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GroundUp Studios Launches Creative Council of Producers to Accelerate Web3 Music and Art in Asia

Award-winning producers Derrick Sepnio, Fergus Chow and Jae Chong join Creative Council - with more to come Creative Council's main goal is to support member community in their music career development Producers aim to share professional tips on the music industry; provide insights and mentorship on music creation and production; identify and recruit member artists for potential collaborations and more HONG KONG, May 17, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - GroundUp Studios, a forward-thinking, web3-focused music label today announced its Creative Council of professional veterans in the music industry, to accelerate

Spacestation Gaming’s Frexs talks ALGS, input wars, and building a winning team

As the Apex Legends Global Series kicked off last weekend, fans eagerly awaited what seemed like a lobby of death. North America’s Pro League day two lobby, composed of Groups A and D, featured some of the game’s most popular and feared teams: TSM, G2, Cloud 9, and Team Liquid. These were some of North America’s most experienced squads, set up to clash at the start of the new season. They weren’t alone, though. Teams like reigning ALGS champs 100 Thieves, XSET, and SHEEEEEEEESH promised to make the lobby competitive

Spacestation wins, established teams stumble in biggest matches of ALGS pro league debut

Spacestation Gaming won day two of the North American ALGS pro league on Sunday, outperforming bigger teams like TSM, G2, and Cloud9, and leaving them tied with Sentinels on the ALGS leaderboard. Spacestation, a Utah-based organization, previously left the Apex scene in early 2020, but returned in 2021 when they signed Joseph “Frexs” Sanchez, Jay “Claraphi” Stanley, and Angello “Xenial” Cadenas. That squad placed 5th at the ALGS Championship, taking home a bit more than $35,000. Claraphi left in the summer of 2021 and Mark “Dropped” Thees, a former player

Is Twelve Minutes Coming to Xbox Game Pass?

Top GamesPhoto courtesy of Luis Antonio/Annapurna InteractiveIs Twelve Minutes Coming to Xbox Game Pass?Twelve Minutes is the latest conceptual game published by Annapurna Interactive. Developed by Luis Antonio, a former Ubisoft and Rockstar Games artist, the interactive thriller seeks to explore the consequences of decision making through a looping cycle of 12 minutes. The game has generated a fair amount of buzz due to its Hollywood cast. It features the voice talents of James McAvoy (X-Men, Split), Daisy Ridley (Star Wars), and Willem Dafoe (Wild at Heart, The Lighthouse) as

10 Reasons To Look Forward To Twelve Minutes

Between Microsoft’s first party titles – like Fable, Perfect Dark and whatnot – and third party games coming exclusively to the platform, there are a good number of interesting Xbox titles coming up. However, one title that’s looked intriguing since the very moment it was showcased was Twelve Minutes. The narrative thriller is out on August 19th for PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S along with launching day one on Xbox Game Pass. So what’s the deal with Luis Antonio’s debut title and what sets it apart from the

More people in United States play video games than ever before, ESA reports

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA,) the trade association of the video game industry in the United States, has confirmed that more people are playing video games than ever before in America.  Throughout the last year, around 227 million video game players were recorded across all ages in the U.S., according to the ESA’s annual 2021 Essential Facts About the Video Game Industry report.  The report, which used data from approximately 4,000 Americans 18 years of age and older about their video game playing habits, noted the average U.S. video game

E3 2021 reveals list of global broadcast partners, includes Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has released a full list of official partners that will be taking part in broadcasting the revamped E3 2021 event from June 12 to 15. These partners are a mix of global video and social media services that will all broadcast at least portions of E3 2021 or help execute social campaigns around the event.  In total, there are 27 different official partners that have signed on for E3 this year, including Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook Gaming, TikTok, VENN, Steam, Reddit, Entertainment Weekly, WEBEDIA, Wechat,

E3 App, Portal Detailed Ahead of Event

Top GamesE3 2021's online-only event will include an online portal and digital app. | Photo courtesy of E3E3 2021's online-only event will feature both an online portal and an app that will serve as the hub for the event, the ESA announced Thursday.The portal and app will open to the public when the event kicks off June 12, but registration will begin later this month.We’re still adding to the big list of all the places you’ll be able to watch #E32021 but today we’re stoked to drop some news about

ESA shares new details about E3 2021’s digital format, app, and online portal

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has finally detailed how its online “portal” and app will work as part of the revamped E3 2021 event. This app will be one of the core features allowing the ESA and all of its partners to facilitate the all-digital E3 in a way that’s still interactive for fans around the globe. Running from June 12 to 15, the public version of the E3 app will give users around the world access to exhibitor booths, lounges, forums, leaderboards, and profile creation options. Many of these

Sega, Bandai Namco, Gearbox Join E3 2021

Top GamesE3 continues to expand the list of participants set for its upcoming online-only event. | Photo courtesy of the ESAE3 2021 added Sega, Bandai Namco, Gearbox Entertainment and Xseed Games to its slate of exhibitors Thursday. The companies join Nintendo, Xbox, Capcom, Ubisoft, Take-Two Interactive, Warner Bros. Games and Koch Media.Hope you’re getting hungry cause we’ve got more chefs in the kitchen for this year’s #E32021! Our newest additions: SQUARE ENIX, SEGA, BANDAI NAMCO, XSEED Games/Marvelous USA, Gearbox Entertainment, Freedom Games, Devious Eye Entertainment, Turtle Beach, Verizon & Binge