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Fortnite – 12-Year-Old YouTuber ‘Swatted’ After Spike in Channel Followers

A 12-year-old Fortnite YouTube streamer has been the victim of a recent “swatting” event after his channel followers spiked in a very short period of time. According to PCGameN, the boy, “Varady”, was playing a match with Cizzorz, another YTer with over 800k subscribers. Cizzorz sent his fans to Varady’s channel which raised the latter’s numbers from about 400 followers to over 85k. Apparently this didn’t sit well with some folks who called local police to initiate a “swatting”.

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Destiny 2 – Bungie Pushes Equipment Mod Revamp & Nightfall Strike Perks Back

In a new blog post on the Destiny 2 / Bungie blog, Game Director Christopher Barrett lets players know that the development roadmap has been adjusted to push several features back. This includes adjustments to the Nightfall Strike perks and the equipment mod overhaul. Both were slated to arrive in game by May 2018, but Barrett feels the team wants to ensure each feature meets “a sufficiently high quality bar” and that artists are given the “extra time to make things super…cool”.

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– MAESTROS: The Lore of the Regalis

As you battle through Maestros, there is one faction that will appeal to the Alchemist in everyone. The Regalis are the military power which rose up through alchemy. These “mad scientists” had experimented on all forms of life. They augment abilities and turning animals and plants into deadly forces which do battle. Check out this exclusive developer diary to learn mnore.

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Grim Dawn – Latest Update Brings New Roguelike Dungeon

The latest major update has been deployed to Grim Dawn. With the patch, players will find the Ancient Grove, a brand new roguelike dungeons to challenge even the hardiest of adventurers. Inside the Ancient Grove, players will encounter four new Monster Infrequents and can find a pair of Unique items as well as a new Mythical Relic Blueprint.

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Rift – Prime Progression Server to Launch on March 7th

Trion Worlds has announced that the subscription-only Rift Prime server will be launching on March 7th. As announced last month, the Prime server will “return us to the launch of Rift” when the cap was level 50 and at a time without boosts, supply crates, no equipment or bags in the Store and more. “This is the world of Rift before free-to-play”.

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– Global eSports Expected to Rake in Nearly $1B in 2018 Alone

Newzoo has published an interesting look at global eSports in the coming year and in the next several years to come. The biggest takeaway is the explosive growth in revenue in 2018 alone which is expected to bring in nearly a billion dollars. eSports is expected to grow to over 400M viewers, up 13% from last year.

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EVE Online – Huge Reduction in Fatigue Accumulation Coming in March

The EVE Online site has another extensive blog post detailing some big changes coming to the game in the March update. Most notably, players will see a small, but meaningful, change to the jump fatigue mechanic. The mechanic, according to the blog, has been one of the “least satisfying” ones since its introduction in 2014. As a result of volumes of player feedback and developer discussion, a big change is coming to reduce fatigue accumulation.