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Travelzoo META Opens for Founding Members

NEW YORK/PARIS/TOKYO, May 11, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - The future of travel is here. After months of anticipation, Travelzoo META, a members-only service offering groundbreaking Metaverse travel experiences, is now accepting its first one million Founding Members. Launched by Travelzoo® (NASDAQ: TZOO), a global Internet media company, Travelzoo META will give Founding Members the opportunity to be the first to experience travel in the Metaverse. Travelzoo META's experiences are intended to allow its members to explore hard-to-reach corners of the world, like summiting Mount Everest, or travel back in time—to

Report: Activision Blizzard ending Overwatch, Call of Duty League’s competitive balance tax, salary cap

Activision Blizzard is eliminating the competitive balance tax and soft salary cap for its Overwatch League and Call of Duty League, as first reported by the Sports Business Journal and confirmed by Dot Esports. The decision comes after the opening of a U.S. Department of Justice antitrust division investigation into the Overwatch League’s practices. Dot Esports broke news of that probe in July, with an Activision Blizzard spokesperson confirming that the DOJ had opened an inquiry and that the game developer was complying.  “We have received an inquiry from the

US Justice Department Reportedly Investigating Overwatch League

OverwatchThe Justice Department is investigating the salary cap in the Overwatch League. / Photo courtesy of BlizzardThe United States Department of Justice's antitrust division is investigating the Overwatch League over a soft salary cap policy that may violate the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act, reports Dot Esports.The inquiry centers around the lack of a players' union in the Overwatch League. A union would allow the league to apply for "non-statutory labor exemption," a status granted to the NFL, NBA, and other sports leagues with unions, making the use of a salary

U.S. Department of Justice opens antitrust inquiry into Overwatch League’s soft salary cap, ‘competitive balance tax’

The U.S. Department of Justice antitrust division is probing the Overwatch League over its soft salary cap policy that discourages teams from excess spending, sources familiar with that inquiry told Dot Esports. The probe is being headed by DOJ trial attorney Kathleen Simpson Kiernan, who works for the Civil Conduct Task Force subdivision of the antitrust division in Washington. Kiernan and other DOJ attorneys have contacted and interviewed several former Overwatch League employees, according to sources. The nature of Kiernan’s investigation is not criminal, sources said. DOJ officials did not

10 Most WTF Moments In Video Games

There are moments in games that break the entire reality of the setting and slap us in the face with some of the weirdest stuff we’ve ever seen. When all logic breaks down and we’re shocked by something totally unexpected, we’re left with a WTF moment. These moments are largely completely separate from the plot. They aren’t huge reveals or story twists. For the purposes of our list, this isn’t about the best shocking moments in stories, or even stuff that is surprising. These moments are all about being one-and-done.

Mass Effect Legendary Edition: Planet Eletania Explained

Top GamesMass Effect's planet Eletania has several key points of interest for Alliance soldiers and trilogy players. | BioWare, EAMass Effect's planet Eletania has several key points of interest for Alliance soldiers and trilogy players.Eletania is located in the Attican Beta cluster within the Hercules system. The game has assigned it a first-level toxic hazard warning due to "microscopic symbiotic creatures" that live in the air. This planet was originally thought perfect for colonization as it contains a "verdant carpet of mosses, algae, and lichen" and has a well-oxygenated atmosphere.

The 21 Best Dinosaur Games Ever Released

Dinosaurs! Everyone loves the scaly beasts! Or are they even scaley? I can barely keep up with that particular part of canon anymore. Brontosaurus never existed, all my favorite dinosaurs actually looked a whole lot different, tyrannosaurus rex was ate carrion and didn’t hunt – or did he? Anyway, we are gathered here tonight to celebrate video games that feature dinosaurs. Those beloved ancient beasts, staple food of any healthy boy’s diet. Or girl’s diet. Not that love for dinosaurs would be gender specific. Dinosaurs are a huge thing in

Epic Games v. Apple: The start of the next big antitrust war for the iOS developer

It was a big day on March 12, 2018, in Cary, North Carolina, as Epic Games geared up for its next big announcement: Fortnite was coming to mobile. The battle royale title had grown significantly over the preceding months, transforming Epic into one of the biggest companies in the world.  The mobile launch added another layer to that rise and tapped into a larger audience than many PC or console games had lured in. The cultural phenomenon became apparent and Fortnite soon landed merchandising, music, and film collaborations, from hosting

New Carrier micro (SH micro)

jinjin5000 Profile Joined May 2010 Korea (South)951 Posts Original Ygosu Post:https://www.ygosu.com/community/real_article/st1/346769/?page=5&frombest=YNew carrier micro was discovered on Ygosu korean forums the other day.This involves having binding an probe/another unit with carrier group, and using SH micro. Carriers normally target 1 unit at a time but this method allows interceptors to target multiple unit at the same time.SH micro can be used while moving.How SH micro changes carrier behavior1. Interceptors Stand-by inside carrier If you press hold within range 8, interceptor will attack one by one. Unlike doing single target fire under

Code S RO8: Dream, Rogue advance to the semifinals

The first Code S semifinal match has been locked in, with Dream and Rogue set to clash after advancing from day one of the quarterfinals.Dream took a 3-0 sweep over Bunny in the first quarterfinal, leaning heavily on the Proxy-Barracks Reaper cheeses that served him well in his RO16 matches against Cure. According to Dream, it was a second-layer mindgame—after he used such strategies in the RO16, certainly Bunny wouldn't expect him to use them again? Dream also revealed he had been monitoring Bunny's practice activity, and had seen that