In The News
In the wake of an exodus of employees from Blizzard’s Ireland office, Kotaku’s Jason Schreier is out with a report of Blizzard’s cost-cutting measures.
“Blizzard has spent the year taking big measures to cut costs as it prepares for a lean 2019. Those measures, as conveyed by people who work or have worked for the iconic studio, include employee buyouts in which workers are offered money to leave, a broadening of the finance department, and the limitation of budgets for any team at the company that isn’t directly making video games.”
Elder Scrolls cookbook incoming. Chelsea Monroe-Cassel, who made cookbooks for Game of Thrones and World of Warcraft, is creating Tamriel’s version.
Ninja came in 1st for Twitch’s most-watched channel in the last week at 1.72 million hours watched, TEO reports. Shroud came in 2nd, lirik in 3rd and tfue in 4th.
Interviews: Red Dead Redemption II’s Gabriel Sloyer (Variety) and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament organizers (Variety).
Players’ Lounge – Sponsored News:
Players’ Lounge redesigned its product, resulting in a 25% increase in week-over-week matches played for four weeks running.
Investors continue to assault our inboxes. Including a few billionaires. We’re holding strong.
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Extra Esports News:
TEO’s Trent Murray has a breakdown of the “Top 5 Rising Esports To Watch For in 2019.”
Happy birthday Rasmus “Chessie” Blomdin and Kim “Forte” Ki Yong!