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Daily fantasy esports site Vulcun ceases operations in Nevada as a ‘precaution’

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 19, 2015
2 min

Nevada’s ruling that daily fantasy sports is gambling has implications that reach beyond football and traditional athletics. Daily fantasy esports company Vulcun, which runs...

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Nevada Gaming board: Daily fantasy sports is gambling

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 15, 2015
2 min

It turns out that just because it is a new season every week, it doesn’t mean it’s not gambling. The Nevada Gaming Control Board, the...

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Virtual reality is gaming’s ‘Mother of Dragons’

Posted byby Jason Wilson
October 15, 2015
2 min

SAN FRANCISCO — GamesBeat 2015‘s theme was Game of Thrones. And if the virtual reality platform were a character on the show, it would...

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Magic Leap’s Graeme Devine: ‘Mixed reality’ is one of gaming’s unexplored frontiers

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 13, 2015
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SAN FRANCISCO — Graeme Devine is no stranger to creating revolutionary gaming experiences, having worked on pioneering CD-ROM multimedia games The 7th Guest and...

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Goosebumps shows that the beloved children’s series’ scares work in virtual reality

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 13, 2015
2 min

Goosebumps mobile virtual reality game has a ton of potential for a movie tie-in product

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Hearthstone overtakes Dota 2 in Twitch’s most-watched games of September

Posted byby Mike Minotti
October 6, 2015
2 min

Game-streaming hub Twitch revealed a list of the 10 most-watched games on its site for September. League of Legends remained at the top with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive coming in at second, but Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft took the No. 4 spot from Dota 2, switching their positions from August.

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Watch PewDiePie on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ right here

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 2, 2015
1 min

YouTube’s biggest superstar appeared on television last night. For those who don’t know, television is a magic box that spits out light and sounds...

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Hitbox gets exclusive streaming rights to Counter-Strike tournament

Posted byby Mike Minotti
October 2, 2015
1 min

Twitch’s competitor got a nice exclusive. Live-streaming site Hitbox revealed today that it will have sole broadcasting rights for a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament, The World Championships 2015.