MultiVersus Was The Best-Selling Game In July

1. MultiVersus (Founders Pack)
   
2. Elden Ring
3. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
4. Xenoblade Chronicles 3
5. Call of Duty: Vanguard
6. MLB: The Show 22
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
8. Digimon Survive
9. Minecraft
10. F1 22

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Evil Dead: The Game Is Now Releasing In May

Evil Dead: The Game was revealed a while ago, but it appears like Saber Interactive has had some difficulties with the action-horror game's production. Fans of the horror franchise have been informed that Evil Dead: The Game has been given a brand new release date of May 13th, according to the official Twitter account for the game. In a tweet, the team stated that they want to provide the greatest possible experience for the spectators, which is why they have chosen to postpone it. They also said that they are now working on a brand new trailer, which will be released next month.

Hey Evil Dead fans!

When we set out to create a brand new game worthy of the Evil Dead franchise, we knew it had to be groovy as hell. In order to deliver the best possible experience, Evil Dead: The Game is now coming on May 13, 2022. pic.twitter.com/BfuaOdcFVT

— EvilDeadTheGame (@EvilDeadTheGame) January 28, 2022

Monster Hunter Rise Tops The NPD Sales Chart For March 2021

1. 
   Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
   
   
2. Monster Hunter: Rise
3. Outriders
4. Super Mario 3D World*
5. Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
6. Mario Kart 8*
7. Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
8. Animal Crossing: New Horizons*
9. Super Mario 3D All-Stars*
10. Minecraft
11. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
12. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
13. Pokemon: Sword/Shield*
14. Mortal Kombat 11
15. Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
16. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
17. Madden NFL 21
18. NBA 2K21*
19. Super Mario Party*
20. FIFA 21

* Digital sales not included

The Game Awards Viewership Was Up 83%, 8.3 Million Concurrent Viewers

Geoff Keighley has announced on Twitter that this years The Game Awards were a huge success. The Game Awards viewership was up by 83% this year, which is an incredible achievement for Geoff and the team. It looks like The Game Awards aren’t going anywhere.

Other key stats:

❇️ Over 8.3 million peak concurrent viewers.
❇️ 2.63 million peak concurrent viewers on Twitch, double last year.
❇️ Watch time up over 129% across Twitch, YouTube and Facebook Gaming.
❇️ Over 9,000(!) co-streamers on Twitch

— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) December 17, 2020

Here Are The Nominees For The Game Awards 2020

Game Of The Year
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
DOOM Eternal
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Ghost of Tsushima
Hades
The Last of Us Part II

Best Performance
Ashley Johnson, The Last of Us Part II
Laura Bailey, The Last of Us Part II
Daisuke Tsuji, Ghost of Tsushima
Logan Cunningham, Hades
Nadji Jeter, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Best Multiplayer:
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Among Us
Call of Duty: Warzone
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Valorant

Best Ongoing Game:
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Call of Duty Warzone
Fortnite
No Man’s Sky

Best Art Direction
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Ghost of Tsushima
Hades
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
The Last of Us Part II

Best Score/Music:
DOOM Eternal
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Hades
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
The Last of Us Part II

Best Narrative:
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Ghost of Tsushima
Hades
The Last of Us Part II

Best Independent Game:
Carrion
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Hades
Spelunky 2
Spiritfarer

Best Mobile Game
Among Us
Call of Duty Mobile
Genshin Impact
Legends of Runeterra
Pokémon Café Mix

Best Esports Game:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Fortnite
League of Legends
Valorant

Best Esports Athlete:
Ian “Crimsix” Porter
Heo “Showmaker” Su
Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu
Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro
Matthieu “ZywOo” Herbaut

Best Game Direction
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Ghost of Tsushima
Hades
Half-Life: Alyx
The Last of Us Part II

Best Audio Design
Doom Eternal
Half-Life: Alyx
Ghosts of Tsushima
Resident Evil 3
The Last of Us Part 2

Games for Impact
If Found…
Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
Spiritfarer
Tell Me Why
Through Darkest of Times

Best Indie Game
Carrion
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Hades
Spelunky 2
Spiritfarer

Best Debut Game
Carrion
Mortal Shell
Raji: An Acient Epic
Roki
Phasmophobia

Best Community Support
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Fortnite
No Man’s Sky
Valorant

