by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 13, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Battle royales are one of the most popular genres around. Starting with H1Z1 making a splash on Steam, followed quickly by PUBG and Fortnite, battle royales have slowly spread to cover the gaming landscape, but their life expectancy in esports has yet to be tested....
by Jordan Love | Nov 10, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Respawn Entertainment, creators of the massively popular Titanfall series, have officially been aquired by EA. The announcement came via an EA press release and was accompanied shortly after by an official statement from Respawn. According to EA, "The acquisition...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 10, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
For many fans, SK Telecom’s loss to Samsung Galaxy feels like the end of an era. Faker’s despair after the match, Samsung’s sweep of the finals, and even Longzhu’s sweep of the Korean finals before Worlds all seemed to be showing the fall of legends. But most of that...
by Charles Rathbone | Nov 9, 2017 | PC, Videogames, weekly
EKGaming's 'Conversation Series' is all about giving you, the gaming community, a voice. There are plenty of things to debate and talk about in the gaming world, but all too often the voice of gamers is forgotten in the shuffle. In 'Conversation Series' we give gamers...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 9, 2017 | News Section, Videogames
Riot has done away entirely with IP (Influence Points) in favor of merging them with the essence system from 2016. For many, this is a scary changeover while they wonder if they are going to be rewarded less for games than before despite Riot’s assurances that this...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 9, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
There aren’t many games that are willing to refute the total domination of the open-world style. Starting as a western gaming trope, it has come to dominate even Zelda and Mario, the two most iconic gaming figures out of Japan. Final Fantasy made the switch long ago...
by Jordan Love | Nov 8, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
The PUBG Fortnite battle continued in dramatic fashion this week as both games reached a 20 million milestone almost simultaneously. For PUBG it was 20 millions copies sold and for Fortnite it was 20 million players. These milestones are just fuel for the rivalry that...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 8, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
One of the reasons many fans prefer League of Legends to Dota 2 is that it has far less micromanagement, or if we want to be honest, it’s easier. Runes and masteries were a step towards complexity, and not always a good one. While masteries were understandable for...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Nov 7, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Game companies aren’t so different than normal companies, and this is especially true for start-ups and tech companies. Even though making games is probably infinitely more fun than making finance apps, the operations side of a business boils down to the same stuff....
by Jordan Love | Nov 7, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
The One X is finally here and Xbox chief Phil Spencer marked it’s arrival by announcing Microsoft's intent to move towards software and services. In an interview with Bloomberg, Spencer declared that he and his team need to grow as content and service providers. “Our...
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