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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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HUDstats switches from OpenAI to Amazon Bedrock to advance esports storytelling using generative AI

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In the past decade, esports has evolved into a billion-dollar industry, with dozens of leagues, thousands of athletes, teams, franchises, and rising fan culture. Moving from there to building a whole AI-driven data infrastructure and generative AI storytelling solution for the esports industry felt pretty natural.

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Bukola Akingbade of Kucheza Gaming on nurturing dreams and shaping industries

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So far she has facilitated the awards of esports athletes between the ages of 8 and 18 with rewards such as dedicated gaming laptops and Amazon vouchers. Through initiatives like mobile game jams and interschool esports, she aims to foster girls’ interest in STEAM fields.

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The Story of Oscar Esio and Africacomicade’s Community Impact

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During my stay, I had the incredible opportunity to witness Esio, the founder and program coordinator of Africacomicade , take charge of video game industry discussions at Lagos ComicCon and work the room at the tight-knit Xbox game developer community meetup at Microsoft’s Lagos offices. “In 2023, we leveled up in terms of value.”

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2023: Year in Retrospect for the Gaming Industry

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But what does this mean for developers? Well, this implies that developers have had to work more on cross-platform games, ensuring they deliver seamless cross-platform experiences. Increase in Top-Rated Games As technology grows, new innovations transform how developers build games. But what does that mean for developers?

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How an indie developer realized an out-of-this-world vision for multiplayer video game “Crossfar” using Amazon GameLift

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Imagined as a sci-fi take on esports, the game was developed in only two years by a single developer, Kavosh Omidi, using Amazon GameLift dedicated server management on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Using AWS also helped lower development costs and accelerate iterations.” Development was cleaner and neater.”

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How to make the jump from developing a game to running a game platform

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Gaming companies, both developers and publishers, have also aimed to capitalize on the vast amount of data and intellectual capital they have, in order to reinvent themselves and branch out into different ventures. Unreal Engine can be used by other game developers, as well as by film and television and other industries.