Best VR/AR Game
Dreams
Half-Life: Alyx
Marvel’s Iron Man VR
Star Wars: Squadrons
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners

Innovation in Accessibility
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Grounded
Hyperdot
The Last of Us Part 2
Watch Dogs Legion

Best Action Game
Doom Eternal
Hades
Half-Life: Alyx
Nioh 2
Streets of Rage 4

Best Action/Adventure Game
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Ghosts of Tsushima
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
The Last of Us Part 2

Best RPG
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Genshin Impact
Persona 5 Royal
Wasteland 3
Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Best Fighting Game
Granblue Fantasy: Versus
Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate
Street Fighter V: Champion Edition
One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows
Under Night In-Birth EXE: Late[CL-R]

Best Family Game
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit
Minecraft Dungeons
Paper Mario: The Origami King

Best Sim/Strategy Game
Crusader Kings 3
Desperados 3
Gears Tactics
Microsoft Flight Simulator
XCOM: Chimera Squad#

Best Sports/Racing Game
Dirt 5
F1 2020
FIFA 21
NBA 2K21
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2

Best Multiplayer Game
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Among Us
Call of Duty: Warzone
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
Valorant

Game Bundle For Racial Justice And Equality Raises $8.1 Million

Itch.io's 1,700-game Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality raised over $8.1 million USD while being available for 10 days. Around 815,000 people purchased the bundle, which required a minimum donation of $5. The money raised will be split evenly between the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Community Bail Fund, according to itch.io. The bundle included 1,704 games, including Night in the Woods and Celeste, valued at over $9,300.

"We live in a time of racial injustice, inequality, and police brutality against black people," an excerpt from the bundle's webpage reads. "We hope that everyone takes a stand in any way that they can. We’ve partnered with creators from all across our platform to support organizations that are working directly with those affected."

Tokyo Game Show 2020 Will Now Take Place As An Online Event

The organizers behide the Tokyo Game Show have announced that TGS 2020 will now be a digital event, saying that “Tokyo Game Show 2020, scheduled to be held from September 24  to 27, is now planned to take place online. due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on a global scale and the situation remains unpredictable in Japan as well, the organizer and the co-organizers have reached this decision after a long consideration to place the utmost priority on the health and safety of visitors, exhibitors and stakeholders”. 

Geoff Keighley Announces Summer Games Fest

The Game Awards host and organizer, Geoff Keighley has announced Summer Game Fest, a summer-long all-digital event that promises to deliver fans breaking news, in-game events, and free playable content. 

Running from May to August of this year, the event promises updates for games and platforms from the following companies:

• 2K Games
• Activision
• Bandai Namco
• Bethesda
• Blizzard Entertainment
• Bungie
• CD Projekt Red
• Digital Extremes
• Electronic Arts
• Microsoft
• Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Square Enix
• Private Division
• Riot Games
• Steam
• Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Keighley also says additional publishers will be announced in coming weeks. During this festival, Steam, Xbox, and "other platforms" will give fans the chance to play limited demos and trials of select games. Steam's Game Festival is currently set to run from June 9 to 14, with additional platform dates to be announced.

As part of Summer Game Fest, streams will take place across Facebook, Mixer, Twitch, Twitter, YouTube, and other outlets and media partners. Keighley will host pre- and post-shows for marquee publisher events. Keighley is also partnering with iam8bit to produce a showcase event to highlight upcoming games. The entire Summer Game Fest leads up to Gamescom: Opening Night Live on August 24, which will serve as a "spectacular, industry-wide finale" to the digital event season. 

IGN Has Announced A Summer of Gaming Digital Event Being Held In Early June

The cancellation of E3 2020 has left a void for many of us, so IGN has stepped in and announced a “Summer of Gaming” digital event. The event will be held in early June. So far, the companies that are participating include “2K Games, Amazon, Bandai Namco, Devolver Digital, Google, Sega, Square Enix, THQ Nordic and Twitter”, with more to come. Nintendo has not been mentioned as of this post’s writing.

More details will come in the following weeks, but IGN has already said that the digital event will include “live broadcasts and on-demand programming featuring IGN’s editorial coverage of the work of game developers from around the world”. IGN also says there will be “publisher presentations with IGN pre- and post-discussions, remote developer interviews, hands-on demos and preview impressions, gameplay, and news segments recapping the biggest announcements”. With “publisher presentations” included, a Nintendo Direct is not out of the question. Lastly, IGN says that “audiences at home around the world can participate as well, sending in reaction videos, voting on favorite announcements, and more”.

