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More than 20 million people have registered accounts for Blizzard’s shooter Overwatch. Considering Overwatch only launched in May that is an impressive amount of players. It is however important to note that this doesn’t necessarily mean that Overwatch has sold over 20 million copies. People can create accounts if playing …
Read More »The new world order of Counter-Strike: SK, Na’Vi, VP then everyone else
With the ending of ESL New York, the new world order of Counter-Strike has arrived. And that will be tested once again at EPICENTER. At the very top of the pack sits SK Gaming, Natus Vincere and Virtus.Pro, with each capable of beating the other. The strongest and most stable …
Read More »Does Cloud9 have a shot against Samsung Galaxy?
The League of Legends 2016 World Championship quarterfinals begin Thursday at 6 p.m. ET with what many expect to be the most lopsided series of the round: Group D winners Samsung Galaxy, the No. 3 seed from Korea, facing off against Group B second-place team Cloud9, the No. 3 seed …
Read More »DaveBTW talks pro football clubs entering FIFA
Over the last year or so the world of competitive FIFA has exploded. Previously some of the players who became world champions didn’t earn enough from playing to make it a full time career, while many more weren’t even signed to an organisation, instead floating around the scene as free …
Read More »League of Legends World Championship post-group stage power rankings
I wrote up a League of Legends World Championship power ranking before the tournament began two weeks ago. Now that we’re on the verge of the quarterfinals at the historic Chicago Theatre, it’s time to see how wrong I truly was and try to right some wrongs from the initial …
Read More »The perverse psychology of Dota 2’s Battle Pass minigames
Last week, Valve announced and made available for purchase the Dota 2 Fall 2016 Battle Pass. Rejoice! Alongside more familiar compendium-ish fare (unique items, quests, etc.), the Battle Pass marks the return of Rylai’s Battle Blessing. The minigame is a lovely bit of skeuomorphism; the digital roulette wheel whirls round …
Read More »EternaLEnVy accuses Team Secret of withholding payments and taking a 10% cut
Jacky "EternaLEnVy" Mao wrote a 7,000 word blog accusing his former team, Team Secret, of taking an unwarranted 10% cut of his winnings among other things. In the blog EternaLEnVy explains that Team Secret were withholding payments, and when he finally got a break down of what he was owed …
Read More »iOS 10 is installed on over 50% of Apple devices
iOS 10 is installed on over 54% of Apple mobile devices according to official figures released this week. Apple themselves announced the news with the handy pie chart you can see to the right of this very sentence. The chart also reveals that only 8% of iPhones and iPads are …
Read More »Sony says bright light and shiny surfaces will cause problems for PSVR
Sony has updated its PSVR FAQ to reveal that bright light and shiny surfaces, like mirrors, will cause issues for the camera used to track PSVR. The FAQ mentions that ambient lighting is fine, but if the user is sat in front of a window with direct sunlight coming through, …
Read More »The Gear VR app has been disabled on the Samsung Galaxy Note 7
Oculus has dropped support for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 with its Gear VR platform. Anyone who now tries to download the Gear VR app when on a Note 7 will be met with a message explaining that the app is not available due to safety concerns. Customer safety is …
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