Over the weekend Zine Quest 3, a high-profile event at Kickstarter celebrating the independent tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) community, came to a close. The promotion had helped shine a light on dozens of small creators around the world. But in its final hours, Kickstarter’s vice president and head of community Luke Crane launched a campaign […]
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Nintendo Cancels Splatoon 2 NA Finals Stream When Teams Support Smash Melee
The esports community is lashing out at Nintendo once more, as the company canceled the North American Splatoon 2 finals livestream. The company itself used “unexpected executional challenges” as the reason, but fans on Twitter believe it has to do with the way the competing teams named themselves. Twitter user @SlimyQuagsire posed Nintendo’s excuse and […]
UK store cancels Super Mario 3D All-Stars pre-orders due to lack of stock
Base.com has sent an angry email to customers, blaming Nintendo for shortages of 3D All-Stars, as ShopTo also lists the game as sold out. Online store Base.com has told customers that it is cancelling all pre-orders for this week’s Super Mario 3D All-Stars, blaming Nintendo for not guaranteeing enough stock to fill orders. ‘We have […]
Bungie Cancels Destiny 2 Solstice Of Heroes Challenge Following Reward Bug
We’re a week into Destiny 2’s summer event, the Solstice of Heroes, but things haven’t gone quite as smoothly as Guardians and Bungie would probably have liked. A bug is afflicting the new event, messing up some of its rewards. As a result, Bungie has disabled a weekly challenge for the Solstice of Heroes, and […]
Apple Cancels Arcade Game Projects As It Seeks Greater Engagement – Report
Apple is reportedly shifting its Apple Arcade subscription strategy, attempting to lean in on games that will retain its subscriber base. Bloomberg reports that the company has scrapped some development contracts with game studios. Developers involved say they were told their games didn’t have a level of “engagement” that the company is looking for, as […]
Rooster Teeth Cancels In-Person RTX Austin 2020 Event
Amid growing concerns of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and a recent surge in cases in Texas, entertainment conglomerate Rooster Teeth has canceled the in-person RTX Austin 2020 event that was scheduled to take place in September. “Despite all our wishes and best efforts to bring us together in person this year, due to citywide restrictions […]
Blizzard Entertainment Cancels BlizzCon 2020
Blizzard Entertainment announced that the 2020 edition of BlizzCon, the company’s annual fan gathering celebrating its staple of games (World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Overwatch, etc.), has been canceled in light of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. BlizzCon typically takes place in November and is held in Anaheim, California. The announcement was made in a blog […]
Epic Cancels Fortnite World Cup, Moves All 2020 Tournaments Online
Epic Games has provided an updated roadmap for the remainder of its 2020 Fortnite competitive scene, and as expected, concerns over COVID-19 have led to the formal cancellation of the Fortnite World Cup scheduled for July. In a series of Tweets, the developer stated that for the rest of this calendar year, all competitive events […]
Overwatch League Cancels Midseason Tournament, Moves All-Star Weekend To End Of Season
The Overwatch League recently streamed a special Watchpoint update on YouTube about the changes to the season moving forward amidst the CoronaVirus outbreak. The biggest change is the league transitioning to online play for the time being, but other big news was announced including the cancellation of the Midseason Tournament and moving All-Star Weekend to […]
Call of Duty League cancels all 2020 home series events
Activision Blizzard has announced that all Call of Duty League home series events for 2020 have been cancelled due to the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). The matches will be played online instead and broadcast to fans. Earlier this week, the company cancelled all Overwatch League home series events through April. RELATED: Overwatch League events cancelled […]