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5 Best Top Laners in League of Legends Patch 11.17

League of LegendsPhoto courtesy of Riot gamesWho are the five best top laners in League of Legends Patch 11.17? Based off the patch preview notes, here are our predictions.11.17 Full Preview is here! Lots of spicy changes. pic.twitter.com/42IzKPWdCM— Jeevun Sidhu (@JeevunSidhu) August 17, 2021Photo by Riot GamesGnar has been a high profile pick for top laners for a while now. Competitive play has valued Gnar quite highly this season for his high impact ultimate and ranged auto attack lane harassment. With no nerfs in Patch 11.17, expect to see Gnar

Esports Arena Las Vegas owners exploring sale of marquee venue

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

Companies Going Public in 2021: Visualizing IPO Valuations

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Call of Duty Warzone Developer Raven Has Reportedly Grown By Nearly 50% Since Last Year

A recent analysis report by Video Games Chronicle claims that the Call of Duty: Warzone developer has staffed up massively in the last year. The report claims that in addition to more than 100 staff being hired last year, there are still more than 40 vacancies available in the studio. The studio behind the incredibly successful free-to-play battle royale has had a big change of fate, with Warzone‘s ballooning success making it a valued standalone studio in the eyes of Activision. Raven has previously assumed the role of a support

Tencent Acquiring Sumo Digital for $1.27 Billion

As reported by Reuters, Tencent will acquire Sumo Digital for $1.27 billion. Shareholders for the latter will receive 513 pence in cash per share with the company being valued a £919 million. Non-executive chairman Ian Livingstone said, “The Board of Sumo firmly believes the business will benefit from Tencent’s broad video gaming ecosystem, proven industry expertise and its strategic resources.” Carl Cavers will continue to serve as CEO, stating that, “The opportunity to work with Tencent is one we just couldn’t miss.” Co-founders Darren Mills and Paul Porter are also

Here are the MTG Forgotten Realms cards worth money

Ten Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms cards are valued at over $10 following its digital launch on Magic Online and MTG Arena.  Scheduled to officially release on July 23, the AFR global tabletop launch will establish whether any of the 10 cards worth over $10 will rise or fall in value. Tiamat is ranked at the top, priced at almost $40, while planeswalkers like Ellywick Tumblestrum are sitting on the $10 fence. Some of the cards with the potential to rise in value include Circle of Dreams

Heroic: “We’re no longer satisfied with being a top-ten team, we’re aiming at the title every time”

Heroic are about to enter the opening round of IEM Cologne, which will see the Danish side attempt to prove doubters wrong after a vocal part of the community has been questioning the Danish team's improved results over the past year since the competition moved online. Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller & co. are set on a collision course with Spirit in a match scheduled for Friday at 13:30 in the opening round of Group B, which also features Natus Vincere, Renegades, FURIA, Vitality, Astralis, and FaZe. Heroic enter Cologne on the

What is Axie Infinity?

Axie Infinity is an Ethereum-based blockchain game inspired by Pokemon and powered by NFTs that allows players to breed and battle digital pets called Axies. The non-fungible token (NFT) space has made the interest in blockchain technology even higher, allowing developers to create games that store information on the distributed ledger, showing that the technology’s capacity is not merely limited to allowing the existence of cryptocurrencies. Axie Infinity’s goal is aligned with that. It is to make people understand the technology through an abstract but simple experience. Axie Infinity follows

Auction for rare Yu-Gi-Oh card canceled after bids exceed $13 million

A Chinese court chose to cancel the auction of a rare Yu-Gi-Oh! card today after public bids reportedly exceeded $13 million. First reported by the South China Morning Post, the card was auctioned off as part of a court auction for the belongings of criminal Zhang Yujie, who in 2020 received a life sentence after being found guilty for embezzling money from a government fund he was managing at the time. The card was believed by bidders to be a rare Blue-Eyes White Dragon that was part of a limited