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Gamescom 2021 goes entirely digital

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Time Stamp: May 5, 2021 4:29 PM - Modified On: May 5, 2021 - Published By:
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Despite initial plans to run as a hybrid online, on-site event, gamescom 2021 will now be held exclusively online.  The German Games Industry Association made this decision following “extensive discussions” with its gamescom partners and exhibitors. The event will now pivot to being a digital event available free of charge in August for all fans.  “Even though the hybrid concept was very well received by the partners, we had to recognize that gamescom still comes too early for many companies in the industry due to the required planning reliability,” said

Gamescom 2021 Drops Hybrid Plans for All-Digital Show

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Time Stamp: May 5, 2021 1:33 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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It will be free and open to the public. Gamescom will be digital for the second year in a row, organizers Koelnmesse and the German Games Industry Association (GAME) said on Wednesday, abandoning their former plans to put on a hybrid show that would combine both on-site and digital elements. The event will be completely online and free to the public, according to Gamescom’s website. “Even though the hybrid concept was very well received by the partners, we had to recognize that gamescom still comes too early for many companies

The Fighting Game Community Vs COVID-19: A New Underdog Story

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Time Stamp: April 22, 2021 11:33 PM - Modified On: April 22, 2021 - Published By:
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Top GamesA pre-pandemic photo from Combo Breaker 2019, showing the size, diversity, and community of the FGC. | Photo from Combo BreakerSimply put, 2020 was a rough year for just about everyone. Numerous industries, interests, and careers were put on hiatus with their futures in danger amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Industries such as food, cinema, and live events were drastically hit and a fully packed restaurant, movie theatre, or music festival seems like a distant memory just over a year later. The afflictions of COVID-19 on esports were similar to

EXCLUSIVE: We May Already See Enterprise-Grade Blockchain Solutions Implementation, Says Monica Tartau of Lisk

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Time Stamp: January 12, 2021 8:25 AM - Modified On: January 12, 2021 - Published By:
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Monica Tartau, Marketing & Events Lead at Lisk, recently sat down with BeInCrypto to discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, supply chain-related blockchain applications, and the best use case for the LISK token, among other things. Having a background in the food industry, Tartau elaborated on the complexity of implementing blockchain to build a decentralized traceability solution. She projected that the industry will not only see projects entering production phases and blockchain applications built, but also said that we may already see blockchain implementation at the enterprise level.  Lisk is

DreamHack Open November groups and first matches announced

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Time Stamp: November 24, 2020 12:32 PM - Modified On: November 24, 2020 - Published By:
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The groups for the $100,000 DreamHack Open November have been drawn. The online event, taking place on November 26-29, will have both groups played out in a GSL system that will give way to a single elimination playoff bracket featuring two best-of-three semi-finals and a best-of-five grand final. Spirit received one of the two invites for the event The tournament has a heavy presence of Nordic and CIS teams, with Spirit, flowskola, Apeks and AGF fighting it out in Group A and Gambit, Illuminar, Nemiga and KOVA rounding out the

Recapping 100Thieves’ time in CS:GO

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Time Stamp: November 2, 2020 10:32 AM - Modified On: November 2, 2020 - Published By:
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Nadeshot’s organizations has confirmed its departure from the Counter-Strike scene after just a little more than a year with their current squad. Despite the promise, they never really lived up the expectations of a “championship-calier roster”, and once you factor in their disastrous first attempt at entering CS:GO, you wouldn’t exactly blame them for staying away from the game for the foreseeable future. It’s not just the performance of the ex-Renegades but the state of NA CS as a whole that may prove to be the real deterrent.The opening gambitThe

BLAST Premier Fall Series schedule revealed

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Time Stamp: October 19, 2020 7:09 AM - Modified On: October 19, 2020 - Published By:
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The $150,000 BLAST Premier Fall Series will feature three GSL groups made up of four teams apiece. Each group will be played out over three days, with the top two teams securing a spot at the BLAST Premier Fall Finals, while the bottom two teams will have another chance at redemption through the Fall Showdown. The BLAST tournament is unifying the European and North American regions as several American teams will fly to Europe to play the online event, which will feature the first intercontinental bout on the first day