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Welcome to the Latest, your weekly round-up of esports news and information centering around competitions, activations, platforms, and lifestyle. Content is brought to you by our own esports editors and writers from around the Access Intelligence collection of brands, including Cynopsis Esports, Event Marketer and Chief Marketer.
The Week in Esports & Gaming
09/28/23: Counter-Strike 2 has officially launched
- Electronic Arts announced the launch of FC Pro
- The success of the Souls-like continued this week
- Following industry-wide backlash, Unity has backed off some of its Runtime Fee plans
- Riot Games has brought in K-pop girl group NewJeans for its League of Legends World Championship anthem
- Evil Geniuses has extended its partnership with Thunderpick
- Organizers of multiple esports and gaming events in Georgia will come together for a joint event
- Nick “Nickmercs” Kolcheff is coming to the Esports & Gaming Business Summit
- The best League of Legends player of all time is healthy ahead of the game’s world championship
- Esports organization 100 Thieves has signed former Evil Geniuses coach Tony “Zikz” Gray
- G2 Esports snagged a VCT Americas spot of their own
- Counter-Strike 2 has officially launched
- Roblox is taking steps toward voice chat moderation through artificial intelligence
- SAG-AFTRA members have voted in favor of authorizing a strike for video game actors and performers
- PlatinumGames vice president and co-founder Hideki Kamiya will leave the company
- Capcom president Haruhiro Tsujimoto believes game prices are too low
