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Industry veteran Phil Harrison joins Google

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Games industry veteran Phil Harrison is joining Google, taking up the role of vice president and general manager at the monolithic search giant’s California headquarters. Harrison is best known for a 15 year tenure as head of Sony’s network of game studios, in addition to three years as a senior …

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Alpha Republic of Esport signs up for Gfinity Elite Series season 3

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The Alpha Republic of Esport, better known as Ares, has signed up to Gfinity’s Elite Series for Season 3. Ares are replacing esports organisation Endpoint in the new, bigger, Gfinity Elite Series which has increased the number of slots in the contest to 10. The new look Elite Series will …

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10m tuned in to watch during Overwatch League’s first week

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The first week of the Overwatch league drew big numbers, with 10m people tuning in during the opening matches to make the opening week a big success. The Overwatch League debut topped Twitch’s viewer counts, with Blizzard announcing that the debut had an average of 408,000 viewers per minute, while …

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