On August 5, PCGamer reported that the Steam Client Beta had been re-released and updated, allowing for official support of Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controllers. The Joy-Cons can be used individually as a mini-gamepad or in pairs with the Steam Deck. Improved support for Nintendo Online Classic controllers was also provided with the update. 

Users must first access the Steam Client Beta and then click "Steam," "Settings," and "Account" to change the "Beta Participation" setting. Click "Steam Beta Update" from the dropdown menu and restart Steam to finish the installation.

Steam supports a wide range of controllers, both wired and wireless and including other Nintendo controllers. Unfortunately, there is no way to wire your Joy-Cons to your PC setup, so you'll have to use bluetooth for the connection.

More than 60 content creators will be featured in YouTube's new Game On livestream event, which will premiere on August 27.

During YouTube: Game On, fans will get to play alongside their favorite YouTube personalities via the event’s voting mechanics. The event will allow for an interactive stream where fans can decide what happens next and decide the fate of the steamer.

Gamers can actively participate in a variety of games during the upcoming event, which will be broadcasted in multiple languages simultaneously. This means that user polls will be open to gamers from around the world as streamers play hit games from Fortnite to Fall Guys.

There is currently no information about how long Game On will last since it will be determined by fans as they watch the live stream. Segments and a schedule are likely to be revealed before the event begins, but currently, we only know that it begins at 4pm ET.

What kinds of segments will be on YouTube: Game On?

Fans will have control over the destiny of YouTube: Game On. They will decide whether to see horror segments with jump scares or Hot Ones, a segment hosted by Sean Evans, who will ask guests to play Street Fighter 6 and consume increasingly spicy chicken wings. On the program, Gran-Poppy Playtime will see unsuspecting seniors attempt to be the last person standing while playing Poppy. There will be many other segments from the following games and possibly more:

• Among Us
• Fall Guys
• Fortnite
• Free Fire
• Friday Night Funkin’
• Grand Theft Auto V
• Minecraft
• Mortal Kombat 11
• Poppy Playtime
• Rocket League
• Street Fighter 6
• Trackmania

The next Halo Drop Pod, arriving on August 9, will focus on improving the player experience in several areas. This update will enhance customization options for each player, include QoL improvements, and prepare the ground for even more community-desired features.

Currently, there are a variety of visors in the game split across the 5 armor cores. If you want to use the shiny gold Noble visor the August Drop Pod will bring it to you. All visors in the game currently and in the future will be compatible with all armor core helmets.

This update will make it simpler to add more Ranked playlists in the future and Ranked Doubles will be the first one out of the gate two weeks after the Drop Pod is released - along with a CSR reset. In addition, a social Team Doubles playlist will be available on its launch date, doubling the amount of 2v2 action in Halo Infinite.

There is no visible change just yet, but this Drop Pod also contains a lot of the prerequisites for enabling Region Select. With this feature, players would be able to choose whether to search across all regions (which would be faster) or their local region (which would have better ping times). Regions are still in development, but players may notice some of the groundwork that has been done to get things started.

Along with these changes, players will now be able to view their active Challenges while on the pause menu during a match thanks to this Drop Pod release. It's worth noting that this screen will not currently display the precise figures for your Challenges (remaining or total).

LA Thieves won the CDL Championship thanks to their exceptional display of individual and team prowess. This was an historical moment for the Thieves, as it marked the organization's first CDL Championship win in the history of the League, and the first ring for each of the four players involved.

It's indisputable that Octane, Envoy, Kenny, and Drazah are a powerhouse team. However, the Call of Duty League 2022 season has ended because of their tremendous victory over Atlanta FaZe in the CDL Championships.

The Thieves secured back-to-back wins in the opening four games of the final match against FaZe. Atlanta FaZe recouped slightly on Bocage and then Berlin Control in SnD, but it wasn’t sufficient to prevent the Thieves from winning. After a grueling final 11-round SnD on Tuscan, the LA Thieves seized the $1.2 million prize and lifted the trophy in the Galen Center, in Los Angeles.

