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Riot Games and AWS bring esports ‘Win Probability’ stat to 2023 League of Legends World Championships broadcasts

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Riot Games , the developer behind League of Legends (LoL), VALORANT , and Wild Rift , in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) will introduce ‘Win Probability’ within the upcoming 2023 League of Legends World Championship broadcast. Why introduce ‘Win Probability’ to LoL Esports ?

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2023: Year in Retrospect for the Gaming Industry

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The gaming industry has achieved significant milestones in recent years, and 2023 was no exception. Recent data has shown that 2023 has been among the best years in the gaming sector. Join us as we look back at some of the key trends and issues that shaped the gaming industry in 2023. But was it all rosy? Approximately 6.92

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The Story of Oscar Esio and Africacomicade’s Community Impact

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Unaware of this fact, in 2023, Michael Oscar Esio made my wish come true when he invited me to visit the bustling city of Lagos. It’s no surprise that Africacomicade was awarded the title of community of the year by Games Industry Africa in 2023. “In 2023, we leveled up in terms of value.”

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Apex Legends vs. Fortnite: Assessing Popularity in 2023 – Who Takes the Lead?

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Both of these titles with cross-platform play capacity. So, we have made our estimation for 2023’s data in some cases. However, we can exclude the 2023 part, as it’s the middle of the year. We have used data till April 2023. The PS is the most popular platform for this title, with around 40% of gamers.

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Gaming vs. Movie Industry Revenue: Striking Revenue Gap Revealed

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Many believe that Gaming and Esports industry has taken a hard hit as the offices reopened after COVID-19, and the downfall of this industry has begun. Apart from this, it’s a social platform that will connect players from around the world and let them make friends across countries which is not possible in movies.

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Checkmate: Discussing the Rise of Chess Games on Mobile

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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. on Android/iOS or $46.99/$48.99

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New report shows game investment slowdown

Game Daily

The most active sectors by value were technology (24 percent), followed by mobile and esports (19 percent each), mobile cloud gaming (18 percent) and console / PC (15 percent). Other companies that attracted investment include esports production company Nodwin Gaming ($28 million), mobile MMO developer Madngine ($22.5

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