Canadian esports company Enthusiast Gaming has entered an agreement to acquire Vedatis SAS, the owners of Icy Veins – a platform dedicated to guides for Activision Blizzard games including World of Warcraft and Overwatch. Enthusiast Gaming will acquire the platform for €7M ($8.33M USD) in cash and stock along with a milestone-based earnout. Pending due […]
Red Dead Redemption Solves The Problem Of How To End An Open World Game
I realise you’ve probably just read that headline and your first reaction is to make a joke about how Red Dead Redemption 2 doesn’t end. I get you, it’s quite long. I think it earns that slow burn. But that’s now what I’m here to discuss. I’m here to talk about spoilers. Namely, death. It’s […]
Enthusiast Gaming set to acquire Icy Veins for €7m – Esports Insider
Enthusiast Gaming, the parent company of Luminosity Gaming, is set to acquire news and strategy guide platform Icy Veins for €7m (~£5.99m). The amount is expected to be paid in cash and stock, plus an earnout has been agreed by Enthusiast Gaming and Vedatis SAS, Icy Veins’ owners, should certain milestones be achieved. RELATED: ReKTGlobal […]
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT review: A good GPU that (understandably) costs too much
“There are no bad products, only bad prices.” That well-worn adage, attributed to Anandtech founder Anand Shimpi, kept popping into my head as I reviewed AMD’s Radeon RX 6700 XT. This is a barn-burning graphics card for 1440p and 1080p gaming, but at $479 the price is far too high—at least in theory. In reality, […]
Best Xbox Game Pass Titles To Play On Your Phone
Xbox Game Pass is one of the best deals in gaming, and the fact that you can play a huge portion of the library on your mobile phone is frankly wonderful. Even if you’re visiting a friend and stuck watching them play Xbox, you can pull out your phone and join them in online multiplayer. […]
Dota 2: Is Phantom Assassin A Viable Position 1 Option?
In this article, we’ll check if Phantom Assassin is a viable option for position one. Phantom Assassin (“PA”) is one of the fan-favorite Dota 2 heroes. Due to the fact she is easy to play with and can do a lot of physical damage with just a few items, PA is a popular pick across […]
Celeste Reminds Me Of How Mean I Was Before I Transitioned
Celeste has always been a tough game for me, and not just because of its difficulty spike. I played Celeste around its release in 2018, and that was back before I worked in games. I still loved video games, but I wasn’t involved in all of the daily cut-and-thrust of video game discourse, I didn’t […]
The Mortal Kombat Movie Makes A Great First Impression
When the list of the best video game adaptations are brought up, it’s typically not long before the 1995 Mortal Kombat movie is mentioned. That film captured so much of the feel of the video game franchise and the mid-’90s as a whole that many look back at it as the standard bearer of video […]
'Zenith' Gameplay Video Reveals 30 Minutes of Unedited MMORPG Goodness – Road to VR
The Entire VR Industry in One Little Email The Daily Roundup is our comprehensive coverage of the VR industry wrapped up into one daily email, delivered directly to your inbox. Zenith: The Last City is an upcoming anime-inspired VRMMORPG from indie studio Ramen VR. It’s still in closed alpha, but Zenith’s first long-format gameplay video reveals that […]
Copado acquires New Context to embrace multicloud DevSecOps
Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Salesforce-focused developer operations (DevOps) platform Copado has acquired developer security operations (DevSecOps) startup New Context. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded out of Spain in 2013, Copado promises businesses an integrated Salesforce-native platform that covers every part of […]