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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…

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Source: Blizzard Entertainment In a press release, Activision Blizzard and Google announced a new partnership that will see Activision Blizzard stream exclusively through YouTube (except in China). This includes major broadcasts like the Overwatch League, Call of Duty League and Hearthstone Esports. This partnership will also see Google Cloud providing…

It was a heck of a week for game company transactions, illustrating the huge opportunities in gaming and growing investor interest as well as the fragility of game industry jobs. Scopely bought FoxNext Games Los Angeles and Cold Iron Studios from Disney. Und…

The Russian game market more than doubled in the past five years to more than $2 billion in 2019, according to Yandex.Checkout, a Russian payment service provider. Historically dominated by free-to-play PC games, Russia’s market is shifting more toward mobile games in the past year, Yandex.Checkout said. Market overview Above:…

Who needs commentators when the players look so good? The Overwatch League has teamed with legendary streetwear designer Jeff Staple to create an “authentic player kit” for each of the league’s 20 teams. It’s so fancy. The new kits, designed to bring the esports experience more in line with the…