„Matchmaking appears to be broken” Elden Ring Nightreign players encounter issues finding teammates
Elden Ring Nightreign is already nearing the top of the Steam charts, but some players are getting stuck in matchmaking. Is it broken? Or is there more to it?
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May 29, 2025
Battlefield 7 will have „controversial” system, but Electronic Arts reassures displeased players
A new leak regarding Battlefield 7 forced developers from EA's DICE studio to speak out to reassure players and discourage them from discussing matchmaking „out of context”.
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April 14, 2025
Activision Secretly Experimented on Half the Players of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The Goal Was to Confirm What Had Long Seemed Obvious
Activision published an extensive document describing the importance of skills during matchmaking. It shows that without the so-called SBMM, players are more likely to become discouraged.
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July 29, 2024
Mark Rubin From Ubisoft Says XDefiant Players Complaining About Matchmaking and 'Scripts' Are Easy Targets Themselves
Ubisoft's Mark Rubin gave a nod to XDefiant fans pointing out people complaining about matchmaking. Apparently, these players have been affected by an affliction known as the „skill issue.”.
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May 30, 2024
Valve Changed CSGO Matchmaking; New Ranks for Players
The latest update to CS:GO is expected to significantly affect almost all players. Valve has decided to significantly overhaul matchmaking, which will result in a change of ranks among the vast majority of players.
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August 2, 2022
Too Easy, or Too Hard - LoL's Key Aspect is Apparently Never Right
League of Legends retains its position on popularity charts, but as with any long-lived game, here too there are aspects that players have been complaining about for some time. One of the things that many people think needs fixing is the rank system.
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July 4, 2022
CoD: Modern Warfare 2 Could be Getting Rid of Smurfs
The person, who is said to be working on CoD: Modern Warfare 2, revealed that the game will feature a significantly revamped matchmaking system, offering, among other things, a special mode for players with lower skills.
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May 23, 2022
What is Trust Factor in CS:GO And How to Increase It
CS:GO players are finding ways to increase their Trust Factor for better matchmaking. If you'd like to find out what these methods are, read on.
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January 13, 2022
Valve Makes Premier Matchmaking Available to All CS:GO Players
CS:GO's Operation Broken Fang launched in December with a number of new features, including Broken Fang Premier matchmaking for those who purchased the . A month before the event's end, Valve decided to make the mode available to all players.
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March 31, 2021
Valorant 1.02 - Ranks and Ranked Games in Tomorrow's Update
Tomorrow Valorant will receive patch 1.02. A moment after its launch, ranked matches will make their debut in the game and minor fixes will be introduced.
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June 23, 2020
Weaker Players Are Massacred - Valorant Needs Ranked Games
Valorant players complain about unoptimized matchmaking, which makes weaker players face experienced veterans. This games are frustrating for both sides, and the solution to the problem will probably not come until the ranked games are re-introduced.
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June 8, 2020
CoD: Warzone Matches Players by Skill, Which is Not What the Devs Promised
TheXclusiveAce from YouTube tested Call of Duty: Warzone's opponent matching system. The data he obtained shows that the title uses matchmaking based on players' skills, despite the fact that Pat Kelly from Infinity Ward assured that no such solution would be used in the game.
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April 3, 2020