Brendan Greene, the creative director of ‘PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS’, discusses his favorite in-game weapons, his favorite streamer, and whether or not an AI could win a round of battle royale. Read more…More about Gaming, Artificial Intelligen…
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Drone simulator is as close to the real thing as you can get without spending hundreds of dollars
A state-of-the-art drone flying simulator called DRL Simulator is out on Steam today and it’s as close to the real thing as you’re going to get without spending hundreds of dollars on a high-end drone.
DRL Simulator was created by the Drone Racing Le…
‘SNL’s hilarious ‘Mortal Kombat’ character needs to be a real thing
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This weekend’s Saturday Night Live included a sketch that revolved around a competitive fighting game tournament clearly based on Mortal Kombat. And with it, the SNL team introduced a hilarious new character.
The new character, Boo Boo Jeffries (played by the hilarious Tiffany Haddish), doesn’t really fight so much as do little dance moves associated with powerful artists like Beyonce and Rihanna. Ironically, one of her weaknesses is fighting — not great when you’re playing as a literal fighter in the fictional game Death Fight 12. Unfortunately for Kenan Thompson, he was stuck with her.
As a bonus, Pete Davidson’s character in the sketch — SonicGoo — has a similar alias to one of the best Mortal Kombat competitors in the world: SonicFox. Read more…
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Once a humble video game modder, Brendan Greene, better known as PlayerUnknown, now has his name on the most successful game of 2017, ‘PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS’. The game is not just a runaway hit—it spurred on a new video game genre, and is shaping up to be the next great esport. Read more…
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People are SO jazzed about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles coming to ‘Injustice 2’
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The next add-on pack for Injustice 2 adds all four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the DC Comics fighting game. Fans seem pretty happy about that.
The reveal trailer, which also confirms The Atom and Enchantress for the upcoming “Fighter Pack #3,” doesn’t get into specifics. The four turtles appear to be treated as a single fighter, though how that works in practice remains to be seen.
The Atom will be out in early access — included with the pre-purchased pack or “Ultimate Edition” versions of Injustice 2 — on Dec. 12, with the other fighters to be released not long after. The new fighters will be available on all platforms, including the PC version of Injustice 2, out on Nov. 14. Read more…
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View More People are SO jazzed about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles coming to ‘Injustice 2’‘Super Smash Bros.’ tournament organizer sells his own house to keep things running
Not every business decision turns out to be a success, and sometimes that really, really, really sucks.
Michael “FullMetal” Buchheit, the organizer of the Super Smash Bros. tournament series Tipped Off, organized his twelfth Tipped Off set to go down…
Sexual assault scandal hits ‘Overwatch’ League team before season starts
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Before Overwatch League’s first season has even had a chance to begin, one team has already fired one of its staff members over allegations that he sexually assaulted a Twitch streamer.
The San Francisco Shock fired team manager Maxwell Bateman after he was accused of sexual assault by Twitch streamer Krystlin, team owner Andy Miller announced via Twitter today.
In accordance with NRG ESports zero tolerance policy, Max Bateman will no longer be employed by the organization.
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Moira, the new ‘Overwatch’ healer, grew from a simple idea: We need a villain
Blizzard knew two things going in with Moira: She needed to be a healer, and she needed to be a villain.
“If you look at the roster for Overwatch, it has these amazing heroes but not really a whole lot of villains,” Blizzard designer Scott Mercer sai…
6 turning points in esports history
Esports is a modern phenomenon that demonstrates just how fast an idea can become an industry in the digital era. Major League Gaming’s Chris Puckett discusses the biggest factors that led to esports’ mainstream success.
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What’s holding back VR?
When it comes to virtual reality, we’re in a classic tech-industry moment: lots of chatter but seemingly little movement. We hear future-focused cheerleading from all corners about VR’s incredible potential, yet the 6.3 million headsets shipped last year is hardly cause for a ticker-tape parade. So what’s holding back VR? Read More