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ABC has told its affiliates that ESPN2 has postponed its planned Sunday airing of an esports tournament involving the video game Apex Legends in the wake of the recent mass shootings in California, Texas and Ohio. The program, EXP Invitational Apex Legends at X Games, was set to air Sunday on cable outlet. In a memo…

President Donald Trump called for curbing “gruesome and grisly video games” that contribute to a “culture of violence” as a response to the horrific shooting sprees in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, but it had the ring of the familiar. Trump and other political figures have put blame at the industry’s doorstep…

Showtime's upcoming big budget Halo series is going to be a lot like the iconic video game and different in very strategic ways, the premium cabler's Entertainment president said today. "There's all kinds of new drama that we will be exploring but we will stay faithful to the canon," Gary Levine told Deadline Friday…

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, gaming’s biggest star, has switched allegiances. Starting Friday, he’ll move his livestreaming activities from his home at Twitch to Microsoft’s competing Mixer, detailing his online exploits at http://www.mixer.com/Ninja. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Ninja was Twitch’s biggest…

The Fortnite World Cup Finals saw 16-year-old Kyle Giersdorf (screen name: “Bugha”) crowned the first solo champion, taking home $3 million. In an indication of how big and enthusiastic the esports audience has become, the event drew 2 million concurrent live streams on Twitch and YouTube. Thousands of fans also…

This week, a special Comic-Con editon of the Hero Nation column… Watching the Game of Thrones contingent take their final (and somewhat complicated) bow this weekend at Comic-Con International I found myself wondering: Will we ever see the likes of the HBO hit series again? Fans will continue to debate the creative…

A free-to-play, “massively multiplayer” online game set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s universe of hobbits, wizards and dragons is on its way from Amazon Game Studios in collaboration with Middle-earth Enterprises and Hong Kong-based interactive developer and publisher Leyou Technologies. As yet untitled (and undated), the game…

Netflix is kicking it really old school with its next kids series. The streamer is teaming with King Features for The Cuphead Show! an animated take on the globally popular video game from Studio MDHR that deploys 1930s-style animation. Famous for its wild boss-brawls, challenging gameplay and especially its retro…

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group has taken film and TV rights to the bestselling video game Myst, with plans to expand the existing mythology to develop a multi-platform universe that would include film, scripted and unscripted TV content. Village Roadshow will develop and work alongside the game’s original…

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite isn’t conjuring up the same sales magic as Pokémon GO. The new mobile game from Niantic, which allows players to experience the wizarding world of Harry Potter through their mobile devices, arrived in the U.S. and U.K. on Friday, June 22. While it debuted at #1 in the iOS app store, it’s…

Superstar gamer and YouTube titan Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is coming to a bookshelf near you. Two Random House imprints, Clarkson Potter and Ten Speed Press, will take the digital influencer to the printed page with three releases by year’s end. Clarkson Potter will release the Ninja: Get Good gamer guide and the Ninja No…

“Hello, wizards and witches!” Tiffany Haddish exclaimed as she walked out on the stage at Universal Studios Hollywood Tuesday night to host an exclusive preview event celebrating the release of the highly anticipated upcoming augmented reality (AR) real-world mobile game Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, which is set to be…