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PC strategy title Civilization VI his hit a big milestone just two weeks after its debut. The game’s official Twitter account has announced that 1m people are now playing the game, which to date is only available on PC and Mac. It’s reviewed strongly, too, with an 89 per cent …
Read More »Updated: Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare sales nearly 50% down on Black Ops III
This year’s Call of Duty has failed to hit the heights of its predecessor in its first week in the UK. GfK Chart-Track numbers show that week one sales of COD: Infinite Warfare are down 48.4 per cent compared to 2015’s Black Ops III. Even taking into account the lack …
Read More »Q&A: FYM Hot Sauce founder Dane Wilcox on backing Dota’s Team NP
When I heard that FYM Hot Sauce, a company based out of Portland, Oregon, had entered esports by sponsoring Team NP, I was confused. What do hot sauce and esports have in common? According to Dane Wilcox, the founder of FYM Hot Sauce, more Dota fans are interested in high …
Read More »Team Dignitas on the comeback trail in CS:GO
In Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the tide can turn in a single round, but not without the right confluence of conditions. Perhaps the underdog has slowly been chipping away at their opponents’ economy, or a player gets into the zone and finds a hot streak. For Team Dignitas, fresh from one …
Read More »The Sombra ARG, Reviewed
Very few game developers have created such a stir around character releases as Blizzard has for its new Latina hacker Sombra. In fact, they’ve gone so far as to create an alternate reality game, or an ARG, around her, weaving her story throughout websites, videos, audio files and cryptic code. …
Read More »The pre-World finals League Festival was an awesome live experience
After landing in the beautiful Los Angeles, I was excited to explore the city. I was then notified that there was a League related event at L.A Live across the street from the Staples Center. There went my Friday night. However, I was delightfully surprised by how much I ended …
Read More »South Korea affirms esports dominance at BlizzCon
BlizzCon took place at the Anaheim Convention Center in sunny Southern California this past weekend, but inside the venue, you might have mistaken it for Seoul, South Korea. Out of the five esports tournaments at the annual Blizzard Entertainment conference (four of which were world championships), three were won by …
Read More »Blizzard is creating its own league for professional Overwatch
At Blizzcon this past weekend Blizzard revealed the Overwatch League, a professional competition run by the developer. The league will kick off in 2017 and feature teams based in cities across the world. Weekly league play matches will be broadcast online while the end of season playoffs will be traditional …
Read More »iceiceice: "Streaming is destroying careers"
Daryl Koh "iceiceice" Pei Xiang, captain of the Faceless Dota 2 team, has said that streaming is destroying players’ careers in China. In an interview with Cnet iceiceice was asked about the lucrative streaming contacts that players can earn in China, and he had some controversial views on the subject. …
Read More »Nolan North confirms participation in SAG-AFTRA strike, is “surprised” at issues
“They've always had non-disclosure agreements so I don't think it's a problem to tell people what the project is.”
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