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Practical guides and stories on building esports teams, scheduling scrims and tournaments, climbing leaderboards, and getting the most out of PaxJax.

Community

How to Find People to Play Deep Rock Galactic With in 2026

To find people to play Deep Rock Galactic with in 2026, build a standing crew instead of joining a new server every night. Agree on a class split (ideally one Scout, Driller, Engineer and Gunner), the hazard level you play and when you play, before your first drop. Crews are up to four players. Deep Rock Galactic is on Steam, Xbox and PlayStation, but cross-play is limited: PlayStation plays with PlayStation, Steam with Steam, and Xbox with the Microsoft Store PC version, so check you can join the same server first. Hoxxes Halloween runs from 22 October to 5 November, and Season 07 is planned for December 2026. On PaxJax you can filter players by game, platform, region and schedule, and save a standing crew.

Community

How to Find an ARK: Survival Ascended Tribe in 2026

To find an ARK: Survival Ascended tribe in 2026, pick your server type first (official PvP, PvE, Small Tribes, ARKpocalypse or a private server), then look for players on the same platform side and schedule, and agree on roles before you build. ASA is on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S with cross-platform multiplayer, and it's still in Early Access. Fear Ascended, ARK's Halloween event, runs from 28 October to 11 November, the Unreal Engine 5.8 update and the Giganotosaurus rework land on 5 November, and ARKpocalypse servers next wipe on 13 November. On PaxJax you can filter survivors by game, platform, region, server type and schedule, and save a standing tribe.

Community

How to Find a Mario Kart World Team in 2026

To find a Mario Kart World team in 2026, look for racers on your schedule and skill level, agree on room rules (150cc, normal items and no COM is the usual competitive setup), and practise in private rooms before an event. Mario Kart World is on Nintendo Switch 2 only, and online play needs Nintendo Switch Online. Rooms hold up to 24 racers, plus spectators since the 1.8.0 update on 9 September, and Knockout Tour has had team races since January. Nintendo's Fall Cup has qualifiers on 17–18 October and 21–22 November, with the final on 12 December. On PaxJax you can filter racers by game, region and schedule, and save a standing team.

Community

How to Find a Hunt: Showdown 1896 Trio in 2026

To find a Hunt: Showdown 1896 trio in 2026, build a standing team instead of relying on random fill. Agree on mics, how hard you push, who calls the sounds and when you leave with the bounty before your first match. Hunt is on Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and teams are up to three. PS5 and Xbox players can team up, but PC is separate from console, so your teammates need to be on the same side. Blood Testament Chapter 2 started on 6 October and the All Hallows' Cleave community event began on 13 October. On PaxJax you can filter hunters by game, platform, region and schedule, and save a standing duo or trio.

Community

How to Find People to Play Warframe With in 2026

To find people to play Warframe with in 2026, decide what content you want a group for, then look for a standing squad or a clan that runs it, instead of relying on recruiting chat. Most missions take up to four players, but The Icebind, the 6-player endgame mode that launched on 7 October 2026, needs a full premade squad of six, with no public matchmaking. Warframe is free to play with cross-play and cross-save across PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and mobile, and Update 42 added Clan Only matchmaking and a clan resource bonus for squads of clanmates. On PaxJax you can filter players by platform, the frames they play and the content they run, and save a standing squad.

Community

Best Co-op Horror Games to Play With Friends This Halloween (2026)

The best co-op horror games to play with friends this Halloween are Phasmophobia (up to four ghost hunters, with the Crimson Eye event running from 8 October to 1 November), Lethal Company (four scavengers and a quota, PC only), Dead by Daylight (four survivors against one killer, with Haunted by Daylight running from 13 October to 3 November), Hunt: Showdown 1896 (solo, duos or trios, with Blood Testament Chapter 2 live since 6 October) and GTFO (a finished, very hard four-player shooter). All five punish a group that doesn't talk. On PaxJax you can find players for each of them by game, platform and region and save a standing squad for October.

Community

How to Find a Crew in NBA 2K27

To find a Crew in NBA 2K27, decide first what you want from one: ranked Crew Games, REC runs or just people to play with. Then use the Crews tab in The City to search by focus, active times, vibe, mic, language and region, or start your own and recruit by position. In NBA 2K27 Crews replace Pro-Am. Your Crew gets a Crew HQ with 3v3 and 5v5 courts, plays ranked Crew Games across six tiers from Bronze to Top Ranked, and can enter a divisional tournament on each Season's final weekend. Only PS5 and Xbox Series X|S cross-play, and progress doesn't carry between platforms, so settle your platform first. On PaxJax you can filter players by position, platform and region and save a standing five for Crew Games.

eSports

How to Find a Valorant Premier Team (and How Premier Works)

To play Valorant Premier, you need a team of five to seven players who can all make the same weekly match windows in the same Zone. Every player needs SMS Verification and at least one ranked placement, and you can be on only one Premier team at a time. A Stage runs for about seven weeks, with up to two Best-of-1 matches a week: a win is worth 100 Premier Score and a loss 25, and a standard Stage needs 600 to reach the playoffs. Premier is PC only. On PaxJax you can filter players by region, rank and schedule, and save the roster as a standing team.

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How to Find an OSRS Clan and Raid Team in 2026

To find an Old School RuneScape clan or raid team in 2026, decide what you want a group for, whether that's raids, Nex, Group Ironman or social skilling, then look for a clan or standing team that does it at the hours you play. The fourth raid, The Fractured Archive, launched on 20 October 2026. It scales from 2 to 8 players (Jagex recommends 3 to 5), and you need While Guthix Sleeps to enter. The official forums closed in 2024, so recruiting has moved to Discord, Reddit and the in-game Clan Hub. On PaxJax you can filter players by the content they run, their account type and their schedule, and save a standing team.

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How to Find People to Play Elden Ring Nightreign With in 2026

To find people to play Elden Ring Nightreign with in 2026, build a standing trio or duo on your platform, agree on who plays which Nightfarer, and sort out voice chat outside the game, because Nightreign has none. Expeditions take one, two or three players, with duos added in Patch 1.02. There's no cross-play between PC, PlayStation and Xbox, so everyone needs to be on the same platform family. The Forsaken Hollows DLC brought the roster to 10 Nightfarers, and Deep of Night matches players of similar depth, so a steady trio climbs together. On PaxJax you can filter players by platform, the Nightfarers they play and their schedule, and save a standing trio.

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How to Find People to Play Lethal Company With in 2026

To find people to play Lethal Company with in 2026, build a standing crew of four instead of relying on public lobbies. Agree on who runs the terminal, how much risk you take on each moon and when you head back to the ship before the first run. Lethal Company is a Windows PC game on Steam, still in Early Access, for up to four players, and there's no console version, so everyone you play with is on PC. The latest update is Version 80, The Blooming Update, from April 2026, and Zeekerss says the next one will be more content-focused. On PaxJax you can filter players by game, region and schedule and save a standing crew, so the same four meet quota every session.

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How to Find People to Play Phasmophobia With in 2026

To find people to play Phasmophobia with in 2026, build a standing team of up to four instead of relying on public lobbies. Agree on difficulty, platform, server region and who does which job before the first contract. Phasmophobia has crossplay between PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, with VR players in the same lobbies, so a friend on another platform can join once everyone picks the same region. Kinetic Games' next big update, Resonance, launches in late November with new Dowsing Rods, more Voice Recognition commands and the move to Unity 6, so a team that already works together will get the most out of it. On PaxJax you can filter players by game, platform and region and save a standing team for your regular night.