Month: November 2016

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The Game Awards 2016 Reveal Fighting Game and Esports Nominations

As the end of 2016 is swiftly approaching, it’s time to look back at the year and reflect on the video games released from late 2015 until now. Geoff Keighley’s annual ceremony that celebrates the genres and people who make up the industry is coming December 1st at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, CA.

Among the many categories (split by jury and fan selections), such as Best Studio/Game Direction, Best Narrative, and game genres, figure these relevant to the fighting game community: Best Fighting Game, Best eSports Player, and Best eSports Game.

Under Best Fighting Game figure:

  • Killer Instinct Season 3
  • King of Fighters XIV
  • Pokkén Tournament
  • Street Fighter V

The Best eSports Player category includes:

  • Team Razer’s Lee “Infiltration” Seon-woo
  • Team Liquid’s Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma

And lastly, in Best eSports Game we have:

  • Street Fighter V

Tune in to just about any platform (Twitch, YouTube, PlayStation, Xbox, Twitter, Facebook, and so on) to watch the show on December 1st.

The Game Awards began in 2014, overtaking its predecessor, Spike’s Video Game Awards, by a 75-percent viewer increase, which totaled nearly two million viewers.

Sources: The Game Awards; Polygon

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Crowfall – Want to Invest in a Throne War? You Can Now.

Having an interview with Todd Coleman and Gordon Walton (co-founders of Artcraft Entertainment) about the recent IndieGoGo/Microventures funding news is a bit hard. You see, by the basic rules and laws put forth by the government, there’s not a whole lot they can discuss in detail about the investment setup. But they can talk about why IndieGoGo, and how things are going with Crowfall, so that’s just what we did…

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Lee Haskins to defend IBF bantamweight belt against Shohei Omori in Japan

IBF bantamweight champion Lee Haskins (34-3,14 KOs) will defend his title against Shohei Omori (17-1, 12 KOs) on December 31 at the Shimazu Arena, Kyoto, Japan.
Haskins is coming off a couple of points wins in his previous world title defences against Mexican Ivan Morales in May and fellow Briton Stuart Hall in September.
Now the Bristol boxer will meet Japanese southpaw Omori, whose sole defeat came when he was stopped in two rounds by current WBO champion Marlon Tapales last December.
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