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Jelurida’s BridgeChamp Launch Roadmap is Here

Jelurida is bringing the game of bridge back to the global bridge community with BridgeChamp. With the onset of COVID19 restrictions, many bridge players were left without a venue to play bridge.Now, the roadmap is here, and by 2021, BridgeChamp should be ready to offer a fully featured bridge platform to a global audience.In fact, many of the features on the platform should be working long before 2021, and there will also be a mobile app that allows people to play bridge on standard smartphones.Jelurida is the company that maintains

Ubisoft awarded default judgement in lawsuit against Rainbow Six Siege DDoS marketplace operators

One of the world’s largest game publishers won a crucial lawsuit earlier this month aimed at a loosely defined ring of hackers who sold programs that negatively impacted players of its game.  A California federal court ruled in favor of Rainbow Six Siege developer Ubisoft on July 9 in a case it brought against three men who allegedly ran an enterprise that sold both denial-of-service (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) software to players online. The U.S. Central District Court of California judge decided on the case as a default judgement

NEO: The World Ends With You Gets Plenty of New Screenshots, Art, & Gameplay Details

Today Square Enix released a large gallery of screenshots and new details about the upcoming JRPG NEO: The World Ends With You. First of all, we get to see new key art by Gen Kobayashi portraying the protagonists of the game, on top of a look at more of the Shinjuku Reapers. They’re the overseers of the Reaper’s Game and have come to Shibuya about three years ago. We meet Ayano, Kubo, Kaie, and Hishima. The game will challenge our heroes to complete a variety of missions that vary day

The democratization of esports: How any size developer can reap the benefits (VB Live)

Monetizing the esports boom Learn how easy it is for developers to add tournaments, event streaming, and VIP content – and monetize the fan experience. Register Now Presented by Xsolla Right now, esports has a 495 million-strong global audience. In this VB Live event, you’ll learn how to leverage the opportunity for an engaged fanbase, including best practices on creating your own online esports and skill-based gaming platform and more. Register for free right here. Esports and competitive gaming isn’t limited to the large events and big cash prizes of

Wisdom Gaming Group Raises $3M Series A Investment

Minneapolis-based esports content and experience company Wisdom Gaming Group announced that it has secured a $3M USD Series A financing round led by the local venture capital fund Excelsior Ventures Fund. The company plans to use the investment proceeds to accelerate the growth of its esports marketing platform, digital content, and gaming media network portfolio. Throughout the last twelve months, Wisdom Gaming built a portfolio of esports assets. Earlier this year, it acquired the Minneapolis-based esports organization Alpine Esports, which competes in the North American Rocket League Championship Series, and

8Hours Platform Guide: Everything About EHRT

Combining the real world with virtual space would have seemed impossible decades ago. There have been many issues such as data integrity and information security that impeded the development of the technology. However, the 8Hours Foundation, among other companies, showed that it can actually be done. Through the help of blockchain technology and its innovations, 8Hours made the tokenization of physical assets to create their digital counterparts possible — and enjoyable. In this article, we shall explore how the 8Hours foundation took advantage of revolutionary blockchain technologies like Vechain and

Twitch breaks records again in Q2, topping 5B total hours watched

Twitch had already broken viewership records in the first quarter of 2020 amid coronavirus lockdowns, surpassing 3 billion total hours watched in a single quarter for the first time. In the second quarter, it appears that Twitch has broken that record and several others once again. According to a new report from Streamlabs and Stream Hatchet, Twitch saw a massive 62.7% increase in hours watched from Q1 2020 reach 5 billion hours watched in the second quarter. This figure was also up by 83.1% year-over-year and helps to cement Twitch’s

Developer Behind PS4-Exclusive The Order: 1886 Sells To Facebook, Will Focus On VR Games

It's a big day for Facebook as it relates to video games. In addition to Microsoft partnering with Facebook for livestreaming games after closing Mixer, the social network has now acquired a major developer.Facebook announced that it has acquired Ready at Dawn, the studio known for its work on the God of War franchise. The studio developed God of War: Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta for PSP, in addition to the God of War: Origins Collection for PS3. On top of the God of War franchise, Ready at

What’s The Best Film Of The Past Decade? Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino Weighs In

Acclaimed director Quentin Tarantino has named the movie that he thinks is the best from the past 10 years. Speaking to Premiere, the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood director said that honor goes to David Fincher's 2010 drama The Social Network--which chronicled the rise of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. "It's The Social Network, hands down…It is number 1 because it's the best, that's all! It crushes all the competition," he said (via The Playlist). The film was written by Aaron Sorkin, and Tarantino called him out as one of

UK Film Students Receive Surprise Masterclass From The Social Network Director David Fincher

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to force people to self-isolate, students across the world have been impacted as classes move online and practicals become impossible. But 450 students at the National Film and Television School in the UK are likely feeling a bit better about their situation now after a surprise masterclass from David Fincher.Fincher, whose directorial credits include The Social Network, Fight Club, and (my personal favorite) Zodiac, made a surprise appearance over Zoom, Indiewire reports. The Masterclass was conducted through Zoom, and since Fincher tends to shy away