The final patch for Teamfight Tactics: Rise of the Elements is upon us. With patch 10.5 scheduled to go live next week ahead of Set 3's launch date in the middle of March, Riot Games' development team is looking to put the auto chess title in the best state possible prior to wiping the slate clean. On Sunday afternoon, Stephen "Mortdog" Mortimer, the title's Lead Designer, took to his personal Twitch stream to unveil what the team is looking to do in patch 10.5. While the information below is subject to change, it should give players an understanding of what they can expect over the next couple of weeks as they prepare for Set
Last week, Riot Games introduced Teamfight Tactics: Galaxies, the auto chess title's third set of content. On Wednesday afternoon new information was made available that includes unique origins, champions, and mechanics ahead of next month's launch.
Earlier in the week, Riot Games revealed some of their tentative plans for what patch 10.2 might look like for their auto chess title, Teamfight Tactics. On Friday afternoon, they divulged even more and confirmed that current changes being tested on their Public Beta Environment (PBE) are slated to go live when the patch debuts next Thursday.
One week before Riot Games was slated to release their 10.2 patch to Teamfight Tactics, Stephen Mortimer, the auto chess game's Lead Designer, posted a Youtube video on his official channel announcing a B-side patch was going live on Wednesday afternoon. Typically reserved for "emergency" changes if the team feels certain champions or items are a bit over-tuned, Mortimer revealed that three champions (Lucian, Yorick and Sivir) were being nerfed on the spot to restore order to the meta for the immediate future.
Tyler "Ninja" Blevins has become an almost household name over the past few years as he has risen the ranks of Twitch streamer to internet celebrity to global icon. It's difficult to tell whether Fortnite or Blevins would be as popular as they are without one another so the former is thanking the latter in a way that many (including Blevins) have dreamed of for years. On Wednesday morning, Blevins, streaming now on Microsoft's Mixer platform, revealed that he was getting his own personalized in-game skin, pickaxe, back bling and dance emote in his likeness. Grinning ear to ear, Blevin's could help but giggle and yell in excitement when he finally showed off the cosmetics to the thousands watching his stream.
On Monday afternoon, Riot Games announced that Teamfight Tactics, their auto chess title, was coming to mobile devices around the world in the middle of March. The game's third Set of content, with a star/space/galaxy theme, was teased as well. In the immediate future, the game's Public Beta Environment (PBE) received tentative changes as part of the upcoming 10.2 patch and numerous champions and traits had their numbers tweaked. While the changes found below can be altered at any time and aren't necessarily subject to go live, players are now able to test out what future meta may feel, play and look like.
For the maybe the last time, the League of Explorers and the League of E.V.I.L will square off against one another and Hearthstone players will get to decide the fate of the universe. Throughout 2019, the two teams have battled against one another across numerous card expansions and are heading for an epic conclusion in the frozen wastes of Dragonblight. Arch-Villain Rafaam's master plan aims to resurrect the progenitor dragon, Galakrond, and lay waste to the world as we know it. Can the League of Explorers stop him in time?
Fresh off their holiday break, the Hearthstone development team was back to work this week and on Wednesday afternoon they revealed the upcoming balance changes coming to the traditional card game and Battlegrounds, the auto chess mode. Titled "16.0.8 Balance Update," the blog post was shared on Blizzard's official forum and outlined some changes scheduled to go live later this week. In total, seven cards from the traditional card game are being nerfed and one from Battlegrounds.
Shortly after Escape from Tarkov soared up Twitch's viewership leaderboards to become the most-watched game on the platform over the past week, it didn't take long for controversy to follow suit. On Monday afternoon, Battlestate Games, the developers of the FPS survival title, issued a statement on their official Twitter account regarding an interview that took place by an employee back in 2016.
Now that the holidays are over, it's back to work for Riot Games and their Teamfight Tactics' development team. On Monday afternoon, Stephen Mortimer, the game's Lead Designer, posted a rundown video on his official YouTube channel for the upcoming 10.1 patch. Set to go live on Wednesday, the auto chess title is experiencing an item overhaul and introduce two new champions in the content update.
Effective immediately, YouTube is adjusting how content specifically made for children is presented on its platform to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fined Google for alleged violations of children's privacy laws last fall.
