In The News
Wonder what games have sold the best on Steam so far this year? Platinum sellers include PUBG, Rocket League and Jurassic World Evolution.
Bethesda’s Todd Howard had this to say about Fallout 76 when speaking with GI.biz’s Haydn Taylor: “‘Anyone who has ever said ‘this is the future and this part of gaming is dead’ has been proven wrong every single time. We like to try it all. For a long time…’”
Additionally, the “Country Roads” cover is being released today and all proceeds go toward charity.
We Happy Few will be released in Australia after Compulsion Games’ appeal to the Review Board was accepted, Game Informer’s Brian Shea reports.
F-Bomb Josef Fares “has confirmed he will continue his partnership with Electronic Arts,” GI.biz’s James Batchelor reports. “During the discussion, Fares praised how good EA has been to collaborate with in the past.”
Pokemon Quest “has amassed $3 million in revenue during its first week on mobile,” Chris Kerr at Gamasutra writes. “An estimated 56 percent of that revenue was pulled in through the iOS App Store.”
Congratulations to Funcom on Conan Exiles selling over 1.4 million units.
Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa “has won approval across the board” at the company, CNET’s Sean Keane reports. “Furukawa, who assumed office that day, won 96.51 percent approval from shareholders.”
Miscellaneous Esports News:
ESL and SNIPES are coming together for an esports apparel line, TEO’s Graham Ashton reports. “SNIPES will receive presenting rights to the Players Lounges, and on-the-ground proprietary shop presence at gamescom. A co-branded collection will be unveiled at gamescom, to be made available at SNIPES stores.”
GameStop is sponsoring OP Live Dallas, TEO’s Trent Murray writes. “The gaming festival is produced by eGency Global in partnership with SMU Guildhall, a graduate program for video game design.”
Hearthstone is up with a new article on “Upcoming Minion Type Adjustments.”
Happy Wednesday birthday Timothy John “Tims” Randrup and Gabriel “HeRoMaRinE” Segat and Thursday birthday Philip “paschy90” Paschmeyer!
League Land
LoL came in 2nd for hours watched on Twitch last week at 15.3 million, TEO reports.
Happy Wednesday birthday Kim “Reignover” Ui-jin and Ki “Expect” Dae-Han!
Meddler posted his Quick Gameplay Thoughts for July 4.
A new /Dev Post is up about Clash.
Check out the World Rune Ward Skin here.
NA and EU LCS Summer Splits 2018 are ongoing (NA, EU). Finals are Sept. 8-9 in Oakland, Calif.
Standings:
Kristine “Vaalia” Hutter is up with a new piece on LoL Esports about “Five Serious Reasons EU Will Dominate NA In LA.”
Vodafone Giants “has officially applied to the EU LCS Partnership System that will be introduced in January 2019,” The Shotcaller’s Darius Matuschak reports.
LoL Esports posted “EU LCS Mic Check: Week 3 | Summer Split 2018” and “The Divephoria: NA vs EU Rift Rivals.”
FlyQuest posted “Farewell Andy “AnDa” Hoang! | GM Nick Phan on 100T Meteos Trade and AnDa’s Future on 100T.”
G2 Esports posted “Rift Rivals 2018: EU IS READY!”
Blitz Esports posted “Doublelift, Stixxay, and 5 more pro ADCs on the RIP ADC meta.”
Royal Never Give Up posted “Royal Never Give Up – Mic Check Ep. 3 [ ENG SUB ] HD.”
Travis Gafford posted “Meteos TRADED? Rift Rivals NA OR EU, Players Association useful? – Hotline League 34.”
Interviews: Team SoloMid’s Alfonso “mithy” Aguirre Rodríguez (Travis Gafford), Echo Fox’s Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon (Inven Global), FlyQuest’s Lucas “Santorin” Larsen (The Shotcaller), Counter Logic Gaming’s Darshan “Darshan” Upadhyaya (Esports Heaven), Team Liquid’s Jang “Cain” Nu-ri (Inven Global), FlyQuest’s Jang “Keane” Lae Young (Esports Heaven), Clutch Gaming’s Apollo “Apollo” Price (Inven Global), Daniel “Drakos” Drakos (The Shotcaller), G2 Esports’ Petter “Hjarnan” Freyschuss (Cybersport), Team Liquid’s Kim “Olleh” Joo-sung (The Shotcaller), Fnatic’s Rasmus “Caps” Winther’s dad (The Shotcaller), Team Liquid’s Jake “Xmithie” Puchero (Esports Heaven), OpTic Gaming’s Noh “Arrow” Dong-hyeon (Unikrn), Team SoloMid’s Parth Naidu (Travis Gafford), SK Telecom T1’s Bae “Bang” Jun-sik (Akshon Esports), OpTic Gaming’s Romain Bigeard (Blitz Esports) and Golden Guardian’s Son “Mickey” Young-min (The Shotcaller).
Tuesday’s PBE update includes balance changes to Tristana.
LCK Summer Spit 2018 is ongoing.
Rift Rivals 2018 is today through Saturday.
The “A Guide To Fandom” page can be found here.
Splyce European Summer Tournament qualifiers start July 14.
2018 EU LCS Summer Finals are Sept. 8-9 in in Madrid, Spain.
Champion and skin sale July 3-6: Freljord Rammus, Nightmare Tryndamere, Frozen Terror Nocturne and Blade Queen Lissandra. Yasuo, Wukong, Heimerdinger and Vladimir.
