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Fortnite Champion Series changes format, keeps $10M prize pool

January 12, 2023
The Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) is returning for 2023 — alongside its $10 million prize pool to be distributed through out the year. However, this year the FNCS Global Championship is reformatting to be more similar to other esports with a new major-focused structure. The Fortnite Champion Series season will be split into three Majors that will run for a total of five weeks each. Duos…
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Xbox and Bethesda announce Developer Direct on January 25

January 11, 2023
Xbox and Bethesda have confirmed they’re holding a livestream later this month. This Developer Direct conference will show off several of the upcoming games for Xbox, including Redfall, Minecraft Legends, Forza Motorsport and new content for The Elder Scrolls Online. The Direct livestream runs on January 25. ZeniMax Online Studios will present the first major update for ESO, including a new…
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Avatar Generations debuts gameplay for ATLA mobile RPG

January 11, 2023
Avatar Generations — a free-to-play mobile RPG adaptation of Avatar: the Last Airbender — is giving fans a first look at the title’s gameplay. Player will retrace the steps of the original show as they build and upgrade their team, explore the Four Nations and master…
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Xbox Game Pass starts 2023 with Persona, Monster Hunter

January 10, 2023
Game Pass subscribers are getting their first new games of 2023. Xbox announced it’s adding three new titles to the service next week. It’s a smaller addition than usual for Game Pass, but this is somewhat mitigated by all three games being massive RPGs. The titles are Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden and Monster Hunter Rise. The two Persona titles join their JRPG sibling, Persona 5 Royal…
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Steam breaks 10M concurrent in-game players for the first time

January 10, 2023
SteamDB revealed via Twitter that the PC gaming platform hsd surpassed its milestone of 10 million players in-game concurrently. On the same day (January 8), it also broke its record of most online users at once, with the new record being just over 33 million. Specifically…
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Prime Gaming begins 2023 with The Evil Within 2 and Lawn Mowing Sim

January 6, 2023
Amazon announced the first batch of games coming to Prime Gaming subscribers in 2023. In January, both Prime subscribers and those who use the Prime Gaming channel on Amazon Luna have access to a number of free titles. These include The Evil Within 2, The Jackbox Party Pack 2 and Lawn Mowing Simulator. All games are available now. The first batch of games is in the Free Games with Prime offering…
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