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Hearthstone reveals the Masters Tour system (yay!) and the new Specialist tournament format (nay?)

It has been a very nervous wait for Hearthstone esports fans, with a slow road to finding out how they were changing things up for the 2019 season and beyond.

Hearthstone reveals the Masters Tour system (yay!) and the new Specialist tournament format (nay?)
Games

Ubisoft wants to make it easier to fall in love with Rainbow Six Siege in 2019

Between a new price drop and the addition of a simplified set of starting choices for Newcomers, Rainbow Six Siege is making it easy for anyone who’s ever

Ubisoft wants to make it easier to fall in love with Rainbow Six Siege in 2019
Games

Rainbow Six Siege comes down under, with bloody tops results

Welcome to the Outback, ya bloody drongos. Or maybe that should be flamin’ galahs? Thankfully, Siege’s take on bringing Aussie operators and an Australian map

Rainbow Six Siege comes down under, with bloody tops results
Games

Special guest Josh Corbett, WoW Classic podcaster (CountdownToClassic)

I touch on the big, bad news out of Blizzard from last week to kick things off, then the show is a feature interview about the future of revisiting the past

Special guest Josh Corbett, WoW Classic podcaster (CountdownToClassic)
Games

Order Army Top Brass - Jake Tiberi & Adrian Giles

The latest Esports Moment is a chat with Order General Manager Jake 'Spawn' Tiberi and Order Chairman Adrian Giles. From founding the org to the future of the

Order Army Top Brass - Jake Tiberi & Adrian Giles
Games

When Fortnite went to the Australian Open

Seamus was in Melbourne for the Fortnite Summer Smash event at the Australian Open and interviewed a host of streamers, competitors and organisers about the

When Fortnite went to the Australian Open
Games

Bashing heads endlessly against Jaina's ice wall

Luke Lancaster, Content Manager at ReedPop (ComicCon, PAX Aus) is our awesome guest host this week, along with a Seamus having a very bad microphone day.

Bashing heads endlessly against Jaina's ice wall
Art & Culture

Every D&D nerd deserves a Mind Flayer mounted trophy

Tabletop trophy hunters rejoice! For all those times you've taken out illithid nests, whether in the Forgotten Realms or maybe an old school Spelljammer

Every D&D nerd deserves a Mind Flayer mounted trophy
Games

Our next show: The Esports Moment

Every week, every month, there’s yet another sign that now is the time when esports levels up and shows the wider world why it’s time to take notice. This new

Our next show: The Esports Moment
Games

Heroes of the Storm is getting a new community tournament in February

Blizzard shocked fans when they announced they were shutting down the Heroes Global Championship at the end of 2018. But now the esports community is stepping

Heroes of the Storm is getting a new community tournament in February
Games

The Scrapyard podcast: 2019 will be a very important year for Blizzard!

We're back after the summer break (which included a literal break of a bone, so things were slower than we expected...) and this is a short and sweet catch up

The Scrapyard podcast: 2019 will be a very important year for Blizzard!
Games

The Commodore 64 bass keytar is even better than you could imagine

A keytar with the body of a Commodore 64? Very cute. Oh, wait... the pick up actually sends sound into the WORKING C64 to create chiptune vibes that can be

The Commodore 64 bass keytar is even better than you could imagine
Games

Dreams beta becomes a PT nightmare but OMG how amazing is this game/tool going to be?

PT. A demo that for a now never-to-be-made Silent Hill game that was just one hallway but freaked the hell out of everyone who ever experienced it. And then

Dreams beta becomes a PT nightmare but OMG how amazing is this game/tool going to be?
Games

These Glitch art playing cards will give everyone a headache at your next poker night

You can stick to your boring cards picked up at the local newsagents if you like. Next time I hold a fancy card night, I'm dropping these freaks on the table

These Glitch art playing cards will give everyone a headache at your next poker night
Computers

Yes, the Razer Raptor PC monitor is sexy, but nothing is sexier than its cable management

Pretty pictures? Smooth refresh rates? Fancy Chroma lighting? Yes, yes. All those things and more are in Razer's first desktop monitor release. But when you

Yes, the Razer Raptor PC monitor is sexy, but nothing is sexier than its cable management
Games

Valve's Artifact CCG looking like a relic all too soon

Steam stats on how active Artifact's player base is suggests Valve's Dota 2 spin-off CCG Artifact could already be on its way to the dust heap.

Valve's Artifact CCG looking like a relic all too soon
New Realities

HTC adds eye tracking to VR with its Vive Pro Eye headset

The Vive Pro still feels like a pretty recent upgrade from HTC, but they're not letting that stop them from an upgrade. The HTC Pro Eye adds internal eye

HTC adds eye tracking to VR with its Vive Pro Eye headset
Ideas

How well can a real city planner play SimCity 2000?

Part education lesson in real city planning, part critique of what's wrong with the game. And next time I play I'll remember to stick to 6x6 grids for sure.

How well can a real city planner play SimCity 2000?
Games

Here's to the filthy casuals and the prosumers!

Another Hearthstone focused episode as Rastakhan's Rumble launches! Decks we're lusting after, experiments we're planning, and what we're hoping for from the

Here's to the filthy casuals and the prosumers!
Games

Hearthstone Creative Director Ben Thompson visits The Scrapyard!

Look who it is!

Hearthstone Creative Director Ben Thompson visits The Scrapyard!