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Two years ago a novelist and as-yet-unproduced screenwriter named Nic Kelman went to work for Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes the popular collectible card game Magic: The Gathering. Kelmans job, though he might not put it this way, was to write a…

Colt Havok McLendon watched the 2018 Call of Duty World League Championship from home. This year, his team could go all the way to the finals. Before this year started, I told myself, Im going to do competitive all or nothing, or Im going to be a streamer, M…

Over the last five years, shares of Electronic Arts(NASDAQ:EA) have trounced the broader market, up 141% compared with the S&P 500's return of 51%. That outperformance includes the recent beating EA stock took over the last year, when the share price fell…

Salmon Arm’s newest gaming hub is putting a different spin on the blinking and beeping arcade halls of past generations. The Arc Gaming Centre, located inside the Westgate Public Market, is the modern gamer’s dream. With six virtual reality studios equipped …

Back in May, League of Legends Championship Series commissioner Chris Greeley gave esports organization Team Echo Fox an ultimatum: oust investor Amit Raizada over racist remarks he made in the past, or face consequences that could jeopardize Echo Foxs future…

Gears 5 is a smoke-free game. In fact, going forward, smoking is banned across the Gears of War universe. Previous Gears of War games have featured characters who smoked. COG Michael Barrick, for example, was a chain smoker with an addiction to cigars. In pa…

Getty Though traditional TV still holds the most regard among entertainment consumers, it's no longer dominant, a new study says. And new online-video services better make sure they're regularly pumping out lots of original content if they want to attract an…

Gears 5's rootin-tootin chainsaw-gun-wielding COG soldiers won't be blowing any smoke when the game launches later this year. That's because Microsoft-owned developer The Coalition has announced the development team is working to remove all depictions of toba…

“Gears 5,” the forthcoming installment in the “Gears of Wars” third-person shooter game franchise, will be a smoke-free establishment. The game, set for Sept. 10 release, comes from Xbox Game Studios and game developer The Coalition. The decision to remove a…

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