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10/20/16: Game publishers hope for counter-strike as deadline nears; Europe begins league build; Rockstar’s unearths Dead

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CYNOPSISeSPORTS & GAMING 10.20.16 It’s Thursday, October 20, 2016, and this is your weekly early morning eSports & Gaming brief.   TOP STORY   A potential strike against video game employers continues to march closer to reality after SAG-AFTRA’s board of directors voted unanimously to set a strike date that would begin tomorrow at 12:01a. […]

With only weeks to go before the launch of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Activision pulled the curtains back on the newest trailer for the game. With Game of Thrones’ star Kit Harington playing the villain, the promo makes the most of its lineup of battles and strategy. The game is […]

10/13/16: Newzoo’s new research sees eSports on par with baseball and hockey among millennial males.

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CYNOPSISeSPORTS & GAMING 10.13.16 It’s Thursday, October 13, 2016, and this is your weekly early morning eSports & Gaming brief.   Newzoo unleashed it latest report on the habits of eSports fans, with the research firm finding that 76% of eSports enthusiasts have altered their viewing habits in the space at the expense of traditional […]

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Trailer of the Week: Star Wars: The Old Republic

EA’s BioWare and Lucasfilm go old school with the world premiere of the new ‘Betrayed’ cinematic trailer this past week, offering fans a peek at the prequel story for the upcoming expansion Star Wars: The Old Republic – Knights of the Eternal Throne. The new digital expansion will be available for download on Dec. 2, […]

10/06/16: Washington shuts down Steam’s skin plays; Xbox opens its Arena; Collegiate StarLeague explains university buffs

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CYNOPSISeSPORTS & GAMING 10.06.16 It’s Thursday, October 6, 2016, and this is your weekly early morning eSports & Gaming brief.   The Washington State Gambling Commission made its position clear to Valve, formally notifying the company that it must immediately end the transfer of skins for gambling activities through the company’s Steam Platform, which saw […]

Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics dive deep into the legacy of Lara Croft in celebration of the 20-year anniversary of Tomb Raider. Blending play from the spectrum of her games over the year, the video – Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration – looks back at her legacy in gaming as well as […]

09/29/16: Executives break down the sports/esports co-op; Collegiate StarLeague triggers uLoL series with Riot; GameCo opens up the Danger zone

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CYNOPSISeSPORTS & GAMING 09.29.16 Good morning. It’s Thursday, September 29, 2016, and this is your weekly wrap-up eSports & Gaming brief.   Any remaining mental lines dividing sports and eSports continued to fade in the US this past week with the trifecta of news that included: the 76ers nabbing controlling stakes in Team Dignitas and […]

Game Trailer of the Week: Sundered

Leveraging the beauty of hand-drawn art, Thunder Lotus Games offered fans its first good look at the upcoming tutle Sundered, described as “a darkly atmospheric hand-drawn action-horror game” that will be released on PlayStation 4, Windows, Mac and Linux in 2017. Sundered will make its public debut this week at TwitchCon 2016 with a playable […]

Trailer of the Week: Gears of War 4

It’s a whole new saga for the Gears of War franchise in more ways than one as JD Fenix and company face a monstrous new enemy. Meanwhile, Gears of War 4 hits stores worldwide on October 11 on Xbox One and Windows 10 PC, blazing new trails as a Xbox Play Anywhere title.

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