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09/21/23: Amid dozens of high-caliber releases this year, Cyberpunk 2077 might be the most interesting case study yet

  • VALORANT pro Melanie “meL” Capone confirmed she has been turned down by Tier 1 organizations
  • The best-selling fighting game series of all time got its latest installment last week
  • Call of Duty’s World Series of Warzone event drew more than 375,000 peak viewers
  • Valve has discontinued its Dota 2 Pro Circuit
  • GameSquare’s Ninja Labs has launched a health and wellness platform alongside vision care company Vivior.
  • Team PWR and vitaminwater are collaborating on an upcoming competition in Fortnite Creative Mode
  • French esports organization Karmine Corp is planning to open a 3,000-seat venue
  • Karmine Corp is making a splash beyond its stadium, too
  • Natus Vincere has signed 14-year-old Dota 2 star Artem “Niku” Bachkur to its Academy team
  • Amid dozens of high-caliber releases this year, Cyberpunk 2077 might be the most interesting case study yet
  • A massive blunder from Microsoft
  • Unity’s backtracking on its Runtime Fee program continued this week
  • In some positive news for Microsoft, Starfield surpassed 10 million players on Tuesday