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Unicorns of Love to Represent LCL at the 2021 MSI

by Petar Vukobrat in League of Legends | Apr, 19th 2021 The Unicorns of Love have once again won the LCL and will represent their region at MSI 2021 in Reykjavik, Iceland! This, in short, is quite spectacular news, but we might need to elaborate as to why that’s the case.  To the more seasoned competitive LoL fans, this perennial (and supremely idiosyncratic) organization needs no introduction. Most folks know of them because of their long and respectable LEC tenure, but it wasn’t until they moved over to the LCL

Quantum Tech Partners: Esports companies raised $2 billion in 2020, up 116%

GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Esports companies raised $2 billion in 2020 over 200 transactions in 2020, up 116% in value from $957 million in 123 deals in 2019, according to mergers and acquisitions advisory firm Quantum Tech Partners. Mergers and acquisitions also rose, with 50 deals valued at $658 million in 2020, compared to 33 deals valued at $475 million in 2019, said Alina Soltys, cofounder of Quantum Tech Partners, in an interview

Extra Crunch roundup: Inside DoorDash’s IPO, first-person founder stories, the latest in fintech VC and more

One of my favorite series of Monty Python sketches is built around the concept of surprise: Chapman: I didn’t expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition. [JARRING CHORD] [Three cardinals burst in] Cardinal Ximénez: NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! I was reminded of this today when I needed to reschedule a few stories so we could cover DoorDash’s S-1 filing from multiple angles. First, Managing Editor Danny Crichton looked at how well the company’s co-founders and many investors stand to make out. Alex Wilhelm covered the IPO announcement in depth on TechCrunch before writing

Chainsawesome Games Cranks up the Multiplayer Chaos in Knight Squad 2

Six years ago, in June 2014, we were proud to announce our humble little multiplayer game Knight Squad for Xbox One. We had a rudimentary gameplay trailer published on the official Xbox channel and it was a big deal for us. Back then, our studio was only three people and we were just starting out. When we released Knight Squad in November 2015, we were blown away by the reception from the Xbox community. People embraced our epic party game and sent us so much love. We knew our young

Embrace Your Inner Evil! Dungeons 3 – Complete Collection is Coming to Xbox One June 26

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. Three spiritual values that have absolutely no place in the world of Dungeons 3. Forget everything you’ve ever seen and heard in the altruistic, goody two-shoes fantasy adventures you’ve played before – it’s time to be selfish, mean and downright greedy, because Dungeons 3 – Complete Collection is launching June 26 on Xbox One, packing every DLC expansion and update released to date in one almighty, fire-breathing, beer-guzzling package. If you haven’t played a Dungeons game before, the clue’s in the

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘My Hero One’s Justice’, ‘Syder Reloaded’, and Today’s Other New Releases, the Latest Sales Featuring ‘Jamestown+’ and More

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for March 13th, 2020. Friday the 13th. Ooh, spooky. Given how this year has been going so far, a psychotic axe murderer might be a mercy. Well, you’re here for games, not kvetching. We’ll get right to them, because we have got an absolute ton of new titles to check out along with a monster-sized list of sales. Let’s swim to the deep end! New Releases My Hero One’s Justice 2 ($59.99) SwitchArcade Highlight! The original My Hero One’s Justice had