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Riot premieres Worlds 2021 official song ‘Burn It All Down’

Earlier today, Riot Games revealed the official song and supplementary music video for this year’s League of Legends World Championship.  The song is titled “Burn it All Down” and features lead vocals from pop music group PVRIS. The track itself is built on a heavy techno inspiration with a punching bassline and up-tempo melody throughout its three-and-a-half-minute runtime.  [embedded content] As is tradition with the annual Worlds song, the music video for “Burn it All Down” features countless animated League of Legends pros who have all been to the World

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

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

Persona Series Getting an Orchestra Concert & More; Next Announcement Coming in December

Today Atlus released a brand new video to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Persona series. While the video is in Japanese, narrated by Persona 5’s Morgana, it also includes English subtitles (that you can activate with the CC button). We learn of quite a few initiatives to kick off the celebrations starting with an illustration by character designer Shigenori Soejima celebrating the 5th anniversary of Persona 5. An orchestra concert dedicated to the Persona series will be hosted at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall on November 21, A

Amazon Prime Members Can Try Luna for Free

Top GamesCourtesy of Amazon GamesLuna, Amazon Gaming's new game streaming service, was announced last year. Players are now finally starting to be able to gain access to it through Amazon Prime without being invited, as was the necessary way of getting in before now. There is a limited amount of access gained through this free trial though. For many consumers, seven days until a paywall set in may be a tough pill to swallow.Luna Couch has arrived and now you can game like you are on the same couch ?☁️?Learn

GeForce Now datamine potentially reveals God of War, Demon’s Souls, and multiple unannounced titles for PC

Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service was datamined earlier today, with developer Ighor July discovering listings for many games, apps, and services that are not offered by Nvidia—and several that aren’t even available on PC.  This is an expansive list that was compiled together by multiple sources and feature titles like Sony Santa Monica’s most recent iteration of God of War, Demon’s Souls, and Returnal.  Not only were these rumored PC ports of current PlayStation 4 and 5 exclusive games listed, but there are also multiple unannounced titles included in

Riot to stream virtual Pentakill concert ahead of upcoming album release

A virtual concert featuring Pentakill is set to be streamed live on Sept. 8 at 3pm CT ahead of the release of the band’s upcoming album, Lost Chapter, Riot Games announced today. For the virtual album experience, Riot is teaming up with brands Wave and The Mill to help produce the event. The online concert will be streamed on Wave’s own platform, wave.watch.  “We’re excited to continue to push the envelope in music and storytelling with Pentakill,” said Toa Dunn, head of Riot Games Music. “With our partners at Wave,

Here are the splash arts for every new Pentakill skin coming to League of Legends

Riot Games confirmed the release of an upcoming album from League of Legends’ resident heavy metal band, Pentakill, earlier this week. And today, the company announced Pentakill’s return to League as the band’s existing skins are all set to receive extensive visual updates.  Pentakill has been a part of the League universe since 2010, with new music being released for the band in 2015. This year, a new synchronized drop of both music and in-game skins should give League fans plenty of content to stir over when it comes to

Netflix confirms it will add games to existing subscription model at no added cost, will initially focus on mobile titles

Netflix has further detailed its upcoming entry into the games industry, confirming previous reports of adding gaming-related operations into the company’s current subscription model.  In its Q2 shareholders letter that was sent out earlier today, Netflix specifically noted that it is approaching games as a “new content category,” similarly to that of its previous expansion into original films, animation, and other programming.  At the moment, Netflix is planning to include games as part of its current subscription service at no extra cost to users, treating these titles as new films

Netflix reportedly aiming to expand into video games in 2022, hires former EA and Facebook executive

Netflix is reportedly taking its first steps into the games industry, hiring former Electronic Arts Inc. and Facebook executive Mike Verdu to lead the effort, according to Bloomberg.  Building on previous reports, this has been something Netflix has looked into for a while now, approaching multiple video game industry experts back in May when it was considering a “bundle” of games. Now, the company plans to add video games to its service in some form starting in 2022.  Bloomberg reports that Verdu, who previously worked at Facebook working with developers