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Director of PUBG Mobile global esports aims to make the battle royale ‘the first global tier-one mobile esports title’

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PUBG Mobile and its esports scene are immensely popular in Asia, and the game is certainly one of the most played mobile battle royale games around the world. But it has not been able to replicate the same success in the Western market.  During a keynote in late 2020, director of PUBG Mobile global esports at Tencent Games James Yang revealed the company intended to enhance its Western engagement. To do this, Yang said it would be hosting more grassroots-level competitions and announced several Club Opens and Pro Leagues for

$400,000 in Barton College Scholarships to be awarded at 2021 Carolina…

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Past News ReleasesRSS RALEIGH, N.C. (PRWEB) July 26, 2021 Barton College will participate in the Carolina Games Summit at the Raleigh Convention Center and Sheraton Raleigh Hotel scheduled for Friday, August 6, through Sunday, August 8. Barton College plans to award more than 200 scholarships totaling over $400,000. “We are excited to again partner with Barton College to provide a clear path for prospective esports athletes who also want to gain a nationally recognized college education,” says Michael Everett, Creative Director for Carolina Games Summit. “This year Carolina Games Summit

What systems is Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) 2022, eFootball on?

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Each fall, the competitors in the sports genre come out with their latest creations to amaze their fans once again. The sequels usually include the following year in their name which has been the case for Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) for a long time. PES has been the main competitor of FIFA for so long and the game has improved significantly over the years. Despite all the additions and unique elements, PES still found itself one step behind FIFA in terms of popularity. It looks like Konami is changing

Cadoo gets $1.5M to gamify fitness with betting challenges

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Cadoo, a US-startup that’s gamifying fitness by turning it into a betting opportunity, using the prospect of winning (or losing) cold hard cash to motivate people to get off the couch, has collected $1.5 million in seed funds from Sam & Max Altman’s Apollo VC and the student-focused Dorm Room Fund. The app itself has been around since 2018 but in March 2020 it launched a “challenge model” that lets users stake money to join a challenge related to a specific fitness goal — be it running 10 miles in

How to Upgrade Death Stranding From PS4 to PS5

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Top GamesOriginal promo art for Death Stranding, showing main character Sam Bridges, portrayed by Norman Reedus / Kojima ProductionsHow to upgrade Death Stranding from PS4 to PS5 through the Director's Cut is an option you can choose, just not a free option.The Director's Cut edition of Death Stranding is a way for fans to get some new content in Death Stranding, seeing as the original PlayStation 4 release was nearly two years ago this November.Death Stranding Director's Cut brings a handful of new missions, new areas to explore and deliver

Atari restructuring to focus on premium games, scaling down free-to-play and mobile development

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Atari announced that the company was going through some big changes back in April when it named a new CEO and essentially split the entire company into two distinct companies, the Atari Gaming and Atari Blockchain divisions. Now, that decision is coming to a head on the gaming front, as Atari CEO Wade J. Rosen revealed the decision to refocus on premium game development.  This move means that Atari, which previously moved away from working on larger games and instead released mobile and free-to-play titles, will now pivot into a

Dream Games raises $155M at a $1B valuation as its Royal Match puzzle game hits a royal flush

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Time Stamp: June 30, 2021 7:00 AM - Modified On: June 30, 2021 - Published By:
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Istanbul in Turkey continues to prove itself as very fertile ground for casual gaming startups, which appear to be growing from small seedlings into sizable trees. In the latest development, Dream Games — a developer of mobile puzzle games — has raised $155 million in funding, a Series B that values the startup at $1 billion. This is a massive leap for the company, which raised $50 million (the largest Series A in Turkey’s startup history) only 3.5 months ago. This latest round is being co-led by Index Ventures and

GGWP aims to educate creators, connect them with brands using its new creator marketplace

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Time Stamp: June 16, 2021 9:50 PM - Modified On: June 16, 2021 - Published By:
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This article is proudly sponsored by GGWP With more esports and gaming personalities looking to enter content creation, Good Game Well Played (GGWP) Academy is a startup that is looking to match creators up with brands that coincide with their size and experience level. The platform also aims to provide them with online resources and classes to help teach them about building out their online brand and monetizing their content on various platforms.  This business model will be the industry’s first creator/brand marketplace, that is bringing together multiple social analytics

Facebook shares details on the next phase of its in-headset VR advertising across the Oculus platform

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Time Stamp: June 16, 2021 6:22 PM - Modified On: June 16, 2021 - Published By:
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In Virtual Reality News June 16, 2021 – Last month, Facebook announced that it was starting to test ads in the Oculus mobile app to give developers a new way to showcase their virtual reality (VR) applications. Today, the company has shared a look at the next phase of its VR advertising exploration by sharing a small test of in-headset ads. Today’s ad experiment announcement is simply a test with a few apps, beginning with VR game Blaston from Resolution Games, as well as a couple of other developers that

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hosts first test of Live Audio Rooms in US

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In April, Facebook announced a slew of new audio products, including its Clubhouse clone, called Live Audio Rooms, which will be available across both Facebook and Messenger. Since May, Facebook has been publicly testing the audio rooms feature in Taiwan with public figures, but today the company hosted its first public test of Live Audio Rooms in the U.S. The event itself was hosted by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who chatted with fellow execs and creators. Joining Zuckerberg were Facebook VP and Head of Facebook Reality Labs Andrew “Boz” Bosworth,