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Why esports is still about Razer and Red Bull, not Pepsi and Arby’s

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 14, 2017
4 min

NBC Sports announced recently that it will spend millions to broadcast Rocket League this summer, a vehicular soccer game developed and published by Psyonix,...

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Twitch’s homepage is now a social network

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 14, 2017
2 min

Twitch looks different now for most of you. Amazon’s livestreaming video platform is in the process of updating its site so that everyone who is...

Posted inin Gaming Culture

Capcom’s Pro Tour finals will be in Boston on November 18 and 19

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 14, 2017
1 min

Red Bull revealed today that this year’s Capcom Pro Tour North American Finals will be from November 18-November 19 in Boston. Players will compete in...

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ProBeat: Facebook wants to start a VR price war

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 14, 2017
2 min

Facebook’s Oculus made waves three times this week. First, the company cut prices for its Oculus Rift VR headset and Touch controller by $200....

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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Exploring Splatoon 2, and Overwatch League gets team owners

Posted byby Mike Minotti
July 14, 2017
2 min

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we checked out Final Fantasy XII’s remaster, Star Wars: Battlefront II announced when its beta test...

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Immortals CEO relishes chance to kick the a** of Patriots owner’s team in Overwatch League

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 14, 2017
6 min

Blizzard’s new Overwatch League has seven teams, with homegrown esports team Immortals in Los Angeles on on side and another from the Boston’s Robert...

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The DeanBeat: Game industry’s leaders share more wisdom

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 14, 2017
7 min

Summer used to be a slow time for games. After the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game industry show in Los Angeles, everybody...

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Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with shell, gaming, Task Manager, and mixed reality improvements

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 14, 2017
3 min

Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with shell, gaming, Task Manager, mixed reality, and delivery optimization improvements. This is the...