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Overwatch Support Tier List March 2021

OverwatchBaptiste has seen a lot of playing time in the grandmaster scene. | Courtesy of Blizzard Entertainment. Here is the support tier list of Overwatch heroes, just in time before the season extension ends. Supports do tend to rely on their team more so than most characters in the game, and their efficiency is affected on whether or not they synergize with the other heroes as well as the map that they are in. Without further ado, here is the tier list for support heroes this March.S-TierGrandmaster-ranking players have used

Ethereum fees are skyrocketing — But traders have alternatives

With the rapid growth of decentralized finance, upcoming scaling developments on Ethereum 2.0, and increased crypto allocation in the portfolios of institutions, the price of Ether (ETH) is rapidly ascending. In fact, we’ve already seen ETH break the $2,000 barrier for the first time, marking a brand-new all-time high. All this action may be bullish for ETH holders and DeFi investors, but for smaller DApp developers and other users on the network — such as traders using ERC-20-based stablecoins — it’s quickly pricing them out. That’s because the cost of

Enjin Unveils Plans to Become a Multi-chain Ecosystem for NFTS

Enjin, the blockchain gaming platform, has announced its plans to launch new solutions designed to remove gas prices and support cross-platform Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). Named JumpNet and Efinitiy, these solutions will be launched later this year to allow users to easily mint and transfer tokens between multiple networks without having to pay for gas in Ethereum. Ethereum transactions have become increasingly troublesome in the blockchain gaming industry due to their reliance on a high volume of low-value transactions. Enjin and JumpNet Could Drop Costs JumpNet, scheduled to be launched on

Comcast NBCUniversal picks 10 sports and esports startups for SportsTech Accelerator

GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Comcast NBCUniversal today announced it has picked 10 sports tech and esports startups for the first annual Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech Accelerator. Comcast NBCUniversal is investing $50,000 in each startup and training them for 12 weeks, in partnership with Boomtown Accelerators. Two of the winners are esports companies. It chose the winners from over 1,000 applicants in 70 countries. The companies will work with Comcast NBCUniversal and the SportsTech partner

Here’s How FFXIV’s Take on the Sage Job Compares To Previous Final Fantasy Games

Final Fantasy XIV’s unveiled its latest expansion, Endwalker, the other day, and with it, one of the two new jobs that are planned: Sage. Depending on how up you are on Final Fantasy history, Sage should ring some bells. It’s a job that does have a history in the franchise, it’s not a new job, but the FFXIV version does appear to be a departure from how the job has been depicted in the past. Let’s look at the history of the Sage job in Final Fantasy, focusing on numbered

Microsoft Flight Simulator – Santorini Airport Add-On Review (JustSim)

JustSim has released Santorini International Airport (LGSR) for Microsoft Flight Simulator, bringing another popular vacation destination to 2020’s flight sim.The airport is available on SimMarket for about $21 plus applicable taxes. It comes with its own installer, so you don’t need to do much fiddling in order to get things up and running.Santorini airport is host to regular flights to and from Athens, but it lights up in the summer when a metric ton of airlines activate their links with pretty much every major hub in Europe.Since the airport mixes

Ethereum-Based Enjin: Welcomes Spate of New Games in Recent Weeks

While Enjin’s roots stretch all the way back to 2009, us in the cryptoeconomy recognize it as the gaming platform that raised a ~$19 million initial coin offering (ICO) in 2017 and has been delivering blockchain-based gaming experiences ever since. The project’s north star? To help anyone easily build games and other digital assets around non-fungible token (NFT) technology. And that’s exactly what Enjin’s been doing lately, as a slew of new games have recently entered the project’s ecosystem. Skymarch EntertainmentCanadian game studio Skymarch Entertainment announced today, November 5th, that the startup

Netflix CEO Doesn’t See Any Positives To Working From Home

While the COVID-19 pandemic has seen many companies, including Netflix, transition to allowing employees to work from home full time, Netflix founder Reed Hastings isn't a fan. While Netflix's work from home arrangements will continue as long as necessary to keep its employees safe from COVID-19, Hastings has said he sees no benefit to the practice.In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Hastings was asked whether he saw any positives to staff working from home. "No. I don't see any positives," he said, "Not being able to get together

9 Takeaways From My First Week with VR

I put on my Oculus Quest a week ago. Here’s everything I’ve learnt since then.Beat Saber, a dance/exercise/lightsabre mashup, made this crystal clear to me.Firstly, I noticed a huge difference in engagement when I got my whole body involved in the game.I was definitely in flow while I was using just my arms to smash blocks in time to music.But when I loaded up Fitbeat, a workout focused, free in-game DLC, I had to get my legs and core really working too.As a result of getting my whole body in

The Witcher Season 2: Henry Cavill Shares A Behind-The-Scenes Photo From The Production

Netflix's The Witcher is coming back for a second season, and production recently resumed--ahead of schedule--following a delay related to COVID-19. Lead actor Henry Cavill, who plays Geralt on the show, has now shared an image from the set. Posted to Instagram, the picture shows the actor in his makeup chair. There is nothing unusual about that, but Cavill shared that the costume department made a slight change to his outfit for the sophomore season. Cavill will no longer wear a bald cap beneath his ivory locks. This year, he's