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At CES, Razer showed off a new 360Hz monitor, which had me wondering, how far is the race for higher refresh rates really going to go?Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo)After getting back from CES and having a chance to think about all the fancy new gadgets, there’s one question that keeps…

This week, several esports events in China have been cancelled due to the new coronavirus going round, Steam done an oopsie, and Apex Legends murdered its next character. Read on for more of the week’s PC gaming goings-on in our News Digest, and do also check out the Weekly Updates…

Let’s say you’re an up-and-coming streamer. You’ve done it for a while and you make decent money, although you’re no Tyler “Ninja” Blevins. But you’re on your way there, or so you hope. A while back, you got the opportunity to sign with an agency that promised to help you…

What: Atari-themed hotels Why We Care: Atari-themed hotels are coming soon to eight cities near you. Yes, the gaming giant best known for its ’70s and ’80s video games, money woes, and those ET games they buried in the desert over 30 years ago is on the come…

Warcraft III: Reforged comes out today, bringing the classic real-time strategy game back to the forefront years after the original’s 2003 release. But remaking such a beloved title wasn’t an easy project for Blizzard. Reforged has to both replicate the experience of the original Warcraft III while modernizing its look…

Atari Hotels are coming to San Francisco, Seattle, Las Vegas, San Jose, Phoenix, Chicago, Austin and Denver. Atari Atari is making a comeback, but this time by pushing into the hotels space. The arcade game company announced Monday it'll be opening eight video game-themed hotels across the US. The first…

The current incarnation of Atari, France-based Atari SA, is far removed from the company founded by gaming pioneers Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney back in 1972, but the name and logo still carry plenty of weight. So much so that the company has signed a deal w…

A member of staff wearing a mask stands next to a sign announcing the park’s closure at Hong Kong Disneyland in Hong Kong on January 26, 2020,Photo: Getty ImagesHong Kong Disneyland closed indefinitely on Sunday, becoming the second Disney theme park in Asia to shutter its gates in response to…

Activision Blizzard and Google have entered a multi-year partnership to “power new player experiences,” and part of the deal is for the Overwatch League and the newly launched Call of Duty League to be exclusively streamed on YouTube. YouTube will host Activision Blizzard’s official live broadcasts of its esports leagues,…

Home • Esports • PC Game News • You snooze you lose, Twitch. Activision Blizzard this week announced a multi-year deal with Google to stream future esports events solely through a plucky little website called YouTube. By nicking exclusive rights to broadcast big-hitters like the Overwatch and Call Of Duty…