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Team Liquid Launches Liquid Plus

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Time Stamp: January 27, 2021 1:00 PM - Modified On: January 27, 2021 - Published By:
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Our Thank You to You[embedded content]Our fans are the most generous, loyal, creative, giving and (sometimes) hardcore community in esports. Liquid+ is a home where everything you need as a Team Liquid fan comes together.Liquid+ rewards fans for supporting Team Liquid and our over two hundred+ pro players, streamers and staff. But it’s not only about points (there’s definitely still points). On Liquid+, fans find the latest Schedule of live streams and Liquid games, the baddest content drops on athletes through Quests and Experiences, and prizes that offer a meaningful

Apex Legends Season 7 Adds Horizon as New Character

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Time Stamp: November 2, 2020 3:45 PM - Modified On: November 2, 2020 - Published By:
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“Let’s have a wee play with the laws of physics, shall we?” | Photo courtesy of Respawn EntertainmentApex Legends Horizon, classified as a Gravitational Disruptor, is the 15th character to be added to the game's lineup and debut's in Apex Legends Season 7.With the new Olympus map coming in Season 7, Horizon will have home-city advantage. As detailed in the latest episode of Respawn's "Stories from the Outlands" series, the Apex Games are heading to the site of the astrophysicist's scientific research station at the perfect time.Meet Horizon, a brilliant

Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge Set to Bring CS:GO Back to LAN

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Time Stamp: September 18, 2020 12:59 PM - Modified On: September 18, 2020 - Published By:
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive competition is coming back to LAN play. The Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge 2020, set to take place in Cologne, Germany, from  Dec. 15-20, will see eight teams from three continents compete for the largest share of the $500K USD prize pool. With the COVID-19 pandemic all but taking away LAN events for H2 2020, the IEM Global Challenge will be tournament organizer ESL’s first LAN competition in just over six months. ”We are planning for teams to compete from within a single location, all having access

U.S. Government Takes Aim at  Riot Games, Epic Games, and Others Tied to Tencent

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Time Stamp: September 17, 2020 4:47 PM - Modified On: September 17, 2020 - Published By:
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The U.S. Treasury’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) has asked gaming companies including Riot Games and Epic Games to provide information on security protocols, according to a Bloomberg report. The CFIUS sent letters to Epic, Riot, “and other game companies” asking them to provide data on security protocols related to user data to the government because of their deep ties with Tencent Holdings.  Valorant and League of Legends developer Riot Games is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tencent Holdings, while the company holds a 40% stake in Fortnite

GTC Fall: Week 4 Recap & Week 5 Preview

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Time Stamp: September 13, 2020 6:31 PM - Modified On: September 13, 2020 - Published By:
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by: TheOneAboveUThe fourth week of GTC Fall delivered one of the greatest weeks of play ever, with arch-nemeses DPG and KaiZi giving us another Dark vs. INnoVation ace showdown, Alpha X proving they still got their groove in a critical match, Team LP almost achieving the impossible against a struggling Jin Air, and Invictus Gaming scoring a big win for the Chinese fans.Week 5 is upon us and provides BSG and Jin Air a chance to recover from Week 4's setbacks, while Alpha X have an up-hill battle to fight

SwitchArcade Round-Up: IndieWorld Showcase Highlights, ‘Spiritfarer’ and Today’s New Releases, the Latest Sales, and More

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Time Stamp: August 19, 2020 1:20 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for August 19th, 2020. Well, yesterday’s IndieWorld Showcase certainly had a lot of things to talk about in it. We’ll cover some of the major points before heading into the unexpectly large list of new releases that resulted from it. Some really great games hit in conjunction with the presentation, so I hope you kept some extra money. Like, a lot of extra money. Because, you see, there are also some really great sales today as well. Phew! Let’s get to

Apple removes Fortnite from App Store after Epic Games lowers the cost of V-Bucks

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Time Stamp: August 13, 2020 5:24 PM - Modified On: August 13, 2020 - Published By:
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Apple has removed Fortnite from the App Store after the game’s developer announced new payment options that allow players to buy in-game credits direct from Epic Games. In response, Epic has taken legal action and filed a lawsuit in the District Court of Northern California to end Apple’s anti-competitive restrictions on mobile device marketplaces. The new payment option appears to skirt Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store rules, which require Epic to give up a 30% cut of the revenue made through the app. In announcement on its website, Epic dropped

Microsoft Explains Why xCloud Won’t Be On iOS After Prematurely Ending Testing

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Time Stamp: August 7, 2020 2:51 AM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Update: Microsoft has provided a response to CNET outlining their position, and explaining that there's currently no solution for bringing Project xCloud to iOS."Our testing period for the Project xCloud preview app for iOS has expired," the statement reads. "Unfortunately, we do not have a path to bring our vision of cloud gaming with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to gamers on iOS via the Apple App Store. Apple stands alone as the only general purpose platform to deny consumers from cloud gaming and game subscription services like Xbox Game Pass."The