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Esports Arena Las Vegas owners exploring sale of marquee venue

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Time Stamp: August 17, 2021 5:40 PM - Modified On: August 17, 2021 - Published By:
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The group behind one of the biggest esports facilities in the Western United States may be selling off ownership in the arena and exiting esports all together. HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas owner Allied Esports is exploring options for the future of its company that could include selling off the arena, according to company CEO Claire Wu on an earnings call on Aug. 16.  Allied has hired investment banking firm Lake Street Capital Partners to advise it on the future of the company’s esports business and search the potential acquisition

Riot Games Accused of Stalling Gender Discrimination Investigation

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Time Stamp: August 17, 2021 12:48 PM - Modified On: August 17, 2021 - Published By:
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League of LegendsRiot Games' has been accused of dissuading employees from speaking to the DFEH about discrimination in the workplace. / Photo courtesy of Riot GamesThe California Department of Fair Employment and Housing claims Riot Games is stalling on informing current and former employees that they could speak to the agency, Axios reports.The DFEH made headlines a few weeks ago when it published a suit against Activision Blizzard alleging widespread sexism and gender-based discrimination at the company. Prior to that, it had investigated Riot Games for similar claims, and found

Kellogg’s to no longer sponsor Overwatch League following sexual harassment lawsuit against Activision Blizzard

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Time Stamp: August 6, 2021 4:21 PM - Modified On: August 6, 2021 - Published By:
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The Overwatch League has lost another sponsor following weeks of multiple allegations and a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard regarding the sexual harassment of employees. In a statement to Polygon, Kellogg Company spokesperson Kris Bahner said the company will be severing ties with the OWL effective immediately. The post Kellogg’s to no longer sponsor Overwatch League following sexual harassment lawsuit against Activision Blizzard appeared first on Dot Esports. PlatoAi. Web3 Reimagined. Data Intelligence Amplified. Click here to access. Source: https://dotesports.com/news/kelloggs-to-no-longer-sponsor-overwatch-league

Photos reveal details of Blizzcon 2013 ‘Cosby Suite,’ group chat where Blizzard developers discussed recruiting women for sexual favors

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Time Stamp: July 28, 2021 6:59 PM - Modified On: July 28, 2021 - Published By:
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A series of photos and text screenshots obtained and published by Kotaku today revealed new details around a BlizzCon 2013 hotel room and group chat, where at least five current and former Blizzard Entertainment senior level developers seemingly discussed plans to recruit female employees and other women for sexual favors. The hotel suite, nicknamed the “Cosby Suite,” was first revealed in a lawsuit brought against Activision Blizzard for gender discrimination on July 21 by the California Department of Fair Empmployment and Housing. In that complaint, state labor lawyers singled out

Steam Decks Might Not Get to Buyers Before 2022

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Time Stamp: July 16, 2021 10:12 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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Credit: Valve So you managed to nab yourself a reservation for the Steam Deck, the newly announced handheld PC gaming device that Valve announced earlier this week, which will allegedly run AAA PC titles on a device that can be taken on the go (in theory — there’s no way that chunky boi is fitting into any of my purses). Well, not-so-great news: There’s a chance you won’t get the console when it starts to ship out in December. Reservations for the Steam Deck opened this morning, and users who

Assassin’s Creed Going Live-Service in Assassin’s Creed Infinity

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Time Stamp: July 7, 2021 10:48 AM - Modified On: July 7, 2021 - Published By:
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Top GamesUbisoft's next Assassin's Creed release will integrate several AC games into a single live service platform. / Photo courtesy of UbisoftThe next Assassin's Creed game, codenamed Assassin's Creed Infinity, will take the series into the brave new world of live-service gaming, Ubisoft confirmed Wednesday via blog post.Where past Assassin's Creed games have each focused on a single historical setting, Infinity will be home to several settings, and Ubisoft will add more to the game after its release, per a Bloomberg report published ahead of Ubisoft's blog post. Ubisoft reportedly

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

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Time Stamp: July 2, 2021 9:00 PM - Modified On: July 2, 2021 - Published By:
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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

Invictus Gaming Rainbow Six coach GiG arrested for alleged assault of ex-girlfriend

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Time Stamp: June 23, 2021 4:17 PM - Modified On: June 23, 2021 - Published By:
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Authorities in Manchester, England arrested Invictus Gaming Rainbow Six Siege coach Ellis “GiG” Hindle on June 11 for allegations that he assaulted his ex-girlfriend, according to official police correspondence with her that she provided to Dot Esports. Hindle is accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Aimee Southern, multiple times over the past two years. Southern filed a report with the Greater Manchester Police on April 29 and released a statement on Twitter on April 30.  In her April statement, Southern said Hindle “physically dragged [her] to the floor by [her] wrists”