by Steven Lunn | Jun 6, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Riot takes toxicity seriously, and they are especially serious about it within their own organization. Employees at Riot are even under stricter guidelines than normal players to uphold the summoner’s code and to behave themselves. It is no surprise then that when a...
by Steven Lunn | Jun 5, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
PlayVS is the first official high school esports league sanctioned by the National Federation of State High School Associations and it just raised $15 million in series A funding. The funding came from a variety of sources including the San Francisco 49ers, players...
by Elizabeth Freeman | Jun 5, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
It isn’t often that a game has to be completely shut down because of poor profits. This is especially true for mobile games, which are the most profitable sector in all of gaming. That is the news coming out of Square Enix though. Their mobile “Go” series has reached...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jun 5, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
NetEase, a colossal internet technology company out of China, has recently invested $100 million into Bungie. The investment was through stock, meaning that NetEase now owns a minority stake in the company and will have its own seat at the board of directors. The move...
by Elizabeth Freeman | Jun 5, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
There has been plenty of concern over the OWL. Overwatch is the first video game to ever push for an esport – even franchising it immediately – with zero fanbase built. It is a grand experiment to see if some companies can’t predict – or force – a game into the esport...
by Charles Rathbone | Jun 4, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
For the past year or so, we’ve been intently covering the PUBG saga. First, it was the must play game that no one could put down. Then it was a game of the year contender. Then the Fortnite rival. But then Fortnite and other battle royales continued to get better and...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jun 4, 2018 | Esports section, News, News Section
In a forum post days ago, Riot revealed details of one of their newest skins, Dark Star Cho’Gath. The skin was designed through the Make-A-Wish Foundation with one of their fans. In honor and support of the process, Riot will be giving all proceeds from the skin to...
by Elizabeth Freeman | Jun 4, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
2K has announced on a recent blog post that dedicated servers for Evolve will be shutting down as of September 3, 2018. The shuttering of the servers will kill many of the larger features of the game such as Ranked Hunts, leaderboards, as well as the in-game store....
by Jordan Love | Jun 1, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, News Section, Videogames
Soccer is the biggest sport in the world and League of Legends is the biggest esport in the world. One has magic, deaths, towers, minions, monsters and more. The other has mortals dribbling a ball on a rectangular pitch. They might not have a lot of common on the...
by Elizabeth Freeman | Jun 1, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Only last week, the Steam community became aware of the game Active Shooter. Set to release in June, the game would have allowed players to control a swat team member, an active shooter in a school, or a fleeing civilian. The discovery of the game quickly prompted a...
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