Epic’s first year of competitive Fortnite wrapped on Sunday with the World Cup in New York, but the developer has certainly been keeping busy. The battle royale hit’s tenth season launched just yesterday, and today the developer has released details about the title’s e-sports future. Starting August 17th, Epic will be hosting the Champion Series, a new online tournament circuit designed to…
Tina Perez, Madison Mann, Carlee Gress, and Hannah Reyes — known online as TINARAES, maddiesuun, Carlee, and Hannah — had never been to New York City before. Three of them live in Los Angeles and train in Fortnite at Gen.G’s North American headquarters. Hannah, who’s…
Obsidian Entertainment is a studio best known for building on the work of others. Its most popular games to date have been titles like Knights of the Old Republic II, Fallout: New Vegas, Neverwinter Nights 2, and Dungeon Siege III, to name a few. And even the studio’s…
After announcing that it would bring the Switch to China, Nintendo has revealed some details about how it will work and the role of its partner, Tencent. The Chinese tech giant will help Nintendo build simplified Chinese language versions of previously announced games like Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Tencent will also provide cloud services for the Switch…
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Just as summer begins to fade and the back to school push ramps up, Intel is finally ready to deliver its 10nm, 10th-gen Ice Lake mobile chips. In other news, Burger King’s not-meat Whopper is about to go nationwide, and…
At a press event at the ChinaJoy gaming conference in Shanghai today, Tencent and Nintendo announced the first details of their strategy for releasing the Nintendo Switch console in China.
The Chinese internet giant will be providing cloud services and servers for the…
Twitch’s moderation team has confirmed that breastfeeding is not against the company’s terms of service. The move comes after a controversial decision to remove a clip from streamer Heather Kent’s channel following reports over one moment on her stream.
The clip in question shows Kent’s nipple for a second as her one-year-old breastfeeds. The safety operations team took the clip down…
Last night, Mychal “Trihex” Jefferson was one of three influential gamers banned from Twitch for 24 hours because he live-streamed the second Democratic debate. Although he understands why he was banned, he says he thought providing commentary was fair use — and that…
Sony is hoping it can rally its PlayStation fans around esports. Today, the company announced seasonal PS4 tournaments. It’s inviting users of all levels to participate in competitive online gaming through their PS4 consoles, and it’s even offering cash…
Faze Clan sues Fortnite star Tfue, claims he earned more than $20 million from streaming
August 1, 2019
Popular e-sports organization Faze Clan is suing professional Fortnite player Turner “Tfue” Tenney, claiming he’s violated his contract by disparaging the company and trying to form a rival e-sports organization. It’s a countersuit to Tenney’s attempt to leave the organization back in May over concerns his contract was exploitative.
Faze is now saying Tenney made more than $20 million…
