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CLG Secures Marketing Partnership With Samsung

Samsung Electronics America will become the official computer memory hardware devices partner for all teams under the banner of CLG, the esports organization owned by Madison Square Garden Company. In addition to its category partnership, Samsung will become the presenting partner of CLG’s amateur tournament initiative, now under the heading of the Samsung Open Tournament Series. The series will feature amateur esports tournaments broadcast on the CLG Twitch channel, and will kick off with an open League of Legends tournament on April 24. Fans will be able to vote on

The eight moments that define Faker’s eight-year career

Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok debuted on the OGN Champions 2013 Spring tournament stage eight years ago today, April 6. In those years, the Unkillable Demon King has won three World Championships, two Mid-Season Invitationals, four League of Legends Champions Korea regular season top finishes and seven playoff titles. Faker is synonymous with League of Legends and as fans have watched him grow from a rookie mid laner with insane mechanics to the face of the T1 franchise, he has created some iconic moments that stand out in the world of esports.

Cryptocurrency Mining Could Kill Traditional PC Gaming

GPU Shortages Are Now IntolerablePhoto by Caspar Camille Rubin on UnsplashAfter prioritizing the GTX 1650 GPU for notebooks, Nvidia is extending the availability of GTX 1650 cards to the desktop consumer market. This is excellent news. Since the GPU market is currently so hot, it is now better to consider old reliable cards like the R9 290 or R9 290X if gamers are backed up in the corner. This may be a long haul before this “GPU crisis” ends, so the increased availability of low-cost cards will allow people to

Switch Pro Reportedly to Upscale to 4K With Nvidia Chip

The upgraded Switch console will reportedly use a new Nvidia chip to upscale to 4K when docked. | Photo courtesy of NintendoThe upgraded version of the Nintendo Switch said to be launching later this year will use an improved Nvidia chip to upscale visuals to 4K when docked, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.The new chip will support Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS), per Bloomberg. DLSS uses artificial intelligence to take lower-resolution images and transform them into higher-resolution ones. That process is much more efficient than rendering a resolution like 4K natively.Bloomberg:

Quantum Tech Partners: Esports companies raised $2 billion in 2020, up 116%

GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Esports companies raised $2 billion in 2020 over 200 transactions in 2020, up 116% in value from $957 million in 123 deals in 2019, according to mergers and acquisitions advisory firm Quantum Tech Partners. Mergers and acquisitions also rose, with 50 deals valued at $658 million in 2020, compared to 33 deals valued at $475 million in 2019, said Alina Soltys, cofounder of Quantum Tech Partners, in an interview

South Korea’s Hancom Group to Participate at the All Digital CES 2021

As South Korea’s leading ICT convergence company, we look forward to sharing at CES how Hancom will contribute to make the world Smarter, Safer, and Freer. Please join us via our online conference, too.” Dr. Peter Wonsok Yun, President of Global Business, Hancom Group. SAN JOSE, Calif. (PRWEB) January 08, 2021 Hancom Group, a leader in creating game-changing technology ecosystems has announced that it will participate in the All Digital CES 2021 held Jan. 11-14. The company will present its visions for making the world Smarter, Safer, and Freer through

Best Buy Black Friday Sale Begins During Prime Day 2020: See The Best Deals

Amazon Prime Day 2020 is officially live, but that's not the only sale you should be looking at for steep discounts on games and tech this week. Best Buy is one of several retailers running a big anti-Prime Day sale of its own, and it made the biggest move we've ever seen to compete with Amazon by announcing its first Black Friday deals will go live this week.Select deals from Best Buy's Black Friday ad have gone live today, and they feature fantastic discounts on laptops, tablets, and 4K smart

CoreJJ: Death Of Pride // Birth of Skill

Only five teams from the four major regions have ever gone 1-5 or worse in Groups since 2014. Only one Korean team has ever gone 1-5 and it was CoreJJ’s Gen G.2018 was the fall of a colossus. It was the collapse of the South Korean juggernaut that had won most international events for four years straight. Gen G was really where the collapse began. They were the first team to be eliminated from Groups and a sign of the LCK’s decline. In their place rose the new LPL era