In the beginning of the 2022 Call of Duty League season, the LA Thieves weren't able to win a Major tournament and didn't appear to be on a path to winning anyone soon. Major IV, however, saw the Thieves' players take off, grinding to the finish line and winning the first Call of Duty League championship for the organization. After winning their first Major just weeks ago, the Thieves have won again, securing the grand prize and anouther first for the organization.

Throughout the season, Atlanta FaZe was not doing very well. Many people might argue that there was a curse on this team, and the reigning champions from the 2021 season did not win any of the four Major tournaments spread throughout the season. Even though the squad remained stable and finished first in the regular season, it wasn’t enough, and FaZe will now begin the 2023 CDL season with a lot of work to do.

Atlanta FaZe would have been known as the greatest COD team in Call of Duty League history had they won the championship. Despite the fact that they still feature some of the very best Call of Duty players in the world, flying the Atlanta FaZe red flag, there is no doubt that the team would have been regarded as the best COD squad ever had they won the league. Rostermania for CDL 2022 is approaching fast, and teams will be swapping players during the downtime that occurs during the winter season.

Logitech has been active in the PC gaming sector for a long time, but it seems like the company is preparing to make a significant leap in its product lines. According to a blog post, Logitech and Chinese game publisher Tencent are partnering to develop a handheld gaming device similar to Nintendo's Switch or Valve's Steam Deck. In contrast to past handhelds, this one will stream cloud games rather than primarily concentrating on local downloads.

According to Logitech’s announcement, the new device will support multiple cloud gaming services. Working with the Xbox Cloud Gaming and Nvidia GeForce Now teams are mentioned as part of the collaboration. The choice to name the two leading game streaming platforms is telling and also promising for the device. As a result, much of the graphics and gameplay will be offloaded to remote streaming servers, minimizing local hardware almost entirely.

According to the announcement, the Logitech handheld is expected to be available by the end of this year. No technical information was provided, but a streaming-oriented device is likely to be an ARM-based, mobile gaming machine similar to GPD's lineup and other similar devices (however headlining Nvidia's cloud service might open the gate for Nividia's Tegra chips used in Nintendo's Switch). The device might be of comparable size and shape to the Steam Deck and come at an extremely competitive price as a result of foregoing expensive hardware needed for local playback.

An Epic Games leak suggests that the Chapter 3, Season 4 update might finally bring a first-person mode to the battle royale title. Epic Games has frequently updated Fortnite since it first came out in 2017, adding new unlockable skins along with significant changes such as the No-Build mode.

Fortnite's first-person mode may finally be added in Chapter 3, Season 4 after fans have been hoping for its inclusion for quite a while. Players have never gotten as close as Box Fights to a first-person view in Fortnite, but leaker 'HYPEX' says that this is about to change.

The leaker tweeted on July 18 that the developers updated a first-person game mode quite a few times. They also provided an impression of what it might look like. Then HYPEX said this mode might be released in Season 4. This mode will be different from the game's aim-down sight mechanism since the camera will operate in first-person even when you are not aiming.

At this point, we have no idea if this information is accurate, as Epic Games has not yet verified it. However, since one of the Box Fight maps in the game already features a first-person view, the devs may add a separate mode for it in the upcoming seasonal update.

Chinese gaming giant Tencent Holdings wants to become Ubisoft's largest single shareholder by purchasing more of the company.  According to independent sources, Tencent, the largest social network and gaming company in China, announced the news. “Tencent Holdings Ltd. plans to raise its stake in French video game group Ubisoft Entertainment SA as the Chinese gaming industry shifts towards the global market,” said the report.

In 2018, Vivendi sold all of its shares in Ubisoft after tensions between the company and a major investor, Vivendi, boiled over, resulting in Vivendi agreeing not to invest in Ubisoft for at least five years.  According to reports, Tencent has reached out to the family of Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot to express interest in increasing its stake in the company. At the moment, it is unknown how much of Ubisoft Tencent plans to purchase. 

Despite rumours that Ubisoft was being targeted for acquisition, how big the Chinese company's ambitions are remains to be seen. There is currently $795 million worth of Guillemot family holdings in Ubisoft, which is valued at $5.3 billion.  According to Reuters, Tencent could pay as much as 100 euros per share to acquire its additional stake, a significant jump from its previous purchase, in which it paid 66 euros per share. In addition, sources have confirmed that Tencent will purchase shares from public shareholders in order to become the company's largest shareholder.

