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EA Says It Will “Double Down” On Star Wars Games Going Forward

With Star Wars, EA has one of the most sought-after licenses in all of entertainment--and the company plans to take full advantage of it. In a "fireside chat," EA executives spoke about how the company plans to "double down" on Star Wars after the huge success of Star Wars: Battlefront 1 and 2, Galaxy of Heroes, and Jedi Fallen Order more recently."Up is my hope--up and to the right," EA CEO Andrew Wilson said about where he hopes the company will take Star Wars in the future. "We have a

EA Could Get Into Betting, But It’s Early Days

Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson shared some high level details on where the company is headed in the future, and betting could be on the horizon--but not anytime soon.During a "fireside chat" with the company's top management, Wilson said EA's goal on a longer timeline is to reach players where they are as part of a bigger ambition to expand the company's reach."On a slightly longer term time horizon, there are another couple of vectors we think will drive growth," Wilson said. One of these is betting in some capacity,

Atari Partners with Unikrn to Increase Game Token Functionality

Gaming and interactive entertainment giant Atari has secured a partnership with blockchain esports firm Unikrn. The deal is geared towards enabling Atari token holders to shop, game, and bet with the firm’s native cryptocurrency. Tokenizing Atari’s Video Game Ecosystem According to a press release published on Thursday (June 11, 2020), California-based gaming heavyweight Atari has signed a partnership with industry-leading esports blockchain company  Unikrn to increase the utility and functionality of its native blockchain game token dubbed Atari Token. Commenting on the details of the deal, CEO of Atari Fred

Gaming Giant Atari to Use Its ‘Atari’ Token for Betting, Gaming and Shopping

Gaming behemoth Atari announced that holders of its Atari token will be able to spend it on betting, gaming and shopping. According to an announcement on June 12, the new offerings for Atari token holders follow a partnership with esports firm Unikrn. With the partnership, Unikrn will get access to Atari’s classic games such as Centipede, Pong and Asteroids. Atari — on the other hand —  will get access to the firm’s esports betting platform and will see its token added to its ecosystem. Per the announcement, Atari’s token will

What’s Going On In Underground Casinos?

It is funny to think that, up until the 1600s, all gambling that took place anywhere in the world would have been classed as illegal. Sure, it definitely existed; however, the state was rarely involved, meaning that gambling taverns and such throughout history often weren’t the safest of places. Nowadays, of course, gambling is anything but illegal, and it actually makes up a fairly sizable portion of the tax revenue that governments depend on across the globe. Whilst pretty much all gamblers will agree that the casino conditions in the

Esports One launches its fantasy esports platform

Esports One is a startup betting that there’s a big opportunity in bringing a fantasy sports approach to the world of esports — particularly at a time when traditional pro sports are on pause. Co-founder and COO Sharon Winter told me that the company’s platform, which is leaving beta testing today, is the first “all-in-one fantasy platform” for esports. In other words, it’s not just a site where you can create a fantasy team to compete with others, but also a place where you can research players, read articles about

Nevada approves esports betting for the first time

The landmark decision for Nevada allows for sports betting on games like CS:GO, with the first two matches in the ESL Proleague. The state of Nevada has opted to approve sports bets for CS:GO in a monumental decision. Operators were allowed to begin taking on esports beta for CD:GO, with William Hill, the first Vegas sports book to allow the bets, having released the odds for the first two eligible esports matches on Thursday. This is a relatively new concept for gamers in the United States, but European gamers should

Swarm Intelligence could be the Key to More Accurate Sports Betting

Share... Facebook Twitter Linkedin Reddit StumbleUpon Tumblr Print email You don’t see many traffic jams in the bee worldPhoto by Jordan Schwartz Artificial intelligence has been shown to have tremendous predictive power in all sorts of areas. Sports is one area in which data plays a key role, whether it’s statistics about a team’s form and overall performance, or data for individual players and their strengths. Collecting this data and analyzing it using algorithms can lead to more accurate predictions. This type of AI doesn’t have to involve any human