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Elon Musk Asks Valorant Pro for Feedback to Improve X Streaming
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Elon Musk casually dropped by Valorant Pro Demon1's first X stream chat as he asks for feedback on the streaming services for further improvement. Demon1 is a part of XGaming, a brand that manages gamer and gaming creator affiliates such as big names like Hikaru Nakamura, Dream, and Esfand. Elon was also seen at VCT Champs which shows his love for Valorant and Demon1 might not be the last signing on the platform.

How to Play Deadlock on Steam Deck?
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Although Deadlock shows no Steam Deck support, it is possible to run the game on Steam. On most cases, the game should run directly. However, if the issue of matchmaking occurs, players can use the Spectate method or Launch options method to run Deadlock on Steam Deck.

Deadlock Matchmaking is Now Open 24/7!
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Valve drops a new patch for Deadlock that enables matchmaking open for 24/7. The patch also adjusted multiple hero abilities and items. Moreover, Deadlock now allows new players to explore the game before getting into skill-based games.

Sword Warriors Codes (July 2025)
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Struggling to step right foot in your ARPG journey in Sword Warriors? Use our new Sword Warriors codes and get lots of free in-game rewards to boost your progress.

How to Parry in Deadlock and Stun Enemies
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Valve's MOBA Deadlock lets you perform a Parry whenever enemy tries a melee attack. Press the F button to unleash the Parry. Once enemy attacks you during the timer, they will get stun and knockdown for a brief duration. Parry cooldown prevents you from spamming it.

New PS5 Update Brings Welcome Hub to Freshen up Your Homescreen
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PS5 is rolling out a new update that adds a new Welcome Hub by replacing the Explore tab. You can add and customize widgets like console storage, battery levels for accessories, online friends, trophies, and many more. Players can also add their in-game screenshots as backgrounds. Along with the Welcome Hub, this new update will also add Party Share, Personalized 3D audio profiles, and Adaptive charging for controllers.

How to Ping and Draw on the Deadlock Mini Map
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Valve's Deadlock lets you communicate through the mini map too. For that you can either ping or draw on the mini map. Hold the Left Alt button and press the Left/ Right mouse button to ping a location. To draw on the mini map, hold the Left Alt button and hold down the Left mouse button and give it your desired shape.

After a full decade, Xbox has finally revived the friend requests feature for Insiders. Players will be able to manage friends through the people tab on Xbox. The new privacy options also allows players to manage who can send them friend requests. However, the followers tab stays the same according to Microsoft.

Dungeon RNG Codes (July 2025)
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Running around in Dungeon RNG with the default weapon? Use our Dungeon RNG codes to get shiny luck, special reroll and many other boosts. Redeem them and get special swords to survive better in the dungeons.

How to Unlock Flex Slots in Deadlock
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Flex Slots are one of the most important part of your heroes in Deadlock. It allows you to have four additional items on top of the default 12. You can unlock the Flex Slots by completing four objectives in the game that includes destroying Guardians, Walkers, and Shrine.

How to Get Souls Fast in Deadlock
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Getting souls fast in Deadlock is the key to early items and potentially a victory. Last hitting creeps in lanes and jungle is the right priority to get souls. You can also destroy box, statues, and vending machine for more souls. Taking objectives like destroying guardians, walkers, etc. along with delivering the Spirit Urn will also reward you with a lot of souls.

PS5 Pro vs Xbox Series X: Which Console Should You Get?
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The PS5 Pro arrives with a lot of upgrades on top of the base variant. While Xbox Series X is still the top line console on the side of Microsoft, the PS5 Pro is an underwhelming upgrade for the PS5 base variant. Although both the PS5 Pro shows some numbers on fidelity and performance, the price does not justify the little to no enhancement.

All PS5 Pro Enhanced Games (So Far)
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Sony has unveiled the PS5 Pro and with that comes a new label called enhanced games. According to Sony, game creators are enhancing their past and upcoming titles to make it ideal for the mid-generation refresh console. In our list, we have included all the PS5 Pro enhanced games that are announced so far.

