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Xbox Series X, Series S pre-orders start September 22nd at 11AM ET

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Time Stamp: September 18, 2020 1:07 AM - Modified On: September 18, 2020 - Published By:
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Sponsored Links Microsoft Just in the last day or so, we’ve seen gamers try and in many cases fail to hand over their money to buy new gaming hardware, whether it was for the PlayStation 5 or NVIDIA RTX 3080. Microsoft already announced that pre-orders for the next generation of its Xbox consoles will start next week, and now we have more details on exactly when that’s going to happen.Whether you’re looking for the $499 Xbox Series X or the $299 Xbox Series S, pre-orders will start on September 22nd

Opinion: How Call of Duty: Mobile Avoided Being Banned in India

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Time Stamp: September 17, 2020 2:35 PM - Modified On: September 17, 2020 - Published By:
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On Sept. 1, PUBG MOBILE along with 117 other apps with ties to Chinese companies were banned by the Indian government. The only reason the popular battle royale game was banned was because it was being published by Tencent Games. Many wondered why Call of Duty: Mobile, developed by Tencent’s in house game development studio, TiMi Studios, wasn’t banned as well. The short answer is that the game is published by Activision throughout the world except in Southeast Asia and China. The longer answer is a bit more complex. Since

Joycity’s Successful Strategy Game ‘CrossFire: Warzone’ will Expand into More Territories in October

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Time Stamp: September 16, 2020 12:00 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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This year, in July, Joycity and Smilegate released CrossFire: Warzone onto mobile devices to great fanfare. It didn’t, however, release globally, leaving many players across the world waiting to learn when they’d also be able to join the fight against large-scale terrorist forces. October is the answer for those living in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Brazil and Russia with pre-registration for both iOS and Android open now. Joycity and Smilegate have made sure the game is ready to be released in these regions by including local language support. There will

ESL Open Week #36: Trap, HeroMarine, PtitDrogo win

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Time Stamp: September 15, 2020 3:01 AM - Modified On: September 15, 2020 - Published By:
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Week #36 of the ESL Open Cups saw Trap win the Korean edition, which was somehow missing an entire race. HeRoMaRinE secured his sixth back-to-back victory in the European cup, leading to a steadily growing exodus of EU players into the American cup, where PtitDrogo was able to secure a gold medal for himself.The Korean cup had a notable lack of race diversity this week, with not a single notable Zerg player to be seen, and merely two competitive-tier Terran players choosing to sign up. The GTC-induced semifinal walkovers also

G2 presents LEC Match Graphic Art Project

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Time Stamp: September 11, 2020 8:30 AM - Modified On: September 11, 2020 - Published By:
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The idea to take our LEC match graphics to the next level came while looking for new opportunities to engage community members and celebrate the creativity and artistic spark of our fans and followers. We’ve previously celebrated our big roadshow (Worlds, LEC Finals, MSI) appearances with dedicated artworks. These were not only well-received, but we always found many more talented artists that we wanted to collaborate with. As we reflected, we realised there just were not enough opportunities to feature them all. Match graphics have always been a creative outlet

Tencent Holdings COO Mark Ren Highlights Four Key Trends at Tencent Esports Global Summit

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Time Stamp: September 7, 2020 8:54 AM - Modified On: September 7, 2020 - Published By:
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Tencent Holdings is one of the biggest technology companies in the world, but its gaming business is undisputed as the top revenue generator in the empire. According to Tencent’s latest financial report for Q2 2020, the company recorded total game revenues of ￥46.9B RMB ($6.8B USD), representing 40.8% of Tencent’s total revenues in Q2 2020. In Tencent’s executive structure, there are two employees with the highest salary and directly report to Tencent President Martin Lau. One is Allen Zhang, who’s in charge of the businesses of Chinese social media WeChat,

Tencent Loses $42B in Market Value as Indian Stakeholders Weigh in on a Future Without PUBG MOBILE

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Time Stamp: September 4, 2020 1:11 PM - Modified On: September 4, 2020 - Published By:
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The Indian government’s decision to ban the country’s most popular title, PUBG MOBILE was always going to have a ripple effect across the entire industry and the effects are already being felt. Having lost out on what was their biggest market for the game, Tencent has reportedly lost nearly $42B USD in market value in just two days since the announcement. This is the second-largest market capitalization loss for the Chinese conglomerate following a $66B loss spurred by an executive order against WeChat by the US, which was mostly regained

GamerzClass Secures $1M Financing, Refreshes Board of Directors

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Time Stamp: September 4, 2020 8:07 AM - Modified On: September 4, 2020 - Published By:
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Danish educational esports platform GamerzClass raised a $1M USD financing round led by Copenhagen-based venture capital fund Bumble Ventures. As part of the investment, the company also refreshed its board of directors and presented a new strategy. Further investors in the financing round included London-based firm TrueSight Ventures, the danish growth fund Vækstfonden (which is also an investor in esports tournament organizer BLAST), former general partner at Index Ventures Ben Holmes, Christian Legêne, and former deputy director of TDC Group Kathrine Stampe Anderson, who also joins GamerzClass’ board of directors.