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August Investment Recap: Fortnite Billions, BITKRAFTS $165M Venture Fund, and New Capital for Esports Organizations

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Time Stamp: September 2, 2020 7:58 AM - Modified On: September 2, 2020 - Published By:
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August was a record month for esports investments. The Esports Observer tracked 16 investments raised by esports-relevant companies during the month. Disclosed investments accumulated to $2.78B USD, which is more than all seven previous months of 2020 combined, bringing the total sum of disclosed investments in 2020 to $4.34B.  The news of esports-relevant investments was headlined by the $1.78B financing round raised by Fornite developer Epic Games and the closing of BITKRAFT’s new venture fund at $165M. Financial terms were not disclosed for all deals highlighted in this article. Epic

Accidentally Paying for Stadia – The TouchArcade Show #458

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Time Stamp: August 21, 2020 11:15 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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In this week’s episode of The TouchArcade Show we once again dig into the massive drama bomb going on between Epic Games and Apple. What side of the billionaire company fight are YOU on? We also get to a couple of reader emails and of course hit on all the major mobile gaming topics of the week, including the awesome Horizon Chase’s 5th anniversary celebration as well as the mind-boggling 99¢ deal (as of this writing) for the wonderful Diablo-like action RPG Titan Quest. Don’t forget to shoot us emails

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘PGA Tour 2K21’, ‘Even the Ocean’, ‘Paratopic’, and Today’s Other New Releases and Sales

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Time Stamp: August 21, 2020 2:41 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for August 21st, 2020. My time is incredibly short today, so I’ll get right to the point with the introduction. There are a bunch of new releases today, a few of them are very good, and there were so many new sales I actually had to trim the fat on the list. No time for news, but that’s okay because this is a seaplane. Let’s check everything out! New Releases PGA Tour 2K21 ($59.99) SwitchArcade Highlight! Oh, do we get some

‘Diablo’-Like Action RPG ‘Titan Quest’ is On Sale for Just a Dollar, Its Lowest Price Ever

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Time Stamp: August 20, 2020 5:36 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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TouchArcade Rating:Way back in 2006 Iron Lore Entertainment and THQ released Titan Quest on the PC, a game that looked to offer a hack ‘n slash looting experience like Diablo but with an Ancient Greek motif rather than a Hellish one. And they totally succeeded at that goal, as Titan Quest was quite well-loved during its heyday on PC. Nearly a decade later, DotEmu announced at E3 2015 that they’d struck a deal with Nordic Games (now known as THQ Nordic) to port Titan Quest to mobile devices, and we

Call Of Duty Microtransactions Helped Boost Activision’s Profits By $536 Million

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Time Stamp: August 11, 2020 1:28 AM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Activision Blizzard's latest quarterly revenue report has been released, enabling us to put a dollar figure on the success of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and its free-to-play battle royale spinoff, Warzone. The number is unsurprisingly huge--including a growth of $536 million in year-on-year in-game spending driven mostly by Modern Warfare.Overall Activision Blizzard saw an increase in in-game spending of $596 million when comparing the three months leading up to June 30 with the equivalent period last year. The large majority of that ($536 million) comes from Activision, while Blizzard

After Math: With the kids away, it’s time to play

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Time Stamp: July 12, 2020 11:30 AM - Modified On: July 12, 2020 - Published By:
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Since it looks like the fall school semester is happening whether we’re ready for it or not, you’ll finally have dibs on “next game” on that console your kids have been bogarting for the past quarantined four months. Lucky for you, there are plenty of upcoming titles — and some solid streaming selections — to help you fill the day while your kids hit the books. Blizzard Blizzard makes it free to change gender in 'World of Warcraft'Used to be that if you wanted to reassign the gender of your

TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘One Finger Death Punch II’

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Time Stamp: July 3, 2020 6:32 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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TouchArcade Rating:The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn’t necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the highest scoring game in a review, the game with the best graphics, or really any other quantifiable “best" thing. Instead, it’s more just us picking out the single game out of the week’s releases that we think

Out Now: ‘One Finger Death Punch II’, ‘SINoALICE’, ‘AWAY: Journey to the Unexpected’, ‘One Punch Man: Road to Hero 2.0’, ‘Outsider: After Life’, ‘Crying Suns’, ‘Night in the Unpleasant House’, ‘Stellaris: Galaxy Command’ and More

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Time Stamp: July 1, 2020 11:15 PM - Modified On: July 1, 2020 - Published By:
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Each and every day new mobile games are hitting the App Store, and so each week we put together a big old list of all the best new releases of the past seven days. Back in the day the App Store would showcase the same games for a week, and then refresh those features each Thursday. Because of that developers got into the habit of releasing their games throughout Wednesday or very early Thursday in order to hopefully get one of those coveted features spots. Nowadays the App Store refreshes

What’s On Netflix This Week? Brand New Animal Anime, Horror Ju-On Series, More Movies, TV Shows, And Originals

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Time Stamp: June 29, 2020 10:03 AM - Modified On: June 29, 2020 - Published By:
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While everyone gears up for the Independence Day weekend, when your neighbors will be setting off fireworks in their backyard way too early into the morning, you'll probably need something new to watch on Netflix. You're not going to be able to sleep anyway, so check out what's coming out this week along with a few recommendations.If you're looking for a new anime to check out, BNA (Brand New Animal) arrives on Tuesday. In this new Netflix original series, Michiru is morphed into a raccoon/human hybrid and must help a

Steam Summer Sale 2020 Live Now

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Time Stamp: June 25, 2020 1:37 PM - Modified On: June 25, 2020 - Published By:
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Summer is always a busy time for deals, and while huge sales from Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation have already ended, one of the season's biggest gaming sales just launched. Every June, Steam users look forward to an absolute truckload of PC games going on sale as part of the platform's annual Summer Sale, and the time has finally come: Steam Summer Sale 2020 is live now, as predicted by a developer at SteamDB back in May.Steam Summer Sale 2020 dates and timesSteam Summer Sale 2020 kicked off today, June 25,