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TimTheTatman trolls Ninja during NYC livestream

TimTheTatman has come a long way since he started streaming back in 2012. Now signed to YouTube Gaming, Tim has some incredible sponsorship deals that have allowed him to stream from wild locations like football stadiums, and now, from beneath the Brooklyn Bridge. While streaming outdoors in the New York City cold yesterday, Tim took a moment during his YouTube livestream to troll his friend Ninja. Tim is known for being one of the nicest people on the internet, but even nice guys meme on their friends sometimes. Tim imitated

Pokémon GO November Spotlight Hours Revealed

PokémonNiantic has officially unveiled the Spotlight Hour dates and featured Pokémon for the month of November in Pokémon GO. / Photo courtesy of NianticNiantic has officially unveiled the Spotlight Hour dates and featured Pokémon for the month of November in Pokémon GO.Spotlight Hour has rapidly become a fan-favorite weekly event for Pokémon GO trainers. For an hour each week, Niantic picks a Pokémon to take over the wild with an increased spawning rate. Not only does this provide a chance for trainers to catch rarer Pokémon and fill out their Pokédex,

3D Cloud Startup Echo3D Raises $4M in Seed Round Led by Konvoy…

NEW YORK (PRWEB) October 18, 2021 echo3D, a cloud platform that is revolutionizing the way 3D, AR and VR content is stored and streamed, has secured an investment of $4 million led by Konvoy Ventures, with participation from Space Capital LP, Remagine Ventures, and angel investors Datadog, GitHub, and Facebook. The announcement comes on the heels of echo3D’s latest milestone of registering 11,000 users worldwide since 2020. Founded in March 2018, echo3D, formerly known as echoAR, focuses on building tools and infrastructure to help developers create lighter and faster 3D

Accomplished and Innovative Gaming Executive Joins Tech Accelerator

LAS VEGAS (PRWEB) October 04, 2021 Schorr’s 25+ year career in gaming, hospitality and innovation has taken him around the world from Laughlin, Nevada and New York City to Macau, China and the global reach of the web, including spearheading building Wynn’s first online casino. Schorr is a founder of the Nevada Esports Alliance and continues to be a leader in the convergence of Esports and sports gambling. “For years I’ve had the desire to help build an infrastructure for entrepreneurs in Las Vegas, and after a lengthy research process,

Overwatch 2 Erases All Mention of Jeff Kaplan Following New Reference Protocol

OverwatchThe Overwatch 2 team has moved to erase all mention of Jeff Kaplan, widely regarded as the creator of the game, from its maps. / Activision Blizzard EnterainmentThe Overwatch 2 team has moved to erase all mention of Jeff Kaplan, widely regarded as the creator of the game, from its maps. The scrubbing of any reference to the former vice president was brought to light through the official Competitive Overwatch subreddit. In a post published by user CeeLo38 on Sunday, Sept. 26, they pointed out the difference in the Corner

Blizzard seemingly removes a reference to Jeff Kaplan in Overwatch 2

Fans on Reddit have noticed that a reference to former Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan has been removed from the upcoming sequel’s New York City map. Players spotted that the Sept. 25 Bastion Rework announcement video for Overwatch 2 shows the pizza shop formerly called Jeph’s Corner Pizza is just Corner Pizza. Fans can see the change for themselves around the 1-minute mark in Bastion’s announcement video, which shows the hero’s new ultimate and the pizza shop in the background. The nod to Kaplan doesn’t seem to be on the

Forspoken gets release window, new details

Luminous Productions and Square Enix’s Forspoken gave players a more in-depth look at the game today during the PlayStation Showcase. In the Showcase, fans got a three-minute trailer showing off more of the game. Frey starts off at her apartment but is quickly transported to a world unknown. Frey has been mysteriously transported from her home in New York City just before her 21st birthday, and finds herself trapped in a strange land called Athia. There is a magical, sentient bracelet wrapped around her arm called “Cuff.” Playing as Frey,

Everything that happened in the Sept. 9 PlayStation Showcase

Sony has been pretty quiet about what’s going on in terms of the future of PlayStation 5 games for 2022. But it finally had a PlayStation Showcase today to reveal all of the goodies that gamers are going to get in the near future. The 40-minute event showcased a look into the future of PS5, including Knights of the Old Republic, Project Eve, and more. Many of the games will launch this holiday season or in 2022. If you missed it, you can catch a replay of the event on

NYC Harry Potter Store to Get Two New Location-Based Virtual Reality Experiences

Good news for all the Potterheads! Now you get to fly on a Nimbus 2000 and explore Hogwarts at the Harry Potter flagship store. Warner Bros., the house that brought us the amazing Harry Potter movies, has launched the first-ever Harry Potter flagship store in New York City last month. The store offers fans of the popular novel and movie franchise an incredible opportunity to enjoy an immersive social VR experience at the location. Now, besides shopping for official merchandise from the Harry Potter brand, fans can immerse themselves in

Parsec head of marketing Max Sebela on the post-pandemic esports landscape, making online gaming more accessible

Despite esports and gaming events slowly returning to in-person gatherings after more than a year away due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the expansion of online play and various alternatives to physical competitions aren’t just going to go away.  Even beyond competition, playing games with friends became dependent on those titles having online modes. And if the online infrastructure for a game isn’t good or, in the case of older titles, doesn’t exist, that would lead to connection issues, poor performance, or an inability to enjoy a game.  As the pandemic