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ESL Open Week #30: sOs, ShoWTimE, Astrea win

Why so serious? sOs was able to win his first ESL Open Cup this week, taking home the Korean server edition with some dazzling decisions. In Europe, ShoWTimE secured his second flawless victory, not dropping a single map during his run once again. The Americas have found another home-server champion, as Astrea kept PartinG from winning three cups back-to-back-to-back.While sOs has become a regular ESL Open Cup participant, his success so far had strict limits, and his crazy games such as against Dark in Week #28 were more noticeable than

Sega Reveals New “Fog Gaming” Program, Will Use Arcade Machines Somehow

Thanks to some Japanese-language news sources, we now know the nature of the big Sega reveal that was teased for this week's Famitsu. The publisher is working on some kind of initiative that it's dubbed "fog gaming." While it's not exactly clear what that is--or if it's comparable to cloud gaming services like Google Stadia--according to analyst Serkan Toto, it will likely involve using the guts of arcade machines during off-hours. They'll be good for more than just playing Dig-Dug and Street Fighter now. According to this news source in

Shack Chat: Who’s your favorite Final Fantasy character?

This is the day that many Final Fantasy fanatics have been waiting for. In fact, you don't even have to be a Final Fantasy fan to be excited about today. Final Fantasy VII Remake's hype train has transcended fandom, bringing aboard hardcore fans and casual followers alike. The Shacknews staff isn't immune to the hype either. Just about all of us have been excited to see this game's release, even the few of us who haven't played FF games. So for this week's Shack Chat question, we want to look

Square Enix Responds To COVID-19 Crisis

Square Enix has become the latest publisher to comment on the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus). In a blog post, Square Enix Americas and Europe CEO Phil Rogers started off by saying the teams at Square Enix are supporting each other and their families and friends, as well as the gaming community at large, during this stressful time.Rogers said Square Enix has been following the health and safety guidelines that local governments have put forward recently. In February, Square Enix stopped allowing domestic and international business travel for its employees, in

Final Fantasy 7 Remake may not reach buyers by release date

You may need to pick up an extra digital copy of Final Fantasy 7 Remake if you want to play it by the time it comes out on April 10. If your'e gearing up to play Final Fantasy 7 Remake when it launches on April 10, you may want to consider pre-ordering a digital copy to save yourself some potential heartbreak. Square Enix took to Twitter to post an official notice that there is an "increasingly likely" shortage for the physical version of Final Fantasy 7 Remake that may very

‘Dead by Daylight Mobile’ Release Date Announced for iOS and Android

While Dead by Daylight Mobile from Behaviour Interactive and NetEase was soft launched for a while on iOS, we finally got a release window for the worldwide release recently. Today, Behaviour Interactive just announced the release date for the mobile 4v1 asynchronous multiplayer horror experience based on the popular PC and console game Dead by Daylight. Dead by Daylight Mobile is heading to the Americas, Europe, and more next month. Dead by Daylight Mobile lets you play as a killer or try and survive with the mobile release including the