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WINNERS League Season 4 viewership, results, partnerships

LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) July 29, 2020 WINNERS League Season 4 is now in the books after both North America and Europe crowned their respective divisional champions. WINNERS League continued its rapid growth in Season 4, seeing a marked increase in viewership and user interaction over Season 3. The league totaled 5,470,000 million minutes of content watched over the course of its fourth season, a feat even more impressive considering its switch to a condensed format. The official WINNERS League Twitch channel also hit a new milestone in its fourth season,

VR Gaming Ads: Testing the Waters; An Interview with Faultline

I recently had the pleasure to be interviewed by Rafi Cohen for Faultline Magazine. Please find the full piece below.In its pursuit of the mobile gaming market, PubNative, a German app-focused supply-side platform (SSP), is tentatively exploring the possibilities of VR. Speaking to Faultline this week, the company’s founder and CEO, Ionut Ciobotaru admitted that his “interest is just exploratory.”“For now, VR just doesn’t have the critical mass to be monetizable for ad companies,” he added.The company has set gaming as its next key market for growth in the world

Introducing iiRcade Black, the Premium Customizable Edition, Now…

The idea of the customizable blank cabinet came from our fans and we continue to listen to the feedback from our amazing community CHICAGO (PRWEB) July 25, 2020 iiRcade Inc., the ultimate connected arcade machine that allows gamers of all ages to own and play their favorite retro and modern arcade games at home, is pleased to announce iiRcade Black, the premium edition with a blank customizable black cabinet, is now available for pre-order on Kickstarter. iiRcade Black will be available in bartop or full-size mode starting at $399 and

Modern Times Group Reports $2.15M Net Loss, Announces Further Cost Reductions for ESL and DreamHack

ESL and DreamHack parent Modern Times Group (MTG) reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2020, recording a constant net sales of kr1.1B SEK ($124M USD) compared to the same quarter last year. MTG’s net sales for the quarter ended on June 30 were offset by operating costs before depreciation and amortization of kr992M ($112M), which decreased by 4% year-over-year. In total, the company reported a net loss for the period of kr19M ($2.15M) compared to a net loss of kr38M ($4.3M) in the same period of last

You can buy ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ on 10 DVDs if you want

Sponsored Links Aerosoft When Microsoft Flight Simulator comes out on August 18th, fans of the long-running series in Europe will have the chance to buy a physical copy of the upcoming game. Usually, that wouldn't be a big deal, but Flight Simulator will come on a whopping 10 discs. The package is coming courtesy of a publisher named Aerosoft that struck a deal with Microsoft to distribute the game in the continent. The 10 dual-layered DVDs will contain approximately 90GB of game assets, including all the textures and models of the planes featured in

Facial mocap comes to Unreal Engine via new iPhone app

Sponsored Links Unreal Engine A new iOS app for Unreal Engine uses your iPhone to capture your facial expressions and animate an onscreen character in real time. Live Link Face is designed to work in both professional game production settings, like a soundstage with actors in full mocap suits, and amaetur ones, such as a single artist at a desk, according to a blog post from Unreal Engine developer Epic Games. The app is available now from Apple’s app store.The app uses Apple’s augmented reality platform, ARKit, and the iPhone’s

Halle Berry Announces She Will No Longer Consider Trans Roles

Last week in an Instagram live interview, Halle Berry mentioned that she had been preparing for a role as a trans character. After backlash from the trans community, Berry has now announced that she will no longer be considering the role, Variety reports.In the original interview with hairstylist Christin Brown, Berry discussed how interested she was in the trans male character's story--though she misgendered the character multiple times. "[It’s] a character where the woman is a trans character, so she's a woman that transitioned into a man. She's a character

Disney Signs Deal With Colin Kaepernick For New Content About Social Justice

Disney has entered into an overall "first-look" deal with Colin Kaepernick and his production company Ra Vision Media for new scripted and unscripted content focused around race and social justice.In a statement, Disney said it is looking to produce new content with Kaepernick to showcase work of Black and Brown directors and producers. Whatever form the new content takes, it will appear on Disney's network of platforms, including ESPN, Hulu, Pixar, and The Undefeated, which is ESPN's website dedicated to the intersection of sports and culture."During this unprecedented time, The

Flero Games Revealed Global Relaxing & Healing Game…

Abyssrium's 4th anniversary SEOUL (PRWEB) July 07, 2020 Flero Games (Ho-Dae Lee, the CEO) announced that global relaxing game Abyssrium which was developed by its subsidiary IDLE Idea Factory (Hyo-Sik Kim, the CEO), got an update to celebrate its four-year anniversary on 7th July, 2020. Players can enjoy ‘4th Anniversary Sea Festival’ theme, ‘Happy 4 Years Old Corallite’ costume, ‘Sweet and Sour Dessert’ dye for ‘Abyssrium’s 4th Anniversary special contents. Also, new 14 species of fish will be added including ‘Donut Sea Pig’, ‘Frappé Dolphin’, ‘Ice Cream Whale’. The latest

Upcoming VR Games 2020: Star Wars: Squadrons, Onward & More

We’re past the halfway mark in 2020 and we’ve already seen some great VR games release this year. But what else is coming between now and the end of the year? Let’s take a look at upcoming VR games for the rest of 2020.Some recent announcements have elevated what was looking like a rather quiet H2 2020 to an exciting few months. We’ll be taking off in X-Wings and making Dreams come true.Upcoming VR Games 2020Dreams (PSVR) – July 22[embedded content]At long last, Media Molecule’s fantastic creation tool is ready