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Microsoft Flight Simulator Twin Otter Gets New Screenshots; Dubay City Add-On, Sarasota, & Tampa Airports Announced; Djibouti Released

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Time Stamp: June 22, 2021 1:30 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Today third-party developers had a lot of reveals and releases to share regarding new add-on content for Microsoft Flight Simulator. First of all, we get new images of the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter portraying the iconic Tara Air livery, which will be perfect for your flights to Lukla. As usual, it’s worth mentioning that the Twin Otter has already been confirmed for the Xbox Series X|S version of the simulator. Next is a couple of announcements from Orbx, starting with the next city pack, Dubai in the United

WePlay Esports detail health and security protocols for staff and players ahead of second DPC Major

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Time Stamp: May 30, 2021 4:48 PM - Modified On: May 30, 2021 - Published By:
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Ahead of the second Major of the 2021 Dota Pro Circuit, tournament organizer WePlay Esports has shared some behind-the-scenes details about how it is handling health and security for the WePlay AniMajor.  These protocols apply to all WePlay staff, players, and talent participating or helping with the event in Kyiv to help keep everyone safe.  Every single member of the WePlay staff who is in contact with players or talents has passed a PCR test, received a negative result, wears a mask at all times, and respects social distancing guidelines.—

Activision Says Reports of Toys for Bob Layoffs Are Incorrect

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Time Stamp: May 3, 2021 8:07 AM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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“There has not been a reduction in personnel recently at the studio,” the company says. It’s no secret that Call of Duty has been a money-printing machine for Activision for as long as the series has been around, but over the last couple of years, with the ridiculously successful Call of Duty: Warzone, the series has grown even more in prominence where Activision is concerned. A number of internal studios at the company have already been actively involved with the series’ development in some way, shape, or form, and now, it’s beginning to look

Sony Investing ‘Aggressively’ in First-Party Studios, Exclusives

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Time Stamp: April 28, 2021 3:46 PM - Modified On: April 28, 2021 - Published By:
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Top GamesSony aims to step up its exclusive PlayStation offerings this year. | Photo courtesy of Insomniac Games/SonySony plans to put another $183 million into its first-party studios in addition to building out partnerships with third-party studios.Sony chief financial officer Hiroki Totoki detailed the plan during Wednesday's Sony earnings call."In terms of costs, we plan to increase development, personnel and other costs in our in-house studios by approximately [$183 million] year-on-year as we further strengthen out in-house produced software," Totoki said.Comments from Sony CFO on PS5 hardware and engagement:- Demand

Sony Aims to “Aggressively Invest” in First-Party Studios & Continue to Partner With External Developers

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Time Stamp: April 28, 2021 3:24 AM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Today, during Sony’s quarterly conference call for investors and analysts, chief financial officer Hiroki Totoki talked about the forecast for the current fiscal year, between April 2021 and March 2022. Totoki-san admitted that in the past fiscal year, Sony has not managed to keep up with the extremely strong demand for PS5 and shortages for the supply of components — especially semiconductors — are expected to continue in the current fiscal year. That being said, the current target is still to exceed the 14.8 million units shipped by the PS4 in its second

Ole Gunnar Solskjær joins ULTI Agency, OverActive Media raises $40m | ESI Digest #38

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Time Stamp: April 16, 2021 11:50 AM - Modified On: April 16, 2021 - Published By:
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Each week, ESI Digest breaks down the weekly happenings in the esports industry, making sense of things so you don’t have to. As well as being housed on YouTube, ESI Digest is available on all major podcast platforms and is also available in written form below. On this week’s ESI Digest we cover, Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Jim Solbakken becoming owners of ULTI Agency, OverActive Media’s $40m investment, Enthusiast Gaming looking to list shares on NASDAQ, Epic Games raising $1bn, and the University of Kentucky (UK) joining forces with Gen.G to launch an

CouRage and Valkyrae become 100 Thieves co-owners, BMW announces esports manga | ESI Digest #37

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Time Stamp: April 9, 2021 11:45 AM - Modified On: April 9, 2021 - Published By:
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Each week, ESI Digest breaks down the weekly happenings in the esports industry, making sense of things so you don’t have to. As well as being housed on YouTube, ESI Digest is available on all major podcast platforms and is also available in written form below. On this week’s ESI Digest we cover, Valkyrae and CouRage being announced as 100 Thieves co-owners, Astralis Group looking to trade in the US market, BMW Esports launching a manga series, Jackson’s LCS and PENTAKILL partnership, plus GRID’s $10m investment.  This edition of the ESI Digest is in

Drift0r Opens Up About Harassment By Eight Thoughts

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Time Stamp: April 5, 2021 2:36 PM - Modified On: April 5, 2021 - Published By:
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by Jason Parker in Entertainment | Apr, 5th 2021 This is hopefully the end of the drama between Drift0r and Eight Thoughts, that’s for sure. 2020 was a very rough year for CoD content creator Drift0r, as he allegedly was harassed through the entire year by another CoD content creator, Eight Thoughts. Apparently, though, Eight Thoughts did none of the deeds himself but got his Discord admin to commit acts for him. It sounds wild, but according to Drift0r, he has several recordings of EightThoughts doing heinous things to harass