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Gamescom 2020 Is Still A Go For August, More Video Game Companies Transition To Work-From-Home Amid COVID-19 Threat

March 16, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

Here’s more COVID-19-related news today. Over the past few months, a number of gaming companies and organizers have announced the cancellation of their events, including GDC, EVE Fanfest 2020, and more recently, E3. gamescom 2020, however, which is scheduled for August in Cologne, Germany, is still getting a green light from its organizers since it’s still a few months away. [...]

Manticore Games Officially Launches New Game-Creation And Sharing Platform Called Core

March 16, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

Manticore Games has just begun Alpha testing today for their new game development platform called Core. According to the official press release, Core is a free all-in-one game creation, content sharing, and game-playing platform. “Core makes game design radically accessible, allows people to collaborate and remix shared content, and makes publishing games possible in a matter of seconds. The result [...]

Steam Concurrent Player Numbers At An All-Time High Thanks To COVID-19 Quarantines

March 16, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

Starting the week off with COVID-19 news as per yoozh. Steam concurrent player numbers hit an all-time high this weekend at over 20 million players thanks to the quarantines currently in effect all over the world. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive also reached record-breaking numbers at one million concurrent players, the shooter’s highest player concurrency since it launched seven years ago. Other [...]

Ubisoft And Xbox Plan To Host Digital Events In Lieu Of E3

March 12, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

In light of the Entertainment Software Association’s decision to cancel E3, several video game companies have begun looking at alternative ways to showcase their wares. According to IGN, Ubisoft and Xbox have recently announced their plans to host their own digital events instead. “E3 has always been an important moment for Team Xbox,” tweeted Xbox Head Phil Spencer. “Given this [...]

All Overwatch League Events In March And April Have Been Cancelled Due To COVID-19 Coronavirus

March 12, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

In today’s COVID-19 related news, Activision Blizzard has announced the cancellation of all Overwatch League events running from March to April as a precaution against the deadly coronavirus outbreak, which has just been classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. “The health and safety of employees, fans, players, teams, and partners is paramount to Activision Blizzard Esports,” tweeted [...]

Major Gamigo Shareholder Media And Games Invest Buys Out Nearly All Of The Company’s Shares

March 11, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

In October 2018, Redwood City-based Trion Worlds was acquired by German video game company Gamigo. Apparently, Gamigo itself has just undergone a major corporate restructuring based on an overlooked press release last February that a RIFT player recently came across. According to the press release, Media and Games Invest, Gamigo’s major stockholder bought an additional 1.05 million shares thereby increasing [...]

Mojang And Electronic Arts Cancels Gaming Events Due To COVID-19

March 9, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

Another round of video game companies have announced the cancellation of their events in light of the COVID-19 global outbreak. First up is Swedish video game developer Mojang. The Minecraft developer has decided to cancel this year’s Minecraft Festival in Florida. The decision to postpone the event wasn’t a direct result of the outbreak, but because the planning had to [...]

EverQuest Executive Producer Holly ‘Windstalker’ Longdale Leaves Daybreak And Darkpaw Games

March 7, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

I don’t know if you’ve noticed but Daybreak Games has a history of releasing bad news on Friday nights. Tonight’s bad news? EverQuest and EverQuest 2 Executive Producer Holly “Windstalker” Longdale, has left Daybreak and the recently-established spin-off studio Darkpaw Games. Her farewell letter has been published on the Everquest official site. “It is time to bid ye all a [...]

COVID-19 Threat Forces More Gaming And Tech Companies To Cancel Their Events

March 4, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

The gaming industry continues to feel the effects of the COVID-19 virus as six more gaming and tech companies announce the cancellation of their events as a precaution against the novel coronavirus. Epic Games has cancelled Unreal Fest Europe 2020 in Prague; Riot Games abandons their planned Valorant hands-on event this month; Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2020, which was [...]

DC Universe Online Pulled From Emerald City Comic Con, E3 Still A Go For June

March 3, 2020 Marc Marasigan Comments

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The threat of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus has had a big impact on various industries around the world and the video game industry is no exception. The recently-concluded PAX East gaming convention in Boston was the first of many events to be affected by the coronavirus scare with a number of big-name video game companies backing out at the last [...]

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