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Milestone A year removed from what felt like a full-blown reboot of the series from developer Milestone, MotoGP 19 arrives boasting lofty promises.   Last year's MotoGP 18 was a punch of the reset button for Milestone as the entire game shifted to Unreal En…

Revenge of the 'NERD': eSports ETF Launches

John Needham is the new global head of “League of Legends'” professional esports league, Riot Games announced on Wednesday. As part of his new role, Needham will lead development of major LoL Esports events like The World Championship, Mid-Season Invitationa…

Institutional venture capital funds are investing in games again, just like seed investors who deal with smaller game startup investments. We talked about this trend involving larger funds on a panel at GamesBeat Summit 2019 that included Gregory Milken, man…

During a recent stream hosted by prominent leftist streamer Hasan Piker, a familiar scene unfolded. He was talking about a 1985 trip Bernie Sanders took to Nicaragua when his Twitch chat started spamming the Cmonbruh emote, an image of a skeptical-looking man…

The long-fought battle to make movies out of Magic: The Gathering is finally bearing results. Netflix(NASDAQ:NFLX) has tapped some all-star filmmakers to produce an animated series based on the Magic world. That's kind of a big deal. What's the point? The …

The regular monthly update to Forza Motorsport 7 is now available to all, and while it's a fairly small one, it still contains a bunch of important upgrades to the Forza Race Regulations system. As the future of competitive multiplayer, the Race Regulations s…

As more esports players go pro, a growing number of doctors are devoting their time to treating injuries like "gamers thumb" that put players at risk (Peter Holley/Washington Post)

David J. Becker/Getty Images The National PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) League started Week 4 of Phase 2 on Saturday with four matches.  All four matches saw a different team capture victory. Tempo Storm, who entered Saturday atop the standings with …

Huge news for Twitch fans everywhere: The streaming platform just announced that theyll now allow users to broadcast nude as long as everyone promises not to get aroused or do anything weird. Thats right: So long as all 15 million users agree they wont get tu…