It took a little over three years but Escape from Tarkov (EFT) has risen to the top of Twitch charts in-part due to a drop campaign that began at the start of the week. Created by Russian-based developer, BattleState Games, back in 2016, EFT has surpassed evergreen titles/categories such as League of Legends, Fortnite, Just Chatting, and CSGO to hold down the top viewership spot on the streaming platform. Top personalities such as Dr.Disrespect, Timthetatman, CohhCarnage, and others have flocked to the game to get a piece of the action and try out something new while "veteran" EFT players, Shroud and Dr.Lupo, have been playing since the early days.
Few people in the world outside of Riot Games' developers know more about their auto chess battler, Teamfight Tactics (TFT), than William "Scarra" Li. The long-time former professional League of Legends player turned Twitch streamer has been playing the game since its' inception, competed in tournaments, created informational content on his Youtube channel, formed a professional relationship with members of the development team and is one of the go-to sources for anything and everything TFT.
And just like that, 2019 has nearly come to an end. Over the past 12 months, Blizzard Entertainment has continued to allow the Heroes of the Storm development team to churn out new content (albeit at a slower cadence than usual) and the community has had to adjust as well. Based on how 2018 came to an end, it could be much worse. In December of last year, President of Blizzard, J. Allen Brack, issued a statement declaring the Heroes of the Storm competitive scene would no longer be supported by the game's publisher and that developers would be reassigned to titles in the works and others that were deemed more important to the long-term health of the company.
Back in October, as part of League of Legends' 10-year anniversary stream, Riot Games announced that their auto-chess title, Teamfight Tactics (TFT), would be coming to mobile in "early 2020." In the two months since the announcement, little to no information has been shared as to when that may be or if plans had changed for whatever reason.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Hearthstone development team released a blog post detailing their most recent round of nerfs to their collectible card game and auto-chess game mode, Battlegrounds. With the Descent of Dragons expansion launching a little more than a week ago, this round of nerfs is the fastest to come after a card set was introduced in the game's history. As "Shamanstone" has returned as a meme within the community due to the class's higher-than-average power-level, the development team moved quickly to even out the playing field prior to members of the company taking a holiday break in the upcoming days. While there are numerous cards in the current meta that individuals suspected would be targeted in this round of balance changes, three Shaman cards and one neutral power-house were hit.
As the holidays approach, the Teamfight Tactics team wants to make sure the auto-battler is in as good a state as possible prior to employees taking a little break to spend time with their families. On Monday night, Stephen "Mortdog" Mortimer, the game's Lead Designer, fired up his Twitch stream to unveil what was coming in patch 9.24b. Scheduled to go live on Wednesday, the b-side patch will be larger than most, if not the largest of Set 2. "With the holiday, we wanted to make sure the game was in as good a state as possible and there are some things currently on live that we are not okay with," said Mortimer. "The meta has been pretty diverse which is nice but there are a few builds that are exceeding our expectations." The specific changes, which are subject to change if the development team feels necessary, are below.
Last Thursday, Riot Games released a bit of information as to what's coming to Teamfight Tactics in patch 10.1. In addition to Leona and Karma joining the list of playable champions, Lunar, their origin, is coming as well. More details were shared last week that will shake up which items players create and how to use them. In the blog post, numerous items were removed/reworked all together or had their numbers tweaked. The goals, according to the development team, were threefold:
On Thursday afternoon, Riot Games announced the next two champions coming to their auto-chess title, Teamfight Tactics, two days after three champions debuted on the live servers. The current patch (9.24) introduced Lucien, Senna and Amumu to players while the upcoming one, titled 10.1, is bringing back an old favorite and introducing a familiar face to long-time League of Legends players. In the company's blog post, Leona and Karma are entering the game under a new origin specific to them, Lunar. According to the development team, "Moonlight transforms unit durability into a win condition for team comps that are built with drawn out battles in mind."
The holidays came early for players of Free Fire, the world's most popular mobile battle royale game. Developed and published by Garena, a December 11 update gave players new cosmetics, game modes, characters, weapons, attachments, and items. The free update, which is now live for players of the game also allows players to equip a fourth skill slot and unlock new characters faster via an updated progression system. By raising the fragment drop rate by 350% and adjusting the total earnable fragments per character to 250 (up from 100), players will be rewarded just by playing the game they love.
