Steven Rondina

Canada

Associate Content Director at Gameland.gg

I'm Steven. Associate content director @gamelandgg. Work seen on https://t.co/FOLWObsNPf, CNN, @BleacherReport, WaPo, and many more. Email is srondinawriter/at/gmail.

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Articles

Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition

3 weeks ago | gameland.gg | Steven Rondina

Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition was revealed during the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal and there’s a lot of content, both old and new, to discuss. The Nintendo Switch’s comparatively weak hardware dogged players and developers alike as soon as it launched. Though the console was an unqualified commercial success, it was despite an almost complete lack of third-party developer support. Nintendo made sure to stress that this wouldn’t be the case with the Switch 2 in its hour-long reveal trailer.
Pokemon Legends: Z-A - Everything new and different in the game

4 weeks ago | gameland.gg | Steven Rondina

Pokemon fans finally know what Legends: Z-A gameplay changes and all the ways it’s different from Legends: Arceus. Between Pokemon Day 2025 and the surprise Nintendo Direct event, there’s been a lot to talk about when it comes to the next big Pokemon game release. While it was announced during Pokemon Day 2024, neither Game Freak nor Nintendo had anything to say about Pokemon Legends: Z-A for a full year.
ZZZ: Best Trigger build, Drive Discs, teams & W-Engines

4 weeks ago | gameland.gg | Steven Rondina

Get ready ZZZ fans, it’s time to build out Trigger, and we already know the best Drive Discs, W-Engines, and team compositions for the character. Even though she’s not a stunner anymore, Soldier 0 Anby made a major impact on the Zenless Zone Zero meta. The thing is, the story mode made it quite clear that she’s meant to be paired with Trigger. While players have been able to make do with Pulchra, Trigger is still tailor-made to work with Soldier 0 Anby.
Stewie2K officially joins Wildcard for PGL Astana qualifier

4 weeks ago | jaxon.gg | Khizar Mundia |Gab Hernandez |M Alzamora |Steven Rondina

Wildcard has officially announced that Counter-Strike veteran and star player Jake “Stewie2K” Yip has joined the team’s roster for the PGL Astana 2025 Closed Qualifier. Stewie2K is an American Counter-Strike player and streamer who is infamous for his aggressive playing style. The legendary player came into the limelight when he helped Cloud9 win the ELEAGUE Boston Major in one of the game’s most memorable moments.
CS pro jkaem admits to gambling away 11K in borrowed skins

4 weeks ago | jaxon.gg | Khizar Mundia |Gab Hernandez |M Alzamora |Steven Rondina

CS pro Joakim “jkaem” Myrbostad has admitted that he is guilty of borrowing and subsequently gambling borrowed CS skins of a total value of approximately $11,000. jkaem is a professional CS2 player from Norway who is currently playing as a rifler for BC.Game. Before jkaem began to playCounter-Strikeprofessionally he was a promising football player. In 2015, he reached the international stage in CSGO and became known for his impressive gameplay.
ZZZ version 1.7 release date and new banners are confirmed

1 month ago | gameland.gg | Steven Rondina

ZZZ update 1.6 brought two unique characters to the game’s roster alongside a new gameplay mechanic with aftershock attacks, but the release date of version 1.7 is still right around the corner. HoYoverse is on a content treadmill with all its games but it’s been iterating on Zenless Zone Zero at an incredible rate. Just a few months ago, the entire team shared one ultimate bar meter, story missions were tied to exploration gameplay, and Lucy was the only real off-field DPS option.
Pulchra ZZZ build guide: Best Drive Discs, teams, and W-Engines

1 month ago | gameland.gg | Steven Rondina

Pulchra is landing in ZZZ, but which Drive Discs and W-Engines should players use to build out this new stun agent? For the first time since Seth’s arrival, Zenless Zone Zero is adding a new A-rank agent. Not only that, but she’s set to finally add an alternative A-rank stunner after Anby long monopolized that role. The trouble that most players will encounter is her aftershock attacks. These are a new mechanic that many players won’t know how to approach.
Baki Hanma is getting his first video game in 25 years & it's weird

1 month ago | gameland.gg | Steven Rondina

For the first time in decades, Baki Hanma is set to appear on video game consoles, but what the heck is Baki Hanma: Blood Arena? Grappler Baki and its many sequels are incredibly influential within the anime and manga industries. People who aren’t fans might not have noticed, though. The series had almost exclusively played out as a manga with no international presence. Only a fraction of the story was adapted into anime, and there was little in the way of merch or spin-off content.
Full Soldier 0 Anby build: Best Drive Discs, W-Engine & teams

1 month ago | gameland.gg | Steven Rondina

Soldier 0 Anby is coming to ZZZ in version 1.6 and with the right build, she can bring attacker teams back into vogue. The ZZZ meta was dominated by anomaly agents, with Jane Doe, Burnice Yanagi, and Miyabi coming out in rapid-fire succession. That has made attacker agents sink out of relevance, with even the likes of Ellen sliding down the tier list. It’s not just attackers either, as this has been a hit to stunners and numerous supports, too. Things are realigning to some degree.
ZZZ: All version 1.6 banners, characters, and who to pull for

1 month ago | gameland.gg | Steven Rondina

ZZZ’s 1.6 patch is coming and will bring a boatload of new story content and four banners; but which limited S-rank characters are worth pulling for? For the first time in a long while, Zenless Zone Zero is set to add a new A-rank character. Enemy-turned-friend Pulchra will flesh out the game’s anemic roster of stunners and provide some serious value to the game’s next set of banners. But who else is going to be featured? And who is worth pulling for?