Deadlock Spirit Urn Explained: What Does the Soul Urn Do?
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Spirit Urn or Soul Urn is a side objective in Deadlock that boosts your progression. After spawning at 10-minute mark, the Soul Urn keeps spawning every 5-minute mark after that. You cannot use any abilities or weapon while carrying the Spirit Urn in Deadlock, so movement is the key to deliver it to the Alter. After delivering the Soul Urn, a team gets the Souls shared between them and the carrier gets 1 Ability Point and 25% bonus Souls.

Murder Mystery V (MMV) Codes (July 2025)
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Who said survival games are boring? Our MMV codes will help you rock the party with free cosmetics. Redeem the codes for Murder Mystery V and get tons of skins for your guns, knives, and more.

What Does the Rejuvenator Do in Deadlock? Mid-Boss Explained
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Deadlock has a mid-boss that spawns in the middle of the game and in the middle of the map. If you defeat this boss, you will get a Rejuvenator. Claiming the Rejuvenator gives your team a Rejuvenation buff credit that gives a lot of boost including a respawn timer reduction for one.

Sony Announces “Technical Presentation”; Is the PS5 Pro Coming Tomorrow?
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Sony has officially announced a technical presentation livestream scheduled for September 10th. While the company hasn't explicitly stated the topic, the timing and the potential for a mid-generation console upgrade have led many to speculate that the event might be the unveiling of the highly anticipated PS5 Pro. The stream will be live at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET / 4 PM UK on the PlayStation YouTube channel.

What Are Unsecured Souls in Deadlock and How to Secure Them
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Just like any other MOBA, Deadlock also has droppable currency called Unsecured Souls. You can collect them by defeating neutral creeps in the jungle, collecting Unsecured Souls sphere or by destroying boxes and statues. The Unsecured Souls can be use in the shop right away and they slowly go into a secure state. However, if you die while having Unsecured Souls, you will permanently lose them.

Deadlock: How Spirit Power Really Works? Explained
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Spirit is a trait in Deadlock that determines the ability related stats for a hero. Most abilities in Deadlock comes with a Spirit power multiplier that increases the ability damage depending on Spirit count. Other perks like Spirit damage resistance or reduction both are affected by Spirit power.

According to Martyn Ware, a founding member of Heaven 17, Rockstar Games offered them $7500 to use a song 'Temptation' from their band to use in GTA 6. The key part of the offer however, was no royalties were in offer afterwards. Some replies suggest that Ware did a counteroffer of $75k and the $7500 were in offer for three different writers of the band.

Does Valve’s Deadlock Have Controller Support?
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Deadlock does indeed come with controller support. However, being a MOBA game, you will feel restricted due to lack of buttons. Moreover, the aim assist is also not available on the controller as of now.

Anime Royale Codes (July 2025)
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Anime Royale experience can get hard, especially with overwhelmingly strong enemies. Luckily, the codes for Anime Royale can help you get free rewards such as gems, potions, rerolls, and boosts. So, grab Anime Royale codes from our list and redeem them to get ahead in the game.

Deadlock Matchmaking Hours: When Can You Play in Your Region?
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Deadlock is Valve's latest MOBA shooter but while on playtest, the matchmaking hours in the game were region locked. With the latest update, now players from any region can queue in Deadlock any time they want.

All Deadlock Heroes Pick and Win Rates
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Deadlock is the latest MOBA shooter from the studios of Valve. Just like other competitive games, hero pick and win rate is important to decide the strategy for your next hero pick. Check all Deadlock heroes pick and win rate in our detailed guide here.

Valve Cuts off Deadlock Stat Tracking and the Community Gets It
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Deadlock has just got off to a great start with gathering over 170k peak players within two months of being public. Despite being a competitive game, Valve is trying to cut off the stat trackers from Deadlock as it is in early development. Deadlock community, however, is being okay with this decision.

Special Anime Defense Codes (July 2025)
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Special Anime Defense is a Roblox tower defense game where you can use your favorite anime characters. Our Special Anime Defense codes will get you free in-game gem and magic tokens. So, grab the codes and redeem them before they expire.

Deadlock Player Count: How Many People Play Deadlock?
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Valve's open secret MOBA shooter is on the rise. The game has seen its peek player count on September 2, 2024 where Deadlock players reached 171,490. Deadlock also is in the most wish list games list as well as one of the highest viewed games on Twitch. The game is getting a lot of people playing it even though Deadlock is still in invite-only playtest.

