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Sources: Washington Justice ownership group making forward progress in talks to acquire, relocate Chicago Call of Duty League slot

Washington Esports Ventures, the parent company of the Overwatch League’s Washington Justice, is negotiating a deal that if completed would see it acquire the Chicago Call of Duty League slot and propose relocation to Washington, D.C., sources familiar with those conversations told Dot Esports.  Washington is one of two serious parties in negotiations with NRG Esports, the current owners of OpTic Gaming and OpTic Chicago, sources said. While a deal is not closed, there’s optimism among league officials and parties involved that the deal will move forward, according to sources.

Smash Ultimate Summit 3 power rankings

At long last, Smash Ultimate Summit Three is set to kick off this weekend after extensive delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally scheduled for June 2020, Summit Three is finally set to get underway after a 14-month delay. And with 16 of the best players from across the world able to travel safely into one spot, the competition at Summit is set to be as important as it once was before to the pandemic.  This weekend’s tournament features players ranging from local legends to full-blown superstars. Some of them

Starfield is “Nowhere Near Done,” Planned Release Date is “Way Later” Than Most Expect – Schreier

According to Bloomberg’s Jacon Schreier, the development team was “very small” until 2019. It’s been a rather busy week for Bethesda’s Starfield. From little to no information to numerous images from a supposed 2018 build, there have also been rumors of a launch in Q1 2022. Some believe that it may already be done and releasing this year, especially with Microsoft reportedly trying its hardest for a holiday launch. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem like it’ll be happening. Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier told readers to assume that “no release date is solid

US go-karting chain Autobahn Indoor Speedway signs purchase agreement with Immersive Tech for up to 10 Virtual Reality LBE attractions

[embedded content][embedded content]In Virtual Reality News April 8, 2021 – Immersive Tech, a Victory Square Technologies Inc. portfolio company and creator of immersive virtual reality (VR) experiences, has announced that it has entered into an initial 3 unit purchase agreement of its hyper-immersive ‘UNCONTAINED’ VR attraction with Autobahn Indoor Speedway, with an option on 7 additional units for the remaining Autobahn locations. Autobahn Indoor Speedway is one of the largest chains of indoor go-karting operators in North America with locations in Bessemer Alabama, Essex Maryland, Dulles Virginia, Jacksonville Florida, Jessup

D.C. Sports Veterans Ein, Fernandez In New $300 Million SPAC

The SPACs with sports executives keep coming. The latest is Capitol Investment Corp. V, a blank-check firm from Washington, D.C. sports veterans seeking $300 million in an IPO it filed to conduct. Capitol V is led by Mark Ein, an investor who owns MDE Sports, which runs the capital’s Citi Open tennis tournament, a regular stop on the top-level ATP Tour. Ein also owns the Washington Kastles, six-time champions of the World Team Tennis league, as well as the Washington Justice, an esports team competing in “Overwatch.” Ein is chairman and CEO of the SPAC. Among those

Shacknews Twitch highlights: Wreckfest, Super Mario Maker 2, and Breath of the Wild

Kick back and have some laughs with another edition of Shacknews' Twitch highlights. We here at Shacknews have been doing a lot of livestreaming lately. Throughout the weeks, we rotate both games and hosts to give our viewers a variety of fresh content to consume. These streams often feature plenty of highlight-worthy moments, so we’ve done just that! We put together a video that highlights the funnies and most entertaining moments from our week of live streaming here at Shacknews. Please, take a look. First up in the highlight reel

The Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition pushed back a week

Players will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on the biggest Steam discounts of the season. Steam has become famous for having some of the best sales in the digital marketplace. Throughout the year, Valve’s PC storefront sees massive markdowns on games from a plethora of publishers. The Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition was originally set to kick off on June 9. Steam developer Valve has announced that they will be pushing this start date back by a week to June 16. Valve tends to time

Fortnite Party Royale full concert

Watch the sets as performed live by Dillon Francis, Steve Aoki, and deadmau5 at Fortnite's Party Royale concert. While the state of it’s competitive and casual scenes are constantly in question, one thing is for sure - Fortnite does events like no other. Over the past few years we’ve watched as Epic Games’ Battle Royale’s live events have grown in size and scale. In this time of social distancing, Fortnite has become a platform for Artists to still perform in front of the masses. The latest event, titled Party Royale,

Shack Chat: What do you want to see from EA Play 2020?

It's that time again, your favorite time of the week. This week the Shack staff gathers 'round our virtual meeting table to discuss one of many upcoming digital gaming events. EA Play 2020 was recently announced as a digital event, and we thought it high time to sit down and look deep within ourselves to figure out exactly what we want from EA Play in 2020. Question: What do you want to see from EA Play 2020? Skate 4 - Asif Khan, Better than the rest of the Shack staff