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No, the Valorant influencers running all those stream giveaways aren’t being paid by Riot
We've talked before about how Valorant has been making big numbers on Twitch spurred mostly by beta keys being dished out for watching streams,...
SuperData March 2020: Digital games spending sets achieves new highs thanks to COVID-19
Back in in March, when SuperData was discussing February's monthly gaming revenue numbers, the analysis firm noted that COVID-19 hadn't yet had much impact...
Ship of Heroes launches an invasion event test with Riot at the Arches
One of my favorite memories in the classic City of Heroes game was the launch of the Rikti Invasion, which saw Atlas Park get...
Riot Games defends Valorant’s Vanguard security driver, offers a $100k bounty to exploit it
Last week, Riot Games unveiled that their in-development competitive FPS Valorant runs an anti-cheat process in the background of player systems, which caused no...
Sandboxy-ish Minecraft-ish spinoff Hytale is acquired by Riot Games
We know that Riot Games has been making a hard push to move beyond its status of just having one major game under its...
Riot Games outlines rules for Valorant esports competition including a ‘no blood’ toggle
With Valorant all over the gaming news recently and in the minds of a fair few (judging by the number of people watching streams...
COVID-19: Gamescom goes digital, Star Trek Online honors medics, Raph Koster tackles pandemic denialism
Welcome back to another roundup of how MMOs and the gaming industry are handling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yesterday we reported on the news that Germany...
Legends of Runeterra previews the Noxus region and confirms an April 30 launch date
Riot Games' digital CCG Legends of Runeterra is about to step out of open beta and into fully-launched product, confirming its launch on PC...
Riot Games talks about the tech that keeps Valorant running smoothly and free of wallhack cheats
Riot Games is all in on making sure Valorant is one of the better-running and protected competitive FPS titles in the industry, and they're...
Riot developer confirms Valorant has an anti-cheat process running in the background
Many folks feel extremely strongly about multiplayer games that have anti-cheat processes that run when the game boots up, so we feel it fair...
Livestreams of Valorant’s closed beta broke a Twitch viewership record (because people wanted free keys)
Riot Games' multiplayer FPS Valorant was in a limited closed beta this past Tuesday, and there were a whole lot of people tuning in...
Riot’s Runeterra launches April 30 while COVID-19 slows Valorant
We were just talking on the podcast about how, with everyone stuck at home and looking for gaming outlets, that this is the perfect...
Call of Duty wins a ‘first amendment’ lawsuit, Tencent sues cloud company for hosting its games
Ready for some litigious gaming news? Sure you are.
In part the first, we look towards vehicle manufacturer AM General and its 2017 lawsuit against...
Massively Overthinking: How are MMO players faring through the pandemic?
This week's Overthinking is going to be a bit different from normal. As we've been covering extensively for more than the past two months,...
Valorant’s closed beta starts next week, while Runeterra improves its economy
In a bid to make all of the video games in the known universe, Riot Games is juggling several major projects right now. Its...
COVID-19 roundup: #PlayApartTogether, Blade & Soul perks, and Twitch Aid’s $2.7M charity raise
Welcome back to another quick roundup of pandemic-related MMO and gaming news. We'll start with the big one: The World Health Organization, which made...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever paid for MMO-related services like coaching?
A few weeks back, MMO veteran dev John Smedley posted a tweet about paying for, of all things, coaching in a video game, and...
Former Blizzard, Twitch, and Riot bosses pour money into Rally Cry esports
Following the exit of Mike Morhaime from Blizzard Entertainment last year - in a year when Blizzard found multiple ways to light itself on...
Legends of Runeterra removes limitations on Vault rewards, XP, and wildcard purchases
You know that scene in certain action anime shows where a character takes off some weighted equipment in order to unleash their full speed?...
GDC plans summer events as studios from Gamigo to Blizzard to Riot see player surges
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread here in the US and around much of the world, changing life for nearly everyone - even in...
