Category: Commentary

Ten Years In, Riot Games Finally Earns Its “s”

Ten Octobers ago, Riot Games, a small independent developer at the time, released a beta of a new multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) called League of Legends…

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Biotech and Life Sciences: Q2 2019 Summary

The 2019 Q2 biotech and pharmaceutical transactions were defined by an active IPO summer market as deal value increased across all categories when compared to …

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The Resurgence of Cryptocurrencies in 2019

The price of Bitcoin in 2019 has soared from around $3,800 at the beginning of January to a high of over $13,800 in June. While …

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Convergence of Video Games and Traditional Media Forms

In June 2019, CD Projekt Red, a Warsaw-based game developer, held a briefing for its highly anticipated title, Cyberpunk 2077, at E3 2019. The long-awaited, …

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League of Twitch: Legends Never Die

League of Legends is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) title from Riot Games, which has been a fixture of Amazon’s streaming platform Twitch for …

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Blockchain in Gaming: Game Changing, or Just Another Fad?

Digital games have experienced a meteoric rise in the last decade to become the dominant form of entertainment, with a 2017 Newzoo industry report showing …

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Sony, Microsoft, Stadia, and Streaming

In May 2019, Sony and Microsoft announced the establishment of a partnership focused around streaming technology.  Under the terms of the partnership, the two companies …

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Gaming AI

The field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has grown by leaps and bounds since the English mathematician Alan Turing first asked the question: “Can machines think?”. …

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League of Legends: Pay to Play

In March 2018, G2 Esports raised more than $17 million in a Series A financing placing the organization’s estimated total value at approximately $105 million.  …

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