Weekly free champions: Annie, Braum, Corki, Diana, Fiora, Jarvan IV, Lissandra, Pantheon, Poppy, Sejuani, Sion, Sivir, Thresh and Vayne.
Over/Under WatchWill
Overwatch came in 8th for hours watched on Twitch last week at 3.5 million, TEO reports.
Happy Wednesday birthday Aleksi “Zuppeh” Kuntis!
Jeff Kaplan posted a “Quick LFG Update.”
Geoff Goodman addressed additional Sombra changes they have planned.
Overwatch League:
Overwatch League’s grand finals will be held at The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. July 27-28. The playoff schedule can be found here.
OWL posted articles “Playoff Preview: London Spitfire” and “Playoff Preview: Los Angeles Gladiators.”
Boston Uprising posted “Up Close & Personal: Shake.”
London Spitfire posted “Twitch AMA with Bdosin.”
Akshon Esports posted “Team USA Overwatch World Cup 2018 Trailer | Independence Day.”
Interviews: Los Angeles Valiant’s Indy “Space” Halpern (Overwatch Score) and Philadelphia Fusion’s Jae-Hyeok “Carpe” Lee (Unikrn).
The Overwatch World Cup for 2018 details can be found here. Group stage tickets are on sale.
America unveiled their World Cup lineup.
South Korea unveiled their World Cup lineup.
Taiwan unveiled their World Cup lineup.
Japan unveiled their World Cup lineup.
Team Hong Kong announced their lineup pending approval.
Overwatch Contenders:
NA and EU Season 2 are ongoing (NA, EU). Finals are Sept. 2.
IN: Dong-jun “Rascal” Kim joined NRG Esports.
OUT: Fusion University removed Haydin “ZerG” Gordon from their roster.
Jonathan “Kryw” Nobre retired.
Simon “Chubz” Vullo and Mike “Midnight” Ryan are no longer with Copenhagen Flames.
Kim “LukB” Ji-Seok and An “Selly” Jeonghwan are no longer with Meta Gaming.
Royale Review
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
PUBG came in 3rd for hours watched on Twitch last week at 10.7 million, TEO reports.
Germany’s video game age rating agency lowered PUBG’s PC version from 18 to 16, The Shotcaller’s Alexander Hugo reports.
PUBG on Xbox boasts “8 million players,” GameSpot’s Eddie Makuch reports.
DISCOUNT: PUBG is 33% off at $19.99 through today.
IN: Ben “Microstar” Kyle joined FlyQuest.
OUT: Chris “Jimmur” Keith is no longer with eUnited.
PUBG Global Invitational 2018 is July 25-29.
The PGI European Qualifier is through July 21. Team Liquid, Pittsburgh Knights and Welcome to South Georgo will be at the finals.
StarSeries i-League PUBG starts Aug. 25 and goes through Sept. 2.
Fortnite Battle Royale
Fortnite topped the charts for hours watched on Twitch last week at 32.5 million, TEO reports.
Mobile Fortnite “reeled in almost $92 million of gross revenue in the 11 weeks to the week of June 18, more than five times that of PUBG Corp.’s rival hit. That’s despite there having been twice as many downloads of PUBG Mobile than its rival, which is only available in the Apple App Store,” Bloomberg’s Lulu Yilun Chen reports.
Blockbuster Contest is here through July 11. Check it out here.
Red Bull Rise Till Dawn is July 21-11 in Chicago.
Season 5 will reportedly begin July 12.
Wake Me Up Before You CS:GO
CS:GO came in 7th for hours watched on Twitch last week at 4.1 million, TEO reports.
Happy birthday Matthew “WARDELL” Yu and Janusz “Snax” Pogorzelski!
ESL One Cologne 2018 is ongoing through Sunday.
Group A and B standings:
ESL reportedly nabbed the first Major for 2019, DBLTAP’s Jarek “DeKay” Lewis reports. “Valve has awarded German based company ESL the next Counter-Strike Major, which will take place at the beginning of next year, according to multiple sources with knowledge of Valve’s decision.”
Richard Lewis posted “Phantomlord Threatens To Sue Reddit Moderators Over… Well, Nothing.”
Interviews: Fnatic’s William “draken” Sundin (HLTV) and ENCE eSports’ Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen (HLTV).
ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018 is July 21-29 in Atlanta, Ga.
ESL One: New York 2018 is Sept. 26-30.
ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals are Dec. 7-9 in Odense, Denmark.
Wins And Fails
It’s important to laugh. That’s why TheDW has compiled some of the best wins and fails of the last 24 hours.
Secret Unlocked
Rocket League is free through July 9.
Steam’s Summer Sale is here through today.
Steam’s also giving away 21 games between now and Aug. 2 in celebration of Twitch Prime Day.
Upcoming Releases And Events
RELEASES
Today: Mushroom Wars 2 on Nintendo Switch.
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr on PS4 and Xbox One.
July 10: 20XX on PS4 and Nintendo Switch.
MXGP Pro on PS4, Xbox One and PC.
Shining Resonance Refrain on PS4, Xbox One, PC and Nintendo Switch.
July 11: 20XX on Xbox One.
EVENTS
Patience child.
Comments and Suggestions
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