eSports

VENN, a Cheddar-like TV network that wants to mix esports with Twitch-like game streaming, raises $17M seed round, plans to launch in 2020 (Janko Roettgers/Variety)

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For some, its a pastime. For others, its a problem. And for a select few, in the future, it may become a second profession. Gaming has long served as a reprieve from a grueling season for athletes, sometimes to their own detriment in 2006, Detroit Tigers pi…

In this 2019 GDC talk, Hitsparks Games' Chris Tang explores how the Classic Tetris World Championship format makes the most of Tetris for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was a fun, insightful session that highlighted how the CWTC (which has been runnin…

Why Esports ETFs Don't Win and Uber's Freight Dreams (Podcast)

The Sky is The Limit For Esports (Radio)

Divinity: Original Sin 2 is a big, chewy role-playing game that benefits from a mouse and keyboard, but sometimes, you just want to lie down on the couch and play a game on the Switch. The games new Switch port allows players to go from one to the other, like…

Enlarge/ UK Parliament sends a clear signal: loot boxes in series like FIFA are on notice. 9 with 8 posters participating View more stories UK Parliament published a wide-ranging inquiry on Thursday looking into the rise of "immersive and addictive technol…

13 with 12 posters participating Major gaming retailer GameStop says it will be closing "between 180 and 200 underperforming stores" in the next six months. That statement comes following 195 store closures in the last 12 months and what the company says it …

Credit: Shutterstock Kaspersky is branching out from protecting PCs and businesses from cybersecurity threats and into protecting eSports players from unfairness. This week, it announced a beta version of Kaspersky Anti-Cheat, a tool specifically made for eS…