesKaria eats a bomb. Then a pastry. Then another pastry. In Gust's next Atelier game, the protagonist's waistline will now keep count. Koei Tecmo and Gust have confirmed that the much-discussed body...

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VCT 2027 Schedule and Locations Confirmed, Champions Heads to Austin

shanethegamer.comVCT 2027 Schedule and Locations Confirmed, Champions Heads to AustinThe VCT 2027 schedule ends in Austin, Texas, where Valorant Champions 2027 runs from 16 September to 10 October, capping a season Riot Games has spread across 15 cities and more than...

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Pokemon TCG Pocket C Series Moves to Six-Week Booster Pack Cycle

shanethegamer.comPokemon TCG Pocket C Series Moves to Six-Week Booster Pack CycleThe Pokemon TCG Pocket C Series will stretch booster pack releases from roughly every four weeks to roughly every six when it starts at the end of October 2026, and dual-type Pokemon...

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CDL 2027 Schedule Confirmed, Major II Returns to DreamHack Birmingham

shanethegamer.comCDL 2027 Schedule Confirmed, Major II Returns to DreamHack BirminghamThe Call of Duty League (CDL) 2027 schedule is out, with the season starting on Friday 4 December 2026 on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and Major II returning to DreamHack...

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Squad Busters Shutting Down on 14 December, Supercell Confirms

shanethegamer.comSquad Busters Shutting Down on 14 December, Supercell ConfirmsSquad Busters is shutting down on 14 December 2026, and Supercell's crossover brawler comes off the App Store and Google Play on 1 December. Anyone who already has the game installed on...

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League Classic Shuts Down January 6, 2027 as Riot Says Most Players Have Moved On

shanethegamer.comLeague Classic Shuts Down January 6, 2027 as Riot Says Most Players Have Moved OnYour jungler wants a leash. If you're on the Oceania server, from next week you'll only get that old-school Classic queue on weeknights between 4pm and midnight, and by January there won't...

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Valkyrae’s Net Worth: YouTube’s Queen of Gaming

shanethegamer.comValkyrae’s Net Worth: YouTube’s Queen of GamingRachell "Valkyrae" Hofstetter is one of the most influential figures in the modern gaming creator economy, a streamer turned media executive whose fortune spans a landmark YouTube exclusivity deal, co-ownership of 100...

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Astralis Sign siuhy and cmtry for First Roster Without Danish Majority

shanethegamer.comAstralis Sign siuhy and cmtry for First Roster Without Danish MajorityAstralis have signed Kamil "siuhy" Szkaradek and Nikita "cmtry" Samolotov, filling the two places that opened when Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen and Jakob "jabbi" Nygaard were benched on 9 October. The Polish and...

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Falcons’ karrigan Admits His Level Is Not Good Enough Ahead of Thunderpick World Championship

shanethegamer.comFalcons’ karrigan Admits His Level Is Not Good Enough Ahead of Thunderpick World ChampionshipFinn "karrigan" Andersen has openly admitted his own form is letting Falcons down, and the veteran in-game leader now believes the fix lies in his head rather than in more practice. "I...

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Jynxzi League of Legends Tournament Twitch Drops Include Arcane Warwick Skin

shanethegamer.comJynxzi League of Legends Tournament Twitch Drops Include Arcane Warwick SkinNicholas "Jynxzi" Stewart's League of Legends creator tournament returns for a second edition at 4pm ET on 14 October, and viewers who link a Riot account to Twitch can earn three free...

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Epic’s Marvel x Star Wars Shooter Delayed as Team Is Told to Go “AI First”

shanethegamer.comEpic’s Marvel x Star Wars Shooter Delayed as Team Is Told to Go “AI First”Imagine a squad shooter where Marvel heroes and Star Wars characters share a map, and a lot of what's on screen came out of an AI pipeline. That's where Epic Games' unannounced...

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Nintendo Has No Plans to Ditch Physical Games on Switch 2

shanethegamer.comNintendo Has No Plans to Ditch Physical Games on Switch 2Nintendo has no plans to ditch physical games, according to Bill van Zyll, the company's vice president and general manager for Latin America. Speaking in an interview with Coelho, van Zyll said...

