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Apple lawyer to Epic engineer: Epic was ‘dishonest,’ acted ‘without integrity’

The third day of trial for the Epic Games v. Apple antitrust case concluded today with Apple attorney Richard Doren upping the ante and grilling Epic engineering fellow Andrew Grant in the final testimony of the day. Grant took the stand on behalf of Epic and fielded questions from both Doren and Epic’s legal counsel. His testimony ranged from explaining the basics of APIs and coding SDKs as prompted by Epic’s attorney but when Doren cross-examined him, the questioning became more hostile. Doren quizzed Grant on Epic’s decision to insert

Today is your last chance to get Smite’s free Infinite Seer Ah Puch skin through Prime Gaming

One thing no one can dispute about Smite is that it has some of the coolest skins of any game from any genre. Right now, you can snag one of Smite’s coolest skins for free with Prime Gaming. But you’ll have to act fast. Infinite Seer Ah Puch is one of seven Smite skins that share the same ethereal theme. Infinite Seer Ah Puch shares a theme with Infinite Duality Agni, Illuminator Baron Samedi, Illuminator Chronos, Infinite Ruler Olorun, Infinite Shift Sun Wukong, and Infinite Avatar Vamana. If you want

Nobru Signs With Felipe Neto’s Play9 to Create New YouTube Channels

Brazilian Free Fire player and esports superstar Bruno “Nobru” Goes signed with Play9, a content company owned by Felipe Neto, the fifth-biggest YouTuber in the world with 41M subscribers, for the creation of three new channels on YouTube. The deal was negotiated by Play9 co-founders João Pedro Paes Leme and Marcus Vinicius Freire, with Renan Philip, co-founder of 3C Gaming, the company that manages Nobru’s career. The deal is both a move by Nobru to expand his content and a move by Play9 to expand its presence in the gaming

KRAFTON Announces the PUBG Continental Series 4

PUBG owner KRAFTON, Inc. announced the fourth edition of the PUBG Continental Series (PCS4), which will feature competitions in four different regions of the world: Americas, Asia, Asia/Pacific, and Europe. Each of the four regions will have a $250K USD prize pool, totalizing a $1M USD investment in prizing, $200K more than the PCS3 in 2020.  After qualifiers in May to set the final 16 teams of each region to dispute the main events, the PCS4 will be held in June simultaneously in all participating regions. Matches will be streamed

Sources: Sentinels negotiating extended loan deal for TenZ

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include additional information provided by Cloud9’s CEO Jack Etienne. North American organization Sentinels is negotiating with Cloud9 to retain Tyson “TenZ” Ngo on an extended loan deal, according to sources close to Daily Esports.  This move would allow TenZ to play for Sentinels in the upcoming VALORANT Champions Tour events, while Jay “Sinatraa” Won remains on the bench as the investigation into his relationship with former girlfriend Cleo Hernandez remains ongoing.  Sentinels would have an option to buy TenZ if the deal

Pakistani man recreates PUBG scene in real life and kills two people

A bizarre incident recently took place in Pakistan where a man tried to imitate a scene from a famous battle-royale PUBG and killed two people while injuring the other three in the process. The victims are said to be family members of the accused, who were later arrested by the police. PUBG has been linked with many odd incidents in the country and as a result, the game banned for a short period of time in Pakistan. This is yet another incident where the man, referred to as “PUBG Addict”,

Riot Games Sanctions 100 Thieves After Delaying VCT Stage 1 Masters Match

By Max Mallow | Mar 24, 2021, 10:05 AM EDTPhoto by Riot GamesRiot Games levied two sanctions toward 100 Thieves after the organization's Valorant team delayed the start of its Valorant Champions Tour NA Stage 1 Masters upper bracket semifinal match by one hour.The organization was fined $5,000 and FrosT was put on competitive probation for the duration of the 2021 Valorant Champions Tour. "A dispute over player ping delayed the start of the Upper Bracket Quarterfinals match between 100 Thieves and Immortals by one hour. 100 Thieves prevented the

A who’s who of Counter-Strike’s civil war threatening the foundations of the scene

For the public, it all began with a seemingly innocuous delay to a match between mousesports and Vitality, but the disagreements quickly spiraled out of control and into the public eye, turning in to a multifaceted civil war between supporters of the CSPPA, ESIC, the various TOs and the different teams. Nobody knows what’s next, except that things can’t continue the way they’ve been so far.Delaying an explosionWhat a mess. Let’s try to untangle this web by starting with the incident that sparked it all, then zooming out further to

NiKo opens up but none of what he said bodes well for G2

HLTV’s got quite the scoop with their NiKo interview as the Bosnian star freely discussed contractual matters and team setups off the back of his big move to G2. There were many question marks about how he should be integrated on the eve of his debut at BLAST, and it’s tough to shake the feeling that it’s going to be a rocky road ahead for all parties concerned. You don’t even have to read between the lines too much – as is customary nowadays, he said the quiet part out

DouYu Wins Lawsuit Against Royal Never Give-Up Parent Leyou Network 

Chinese live streaming company DouYu has won a lawsuit against Leyou Network Technology, the parent company of Chinese esports organization Royal Never Give-Up (RNG) and has been awarded ¥30M RMB ($4.5M USD) by a Chinese court, according to a report in 21 Finance.  The lawsuit filed in the Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court in September of 2019 revolved around a breach of contract dispute between the two companies related to streaming and content creation. Leyou and DouYu signed a one-year exclusive streaming deal for esports organization RNG in September of 2018