Tag: LOL
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Seven-year-old video showing Pokémon Call of Duty mod pulled from YouTube
YouTube has removed a seven-year-old YouTube video that featured Pokémon modded into Call of Duty: Zombies, at the request of The Pokémon Company. As spotted by IGN, content creator NoahJ456 revealed they had received a takedown notice from YouTube, due to the modded content. “WARNING TO ALL CONTENT CREATORS! If your videos feature any sort…
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Riot hits the development reset button for its League of Legends MMO: ‘The initial vision just wasn’t different enough from what you can play today’
Riot has “reset” the development of its League of Legends MMO, according to cofounder and CPO Marc Merrill. Posting on Twitter, Merrill confirmed that “yes, we’re still working on the game,” but that the project has been set back to its early stages to pursue a new design direction. The decision was made “some time…
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The Top Ten Highest Paid Streamers in 2024
TL;DR Jynxzi, Shlorox & KaiCenat are the top three highest paid streamers in 2024, based on estimated monthly earnings. caseoh_, Gaules, Tumblurr and Papaplatte are also among the top ten highest paid streamers in 2024. These earnings are based on estimated monthly earnings since the start of 2024, using publicly available statistics. Streamers are paid…
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The best game design schools, ranked by the Princeton Review 2024
Whether you’re taking your first steps or refining your skills, there’s a game design program for anyone. Check out the 50 best undergraduate and 25 best graduate programs out there. Games Designer. Unquestionably a dream job. You get to flex your creative muscles, work at the cutting edge of technology and craft the kind of…
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Nvidia CEO brings out a monster dual-GPU Blackwell chip at GTC: here’s what it tells us about the next GeForce graphics cards
There’s a new Nvidia architecture in town, and it’s a doozy. Blackwell has just been announced by Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang at GTC and will feature inside the ludicrously large B200 GPU. To call them ‘GPUs’ would technically be wrong, however. They’re dual-GPU packages with a total of 208 billion transistors across them. To put…
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Valorant Datamine Supposedly Uncovers References To Nintendo Switch
Image: Riot Games A recent datamine of Riot Games’ popular free-to-play shooter Valorant has supposedly revealed references to Switch. It’s led to speculation a Nintendo version of the game could be in the works. Some other theories suggest it might just be specific controller support for the game. Additionally, there are crossplay references in there…
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Final Fantasy composer Uematsu says “game music cannot develop further” by copying films
Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu believes game music has become too similar to film and “cannot develop further” if continuing in this direction. Uematsu was interviewed by Japanese outlet NewsPicks (via Automaton) about his thoughts on video game music and its future, stating “music played the role of oxygen” for 8-bit games in…
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Star Wars Jedi director who left Respawn in 2023 to ‘pursue other adventures’ reveals that his other adventure is a new game studio called Giant Skull
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor director Stig Asmussen said when he left Respawn in September 2023 that he wanted “to pursue other adventures,” and now we know what he meant. Asmussen announced today the launch of a new studio called Giant Skull, “dedicated to building gameplay-driven, story immersed action-adventure games set in captivating worlds.” “The Giant…
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Star Wars Jedi director Stig Asmussen opens new triple-A studio Giant Skull
Stig Asmussen, the director of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, has revealed his new studio Giant Skull following his departure from Respawn Entertainment and EA last year. At the time, EA said Asmussen had decided to leave to “pursue other adventures”, and that Respawn’s veteran leadership would step up to…
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Galio Rework, Snowball Nerfs, High Noon Skins
LoL Patch 14.6 brings massive changes aimed at reining in early game snowballing, shaking up the bottom lane, and delivering a mini-rework for Galio. Plus, the iconic High Noon skin line makes a fiery return. When Does LoL Patch 14.6 Release? Patch 14.6 drops on March 20th, 2024. 3pm CT (NA) 5am GMT (EU West)…