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Riot Games shuffles leadership for esports and entertainment

GamesIndustry.biz

Riot Games has re-organised its leadership in its esports and entertainment segments. Current esports president John Needham has been appointed president of publishing and esports, and will "create new integrated experiences" that will combine its esports, music, and creative publishing sectors. Read more

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100 Thieves to cut 20% of its workforce

GamesIndustry.biz

Esports and gaming organisation 100 Thieves has announced another round of layoffs. Redundancies will primarily affect the 100 Thieves Game Development Studio and energy drink brand Juvee, both of which will become independent companies, Robinson added.

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Savvy Moves: Saudi Arabias Gaming Vision

Deconstructor of Fun

A key piece of this vision is the national games and esports framework, which lays out 86 specific goals designed to catapult Saudi Arabia into a leadership position in the global gaming industry. The mandate of the company is to build the world’s number one global games and esports company,” says Brian Ward, CEO of Savvy Games Group.

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QORPO brings generative AI features to AneeMate with AWS

AWS Games

QORPO has collaborated with more than 50 esports teams and leading gaming guilds. Leveraging the pay-as-you-go model of Amazon GameLift and optimizing resource utilization, the studio also lowered its hosting and operational expenses by 40%. However, Web3 game aspects can remain entirely invisible if the player chooses.

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A new era for Africa’s video games industry at Africacomicade’s Gamathon 24

PreMortem.Games

John Ikpeme, from Dash Studios , announced openings for a game developer, narrative designer, and game designer igniting excitement among the attendees. Jide Martin In the evening, we headed to The Carven, where one of Africa’s Esports giants, Gamr , hosted a lively dinner for delegates. It was all hard work, no support.

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Checkmate: Discussing the Rise of Chess Games on Mobile

Game Refinery

Chess has also become something of an esports sensation, which started after grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura coached streamer xQc on chess over Twitch and eventually led to the creation of a dedicated group of prolific streamers setting up an amateur chess tournament called Pogchamps on Chess.com.

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Solo dev Vladyslav Pidiashenko “I hope IHAS will inspire players to better their lives”

PreMortem.Games

Crafting this project largely alone, Pidiashenko (working under the company name The Difference Studios ) navigates both the creative and practical demands of development in a uniquely personal way. At first, I considered getting into esports, but I quickly realized it wasn’t for me. What are the biggest advantages of working solo?

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