The Initiative

Perfect Dark Design Director Leaves The Initiative

Drew Murray is departing from Xbox’s youngest first party studio. Microsoft set up the youngest studio in their first part portfolio, The Initiative, back in 2018, and the developer confirmed (after months of speculation and leaks) at The Game Awards this past December that they’re working on a Perfect Dark reboot. They have, however, lost a key member of their development team. Drew Murray, who was design director at The Initiative and has been at the studio since the beginning in November 2018, recently confirmed that he will be leaving the studio.

GTC Fall: Week 6 Recap & Week 7 Preview (regular season finale)

by: TheOneAboveUGoing into the final week of the Regular Season of GTC 2020 Fall, our five playoffs teams have been determined. The order in which they will enter the final portion of the competition, however, is not yet set. #1 team Dragon Phoenix Gaming faces Jin Air Green Wings in the final week's top match and may yet lose their top position—and the direct ticket to the Grand Finals—to KaiZi Gaming in case Jin Air inflict DPG's first ever GTC loss on them. The Green Wings have a tentative grip

Code S RO24 Preview: Dark, Creator, TaeJa, Zest

by OrlokThe most interesting thing about this season of Code S so far were the promotional images, where we find ourselves shifting from boy band white (which should really be its own Pantone color) to a more "gamery" feel this week. Hopefully the quality of the games will pick up as well, as we move on to what could be a surprisingly competitive group.Group B Preview: Dark, Creator, TaeJa, ZestStart time: Wednesday, Sep 02 9:30am GMT (GMT+00:00)Wrist pain and poor form be damned, Dark is still unquestionably the alpha dog

Tencent Esports and Global Esports Federation to Jointly Launch ‘Worldconnected Initiative’

Tencent Esports and the Global Esports Federation (GEF) have partnered on a new project called the #worldonnected initiative that was unveiled at the annual Tencent Esports Global Summit held this week at the Hainan Bo Asia International Conference Center. “Today, I’m proud to announce the launch of the #worldconnected initiative, in partnership with Tencent Esports,” said GEF President Chris Chan on a video uplink at the summit. “We invite the world’s esports community – the world’s publishers, developers, athletes, and players, as well as the broader international sporting community.”  Simply

Stronger Together – Pasha Joins the Stream Team

We have a question for you. What do you get when you cross the generosity and joviality of Santa Claus with the strength and swagger of The Terminator? Simple really, you get PashaBiceps. Who is PashaBiceps, you may ask? He's only THE friendliest guy in esports, with a work ethic and determination that would put a work horse to shame -- we're talking like the biggest and strongest horse there is. And he's stronger than the horse to boot. We are overjoyed that he will be adding his strengths to

Serral wins DreamHack Masters Summer Finals

TL.net ESPORTS Profile Joined July 2011 1 Post Held in the midst of a global pandemic, Dreamhack Masters Summer had to be an abnormal tournament. The entirety of the event was held online, games were played five days a week at an almost non-stop pace, and Korean players were invited to compete alongside international players in StarCraft II's "break region-lock in case of emergency" moment. Amid these unusual circumstances, StarCraft II fans would found the conclusion of the tournament, at least, to be quite familiar: Serral emerged triumphant over a

Xbox Exec Gives An Update On The July Xbox Series X Event

Microsoft's next Xbox Series X event is poised to be the biggest and most exciting one yet. During the company's July Xbox 20/20 event, Microsoft will showcase a series of first-party Xbox Series X games, including Halo Infinite. The company may also use the show to reveal the long-rumored all-digital next-generation Xbox. We don't know what to expect for sure yet, but Microsoft has now provided a small update on how planning for the event is coming along.Xbox marketing director Aaron Greenberg--who heads up planning for these events--said on Twitter