Level up by following these metro Phoenix gamers

The COVID-19 pandemic may have slowed down many things in real life, but the gaming industry has been thriving.

Two highly anticipated devices, the Playstation 5 (or PS5) and Xbox Series X consoles come out in November along with several new games we’ve all been waiting for. If you can get your hands on at least one of the new consoles, consider yourself lucky. The preorders are currently sold out.

The excitement includes local players, those who stream their games for others to watch on Twitch.

While you’re trying to figure out how to get one of those hot new consoles, you can pick up some tips on how to play your favorite games from some of these metro-Phoenix gamers. You can check out their skills on Twitch playing popular games including Call of Duty, Genshin Impact, Minecraft and Overwatch.

In real life they are parents, students, veterans, content creators and more. But once the games are switched on they take on entirely different personalities.

Here are 5 local video game streamers you should be watching.

‘Cutwright’

Jordan Woodruff, also known as “Cutwright,” is a Tempe gamer sponsored by Destined 2 Dominate and a content creator for Premier Esports. On Twitch more than 2,600 followers watch him streaming Genshin Impact, Destiny 2 and Among Us.

Twitch: www.twitch.tv/Cutwright Twitter: www.twitter.com/CUTWRlGHT

‘Papa Bear AZ’

The self-proclaimed “OG gamer dad” has been playing video games for many years. His more than 3,100 Twitch subscribers watch him play Microsoft Flight Simulator, Minecraft, Diablo 3 and World of Warcraft,

Twitch: www.twitch.tv/papabearaz Twitter: www.twitter.com/ PapaBearAZ

‘Pretty Ph3nom’

With more than 14,000 followers on

Twitch and 20,000 Twitter followers, this Arizona gamer, Elizabeth Heger, is a co-founder of Built by Gamers, an esports organization based in Phoenix. The five-year Twitch streamer can be found playing “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare” and “The Sims 4.”

Twitch: www.twitch.tv/ prettyph3nom

Twitter: twitter.com/prettyph3nom

‘Shewulf13’

Phoenix gamer, Jessie Sorensen calls herself a variety streamer and she plays

a variety of games on Twitch with her nearly 3,000 followers. Catch her playing “Remothered: Broken Porcelain,” “Overwatch,” “Smite,” and “Among Us” on Twitch. Twitch: www.twitch.tv/shewulf13 Twitter: twitter.com/shewulf13

‘Swagg’

With nearly 2 million subscribers on YouTube and nearly 1 million on Twitch, Kristopher Lamberson, or “Swagg,” is known for his skills at Call of Duty. Catch him on either platform playing

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

According to the Top Twitch Streamers website, he was introduced to the game in 2012, he started uploading videos to YouTube in 2013.

Youtube: www.youtube.com/ user/SwaggXBL

Twitch: www.twitch.tv/swagg

VIA TWITCH Phoenix gamer “Shewulf13” calls herself a variety streamer because she plays a variety of games on Twitch with her nearly 3,000 followers.

COURTESY OF JORDAN WOODRUFF Jordan Woodruff, known as “Cutwright” is a prominent Tempe gamer and a content creator for Premier Esports.

COURTESY OF JOSEPH CISNEROS Known as Papa Bear Az, the self-proclaimed “OG gamer dad” has been playing video games for many years. credit:

VIA TWITTER Gamer “Pretty Ph3nom” has more than 14,000 followers on Twitch and 20,000 Twitter followers.

VIA YOUTUBE Kristopher Lamberson, also known as “Swagg,” has nearly 2 million subscribers on YouTube and nearly 1 million on Twitch.