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Generation Esports raises $10.8 million to grow student esports leagues

GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Generation Esports has raised $10.8 million in funding to grow student esports leagues and tournaments. Altos Ventures led the round in the Kansas City, Missouri-based startup, which has built a platform for staging esports leagues, tournaments and other events. FJ Labs also invested. The company will use the round to support Generation Esports‘ multiple

Addiction to Free Fire Leads Player Commit Suicide in India

by Jason Parker in General | Apr, 2nd 2021 Gaming addiction is serious and has led a Free Fire fan to commit suicide recently. Before PUBG Mobile got banned in India, we spoke several times about players who, addicted to the game committed crimes or suicide as a result of their addiction. This is not why PUBG Mobile got banned. Seeing more of these news stories shows that gaming addiction is serious, and is not being treated properly in India. Instead of simply scolding and forbidding things, there has to

Overwatch League Contract Forbids Players From Using Trampolines and Skiing Actions

by Jason Parker in Overwatch | Apr, 2nd 2021 According to former Overwatch pro, Dusttin “Dogman” Bowerman, the Overwatch League contract forbids actions like trampolines and skiing. Now, in a way, we understand things like this. After all, you don’t want to break your hands mid-way through a season of competitive play. Teams have backups, but that’s a lot of money invested that goes right down the drain. Normal contracts are incredibly difficult to read, with lots of legalese jargon hidden in them. They feel more like a joke on

25th Annual Park Day Offers COVID-Safe Volunteer Opportunities At Battlefields And Historic Sites Nationwide

"In its 25 years, Park Day has drawn volunteers of all ages and abilities to give back through upkeep and maintenance projects that keep America's heritage sites prepared and pristine," said Trust President David Duncan. "Open-air sites like battlefield parks have been a mainstay of our socially distanced society, and Park Day allows our volunteers an opportunity to pay it forward and provide a little extra TLC heading into spring." Since 1996, Park Day participants have donated more than 100,000 cumulative volunteer hours building trails, raking leaves, painting, tending to gardens,

Shiny Spearow Pokemon GO: How to Catch

PokémonShiny Spearow in Pokemon GO was only recently released earlier this year as part of the Kanto Celebration event. | Niantic Labs, the Pokemon CompanyShiny Spearow in Pokemon GO was only recently released earlier this year as part of the Kanto Celebration event.Longtime fans will know Spearow from the Pokemon Indigo League television series. Within the first episode, Ash and his new companion, Pikachu, are attacked by a flock after the young trainer injures one of its members. Pikachu saves them both—exhausting itself in the process.Fortunately, trainers under Niantic Labs'

AtmosFX Collaborates with KNB EFX for Season 2 of Shudder’s…

AtmosFX was proud to provide the werewolf transformation for the Creepshow Holiday Special "I’ve always loved Halloween," said Nicotero. "And after I discovered how easy it is to create Hollywood-level effects at home with AtmosFX Digital Decorations, I reached out to them to see if they could help us for two episodes of Season 2." SEATTLE (PRWEB) March 25, 2021 AtmosFX, the holiday decorating company known for inventing projection-based home decorating, is proud to announce its collaboration with Greg Nicotero and KNB EFX on visual effects for two episodes of

MLB The Show 21 Is Stunning as Latest Trailer Teases Roberto Clemente

The game has indeed changed, as Sony San Diego has let rip its latest gameplay trailer for MLB The Show 21, showing us what the PS5 can do in terms of the visuals for the baseball juggernaut. Not only that, we got a tease in the form of the return of MLB legend Roberto Clemente. Just like a sports highlight reel, the trailer spotlights many of the game’s superstars. Cover athlete Fernando Tatis Jr. takes center stage, while we also got a good look at various gameday scenarios and the

Super Nintendo World Universal Orlando Gets Delayed

Nintendo is a behemoth of a video game company. The debut of the Nintendo Entertainment System put this company’s name in households around the world. Now years later this company is still thriving with the big push being actual theme parks. That’s right you can attend a Super Nintendo World in a theme park near you but it might be keeping its doors shut a bit longer than expected.  While Nintendo has seen their theme park open up in Japan’s Universal Studios, it also handled plenty of problems getting things

After Netflix Leaked The Legend of Zelda Adaptation Nintendo Quickly Canceled Productions

There is a bit of a boom right now in the video game industry when it comes to adaptations. We’re certainly seeing quite a few video game titles get adapted into movies, television series, or even anime. However, there was a time in which Nintendo was gearing up to release two IPs into production for both a live-action series and a claymation show. Unfortunately, when the production got leaked out, Nintendo got a little freaked out. News of this came from Adam Conover, a comedian who was working at CollegeHumor.

DOCOMO’s XR Studio opening in Odaiba, Japan to include the new Mantis Vision Volumetric Studio 3iosk

In Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality News January 21, 2021 – Mantis Vision, a provider of 3D image and volumetric video capture solutions, has today announced that its ‘Mantis Vision Volumetric Studio 3iosk’ volumetric video capture technology will be included within DOCOMO’s new ‘docomo XR Studio’ in Odaiba, Japan when it opens later this month. DOCOMO is Japan’s largest telecommunications company. Esta Chiang, Volumetric Pipeline Technical Director of Mantis Vision, said: “Mantis Vision has seen many new volumetric video content creations this year, and we’re excited to see what new