League of Legends oyuncularının kişisel bilgileri çalındı. League of Legends
Fiziksel sporlar kadar beceri ve çalışma gerektiren oyunlar artık kendi içlerinde de bir spor dalı haline geliyor. E-spor adı verilen bu oyunlardan League of Legends, 145 ülkede, 35 milyon kişi tarafından oynanıyor ve dünya çapında düzenlediği turnuvalarla büyük bir heyecan dalgası estiriyor.
“are you just posting pics of every bearded tech-related CEO?”
whaaaat? no, riot games has a real culture problem and I wish them the best of luck in trying to fix it.
Today’s Morning Speedrun covers Bethesda’s and 343′s disaster relief campaigns, League of Legends founders stepping down, GeForce NOW beta project, and Nintendo Switch EShop update.
Bethesda and 343 Disaster Relief Campaigns
* So I want to start things off with a really cool story surrounding charity with some pretty big brands out there
* If you didn’t already know, Bethesda is pitching in to support the American Red Cross through a fundraising campaign to go alongside the release of their new game, The Evil Within.
* Funny enough they are calling it, “The Good Within” where they plan to match the total fundraiser donation amount goal and they vow to match the highest donation as well.
* The goal is to raise $15,000 and this event goes throughout October.
* If you want to pitch in, the campaign is being hosted through Crowdrise.com and they are currently at $2,722 as of posting this.
* But that’s actually not all. 343 is pitching in with their own disaster relief fund through Halo 5 where they launched the “Relief and Recovery REQ Pack”.
* Their campaign started on October 12th and goes through October 23rd in the actual game itself as well as in the Xbox Live Store
* All proceeds go to GlobalGiving and not only can you pitch in by buying these REQ packs for $10 apiece, but they stated in their blog post, “the pack itself contains 5 permanent REQs selected from the most popular visual customization REQs of ultra-rare or better rarity, if available, as well as ten rare or better boost cards.”
* It’s good to know that these big game companies are using their clout to make the lives of other people a little bit better and doing a little bit of good.
* I have other thoughts on this topic too, but I want to leave that one on a really positive note, so we’re going to move on to some interesting news about League of Legends
Founders of League of Legends Stepping Down
* It turns out, that Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill, the two original founders of the biggest MOBA game in the world right now, League of Legends, are stepping down
* Don’t worry though, it seems that they are leaving League of Legends in very capable hands seeing as how they have spent 11 years building Riot into the behemoth that it is in the gaming industry.
* With really only one game under their belts though, they seem to feel that it’s finally time to break away and really focus on making a second title that fuels the growth of the company even more
* When you look at other companies though, like Blizzard, for instance, making a huge impact in so many genres, by creating several addictive titles like Warcraft, Starcraft, Overwatch, Diablo and even delving into the MOBA space themselves, with Heroes of the Storm, you have to wonder whether or not this should have happened sooner.
* Either way, they seem dead set on this new goal to, “finally put the “S” in Riot Games”, as they put it and I for one am really excited to see what they come up with!
GeForce NOW Beta
* Next up is something that has been much needed for a long time to bridge the gap between gamers on PC and Mac.
* NVIDIA announced a Beta of their new GeForce NOW service that you can use for free up until most likely just the end of this year.
* Basically anyone that has a Mac, now has the ability to play games normally only available to Windows by utilizing the computing power of NVIDIA’s own computers and graphics cards via the cloud. Mysterious, I know.
* Also, it actually doesn’t seem to matter what Mac it is considering one of the ads on it was of a person gaming on a 13-inch MacBook Air, which absolutely is not known for being used for gaming in almost any way, shape or form
* This is an incredible break in the cross-platform space because not only does it bring gamers together from Mac and PC, but it also solves the problem of having to have the biggest, baddest graphics card in your Mac just so that you can bootcamp the machine and attempt to run your Windows games on it
* More and more people all over will be able to play their favorite games without spending an arm and a leg for a computer with amazing specs in the first place.
* I will say so far though, my own personal experiences have been interesting in that the actual input in just the base services seem to add a great deal of lag, which is expected for the time being, but can’t exist when playing competitive multiplayer games
* As of right now, the service is free to Mac gamers, but in the future it will have a pay-as-you-go model and if you have a somewhat sorta crappy PC, well good news is that the PC beta will be here soon too.
* If you’re interested in this Beta, hop on over to the NVIDIA website and they even have hardware specs recommended for machines they have tested so that you know yours can handle the stream decoding necessary for the service to work properly
Switch eShop Update
* Finally, our last topic is on Nintendo and there are a few different things happening
* First off, there was an update recently to the Switch eShop that will be welcomed by all, with zero doubt in my mind.
* They’ve finally introduced a “Games on Sale” tab to the eShop alongside the, “Recent Releases”, “Best Sellers”, and “Coming Soon” tabs
* As you can imagine, the store is empty. Like, completely empty. With the Switch still being relatively new and really trying to get more developers on board with it as a viable platform to develop on, there just aren’t enough games out there as it is, much less to have actual sales on.
* But clearly they are pushing to make sure everyone understands that the Switch is here to stay, because there has been a lot of word lately around Nintendo welcoming much more mature content.
* In the past, developers have run into plenty of pushback on Nintendo’s part in regards to content targeting specifically the older crowd, like The Binding of Isaac, for instance.
* But now developers and publishers are hearing positive feedback from Nintendo and of course, even games like DOOM and Wolfenstein II are making their way to the Switch which are already a 180 from what family-friendly games used to be expected on Nintendo’s platform.
* And speaking of new content, as we start to see Nintendo make their way into more and more online multiplayer games, remember that in 2018
Nintendo will be launching their very own paid online subscription service
* It offers similar reasoning AND perks to its customers as what you expect from Xbox Live Gold and Playstation Plus, but at a much cheaper price point.
* In order to play online, you have to pay $3.99 per month, $7.99 for three months, or $19.99 for a year membership
* So that’s all for today’s speed run. Tell me in the comments what genre of game you would like to see the Founders of League of Legends step into next. You can also answer by hitting me up on our podcast Instagram or Twitter, @giveme5podcast
* You can also share your thoughts on any of these topics or the topics throughout the week, and on Saturdays I will be going through your comments and call-ins to discuss further the biggest stories of the week.
* Last but not least, if you prefer to get your daily gaming updates in audio form, check in on our Anchor channel everyday at 8 AM MST. You can use any browser or the Anchor app itself!
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A THING BRANDON HASN'T SEEN: The Wizard of Oz.
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A THING MARK HASN'T SEEN: Any horror movie.
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