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The US Navy Twitch stream featured implied racial slurs and glorified the Nagasaki bombing
The official US Navy went live on Twitch and featured character names that glorified the World War II bombing of Japan and a racial slur. These names were never condemned by the Navy, and people were banned from chat after repeatedly bringing up the issues with those names. Read more on the story here:
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MOZIAH and HyperX go live on Twitch on Sept. 12 for Animal Crossing music video mashup
Infusing gaming with music to bring fans together, the multi-faceted musician MOZIAH partnered with HyperX for upcoming Animal Crossing music video, going live on Twitch on Sept 12th to celebrate the launch. Read more on the event here:
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From a bully to a Bruiser: Heroes of the Storm developer talks Gazlowe's rework
When the Heroes of the Storm development team first designed Gazlowe (or Tinker, as he was initially called), the game was completely different than it is now. What heroes could do, how maps were designed, and how the game was "meant" to be played has changed dramatically over the years. So when Gazlowe was introduced into the title back in 2014, his kit worked well for the time period. He could split push lanes, clear mercenary camps efficiently and his team-fighting ability wasn't that bad. Fast forward to the year 2020 (and two reworks later), the development team felt it was time to give his kit another look after his most recent overhaul in 2017.
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[Rookie of the Split] Vitality Labrov shares: "I didn’t expect to break out so soon"
Team Vitality’s Support player Labros "labrov" Papoutsakis was awarded Rookie of the Split for his dominant performance in the Spring Split. In a chat with Inven Global’s Lara Lunardi, he discussed joining the team, the beginning of his career, and what the change of environment to a first-tier league has been like.
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PG Justin Wharton: "Working as an artist in esports is very niche, but I think there are a lot of applications for the skill set. "
Justin Wharton spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie earlier this summer to recall how his path as a career artist intersected with esports and to discuss the unique challenges a professional artist faces in the gaming industry.
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Riot partners with Nerd Street Gamers and Spectator Gaming for all-women VALORANT Ignition Series tournament
Nerd Street Gamers and Spectacor Gaming are partnering with Riot Games to make the largest all-women VALORANT tournament even bigger; expanding the original one-day, eight-team event to a three-day, twelve-team tournament and raising the stakes from $10,000 to a $50,000 prize pool over the course of September 11-13. In addition to T1 Entertainment & Sports and G FUEL, The Official Energy Drink of Esports®, Riot Games j
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Juked announces crowd equity fundraising campaign via Republic.co
Juked.gg, the one-stop-destination for esports entertainment, announced the launch of its crowd equity fundraising campaign via Republic.co/juked today which enables anyone to invest in Juked for as little as $100. With crowd equity, Juked is sidestepping traditional venture capital and opening up to the esports community at large. This fundraising round will give Juked the resources necessary to accelerate development of its core pr
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Ninja returns to Twitch with exclusive, multi-year deal
Professional streamer and gaming superstar Tyler “Ninja” Blevins announced he is coming back to Twitch with a multi-year deal to livestream exclusively at www.twitch.com/Ninja. He celebrates his return with his first live stream today, September 10th at 12:00 p.m. PT / 3:00 p.m. ET.
