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As of last year, the International Olympics Committee had publicly announced their interest and consideration of Esports as an event in the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics. Citing Esports's impressive revenue numbers and engagement with younger audiences, the IOC are no doubt hoping to capitalize on the Esports industry's current track record of success. Fans who are hopeful of seeing some [...]
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Last week, Epic Games announced that they will be porting Fortnite to iOS and Android devices and that the game will feature cross-platform support between PC, PlayStation 4, Mac, iOS, and Android. “In partnership with our friends at Sony, Fortnite Battle Royale will support Cross Play and Cross Progression between PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, iOS and eventually Android. This means [...]
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Over the past few months, the Overwatch community has seen a continued rise in toxic behavior. Behavior which has now started to infest the Overwatch e-sports league itself prompting ESPN to call out Blizzard Entertainment due to their apparent lack of response on the matter. Especially after Overwatch League player Timo “Taimou” Kettunen of Dallas Fuel was caught using homophobic [...]
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Working an employee to death doesn’t really sit well with the public, or the government for that matter. Last year, a Netmarble employee died of a heart disease in his 20’s. According to the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service, the disease was caused by “irregular night-time work and excess duty in the 12 weeks before he developed the symptoms.” [...]
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Digital Extremes announced an interesting milestone today. Warframe reached a record 38 million total users in the 5 years it's been out. That 38 million figure includes PC, PS4, and Xbox. That figure alone isn't too meaningful as "registered users" isn't exactly a great metric as it includes inactive users. The game's average concurrent playerbase on Steam over the last [...]
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Blizzard Entertainment has just announced the next Hearthstone expansion on Twitter earlier today called The Witchwood. The announcement comes with a live action trailer reminiscent of the Blair Witch Project, shaky camera footage included. Be warned, the footage you are about to watch may fill you with fright and leave you with a sense of joy. It was recovered from [...]
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PixARK, The Voxel open world sandbox survival game based on Ark: Survival Evolved, will be launching on Steam early access and Xbox on March 27th as a buy to play title. The core gameplay is similar to the Ark: Survival Evolved, but with Minecraft and Trove like voxel graphics. The game's key features are: The ability to collect and craft [...]
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Tired of playing Dota 2 for free? Well you're in luck! Valve has just announced a new premium service called Dota Plus. For $3.99/month, players gain access to new types of account progression, the ability to earn a new currency called 'shards', hundreds of new challenges, and a real-time 'Assistant' that provides item/ability build suggestions and other in-game information. Valve [...]
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Buy to play indie fantasy sandbox MMORPG Project Gorgon is finally launching into early access. The game is scheduled to launch on Steam tomorrow on March 13th, 2018. The game began development in 2009 and raised funds via Kickstarter in 2015. For those unaware of Project Gorgon check out the game's description below: Project: Gorgon features an ambitious skill based [...]
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Artifact, which was first revealed at last year's Dota 2 tournament "The International" finally released some information. The game will be launching in some public beta by the end of this year and will have its first major tournament in Q1 2019. Unlike Hearthstone, Shadowverse, and other digital CCGs, Artifact will NOT be free to play. The game's core mechanics [...]
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