Roblox Announces New Party Features and Communities at RDC 2024
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Roblox just announced a lot of upcoming features for the platform at the RDC 2024 event. However, the two key additions include a Party feature and a rebranding of the Group feature. The Party feature will allow players to group up and enjoy their experience together. On the other hand, the Roblox group is rebranding to Community which will help developers with big fanbase to easily handle their engagement.

Dress to Impress: Lana Lore in DTI Explained
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Always known as the nail lady, Lana's story started unfolding with the April Fools 2024 update. Learn about the full lore of Lana in Dress to Impress as we discuss everything that has happened so far in this cult horror story behind the colorful world of dress up.

How to Invite Friends to Deadlock
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Deadlock lets you invite your friends in the game whether they are in the playtest or not. To invite friends who already have the game, either invite them directly from friend list or create a party code for them to join. If your friends do not have a playtest yet, you can invite them from the list and they will receive it after a certain duration.

Mortal Kombat 1: Quan Chi Moves and Combos Guide
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Quan Chi is one of the bad guys who appears in MK1 as a DLC. Learn how to dominate your opponents with our Mortal Kombat 1 Quan Chi moves and combos guide.

Sony Officially Teases PS5 Pro Design in 30th Anniversary Image
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Sony has begun the celebrations of its 30th anniversary. However, during the celebration post, in the pictures, the company has hidden the PS5 Pro design as an easter egg. We see the earlier leaked three stripes design of PS5 Pro in the Sony 30th anniversary celebration image.

When is the Next Monopoly GO Golden Blitz Event?
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According to leaks, the next Golden Blitz in Monopoly GO will start on September 24th, 2024, at 3 PM PT. During the 24 hours long event, players can earn trade their golden sticker packs. The current Golden Blitz will allow players to trade En Garde Gold (set 22) and Cart Dash Champs (set 23) stickers.

Aura RNG Codes (July 2025)
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Roblox Aura RNG is all about rolling your luck and flexing the best aura. Finding the aura can be a lot challenging as the rolling is completely luck based. Our new Aura RNG codes will help you with XP, luck, and other boosts that increase your chances at finding better aura in the game.

Mortal Kombat 1: Reptile Moves and Combos Guide
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Reptile is a known shapeshifter in the Mortal Kombat lore. You can destroy any type of opponent with him, thanks to his special moves. Learn how to master Reptile in our detailed Mortal Kombat 1 moves and combos guide here.

Concord Players Make a Mad Dash for Platinum Before the Game Dies
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Sony will shut down Concord on September 6, 2024. But before the game shuts down, players are trying to get the ultra rare platinum trophy in the game. To do so, players are entering the rivals game mode that gives 3x experience. Then just jump together out of the map to get experience points to reach 100 level as soon as possible.

How to Try out Unreleased Heroes in Deadlock
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Valve's Deadlock lets you try out unreleased heroes that are coming in future to the game. You can only try them out in the Sandbox Mode. In our guide, learn all the unreleased heroes console commands and how to use them in the game to try out the heroes.

It Girl Codes (July 2025)
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Grab all the working It Girl codes from our compiled list. These codes will give you free diamonds and many in-game items to upgrade your wardrobe to dominate your enemies on the runway.

How to Wall Jump in Deadlock
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Deadlock is a heaven for players who love fluent movements. The game also lets you wall jump alongside other movements like dodge roll, double jump, etc. In Deadlock, you need to jump towards the wall and jump against the wall to the opposite direction to perform a wall jump. The wall jump in Deadlock does not cost any stamina bar.

How to Change Server Region in Deadlock
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Deadlock, Valve's MOBA shooter locks servers from matchmaking for specific timings. You can bypass that by changing your server through the console in Deadlock. To change the server region in Deadlock, you will also need specific commands for different regions as well.

Mortal Kombat 1: Tanya Moves and Combos Guide
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Want to be an expert at being Tanya in MK1? Follow our detailed Mortal Kombat 1 Tanya moves and combos guide to become stronger as the daughter of Edinian Ambassador.

Elemental Duels Codes (July 2025)
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Our new Elemental Duels codes offer a perfect opportunity while you take on a thrilling journey from a novice fighter to a ultimate champion. These exclusive codes for Elemental Duels provide valuable in-game rewards that can significantly boost your progress.