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Overwatch 2 Executive Producer Leaves Blizzard

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OverwatchOverwatch executive producer Chacko Sonny has left Blizzard after five years with the company. / Matthew Eisman/Getty ImagesOverwatch series executive producer Chacko Sonny has left Blizzard in the midst of Overwatch 2's development for "some time off," the company announced Tuesday.Sonny joined Blizzard in 2016 and worked on both Overwatch games. He also served as a company vice president. He informed colleagues of his departure Friday, per a Bloomberg report. In an email to coworkers, he said working at Blizzard "has been an absolute privilege and one of the best

Eugene Shepelev, WePlay: “In the future I want 32 teams and a worldwide [academy] league”

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WePlay, the Ukrainian tournament organizer based out of Kyiv, put together the first-ever academy league, which had the online group stage run during the summer player break before concluding with a four-team LAN at the WePlay Esports Arena. To celebrate the momentous occasion, we sat down with Eugene Shepelev, WePlay's Lead Esports Manager, to learn more about the inner workings of the league, his thoughts about how the first season went, and what the hopes for the future are for both WePlay in the Counter-Strike space as well as for

Overwatch 2’s executive producer is leaving Blizzard

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Chacko Sonny, executive producer on Overwatch and Overwatch 2, is leaving Blizzard after this week. Sonny has been at Blizzard since 2016, when he started as a production director for Overwatch. According to an official Blizzard statement, Sonny is leaving the company to “take some time off after 5 years of service. The deep, talented Overwatch team is making excellent progress on Overwatch 2, and thanks to their hard work, the game is in the final stages of production. We’ll be sharing more at the Overwatch League Grand Finals later

Former Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 designer joins Riot Games for upcoming League of Legends MMO

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The upcoming MMORPG from Riot Games, which is set in the League of Legends universe, added its quest designer to its team earlier today.  Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz, who previously worked for game development studio CD Projekt Red, will join Riot’s MMO team presumably as a quest designer. Tomaszkiewicz designed much of the questing material for recent CD Projekt Red games, including The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Cyberpunk 2077.  Big career update – I spent last few months meeting and talking to a number of great people and Teams, and now

The Last of Us HBO Series Will Have Episodes Directed By Neil Druckmann

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Sony has several big-name exclusives in their possession, and they are looking for series or movie adaptations. This sparked the creation of PlayStation Productions, a studio to help bring out adaptations. One of the big upcoming series is Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us, which will air on HBO. Unfortunately, we don’t have much information about the series yet as the production is still filming. However, we do know that one of the directors for this series will be Neil Druckmann. Neil Druckmann was the writer and director behind The

WePlay Esports tech engineer lead Anatoliy Ryzhkin on the technology, development, and production of esports events

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This article is sponsored by WePlay Holding. The world’s livestreaming audience in 2021 has reached a total of 729 million people, according to games and esports analytics platform Newzoo.  With each passing year, the number of both new viewers and esports enthusiasts is growing and esports has slowly become a cultural phenomenon for both younger and older audiences.  Esports tournaments have long left the cramped space of internet cafés, now hosting large, international events that attract millions of spectators both in-person and from behind the screen. With AR integration, VR

Atlanta Reign’s Pelican will play in Overwatch League playoff games

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As one of the most clutch players on the Atlanta Reign roster, DPS Oh “Pelican” Se-hyun is obviously a critical part of the team’s Overwatch League playoff run. Though he’s grounded from air travel due to a recent surgery and can’t physically join the team in Hawaii this week, the Reign’s head coach has confirmed to Dot Esports that the 2021 MVP candidate will play in postseason games from the West Coast.  “We’re taking him on a road trip,” head coach Brad “Sephy” Rejani told Dot Esports. “He’ll most likely

Amazon Games Montreal names former Ubisoft Toronto director Alexandre Parizeau as studio head

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Former Ubisoft Toronto managing director Alexandre Parizeau has been appointed as the new studio head for Amazon Games Montreal.  Parizeau helped bring life to games like Splinter Cell and Rainbow Six Vegas as a senior producer at Ubisoft. He’s joining Amazon Games Montreal to lead development on the studio’s first project, which will be a “competitive multiplayer AAA title based on new IP.” “Alex has a long track record of building talented teams and successful games, and is a perfect fit for what we aspire to create at our new

G2 hands Sentinels their first ever international loss to claim top seed out of Group D at VCT Masters Berlin

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G2 Esports made history in their hometown today after soundly defeating Sentinels 2-0 in the VCT Masters Berlin group stage. This loss breaks a 10-series win streak for Sentinels’ VALORANT team and marks their first loss on an international VCT stage. On the series-opening cold map of Icebox, G2 came out scorching hot with the “EU superteam” jumping out to a 7-0 start on their attacking side. Sentinels couldn’t produce an early answer for keloqz on Jett, were frequently backstabbed by a lurking nukkye, and couldn’t close out clutch scenarios

Injustice 3: Gods Will Fall Title Revealed in Nvidia Database Leak

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Top GamesPhoto by NetherRealm StudiosInjustice 3: Gods Will Fall has been teased to players through a critical Nvidia database leak Tuesday. In response, Nvidia refused to confirm or deny which games on the list are planning to be released. One of these games is the third edition of NetherRealm Studio's DC fighting game series Injustice. Called 'Injustice 3: Gods Will Fall' in the database leak, the game is projected to be developed by its regular publisher, NetherRealm Studios. It follows the second installment in the series, Injustice 2. Injustice 3