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Craig Whitfield was sitting at his computer in his bedroom on a recent Friday, feverishly trying to get his colleagues' attention.“Might win, might win,” Whitfield shouted. “Orange blade. White blade, white Bob. Orange grid out.”The seeming gibberish was Whitfield's effort to communicate about the cybernetic ninjas and robots that were…

LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Dutch driver Beitske Visser won the inaugural all-female W series esports championship with a round to spare on Thursday. The 25-year-old was runner-up last year in the first real championship to Briton Jamie Chadwick, who dropped out of the virtual competition after securing a seat…

FILE PHOTO: Motorsport - W Series - Assen - TT Circuit Assen, Assen, Netherlands - July 20, 2019 Netherlands' Beitske Visser before qualifying REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw/File PhotoLONDON (Reuters) - Dutch driver Beitske Visser won the inaugural all-female W series esports championship with a round to spare on Thursday. The…

Animal Crossing was the most tweeted-about game globally Twitter is hot for eSports and gaming this year. According to the social media company, more than one billion tweets have mentioned either gaming or eSports in the first half of 2020. Here are some top 10 list of games with the…

Mike Snider USA TODAYPublished 1:56 PM EDT Aug 6, 2020Video game lovers now have their own fully fledged network again with the arrival of the Video Game Entertainment & News Network (VENN).The VENN began broadcasting live Wednesday at about 2:30 p.m. ET on its on website VENN.tv, as well as…

Esports without other people The Irregular Corporation Today's Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld's Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect's Editors Well, here’s something we never expected to see. PC Building Simulator, the PC video game about building PCs, is getting an esports expansion today, the just-as-straightforwardly-dubbed…

This week, Konami, owner of multiple sports clubs, maker of pachinko machines, and occasional developer of video games decided that instead of putting out a real update to PES that it would dive into the world of PC gaming with a new line of esports-focused hardware. Consisting of three budget/mid-range Windows…

TORONTO — Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner has joined the ownership group of OverActive Media, the parent company of the Overwatch League’s Toronto Defiant and Call of Duty League’s Toronto Ultra esports teams. The 23-year-old Marner, a keen gamer himself, joins The Weeknd as part of the ownership group. The…

FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - Austrian Grand Prix - Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria - July 5, 2020 The runner up Ferrari's Charles Leclerc wearing a protective face mask after the race, as F1 resumes following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Mark Thompson/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo(Reuters)…

FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - Austrian Grand Prix - Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria - July 5, 2020 The runner up Ferrari's Charles Leclerc wearing a protective face mask after the race, as F1 resumes following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Mark Thompson/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo(Reuters)…