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The latest Star Wars game has unsurprisingly shot to the top of the Japanese retail rankings in its debut week. EA’s return to the Battlefront series sold in excess of 100,000 units on PS4 during its first week on sale, outpacing the combined efforts of fellow newcomer Atelier Sophie: Fushigi …
Read More »TV station targets gamers: ‘It’s more viable to dedicate TV programming to PC gaming today’
Global video gaming TV station GINX has told PCR that there’s a strong demand for PC gaming TV content, despite the rise of streaming websites like Twitch. The station has kicked off a campaign to raise 540,000 through crowdfunding platformCrowdcubeas it plans to launch a weekly eSports show. Read more …
Read More »Why Disney XD Is Driving ESports With Nintendo ‘Mario Kart’
Disney XD is reteaming with Nintendo for its second original eSports TV show. Clash of Karts: Mario Kart 8” (Dec. 5 at 8 p.m.) is a one-hour special that pits four two-person teams of kids ages 13 to 17 coached by YouTube influencers Mari Takahashi, Meghan Camarena, Seth Bling, and …
Read More »MaRin, Easyhoon, T0M leave SK Telecom T1, other players renewed
A few days ago, the topLeague of Legendsteam in Europeshowedthat even champions aren’t immune to offseason roster changes, despite their resolve to keep a successful lineup together. Today,SK Telecom T1showed that even world champions aren’t immune to this year’s ruthless roster mania. Read more at Daily Dot >>>
Read More »Donkey Kong record holder’s lawsuit against Cartoon Network dismissed
Former Donkey Kong champion Billy Mitchell’s attempt to sue a cartoon show he claims stole his likeness has been thrown out of court. Mitchell, who was the first person to pass one million points in the Nintendo classic – the subject of the 2007 documentary ‘The King of Kong’ – …
Read More »ESL gets even bigger, acquires ESEA
The world’s largestesportscompany just got bigger. Europe-based tournament organizerESLhas acquiredCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveplatformESEA, the companyannouncedon its website today. ESEA will continue operations as usual, but will have access to ESL products and services for the future, according to the company’s press release. Read more at Daily Dot >>>
Read More »Have you got what it takes to win an MCV Award?
What do Warner Bros, PlayStation, Xbox UK, 505 Games and Ubisoft have in common? How about GAME, Indigo Pearl and Twitch? No? Try Team 17’s Debbie Bestwick, Nintendo’s James Honeywell and Games Centre’s Craig Kennedy. They were all winners at this year’s MCV Awards – and you could join this …
Read More »The Case of Swag: A criminal justice review of just punishment
At just 17 years old, Braxton "Swag" Pierce was on the cusp of a breakthrough career inCounter-Strike: Global Offensive, one of the fastest growingesportsscenes on the planet. But on Jan. 26, 2015, Pierce and three other members of his team, iBUYPOWER, were indefinitely banned from Valve-sponsored events. The game’s developer …
Read More »This Company Wants More Women In eSports
According to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), 44% of all gamers in the U.S. today are female. But when it comes to the burgeoning market of eSports, professional gamers are overwhelmingly male. French eSports company Oxent wants to change that. Read more at Fortune >>>
Read More »Black Ops III holds the top spot in Japan
The PS4 SKU of Call of Duty: Black Ops III is still No.1 in Japan. Sales of Activison’s shooter – published in the region by Sony – were down 63 per cent week-on-week, according to data provided by Famitsu. The PlayStation 3 SKU falls from third place to No.8 as …
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