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The week was thick with gaming news, so some folks may not have noticed that Playtika, the Tel Aviv-based social casino games company that was acquired by a Chinese consortium, is considering going public. Caixin Global reported that Playtika is looking to g…

PARIS -- G2's Rasmus "Caps" Winther always seems to have a smile on his face, even during one of the biggest matches of his career. It was the League of Legends World Championship semifinal in Madrid, Spain at a filled Palacio Vistalegre, the Colosseum-like …

Jarvis Khattri, a YouTube content creator for the esports organization FaZe Clan, received a lifetime ban from Fortnite earlier this week after releasing a video of him cheating in the mega-popular battle royale shooter. This has since given way to discussion…

BlizzCon 2019 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California on Friday. A U.S. Video Game Company Banned a Player During a Tournament for Supporting the Hong Kong Protests Untitled Goose Game Memes Are the Great Equalizer Wh…

Those of you parched for a friendly fantasy strategy game might click with A Year Of Rain. Daedalic Entertainments co-operative RTS wants you to hold hands with another player at all times. The Blizzard-ish battler for two is out today on early access. It’s…

The 2019 Clash Royale League (CRL) World Finals will take place on December 7 before a live audience at Los Angeles iconic Shrine Auditorium. Presented by Google Play for the second year in a row, the CRL World Finals will bring together the leagues top six …

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CouRage will be a familiar face to streaming and esports fans. He has more than 2.1 million Twitch followers and already had a sizable presence on YouTube with almost 1.9 million subscribers. Along with streaming his own gameplay, Dunlop's known for esports h…

Popular content creator Jack CouRage Dunlop is leaving Twitch, he announced today. Unlike other recent Twitch departees, hes not going to Mixer. Instead, hes struck a deal with YouTube and will stream exclusively there. In a video announcing the change, CouR…

Twitch is looking to broaden its esports and live entertainment biz with the hire of longtime Nascar executive Lou Garate. Garate is joining the Amazon-owned streaming company as Twitch’s first global head of sponsorships sales. He will be based in Twitch’s …