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The Smash World Tour organized by VGBootCamp has been shut down by Nintendo amid allegations of interference from Panda Global

Smash Bros esports in chaos: Nintendo quashes unaffiliated events

Posted byby Jordan Fragen
November 30, 2022
5 min

Updated on 12/2 at 11am PT: The Smash World Tour (SWT), a grassroots Super Smash Bros. circuit organized by VGBootCamp, announced that Nintendo is...

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5 min

Esports reaches for the eyeballs at E3

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 8, 2018
3 min

The esports craze has picked up in a big way over the past year, and that’s reflected in the events taking place at the...

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3 min

The RetroBeat: Switch’s Super Smash Bros. needs some StarTropics

Posted byby Mike Minotti
May 16, 2018
3 min

We’re going to see Super Smash Bros. for the Switch at E3 next month, where it will likely be Nintendo’s biggest game of the...

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3 min

Nintendo lays out E3 plans including Splatoon 2 and Smash tourneys

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 27, 2018
2 min

Nintendo unveiled its plans for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the game industry’s big trade show in June. The event includes a video game...

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2 min

Super Smash Bros. is coming to Switch this year

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 8, 2018
1 min

You knew a Super Smash Bros. had to hit Switch at some point, and Nintendo has confirmed it’s coming this year. The publisher showed...

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Nintendo 64 turns 20: Our favorite games

Posted byby Mike Minotti
September 26, 2016
3 min

Nintendo’s third home console released in Japan on June 23, 1996. It was a pioneer in 3D gaming and had some of the greatest titles ever released for it. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, GamesBeat reporter Jeff Grubb and community manager Mike Minotti each highlight three of their favorite games released on the system.