welcome to framerate

a gaming newsletter that’s written by a gamer, not a journalist.

Latest

Israeli Counter Strike player wants Elo back after running to bomb shelter because of the war

Mar 9, 2026

A player wrote a short message to FACEIT (third-party competitive platform) admins explaining that he and his friend had to abandon a match mid-game because they were being bombed and had to get to a shelter. He even linked the match directly so admins could cross-check the timing of the missile attacks.

The White House celebrating the bombing in Iran with a clip of COD Killstreak

Mar 7, 2026

Four days after the US joined Israel in airstrikes on Iran, the official White House X account posted a video. Captioned "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue" and set to Childish Gambino's Bonfire, it mixed real footage of the military strikes with killstreak animations taken straight from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

The God Of War Photo That Broke The Internet

Mar 5, 2026

A live action God of War photo dropped, the internet collectively lost its mind, and then things got even weirder from there. We also got good news on the Resident Evil front, exciting stuff incoming from Nvidia and Marvel, and some concerning rumours out of Sony.

Bungie Might Break My Heart Again, Resident Evil Is Back, and Xbox Is Cooked

Mar 1, 2026

March is here and somehow gaming managed to give us a lot to talk about in the space of like two weeks. Some of it exciting, some of it depressing, all of it worth getting into.

Xbox Loses Its Leader. Both Of Them.

Mar 1, 2026

by Ethan Ritchie