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Co-op zombie smasher Back 4 Blood won’t be getting any new content. Developers Turtle Rock say that River Of Blood, the expansion which launched in December 2022, was it’s last as they’re now working on a new game. Read more
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Activision hosted a Call of Duty tournament this weekend, and the top competitive player was noticeably absent from the lineup. In a now-deleted tweet, Doug “Censor” Martin revealed that the publisher had banned him for competing in Fortune’s Keep, citing that he had “harassed [Nadia Amine].” The ruling likely refers to a recent incident where Martin streamed a fake marriage proposal to her.
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Activision hosted a Call of Duty tournament this weekend, and the top competitive player was noticeably absent from the lineup. In a now-deleted tweet, Doug “Censor” Martin revealed that the publisher had banned him for competing in Fortune’s Keep, citing that he had “harassed [Nadia Amine].” The ruling likely refers to a recent incident where Martin streamed a fake marriage proposal to her.
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Three months after the new studio of former BioWare general manager Aaryn Flynn announced their game Nightingale, they’re being bought by Tencent. The media conglomerate are buying the studio, Inflexion Games, off tech company Improbable, who say they’re too busy with the metaverse nowadays. So far, the plan remains the same: launch the multiplayer Victorian fantasy craft-o-survival game into early access later this year. Read more
ESports News UK
Riot Games CEO Nicolo Laurent has published an article detailing the League of Legends publisher’s five-year plan and future visions. Within this, he revealed that Riot’s parent company Tencent is giving back partial ownership to staff. “Our shareholder Tencent agrees with our long-term strategy and is giving back partial ownership of the company to Riot employees,” Nicolo Laurent said in the article looking at the next five years at Riot. “Going forward, Rioters will have the opportunity to own a portion of the company, along with Tencent, and thus directly participate in the risks and rewards of ownership. Continue reading…
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Riot Games CEO Nicolo Laurent has published an article detailing the League of Legends publisher’s five-year plan and future visions. Within this, he revealed that Riot’s parent company Tencent is giving back partial ownership to staff. “Our shareholder Tencent agrees with our long-term strategy and is giving back partial ownership of the company to Riot employees,” Nicolo Laurent said in the article looking at the next five years at Riot. “Going forward, Rioters will have the opportunity to own a portion of the company, along with Tencent, and thus directly participate in the risks and rewards of ownership. Continue reading…
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If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. The game is a free-to-play cooperative shooter in the games as service model. In an investor announcement (thanks Game Informer), Remedy Games asserted its intention of partnering with Chinese publishing giant Tencent to create a free-to-play cooperative shooter with worldwide appeal. Dubbed Vanguard, the game will be Remedy’s IP localized for “select Asian markets” by Tencent and released and distributed for other markets by Remedy itself. This will be Remedy’s first game-as-service title. Remedy’s CEO, Tero Virtala, expounded on what…
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The launch of the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S provided companies with an opportunity to charge more for their console games and many jumped at the chance. With Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and Forspoken, that new $70 price tag is making a controversial appearance on PC, a platform that’s traditionally seen at cheaper price points. Some people are worried it’s the beginning of an across-the-board price hike, even if it’s one that’s been long overdue.
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Pokémon Unite was released on Nintendo Switch on Wednesday July 21st 2021. Since then, its developer Tencent Games has made various tweaks to fix bugs. Yesterday (Monday August 16th) came the most recent round of updates and patches, as well as an announcement that Support Pokémon Blissey will be available to play from Wednesday August 18th. Continue reading to read the most recent patch notes in full. Last week, Esports News UK reported that the UK Esports League (UKEL), primarily a League of Legends league, are in discussions with Nintendo about the creation of a Pokémon Unite tournament, highlighting Pokémon…
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Riot Games parent company Tencent is set to purchase one of the UK’s well-known game development studios. Chinese gaming giant Tencent has made a bid worth almost £1bn to acquire Sumo Group, which owns Atomhawk, Pipeworks Studios and Secret Mode, as well as Sumo Digital, which consists of several UK studios including Sumo Nottingham and Sumo Sheffield. Sumo Digital has produced a range of games over the years, including LittleBigPlanet 3, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Crackdown 3, several Forza titles and most recently Hood: Outlaws & Legends. Continue reading Riot Games parent company Tencent to acquire major UK games developer
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Update (July 16th 2021): Pokémon Unite will launch on the Nintendo Switch on July 21st 2021. 🎮 #PokemonUNITE on Nintendo Switch 🗓️ July 21 ⚡️ Get Zeraora just for logging in before August 31! ➡️ Details: https://t.co/HblnjdoH81 pic.twitter.com/9rNm5aNoTl — Pokémon UNITE (@PokemonUnite) July 15, 2021 Original article (June 2020): The Pokémon Company and Tencent Games’ TiMi Studios have teamed up to work on a Pokémon MOBA title. Continue reading Pokémon Unite: League of Legends-style MOBA launches July 21st 2021
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Yesterday, Charlie “MuTeX” Saouma, a Call of Duty Twitch streamer with over 600k followers, ran an unusual livestream. While he played Call of Duty Warzone, as he often does, this time he had set up five different camera angles, each one pointed at different parts of his gaming setup. All of this was done to combat recent rumors and accusations that Saouma has been cheating in Call of Duty.
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By Stephany Nunneley 16 June 2021 20:58 GMT Looks like we’re getting some news on Pokemon Unite tomorrow.The Pokemon Company has announced it has some Pokemon Unite news for those looking forward to the game coming to Switch and mobile.Watch on YouTubeAccording to the tweet, there will be an announcement made tomorrow, June 17, at 7am PT, 9am ET, 2pm UK. Maybe it will be a release date.The real-time, team-based battle game with cross-play capabilities will be free to start and was announced back in June 2020.In it, two teams of five Pokemon will try to defeat the opposing team….
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Activision has cut ties with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019’s Ghost voice actor Jeff Leach after a video montage was released showing him using sexist and misogynistic insults and language. Leach also voiced Ghost in Warzone.
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Amazon’s beleaguered video games division have cancelled another project, this time their MMO based on The Lord Of The Rings. They announced it in 2019 as a collaboration as a Chinese company Leyou, who were then bought by Tencent last year – which apparently caused problems. Now the game is off, and the team are being moved to other projects. Read more