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Overwatch blitzes past 25 million players on PS4, Xbox One, and PC
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2016 saw $30.3 billion in gaming mergers, acquisitions, and investments
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Microsoft’s next Windows 10 preview build will include Game Mode
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Heroes of the Dorm ditches ESPN for Facebook
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Is Nintendo Switch going to completely replace the 3DS? GamesBeat Decides
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Morgan Stanley raises Battlefield 1 sales estimate to 15 million
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Spellsouls: Duel of Legends combines the MOBA and card game experience for mobile
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How Heroes of the Storm is evolving its esports scene
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How competitive gaming has to quickly evolve into a mature industry
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Sexism in esports deserves more than the Band-Aid of segregation
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GamesBeat weekly roundup: We try Nintendo’s Switch, and game sales are up in 2016
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Genvid releases interactive streaming for esports broadcasts
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PAX South will host NGE’s Overwatch Winter Premiere Live Finals
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Patches is Hearthstone’s most-played card since Mean Streets of Gadgetzan released
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The State of Hearthstone: How Mean Streets of Gadgetzan changed everything — and where it goes next
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What is Nintendo Switch? Everything you need to know about the new console
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Hearthstone designers’ Q&A: Pirates, Standard in Arena, boosting Wild, and card nerfs
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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Nintendo shows off the Switch
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Splatoon 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch
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Nintendo will charge for a premium online service that you control from your phone
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Nintendo Switch event: Watch the livestream right here
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Blizzard bans 10,000 Overwatch ‘nuking’ cheaters in South Korea
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How Restream.io is freeing live video content from YouTube and Twitch
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Rocket League cements itself as an indie sensation with 25 million registered players
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Hackers steal data from 1.5 million user accounts after esports company refuses to pay ransom
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The dream of Ara: Inside the rise and fall of the world’s most revolutionary phone
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Lionsgate and Michael Milken invest in esports team The Immortals
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Azubu acquires Europe’s Hitbox to expand global esports broadcasts
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Top 5 dormant Nintendo franchises that should return on Switch? GamesBeat Decides
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Hearthstone’s Winter Championship will fly south to the Bahamas — with a $250,000 prize purse
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Lenovo is getting serious about gaming PCs and PC gamers
![What 2017 holds for esports](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/call-of-duty-esports.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
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What 2017 holds for esports
![GamesBeat weekly roundup: PlayStation 4’s big holiday, and CES news](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/PS4-PRo.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
GamesBeat weekly roundup: PlayStation 4’s big holiday, and CES news
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Professional Esports Association cancels Counter-Strike league after team drama
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How French studio DotEmu specializes in resurrecting lost classics like Windjammers
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Smite Tactics enters its closed beta test on PC
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Smite’s new game takes the MOBA to the digital card game arena
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Heroes of the Storm trolls its players with its latest hero, Warcraft’s Zul’jin
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‘Brooklyn 99’ star Terry Crews wants to voice an Overwatch character
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