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Fortnite lost 28% of its viewership hours on Twitch in 2019

December 19, 2019
Fortnite is still one of the most popular games in the world, but it has definitely lost some of the unprecedented momentum that it had throughout 2018. This led to League of Legends reclaiming Twitch’s most watched game, according to data-tracking service Arsenal.gg. Fortnite finished at No. 2 with its hours watched dropping 28% year-over-year. Here’s the full chart from Arsenal and…
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The best games for Nintendo Switch

December 18, 2019
Nintendo’s Switch is on a roll. The youngest of the games consoles is punching above its weight with a mix of core Nintendo games that have pushed iconic characters like Mario and Link into the modern gaming age. The Switch is also a portable console, which has injected new life into older titles and indie hits that have never made it a Nintendo device before. However, the Switch’s…
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Modern Warfare is the most-played Call of Duty this generation

December 18, 2019
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has brought a lot of momentum back to Activision Blizzard’s military shooter franchise. The publisher announced today that its multiplayer megahit surpassed $1 billion in sales worldwide. But it’s also setting records as the most-played Call…
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The legendary Nintendo PlayStation prototype is up for auction

December 18, 2019
For years it was the stuff of legend — a games console that incorporated both a CD drive and SNES cartridge slot made with the official backing of PlayStation and Nintendo? But back in 2015 we saw the magical prototype for ourselves and even had a play with it. Now…
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EA and Respawn unveil Apex Legends Global Series esports competition with $3 million in prizes

December 17, 2019
Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment have unveiled the Apex Legends Global Series, a set of esports tournaments for Apex Legends with a prize pool of $3 million. The series will enable amateurs and pros to compete in online and live events. At less than a year old, Apex Legends is a young to be an esports contender. The battle royale shooter won the title of Best Multiplayer Game at last…
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'Borderlands 3' and 'Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2' hit Google Stadia

December 17, 2019
Google is slowly but surely expanding the number of games available on Stadia, giving you and your friends (thanks to those buddy passes) more titles to play together. It emerged back in August that Borderlands 3 was coming to the game streaming platform, and today’s…
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EA will host an ‘Apex Legends’ tournament series in 2020

December 17, 2019
It was probably only a matter of time, but Apex Legends is about to get its own esports league. Starting early next year, EA and developer Respawn Entertainment will invite the game’s top PC players to compete in the Apex Legends Global Series. In all, EA says the…
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Steam November top 20: Star Wars, Terminator, and Age of Empires II

December 17, 2019
A wide variety of new games are finding success on Steam, PC gaming’s most popular and most-used platform. Valve Software revealed Steam’s November top 20 in a blog post on its site today. And while a lot of big, familiar names made the cut, so did a number of new properties. Valve gathers this data by comparing the first two weeks of a game’s sales following its release. It then throws the…
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