GameStop To Close At Least 320 Stores In 2020

Video game retailer GameStop says it will close at least 320 GameStop stores globally this year. The news was announced by GameStop’s executive vice president and chief financial officer Jim Bell during the company’s recent earnings call. Here’s what Mr. Bell had to say:

“We continue to focus on optimizing our global store fleet in fiscal 2019 and closed a net total of 321 stores inclusive of 333 closings and 12 openings. In fiscal 2020, we will continue in our efforts to de-densify our store base, focused on maximizing product productivity of the entire fleet,” he said.

“[We] anticipate store closures to be equal to or more than 320 net closures we saw in fiscal 2019 on a global basis. Importantly, we want to emphasize that these store closures are a very specific and proactive part of our de-densification plan and they are not related to recent business trends.”

NBA 2K20 Tops The NPD Charts For September 2019

1. NBA 2K20
2. Borderlands 3
3. FIFA 20
4. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening*
5. Madden NFL 20
6. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint
7. Gears 5^
8. Code Vein
9. NHL 20
10. Mario Kart 8*
11. Minecraft#
12. Grand Theft Auto V
13. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
14. Spyro Reignited Trilogy
15. Red Dead Redemption II
16. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
17. Plants vs Zombies: Battle For Neighborville
18. Marvel’s Spider-Man
19. Catherine
20. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*

* Digital sales not included
^ PC digital sales not included
# Minecraft digital sales on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One included

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Mortal Kombat 11 Tops The NPD Sales Chart For May 2019

1. Mortal Kombat 11
2. Days Gone
3. Total War: Three Kingdoms
4. Rage 2*
5. Grand Theft Auto V
6. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
7. Red Dead Redemption II
8. MLB 19: The Show
9. Minecraft#
10. NBA 2K19
11. Mario Kart 8*
12. Tom Clancy’s The Division 2^
13. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII^
14. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
15. Marvel’s Spider-Man
16. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
17. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
18. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
19. Team Sonic Racing
20. Yoshi’s Crafted World*

* Digital sales not included
^ PC digital sales not included
# Minecraft digital sales on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One included

Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 Tops The NPD Charts For March 2019

1. Tom Clancy’s The Division 2^
2. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice^
3. MLB 19: The Show
4. Devil May Cry 5
5. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*
6. Red Dead Redemption II
7. NBA 2K19
8. Grand Theft Auto V
9. Yoshi’s Crafted World*
10. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII^
11. Anthem^
12. Mario Kart 8*
13. Jump Force
14. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe*
15. Far Cry New Dawn
16. Minecraft#
17. Battlefield V^
18. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
19. Borderlands
20. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey

* Digital sales not included
^ PC digital sales not included
# Minecraft digital sales on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One included

Vote To See Which Games Are Inducted In The Video Game Hall Of Fame For 2019

The Strong Museum has revealed the finalists for its World Video Game Hall of Fame class of 2019. This year's finalists provide a nice slice of gaming history, showing the diversity in genre, subject matter, and platforms that video games have enjoyed over the decades. 

• Candy Crush
• Centipede
• Colossal Cave Adventure
• Dance Dance Revolution
• Half-Life
• Microsoft Windows Solitaire
• Mortal Kombat
• Myst
• NBA 2K
• Sid Meier's Civilization
• Super Mario Kart
• Super Smash Bros. Melee

If you'd like to weigh in on the finalists, you can cast your ballot once per day here from March 21-28. The games that get the most public votes will be used as a special "Player's Choice" ballot, which will be cast along with the other 27 ballots from members of the Hall of Fame's advisory committee. Winners will be revealed at a ceremony at The Strong on May 2.

Google Revealing Their Gaming Plans Next Month At GDC

Google has been rumored to want to enter the ring of the gaming industry. Now it seems like the company has aa plan and will reveal those plans to the world, sending out a fairly detail-free invite to an announcement on March 19.

The Google announcement is taking place in San Francisco during the beginning of the Game Developer's Conference, a gathering of game developers from around the world. It is expected that Google will announce their own gaming platform at the event, likely leveraging the Google Stream service that was announced back in October

The real question is whether the service will use/include a physical box or being entirely digital. Also, how much is all this gonna cost ? 

