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Baptiste, New Support Hero Added to Overwatch PTR
The 30th hero, Baptiste, was added to the Overwatch Public Test Region (PTR) on February 26th. Baptiste is the first hero to be added in 2019 and the 7th support hero in Overwatch who uses a rifle similar to Ana's to heal allies from a distance. His weapon, the Biotic Launcher, is a hitscan rifle that can inflict damage on his target with 3-round-bursts, but it can also fire healing biotic projectiles; the projectile heals all allies within an AoE. Unlike Ana and Brigitte who have rather restricted mobility, Baptiste can jump to higher ground with his passive ability, ‘Exo Boots', and can attack and heal in mid-air. He has two skills, ‘Regenerative Burst' and ‘Immortality Field'. ‘Regenerative Burst' continuously heals Baptiste and nearby allies over time, similar to Brigitte's Inspire or Lucio's Amp It Up.
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SK Telecom and Comcast Spectacor Forge Strategic Partnership for Cooperation in Esports Business
This is the full text of SK Telecom's February 25th, 2019 press release. - The two companies plan to promote the establishment of a global esports joint venture to develop global market opportunities
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Epic Games announces details for World Cup, $100 million in prizes for 2019
This morning, Epic Games laid out specifics for their $100 million Fortnite esports circuit during the 2019 calendar year. The road to the Fortnite World Cup live finals, held in New York City with a $30 million prize pool associated with it, will begin on April 13 with 10 weekly online qualifiers, each awarding $1 million in prizes. Once the final qualifier is finished on June 16, the top 100 Solo players and 50 Duo teams will be guaranteed $50,000 and the opportunity to compete for the $30 million in prizes. Going forward, Epic has announced that they will run weekly $1 million online tournaments using unique formats and game modes to help reach their $100 million total in prizes given out during the year.
