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Elo Entertainment launches TrackLoL for League of Legends analytics

GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Elo Entertainment has launched TrackLoL, a new website that provides competitive performance data and analysis for world’s most popular esport, League of Legends. The Austin, Texas-based Elo Entertainment collects data on online video games such as Riot Games’ League of Legends, which has a huge audience that can benefit from TrackLol’s advanced statistics, live-match experience, and engaging prediction leaderboards, said Elo CEO Sabina Hemmi in an interview with GamesBeat. Elo’s

Anthem Next Cancelled – What This Means for Dragon Age 4

It’s official – Anthem Next, BioWare’s much-anticipated revamp for Anthem, is dead. Executive producer Christian Dailey recently broke the news and revealed that the events of last year impacted the developer’s productivity. As such, resources will be going towards the next Dragon Age and Mass Effect along with Star Wars: The Old Republic updates. Anthem services will remain online for the time being, even if the player base is beyond dead. There’s a lot you could say about this. For many fans, it felt like an inevitability. Anthem was a

Doublelift Retires: A Tale of Glory, Downfall, and Legacy

Doublelift Retires: A Tale of Glory, Downfall, and Legacy | Courtesy of Riot GamesThe best AD Carry in North America. Trash talker. Family tragedy. Back-to-back champion. Controversy. The man needs no introduction, Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng announced his retirement on Nov. 25 in a long Twitter post reflecting back on his career, journey, history, and personal transformation. After nine eventful years of professional League of Legends career, Doublelift has decided to end his career at Team SoloMid.Thank you for the outplays. Thank you for the trash talk. Thank you for making

Nerd Street Gamers and Five Below to Open Three Esports Facilities

Nerd Street Gamers will open three of its Localhost esports facilities connected to Five Below stores. These openings are the initial pilot of a deal attached to Five Below’s participation in Nerd Street Gamers’ $12M Series A funding round last year. According to a release, the companies will develop learnings from this pilot to determine possible future rollout plans for additional locations. The facilities will be connected to Five Below locations in Georgetown, Texas; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and St. Louis, Missouri – the latter of which will open later this month.

miNirox to remain with AGO

The Polish organization decided to retain the services of Mikołaj "⁠miNirox⁠" Michałków, who has been AGO's coach for over three years, due to the "incidental nature" of the cause of the 23-year-old's offense that saw him banned by the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) on Monday. miNirox was handed a ban lasting for 3.75 months after confessing to a one-time use of the coaching bug — effectively the shortest possible length given the 25% reduction for an accepted confession —, for three rounds in an April 2018 match against then-Swedish side

Best iPhone Game Updates: ‘Jetpack Joyride’, ‘Marvel Contest of Champions’, ‘King Rabbit’, ‘Langrisser’, and More

Hello everyone, and welcome to the week! It’s time once again for our look back at the noteworthy updates of the last seven days. I think it might be a straight run of free-to-play games this week, friends. I can’t help it, there was a bumper crop. As usual, there are some stupid jokes to be found in here, so even if you don’t like the games you might enjoy the read. Of course, you can keep an eye out for updates yourself using AppShopper or by participating in the

Reflections: 10 Years of Team Liquid StarCraft 2

Happy birthday StarCraft II ! Our journey to become the best esports team in the world started in earnest 10 years ago, and the friends and memories that we've made along the way have helped define who we are as an organization. Team Liquid staff members decided to get together and share some of their favorite TL StarCraft II moments — we'd love to hear yours as well!Starting in 2000, our community was formed by passionate people who came together to discuss, strategize and compete on the battlefields of StarCraft:

Best iPhone Game Updates: ‘High Rise’, ‘Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp’, ‘AFK Arena’, ‘Grindstone’, and More

TouchArcade Rating:Hello everyone, and welcome to the week! It’s time once again for our look back at the noteworthy updates of the last seven days. I decided to dip a little bit into the Apple Arcade side of things this time around, but there’s a lot of stuff here from all corners of the App Store for you to enjoy. Of course, you can keep an eye out for updates yourself using AppShopper or by participating in the TouchArcade forums. This weekly summary is just here to fill you in

ShackStream: Bounty hunters, moonshiners & the fortunes of the west

It’s been a while since I wandered the hills of New Hanover or hunted down bounty targets in the deserts of New Austin. Alas, I’m ready to don my hat, put on my boots, and hop back into the saddle. I hope you’ll join me as I head out on a quest for adventure in Red Dead Online this afternoon. The journey kicks off at 2 p.m. EDT on the official Shacknews Twitch channel. There’s a lot to be done, and plenty of animals to hunt (spawns willing). We’ll take

Star Wars: The Old Republic reveals free May the 4th mini-pet

To celebrate Star Wars Day, Star Wars: The Old Republic players are getting a free mini-pet, one that acts as a literal reminder of May the 4th. Star Wars: The Old Republic players love their mini-pets. Throughout the years, BioWare Austin has offered up a handful of free mini-pets to SWTOR's player base. For this year's Star Wars Day, they wanted to do something a little extra. They want to celebrate this day by hitting it right on the nose with a mini-pet literally named after May the 4th. Anybody