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Immortals Gaming Club Partners With Nerd Street Gamers To Launch Online Esports Camps
Friday, May 22, 2020 - 3:30pm | 382Read More...Immortals Gaming Club has partnered with Nerd Street Gamers to host multi-day esports camps for kids. The ones attending will have the opportunity to take lessons from professional players in titles like Riot Games' "League of Legends" and Activision Blizzard's (NASDAQ: ATVI...
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Riot Games Announces 'Valorant,' A '5v5 Tactical Shooter'
Monday, March 2, 2020 - 2:22pm | 215Read More...Riot Games, makers of the worldwide esports hit "League of Legends," has finally announced its latest project. Sommer 2020 2020 여름 Лето 2020 pic.twitter.com/A7BnCpGhFV — VALORANT (@PlayVALORANT) March 2, 2020 About 'Valorant' Valorant, formerly know as "Project A,...
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Legal Troubles Continue For Riot Games As New Lawyers Pull Settlement Offer In Gender Fairness Suit
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 12:15pm | 539Read More...Legal troubles will continue for League of Legends developer Riot Games with new lawyers for plaintiffs in a gender discrimination suit against the company withdrawing a previously proposed $10 million settlement offer. Riot Games is majority-owned by China's Tencent Holding/ADR (OTC: TCEHY)....
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Are You Ready For Some Esports? League Of Legends Will Add 'Monday Night League' Games On Website, YouTube, Twitch
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - 2:33pm | 420Read More...The League of Legends Championship Series is hoping to pull new viewers over to esports with a highlighted Monday night competition. What Is 'Monday Night League?' The esports series plans to announce this week that it will feature games on its current webcast outlets - its own website,...
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What's Coming In Esports In 2020 (Hint: More Fortnite, LoL And Overwatch)
Tuesday, January 7, 2020 - 10:21am | 705Read More...In the past year, attention to esports outside of its own community started to really grow, which in turn boosted the size of the esports market. Millions of people around the world tuned in just to watch gamers play, and the money in the gaming industry grew to an all-time high. Just this weekend...
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College Esports: 7 Pioneering Programs In The Collegiate Gaming World
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - 2:15pm | 1109Read More...Oakland University in Michigan recently announced it will launch a varsity esports program next fall, investing $100,000 into the program, which will offer partial scholarships to student gamers. The team will play “Super Smash Bros.,” “Rocket League” and “League of...
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Riot Games Opens Esports Tourney In Saudi Arabia, Settles Gender Discrimination Suit In US
Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 1:02pm | 516Read More...Despite concerns from some in the West about the kingdom's human rights record, Riot Games on Thursday opened a "League of Legends" tournament in Saudi Arabia, starting an effort to expand the reach of esports with its first tournament in the Middle East and North Africa region. What...
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Big Surprise? 'Fortnite' Was Most Popular Gaming Topic On Reddit This Year
Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 9:01am | 484Read More...If what gamers are talking about on Reddit is an indication, "Fortnite" was the biggest game story of 2019. According to Reddit's 2019 Year in Review, r/fortnitebr was the top overall game community on Reddit, with two other "Fortnite"-related communities also making the top...
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Esports Hits The Big Time: Top 'Counter-Strike' Team Plans Danish IPO
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 3:39pm | 567Read More...A Danish esports group is about to become the first public gaming team company when it lists on a Copenhagen exchange next week. Denmark's Astralis, a media company that owns the top team in the world in the first-person shooter game "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive," plans a to...
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HERO's Quest: Behind The Launch Of Canada's First Gaming And Esports ETF
Monday, June 17, 2019 - 9:39am | 803Read More...Video Gaming’s largest and most exciting trade conference, The Electronic Entertainment Expo (or E3 as it’s more commonly called) just wrapped up its 2019 showcase. On its heels, Canadian ETF provider Evolve ETFs has launched Canada’s first ever e-gaming and esports ETF, which...
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The Richest Gamers: Drake, Elon Musk And Other Famous Video Game Aficionados
Wednesday, August 8, 2018 - 3:45pm | 943Read More...Many of us, especially millennials, have experienced a situation when video games received a bad rap. Whether it was a mom saying you're “frying your brain” during the navigation of a "Halo" campaign, or societal labeling of expert gamers as “nerds,” just ...
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Activision Blizzard Remains A Favorite Idea At Cowen
Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 11:24am | 410Read More...Cowen said Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) remains its favorite idea, as the firm still expects the video game maker to finish the year north of $2 in EPS, even including FX impact. "We are raising our PF FY16 estimate (which treats King [Digital] as if it had been acquired on January 1,...
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Activision's 'Overwatch' Profitability Is Underappreciated, Says Pacific Crest
Friday, June 24, 2016 - 8:54am | 282Read More...Following the early success of "Overwatch," after its May 24 launch, Pacific Crest’s Evan Wilson believes the consensus EPS expectations for Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) for Q2 are conservative. Wilson maintains an Overweight rating on the company, with a price target of $43....
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Minecraft, Eve Online, and Escapist Magazine Among Latest Victims of Hacker Attacks
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 3:35pm | 575Read More...Merely days after I speculated that Sony (NYSE: SNE) was the inspiration for the numerous hacker attacks that have occurred over the past six weeks, the Washington Post reports that Minecraft, Eve Online, League of Legends and Escapist Magazine have been taken down by a denial-of-service attack....
