by Jordan Love | Feb 21, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
PUBG and Fortnite are like identical twins separated at birth, but destined to live parallel lives. They're more alike than similar, they have the same mannerisms and nuances, yet they insist that they're totally different entities. Seemingly every time PUBG does...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Feb 21, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames, weekly
No one would have guessed going into Week 5 that the best game of the week – maybe even of the split – would be between FlyQuest and OpTic Gaming. It was a huge back and forth with FlyQuest pushing into OpTic’s base, then OpTic pushing back, and the final nail in the...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Feb 21, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
League of Legends lore has always been a bit funny – and not in the ha-ha kind of way. Like the graphics, it started off rough and tumble. There was a good kingdom and a bad kingdom, there were summoners that brought heroes to battle, and that was really most of the...
by Jordan Love | Feb 20, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Apparently the battle royale space ain't big enough for H1Z1. The game's playerbase has been decimated by the popularity of PUBG and Fortnite over the last few months. According to GitHyp, H1Z1 has been bleeding users ever since last August. In July of last year, the...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Feb 20, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames, weekly
The big news out of Week 5 of the NA LCS is that Echo Fox now has a decisive hold on first place, and it’s going to be hard to shake them from it. Cloud9 was tied with Fox in the standings, but after this week’s loss, that will put Fox up one will and C9 down one...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Feb 20, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
With the conclusion of Week 5, we are now more than halfway through the Spring Split, and it’s time to start looking at who is going to make it into the finals. While some crazy runs are always possible – we’ve seen some miraculous comebacks before – we are pretty...
by Jordan Love | Feb 19, 2018 | Livestreaming, News, News Section, Videogames
We covered the new Twitch Community Guidelines update last week, which primarily takes aim at fixing the streaming service's problems with harassment and overly-sexualized content. Since announcing the update, Twitch has received a considerable amount of backlash for...
by Arden Terry | Feb 19, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Japan has always had interesting laws regarding the monetization of games. In addition to normal forms of gambling - such as the fascinating work-around for how players get money from pachinko - Japan has always been rather strict with esports. The Japanese government...
by Arden Terry | Feb 19, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
It’s hard to believe that it’s been five years since the first teaser for Kingdom Hearts III was shown at E3, and it’s even harder to believe that it’s been more than 15 years since the first Kingdom Hearts game came out. Fortunately for both nostalgic veterans and...
by Jordan Love | Feb 16, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames, weekly
The Fast Travel weekly gaming recap is your resource for staying caught up on everything going on in the gaming industry. We start by highlighting a few of the week’s biggest news pieces. Then it’s on to a dollop of indie news. Followed by a helping of “The Best Thing...
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