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Fresh from seeing an inspiring Gran Turismo movie, Randall Hayward got a rare chance to see a real Porsche racecar exhibition — and he won $15,000 in a Gran Turismo 7 esports tournament at the same time.
Hayward was…
Twitch August viewership lower than July for first time in 6 years | StreamElements State of the Stream
September 26, 2023
For the first time since 2017, Twitch’s monthly viewership totals dropped from July to August according to StreamElements’ latest State of the Stream report. According to Rainmaker.gg data, viewers watched 56 million hours on average each day, for a monthly total of…
EA Sports FC, soccer leagues partner for global esports ecosystem
September 25, 2023
Alongside its rebrand, EA Sports FC is revamping its esports ecosystem, welcoming global football/soccer leagues into the fold. The newly dubbed EA SPORTS FC Pro esports program will find the best Ultimate Team players from around the world. The program will host…
Calm down, the Xbox leaks aren’t that big of a deal | Kaser Focus
September 23, 2023
Microsoft this week leaked — apparently by complete accident — several confidential documents used in its case against the FTC. The unredacted documents provide a glimpse into the internal workings of Microsoft, including some of the conversations between top executives such as Phil Spencer. While the documents are fun to read by themselves, if only because it’s tantalizing to read something…
Microsoft had a monumental leak of some of its most sensitive plans this week, as reported by The Verge’s Tom Warren. It was all thanks to someone at Microsoft who didn’t properly upload redacted documents to the Federal Trade Commission. I’ve been thinking about what…
U.K. regulators finally approve Microsoft’s $68.7B acquisition of Activision Blizzard
September 22, 2023
The United Kingdom’s antitrust agency has finally given preliminary approval to Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
The Competition and Markets Authority issued a statement today saying it has give preliminary approval. The next step is for the…
Ubisoft is making The Division 3 with Massive Entertainment
September 22, 2023
Ubisoft revealed today that Tom Clancy’s The Division 3 is in the works. Massive Entertainment, the series’ longtime developer, is leading work on the new project while supporting The Division 2. Longtime creative head Julian Gerighty is also returning to the franchise, as he will be executive producer on the franchise and is overseeing pre-production work on the new game.
The company revealed…
Proof of Play raises $33M for Web3 RPG, ex-Twitch CEO joins board
September 21, 2023
Proof of Play announced $33 million in seed funding to fuel the growth of its invite-only, on-chain pirate RPG, Pirate Nation. Players build ships, recruit crew members and battle enemies to compete for glory on the leaderboard.
Since its beta release in December 2022…
Spectarium raises $5.3M to develop cross-platform ARPG, Myths
September 20, 2023
Spectarium has raised roughly $5.3 million (€5 million) in seed funding to develop its first cross-platform action RPG, Myths. Finnish developer’s debut title will leverage AI to customize the dungeon-crawling gameplay and setting to each player’s tastes. While the…
Last Epoch is an action RPG being built by Redditors
September 20, 2023
Eleventh Hour Games is working on an ambitious action role-playing game called Last Epoch. The developers’ ambition is to create a title that can beat the best RPGs of all time.
There is nothing unusual about that, except that the founding team for the company is a group of gamers. They met on Reddit and they were such big fans of these types of games that they decided to build one themselves…
