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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Passes $100M in Total Tournament Prize Money

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Time Stamp: August 27, 2020 1:47 PM - Modified On: August 27, 2020 - Published By:
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has joined an extremely exclusive club of esports which have awarded more than $100M in tournament prize money, according to data from Esports Earnings. The game’s lifetime total at time of writing sits at $100.09M USD awarded across 5,160 tournaments. CS:GO joins its sister Valve title Dota 2, which is the only game on record to have awarded more than $200M in tournament payouts, due in large part to the high figures accrued by its crowdfunded annual championship, The International.  Valve provides comparatively little prize money to

Millennials Top Gen Z for PC/Console Gaming in 2020

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Time Stamp: August 27, 2020 1:33 PM - Modified On: August 27, 2020 - Published By:
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Millennials are leading the charge in 2020 to date for overall gaming on PC and console systems in the under-50 demo in the U.S., U.K., Sweden, France, Germany, and Poland, according to the latest data by Newzoo Pro. Making up 42% of the total gamers on PC and console (Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch), Millennials (ages 23-38) make up almost half of the gamers in the space. At less than half the participation, Gen Z (ages 16-22) was the next highest group at 20%. Both the oldest and youngest

8Hours Platform Guide: Everything About EHRT

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Time Stamp: August 25, 2020 1:30 AM - Modified On: August 25, 2020 - Published By:
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Combining the real world with virtual space would have seemed impossible decades ago. There have been many issues such as data integrity and information security that impeded the development of the technology. However, the 8Hours Foundation, among other companies, showed that it can actually be done. Through the help of blockchain technology and its innovations, 8Hours made the tokenization of physical assets to create their digital counterparts possible — and enjoyable. In this article, we shall explore how the 8Hours foundation took advantage of revolutionary blockchain technologies like Vechain and

Which broadcast innovations should we keep from the online era?

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Time Stamp: August 24, 2020 9:23 AM - Modified On: August 24, 2020 - Published By:
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Most of the changes made in light of the global pandemic feel like downgrades and temporary solutions, the virtual equivalent of duct tape in the world of esports. However, “art from adversity” seems to apply to CS:GO broadcasts as well, and some of the innovations seem good enough to become permanent parts of future tournaments as well once we get our long-awaited return to LAN.Triple castingLong-time CS fans may remember the awkward moment when Deman was shoved into the Anders-HenryG duo in the grand final of ESL One Cologne 2015,

Report: Free Fire Sees Over 100M Peak Daily Active Users in Q2

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Time Stamp: August 20, 2020 11:28 AM - Modified On: August 20, 2020 - Published By:
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The mobile battle royale game Garena Free Fire saw its highest-ever player numbers during the second quarter of 2020. A report published by Sea Limited, the parent company of Garena, said that app data and analytics platform App Annie recorded Free Fire as the highest-grossing mobile game in both Latin America and Southeast Asia.  The report claims that Free Fire achieved a new record high of over 100M peak daily active users in Q2. During this period, Free Fire also ranked third in the most downloaded mobile games category according

Final Fantasy 14 Will, Unlike Many Real-World Governments, Address Its Housing Shortage

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Time Stamp: August 19, 2020 10:17 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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In many parts of the world, new home ownership has turned from an expected rite of passage into a distant dream for young people, as the number of renters increases and house values increase at a much faster rate than wages are. Final Fantasy XIV, too, is facing a house shortage crisis--but developer Square Enix actually has a plan to deal with it within the MMO.In a new post on the game's website, producer and director Naoki Yoshida has discussed how an influx of new players following the release of

Team Liquid Signs Partnership Deal With Zoomph

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Time Stamp: August 18, 2020 12:05 PM - Modified On: August 18, 2020 - Published By:
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Esports organization Team Liquid announced Tuesday a new social media measurement partnership with Zoomph.  Financial terms and length of the partnership were not disclosed. Zoomph has already created a custom version of its real-time social analytics platform to provide Team Liquid with “reporting data to create more engaging and meaningful partner campaigns,” according to a release. Team Liquid will also use the data it collects to grow its social media presence and increase engagement with its fans, the company said. Team Liquid will also use Zoomph’s data to increase fan

Team Liquid x Zoomph

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Time Stamp: August 18, 2020 8:59 AM - Modified On: August 18, 2020 - Published By:
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Team Liquid Announces Zoomph as its Official Social Media Measurement PartnerTeam Liquid is excited to announce a brand new partnership with Zoomph. What is this “Zoomph” you ask? Zoomph specializes in esports and sports analytics while providing best-in-class, AI-based insight to help teams better understand their social media audiences and help measure the impact of their brand partnerships. So yeah, it’s a pretty awesome partnership!Through this partnership, Zoomph has created a custom version of its real-time social analytics platform to meet our unique needs as a global team with a

Trump Issues New Executive Order Demanding ByteDance Sell TikTok

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Time Stamp: August 17, 2020 9:38 AM - Modified On: August 17, 2020 - Published By:
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday issued an additional executive order directing Chinese company ByteDance to divest itself of short-form video app TikTok 90 days from the date of the order, or Sept. 29.   The prior executive order issued Aug. 7 by the president did not mention the U.S. Treasury and would have demanded that app stores for Android and Apple iOS mobile devices stop distributing the TikTok app if ByteDance did not reach a deal to sell it in “45 days.” The new executive order adds more conditions for