Here Are the Nominees For The Game Awards 2018

Here’s the nominees for The Game Awards 2018

• Celeste
• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
• God of War
• Spider-Man
• Monster Hunter World
• Red Dead Redemption 2

Game of the Year

Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
• Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
• God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

Best Ongoing Game

Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time.

• Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)

Best Game Direction

Awarded to a game studio for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.

• A Way Out (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)
• Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

Best Narrative

For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.

• Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

Best Art Direction

For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation.

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
• God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• Return of the Obra Dinn (3909 LLC)

Best Score / Music: Presented by Spotify

For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack.

• Celeste (Matt Makes Games) – Lena Raine
• God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment) – Bear McCreary
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment) – John Paesano
• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Level-5 / Bandai Namco Entertainment) – Joe Hisaishi
• Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo) – Yasunori Nishiki
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) – Woody Jackson

Best Audio Design: Presented by Dolby

Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design.

• Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (Treyarch / Activision)
• Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
• God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)

Best Performance

Awarded to an individual for voice-over acting, motion and/or performance capture.

• Bryan Dechart as Connor in Detroit: Become Human
• Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War
• Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
• Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2
• Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man

Games for Impact

For a thought provoking game with a profound pro-social meaning or message.

• 11-11: Memories Retold (Digixart / Aardman Animations / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
• Florence (Mountains)
• Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
• The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories (White Owls / Arc System Works)

Best Independent Game

For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.

• Celeste (Matt Makes Games)
• Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
• Into the Breach (Subset Games)
• Return of the Obra Dinn (3909 LLC)
• The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)

Best Mobile Game

For the best game playable on a dedicated mobile device.

• Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
• Florence (Mountains)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (Lightspeed & Quantum / Tencent Games)
• Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Devolver Digital)

Best VR / AR Game

For the best game experience playable in virtual or augmented reality, irrespective of platform.

• Astro Bot: Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Beat Saber (Beat Games)
• Firewall: Zero Hour (First Contact Entertianment / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Moss (Polyarc Games)
• Tetris Effect (Resonair / Enhance Games)

Best Action Game

For the best game in the action genre focused on combat.

• Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (Treyarch / Activision)
• Dead Cells (Motion Twin)
• Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
• Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
• Mega Man 11 (Capcom)

Best Action / Adventure Game

For the best action / adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving.

• Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
• God of War (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games)
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Eidos Montreal / Crystal Dynamics / Square Enix)

Best Role-Playing Game

For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression, including massively multiplayer experiences.

• Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Orca / Square Enix)
• Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
• Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Level-5 / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Octopath Traveler (Square Enix / Acquire / Nintendo)
• Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (Obsidian Entertainment / Versus Evil)

Best Fighting Game
For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat.

• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Arc SYstem Works)
• Dragon Ball FighterZ (Arc System Works / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Soulcalibur VI (Bandai Namco Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Street Fighter V Arcade (Dimps / Capcom)

Best Family Game

For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre or platform.

• Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
• Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
• Overcooked! 2 (Ghost Town Games / Team17)
• Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft)
• Super Mario Party (NDCube / Nintendo)

Best Strategy Game

Best game focused on real time or turn-based strategy gameplay, irrespective of platform.

• The Banner Saga 3 (Stoic Studio / Versus Evil)
• Battletech (Harebrained Schemes / Paradox Interactive)
• Frostpunk (11 bit studios)
• Into the Breach (Subset Games)
• Valkyria Chronicles 4 (Sega CS3 / Sega)

Best Sports / Racing Game

For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game.

• FIFA 19 (EA Vancouver / EA Sports)
• Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)
• Mario Tennis Aces (Camelot Software Planning / Nintendo)
• NBA 2K19 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (PES Productions / Konami)

Best Multiplayer Game

For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre.

• Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (Treyarch / Activision)
• Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bugnie / Activision)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Monster Hunter: World (Capcom)
• Sea of Thieves (Rare / Microsoft Studios)

Best Student Game

Awarded the best student project created at the high school or college level.

• Combat 2018 (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences – Norway)
• Dash Quasar (UC Santa Cruz)
• JERA (Digipen Bilbao, Spain)
• LIFF (ISTART Digital, France)
• RE: Charge (MIT)

Best Debut Game

Recognizing a new independent studio that released its first game in 2017. Winner selected by fan voting.

• Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
• Florence (Mountains)
• Moss (Polyarc Games)
• The Messenger (Sabotage Studio)
• Yoku’s Island Express (Villa Gorilla)

Best eSports Game

For the game that has delivered the best overall eSports experience to players (inclusive of tournaments, community support and content updates), irrespective of genre or platform.

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)
• DOTA 2 (Valve)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• League of Legends (Riot Games)
• Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment)

Best eSports Player: Presented by Omen by HP

The eSports player judged to be the most outstanding performer in 2018, irrespective of game.

• Dominique “SonicFox” McLean (Echo Fox)
• Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi
• Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao (Royal Never Give Up)
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (Natus Vincere)
• Sung-hyeon “JJoNak” Bang (New York Excelsior)

Best eSports Team

The eSports team judged to be the most outstanding for performance in 2017, inclusive of multi-team organizations.

• Astralis (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)
• Cloud9 (League of Legends)
• Fnatic (League of Legends)
• London Spitfire (Overwatch League)
• OG (DOTA 2)

Beste eSports Coach

• Bok “Reapered” Han-gyu (Cloud9)
• Cristian “ppasarel” Bănăseanu (OG)
• Danny “zonic” Sørensen (Astralis)
• Dylan Falco (Fnatic)
• Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi (Team Vitality)
• Janko “YNk” Paunovic (MiBR)

Best eSports Event

• ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018
• EVO 2018
• League of Legends World Championship
• Overwatch League Grand Finals
• The International 2018

Best eSports Host

• Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez
• Alex “Machine” Richardson
• Anders Blume
• Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
• Paul “RedEye” Chaloner

Best eSports Moment

• C9 Comeback Win In Triple OT vs FAZE at ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018
• G2 Beating RNG at the League of Legends World Championship
• KT vs. IG Base Race at the League of Legends World Championship
• OG’s Massive Upset of LGD at the DOTA 2 Finals
• SonicFox Side Switch Against Go1 in Dragon Ball FighterZ at EVO 2018

Content Creator of the Year

• Dr. Lupo
• Myth
• Ninja
• Pokimane
• Willyrex

Favorite Moment of 2017

Ready for 2018’s show? Help us decide the top moment from 2017, pick your favorite below!

• Carol Shaw (Industry Icon)
• The Game Awards Orchestra (Performance)
• Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro (Moment)
• Josef Fares (A Way Out)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Game of the Year Award)

Re-releases And Remasters No Longer Eligible For Amazon Prime Pre-order Savings

In the terms and conditions for Amazon Prime it has been discovered that pre-order discounts for video game that are re-releases and remasters are no longer eligible. An recent example of a game that is affected by this is Crash Bandicoot .N Sane Trilogy for Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.

State Of Decay 2 Tops The NPD Charts For May 2018

1. State of Decay 2
2. God of War 2018
3. Detroit: Become Human
4. Far Cry 5
5. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze*
6. Grand Theft Auto V
7. Hyrule Warriors Definitive Ed*
8. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
9. Mario Kart 8*
10. 10.NBA 2K18
11. MLB 18: The Show
12. 12.Call of Duty: WWII
13. 13.Super Mario Odyssey*
14. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*
15. FIFA 18^
16. Overwatch^
17. Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
18. Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds
19. Assassin’s Creed: Origins
20. Monster Hunter: World

* Digital sales not included
^ PC digital sales not included

GameStop In Talks With Buyout Firms

According to a report from Reuters, video game retailer GameStop is currently in talks with a number of buyout firms. The news organization reports that GameStop is in the midst of holding talks with private equity firms about a potential transaction after receiving buyout interest. The company has suffered terribly due to changing consumer habits for video games, with many people purchasing games digitally and new services like Xbox Games Pass hasn’t helped matters for the company.

“The retailer’s stock has slid more than 32 percent over the last 12 months, bringing its market capitalization to $1.42 billion, down from about $9.4 billion in 2007.”

E3 2019 Will Take Place From June 11th To 13th, 2019

E3 2018 has come to a close. 69,200 people attended E3, including 15,000 gamers. 200 exhibitors were on display, and 85 companies were exhibiting at the event for the first time, with 3,250 products being showcased over the course of the expo. We now know that June 11th-13th is when E3 2019 will take place at the usual venue, the Los Angeles Convention Center.

362 days until E3 pic.twitter.com/NCE0NvQj4B

— Wario64 (@Wario64) June 14, 2018