Worlds Adrift Developer Bossa Studios Secures $10M Investment

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Bossa Studios, developers of the upcoming sandbox MMORPG Worlds Adrift, has recently secured a $10 million Series A investment from their latest investment round led by London-based international investment firm Atomico, with the participation of London Venture Partners, the studios existing investors. Atomico co-founder Mattias Ljungman and Executive-in-Residence Alexis Bonte will both be joining Bossa Studio’s board. “This new round [...]

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Blizzard Announces their new Esports Arena, Known as the "Blizzard Arena Los Angeles"

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Blizzard is evidently quite tired of being behind Riot Games in the eSports spotlight - and with good reason, Starcraft is one of the games that is considered the "Grandaddy of Esports." So it's no big surprise that Blizzard has announced its new, "state-of-the-art" esports Arena, and has reiterated its focus on supporting esports, and you can already purchase tickets [...]

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GamePress talks with Aniplex of America about Fate/Grand Order's NA Localization & The Future

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If you like Fate/Grand Order, and you like reading behind-the-scenes interviews with game companies about the more technical aspects of bringing foreign games to North America, then GamePress's latest interview with Aniplex of America might pique your interest! Broken down into 3 parts, GamePress talks about localization challenges, community outreach, and looking towards the future. Some hot topics are changing [...]

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VR Esports Platform Sliver.tv Raises $9.8M

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VR Esports viewing platform Sliver.tv, has managed to raise $9.8 million in its latest round of funding. Having initially launched last year, Sliver.tv boasts a 360-degree immersive stadium experience for spectators across PC, mobile and VR platforms. The Esports viewing platform also comes bundled with other features and goodies, such as its Esports betting component Watch & Win, as well [...]

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Ark: Survival Evolved PS4 Won't Be Cross-Platform

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Ark: Survival Evolved on PS4 will not be seeing cross-platform play between Xbox One players, despite cross-platform features having been already developed and ready to go. We have it working internally, but currently Sony won't allow it 🙁 — Jeremy Stieglitz (@arkjeremy) August 18, 2017 Sony has ruled that cross-platform play will not be allowed, on the moral grounds that [...]

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Overwatch Players are Migrating to PUBG

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According to data gathered by Newzoo, players are now leaving Overwatch for the new battle royale shooter PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Numbers cite that 25% of the players that stopped playing Overwatch had switched over to PUBG, meanwhile CS:GO saw 21% of former players switching over to PUBG as well. In its data, Newzoo defined the term "churn rate" as referring to [...]

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Valve to Restrict Steam Key Requests by Developers

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Valve is clamping down on Steam Key requests by developers, according to a recent comment posting made by Sean Jenkin, a Valve engineer on the Steamworks developer platform. “If we are denying keys for normal size batches it’s likely because your Steam sales don’t reflect a need for as many keys as you’re distributing. You’re probably asking for more keys [...]

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