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SuperData says the e-sports industry grew to $1.5B this year alone

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SuperData has a new report out this week that suggests e-sports haters will not be getting what they want for Christmas. "The esports market has...

Ask Mo: Counting the hits and misses of our 2017 predictions

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As we do every year, today we’re going to peer back into the depths of last year's staff predictions for the genre and the games...

Overwatch snags two Game Awards while Destiny 2 is honored by six nominations

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Did you catch last night's Game Awards from LA? If not, you probably didn't miss anything super-groundbreaking, although Overwatch did quite well for itself...
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Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2017

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Think of all the wacky things devs have said in public in front of gamers and journalists this year. Now imagine what gets said behind...
The Quick and the Gay

Overwatch League begins as Philadelphia Fusion pulls out

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It's a less-than-ideal way for Blizzard's long-awaited esports league to begin. The Overwatch League preseason began this week, although not with all of the expected...

Riot’s new promo video argues e-sports are indeed sports

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No one will be surprised by Riot Games' latest e-sports video. Riot Games really likes e-sports. Indeed, Riot Games believes e-sports are real sports. "Not...

Belgium seeks to ban lockboxes as gambling, plus Hawaii and France weigh in

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Capping off the Great Star Wars Battlefront II Fiasco of November, Belgium's Gambling Commission and the Dutch Gaming Authority both began investigating lootboxes/lockboxes to determine whether...
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H1Z1’s latest patch adds a new insta-respawn map and new dailies

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Daybreak has big plans for H1Z1 -- that's the game formerly known as H1Z1: King of the Kill, you'll recall, as it was rebranded...

Blizzard considers an Overwatch movie

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One of the persistent complaints about Overwatch is that for all of the animated shorts, comics, and CGI trailers that Blizzard has released, the...

MMO biz roundup: The voice actor strike, e-sports crime, CCP VR, Crowfall, and new acquisitions for Tencent, EA, and Nexon

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Let's end the week talking about money. What could go wrong? The year-long video game voice actor strike is finally fully over, as more...

Activision-Blizzard Q3 2017: Destiny 2 tops console charts, WoW monthly users are ‘stable’

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If you were expecting big news out of Activision-Blizzard's Q3 2017 financial report... sorry to disappoint you, but you've probably heard the big news...

Overwatch competitive season 7 begins, PTR sees more Mercy nerfs

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If you missed it in between all the releases about the many e-sports teams vying for the top of the heap in Overwatch's e-sports...

Olympic e-sports are becoming inevitable as IOC says they ‘could be considered as a sporting activity’

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The International Olympic Committee has formally stated that it may consider e-sports a sporting activity. "Competitive e-sports could be considered as a sporting activity, and...
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Overwatch reveals its plans to improve its e-sports viewing experience

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Are you a lurker, a spectator, a lookie-loo when it comes to Overwatch? For fans of the game who love to watch matches yet...

The Daily Grind: Is PUBG finally the ‘WoW killer killer’ we’ve been waiting for?

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Say the words "WoW killer" to a bunch of MMORPG players in 2017 and you're bound to get eyerolls, for good reason: Even though...

SuperData: ‘The esports market has finally hit the mainstream’

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In promotional materials associated with its new paid "Esports Scoreboard," gaming anaylsis firm SuperData - known best to our audience for its monthly revenue...

Daybreak is launching a pro league for H1Z1 e-sports

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If you were wondering what Daybreak is up to as we have been, wonder no more: It's been putting together a pro league for...

Leaderboard: Do e-sports belong in the Olympics?

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Nielsen has a massive "fan report" out this week dubbed The E-Sports Playbook, covering audiences in the US, UK, Germany, and France and focusing...

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community rocked by death threat controversy

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Here is a lesson that we should all take to heart: Smack talk is one thing, actual death threats are entirely another. The Counter-Strike: Global...

The MOP Up: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds hits record concurrency (October 1, 2017)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

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