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Falcons Extend m0NESY Contract Until 2030 After Transfer Rumours

shanethegamer.comFalcons Extend m0NESY Contract Until 2030 After Transfer RumoursFalcons have tied Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov to a new multi-year contract running until 2030, shutting down a transfer rumour that broke earlier the same day, 12 October. The deal keeps the 21-year-old...

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Hideo Kojima Reviews Resident Evil Movie, Says Cregger Captured Playing the Game

shanethegamer.comHideo Kojima Reviews Resident Evil Movie, Says Cregger Captured Playing the GameHideo Kojima has given Zach Cregger's Resident Evil a glowing review, writing on X on 12 October that the film is less an adaptation of Capcom's games than a recreation of what...

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Golden Joysticks 2026: PC Game of the Year Shortlist Is Out, Voting Closes October 23

shanethegamer.comGolden Joysticks 2026: PC Game of the Year Shortlist Is Out, Voting Closes October 23There are ten games on the ballot and one PC trophy to hand out, and you've got 11 days left to vote. The 44th Golden Joystick Awards have revealed this year's nominees,...

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IShowSpeed’s Net Worth: How the Viral Star Cashes In

shanethegamer.comIShowSpeed’s Net Worth: How the Viral Star Cashes InIShowSpeed, the stage name of Darren Jason Watkins Jr., is one of the most-watched entertainers on the planet, with an audience that now runs well past 170 million followers across YouTube, TikTok...

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Review

shanethegamer.comSamsung Galaxy Z Fold8 ReviewPassport-sized, pocket-friendly and surprisingly practical — Samsung's latest foldable might finally have found its sweet spot. Before the smartphones we all know and rely on today, there was a tradition in mobile...

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GTA 6 Leaker Cyberleek Threatens Full Story Build Leak Unless Take-Two Ships Discs

shanethegamer.comGTA 6 Leaker Cyberleek Threatens Full Story Build Leak Unless Take-Two Ships DiscsFive weeks before launch, the person who's spent two months dumping Grand Theft Auto VI footage now says they'll release the whole thing. It's a build you can supposedly play through the...

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Dr Disrespect’s Net Worth and Earnings

shanethegamer.comDr Disrespect’s Net Worth and EarningsDr Disrespect, the gaming persona of Herschel "Guy" Beahm IV, remains one of the most recognisable figures in live streaming despite a turbulent career that moved him from Twitch to YouTube and...

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Stage Fright Wants to Fix What Overcooked Broke, Devs Say Ahead of Spring 2027 Launch

shanethegamer.comStage Fright Wants to Fix What Overcooked Broke, Devs Say Ahead of Spring 2027 LaunchThe pan's on fire. Your partner's yelling about clean plates, and someone's just dropped the onions off the side of a moving truck. For a lot of players, that's Overcooked in a...

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Phantom Blade Zero’s Childhood Wooden Sword Can Theoretically Clear the Whole Game

shanethegamer.comPhantom Blade Zero’s Childhood Wooden Sword Can Theoretically Clear the Whole GamePhantom Blade Zero gives you 30 weapons to pick from. One of them is basically a stick. S-Game director Soulframe Liang says the game includes a childhood wooden sword as a challenge...

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Star Wars: Galactic Racer (PC) Review

shanethegamer.comStar Wars: Galactic Racer (PC) ReviewPodracing grows up, gets dangerous, and delivers one of the most exciting racing experiences in a galaxy far, far away There's something about podracing in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom...

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League of Legends Replay Changes Delayed to Patch 26.21

shanethegamer.comLeague of Legends Replay Changes Delayed to Patch 26.21The League of Legends replay changes that would have stopped players downloading anyone else's games are on hold until Patch 26.21, which is scheduled for 21 October. Riot Games pushed the restriction...

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Fortnite Player Arrested by FBI Over Alleged Voice Chat Threats Reported by Epic

shanethegamer.comFortnite Player Arrested by FBI Over Alleged Voice Chat Threats Reported by EpicA Fortnite player in Alabama was arrested by the FBI after Epic Games reported threats he allegedly made over voice chat, including a remark about whether federal agents would come to his...

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Unity Announces Unity Spark, a No-Code Game Maker for Google Playground

shanethegamer.comUnity Announces Unity Spark, a No-Code Game Maker for Google PlaygroundUnity Spark is Unity's new browser-based game maker, built to let people create a game, work on it with others, and publish it without writing code. Finished games go straight into Playground,...