by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 3, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
While EA has resisted the esport moniker for as long as possible, instead announcing in 2015 a ‘competitive gaming division’, they are getting ever closer to trying to make a grab for some of the illustrious esport audience. Recent rebranding has retitled their new...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 3, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
League of Legends enters its ninth year in 2018, and while the game is still largely the same, it is always evolving. Part of this process is the system they implemented last year in the Year in review, a system devised not just to tell players interesting stats (or...
by Jordan Love | Jan 2, 2018 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
Last year was a great year for indie games and at least part of that success is thanks to crowdfunding. 2017 saw a sharp increase in Kickstarter game funding after a dismal 2016 campaign. Since it's creation in 2009, Kickstarter has been a goldmine for indie...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 2, 2018 | Livestreaming, News, News Section, Videogames
Twitch is continuing to broaden their scope by creating a new reality show, Stream On, just for content creators. Following this year’s Twitchcon and the slew of tools put in to help streamers grow and measure their audiences, Twitch has been taking steps to try and...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 2, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
An argument over a Call of Duty: WWII match has ended in the death of one player and the arrest of another. Tyler Barriss, 25, of Los Angeles was arrested Saturday morning in the suspected swatting and resulting death of Andrew Finch, 28, of Wichita, Kansas. ...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 2, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
All online players have dealt with trolls and toxic players – it’s a part of the culture. Just as big a part of the culture is the constant argument that companies can and should do more than what they are doing. While simple suspensions and bans go pretty far –...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 1, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
The inaugural start of the new season of League of Legends is just three weeks away on Jan. 20, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at the teams. As the first North American LCS series to be franchised, fans would expect all the teams to be doing everything they can...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 1, 2018 | Livestreaming, News, News Section, Videogames
Some fans may have thought they were given a late Christmas present when news broke on the Riot forums that the popular streamer Tyler1 was going to be officially unbanned. The forum post – which has since been removed – was only a single sentence stating, “After...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 1, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Before every game was connected to the internet and touting multiplayer, there were no game updates. Games were bought as packaged, and any flaws of the game were simply parts of the experience. Now, every major game goes through numerous updates and patches, some...
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