Ubisoft's share price jumped 15% on the news.  During a recent earnings call, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said that the company was open to acquiring offers, but neither confirmed nor denied that the company had been approached by potential buyers.  PlayStation and Xbox have built up their catalogs by acquiring studios in recent years.  Sony’s acquisition of Bungie has made it clear why Chinese companies such as Tencent are eager to invest in the video games industry, as the purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft set the corporation back $68.7 billion.

Microsoft is beginning to test an Xbox Game Pass family plan that would allow subscribers to share their benefits with other people. Testers in Colombia and Ireland can sign up for a preview of this Xbox Game Pass family plan today, and as long as they are in the same country, they can add up to four people to their subscription.

This allows you and a group of friends or family to share the same subscription and enjoy the benefits on console, PC, or the cloud. You can add up to four people to your subscription, allowing each person to enjoy the benefits. At this time we do not know what kind of restrictions will be placed on who players can add or how swapping out members will work.

For quite some time, Microsoft has been rumored to be considering an Xbox Game Pass family plan. This preview shows how Xbox Game Pass Ultimate sharing would function in general. At the moment, Microsoft offers Xbox Game Pass or PC Game Pass for $9.99 per month. Neither includes online multiplayer capabilities, but you may upgrade to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for $14.99, and this gives you Game Pass for console, PC, EA Play access, and online multiplayer.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is available for signup in Colombia and Ireland via the Microsoft Store today, and those on an Xbox Insider preview program can convert any remaining time on their current plan to a new plan. If you have a full month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, it will be converted to 18 days on the new plan, which suggests that a separate tier will be available once Game Pass sharing is publicly available.

Yesterday may not have gone the way of Seattle as they fell to the elimination bracket after a tough loss to FaZe, but Pred was awarded the league's Rookie of the Year reward after a spectacular season so far.

The Call of Duty League announced today before the second day of matches at the CDL Championship that Seattle Surge’s Amer “Pred” Zulbeari had won the 2022 Rookie of the Year award. The first APAC player to win a CDL Major, Pred dominated submachine gun play during this year’s Major Three, earning him MVP and helping his team claim the Major win.

According to Dot Esports, the 20-year-old leader of the Seattle Surge led or tied his own team for first in kill-to-death ratios. Only Minnesota RØKKR’s Attach and league MVP frontrunners Cellium and Dashy finished with better K/D ratios than Seattle’s leader, who finished fourth overall at 1.09.

It's been a great year for Pred, who has already earned multiple awards and had a strong playoff performance. Seattle is a force to contend with in the elimination bracket and seeing Pred in the Championship match is certainly not a longshot.

McArthur "Cellium" Jovel of the Atlanta FaZe was named the 2022 Call of Duty League Most Valuable Player ahead of day two of the CDL Championship. Shotzzy and teammate Simp were the previous two CDL MVPs, but with his victory, Cellium joins them in the list of CDL MVPs. Tsay said that Cellium received 90% of the first-place votes, defeating Dashy and Kenny of OpTic Texas and Los Angeles Thieves, respectively.

In an attempt at making history in Call of Duty esports, Cellium and FaZe have been attempting to win their second consecutive world championship title. Atlanta was the top seed at the CDL Championship after a mediocre regular season in which the team reached three of four Major finals, as the squad was unable to win any.

Cellium stood out above the rest this season, with a 1.25 Hardpoint K/D ratio, a 1.20 K/D in Search and Destroy, and a 1.18 K/D in Control. He achieved these high figures in all game modes, which helped his team earn a league-leading 68-percent win rate.

FaZe began their 2022 CDL Champs appearance shakily, losing the first two maps to the New York Subliners before completing a reverse sweep. Cellium led Atlanta in K/D in both Hardpoint and Control, as well as posting a 1.30 K/D in Search and Destroy. They followed up this achievement by defeating Seatle yesterday in a hard-fought battle that normally saw FaZe losing out during the regular season.