Two esports events in China have been canceled following the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan City. The League of Legends Pro League (LPL) has postponed week two of its 2020 season until it “can ensure the safety and health of our players and fans.” The new coronavirus outbreak began in Wuhan City, China late last year. Despite the disease spreading in China, it’s not a global health emergency, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “Make no mistake, this is an emergency in China,” Tedro

In December, the United States and China reached a so-called “Phase One” trade agreement that suspended proposed tariffs on video game consoles indefinitely. Meanwhile, those in the tabletop games industry are still suffering. In June, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony all signed a letter addressed to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) decrying the proposed tariffs. They said that their true cost — an estimated $840 million for game consoles alone — would be shifted almost e

Atari Interactive, the company behind hats with built-in speakers and a new version of the Atari VCS console, is getting into the hotel business. Other Atari Hotels are planned for Las Vegas, Denver, Chicago, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco, and San Jose. As seen in renders of the hotels, the iconic Atari logo will feature prominently in the design of the company’s buildings. Atari Interactive is a subsidiary of Atari SA, the French holding company previously known as Infogrames. The company’s At

Last week, Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment introduced the world to Forge, the newest Legend to enter the Apex Games. But in the game’s latest trailer, which Respawn released on Monday morning, Forge was murdered during a “live” interview. The championship-winning MMA fighter Forge introduces himself and talks a big game about how well he’ll do in Apex Legends’ fictional combat sport, the Apex Games. While Respawn hasn’t officially confirmed that Revenant will be taking Forge’s spot

Journey to the Savage Planet is a pretty straightforward game, but there’s still plenty of strategy for new players to learn. Return to your ship often to bank your resourcesWandering around an alien planet and scraping together resources is a dangerous job. Look above and below for hidden pathsThere’s a lot of verticality to the titular Savage Planet — even beyond all the floating islands. Not every path leading to hidden treasures like Alien Alloy or Orange Goo will be at eye-level. And that’s

In our Journey to the Savage Planet beginner’s guide, we’ll get help you get started with this game about slapping space-chickens. A yellow kite icon shows the next waypoint for whatever your active mission is. A yellow kite icon shows the next waypoint for whatever your active mission is. Cut grass to find Orange GooEating Orange Goo is how you’ll increase your health and stamina (for running longer) in Journey to the Savage Planet. Have funJourney to the Savage Planet is not an intense game, s

The full extent of that cruelty is the final note in Happy Happy Joy Joy. The structure of Happy Happy Joy Joy makes for insufficient exploration of Ren & Stimpy’s legacy. They are not chronicled in Happy Happy Joy Joy, save for one emotional follow-up interview with Coffey. Happy Happy Joy Joy did not have to deliver a verdict on the art-vs.-artist debate, but a more successful documentary might demand conclusions from its subjects. Happy Happy Joy Joy is an independent production that premiere

The heavily Oscar-nominated World War I film 1917 offers its audience some disorienting whiplash. But hitting this singular aesthetic goal doesn’t necessarily mean 1917’s story is effectively told. The focus falls on mostly on their faces and on Blake’s quickly reddening wound, as Blake takes his last breaths. Shortly afterward, however, Schofield boards a transport truck with a regiment passing through, and the camera hops in with him. 1917 is a journey from point to point, and distance is a vi

My first encounter with an alien life form in Journey to the Savage Planet establishes the game’s tone in no uncertain terms. Journey to the Savage Planet drops me onto an uncharted planet, unprepared and uninformed, with the goal of determining if the planet is safe for human habitation or corporate exploitation. Which may make Journey to the Savage Planet one of the more effectively absurd games in recent memory. The game doesn’t shy away from its cautionary parable of environmental exploitati

While many Twitch streamers have opted to leave, this new era has resulted in some streamers signing deals to stay with Twitch, such as Ben “DrLupo” Lupo, Squib “Lirik” Zahid, and Timothy “TimTheTatman” Betar. While not every streaming service may have the same dedicated audience as Twitch, Freytag explains that they each offer their own benefits that can attract streamers. At the height of his streaming, Blevins talked about working 12-hour days just to maintain his following. Twitch and Mixer

“I NEVER told John Bolton that the aid to Ukraine was tied to investigations into Democrats, including the Bidens,” Trump tweeted early Monday morning. “If John Bolton said this, it was only to sell a book,” Trump claimed. In early January, however, Bolton said that he would testify in the Senate trial if he was subpoenaed by the Senate. Trump falsely tweeted Monday that “The Democrat controlled House never even asked John Bolton to testify.” Trump, meanwhile, asserted in subsequent tweets Monda

Global brands Estee Lauder and Nike both generate 17% of their revenue from mainland China each year, Credit Suisse estimated based on companies’ filings. The bank said if the coronavirus continues, both companies can see a 3% to 5% decrease in earnings per share next quarter. Shares of Nike and Estee Lauder plunged 4% and 6%, respectively, on Monday as the broad market sold off on the deepening fears. Other apparel retailers with high China exposure include Coach and Kate Spade parent company T

President Donald Trump addressed the matter in a tweet Monday, saying the U.S. is “in very close communication with China concerning the virus.” U.S. health officials warned that the flu or other respiratory illnesses could complicate identifying more cases. The CDC is trying to speed up testing and to get the tests in the hands of state health officials. WHO’s director-general, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is traveling to Beijing to meet with government and health officials. Here are where c

Italy’s center-left Democratic Party (PD) has faced down a strong challenge from the right-wing Lega party during a widely-watched regional election that firebrand Lega leader Matteo Salvini had hoped could collapse the country’s precarious coalition government and precipitate fresh national elections. At the time, his effort to scupper the government was intended to provoke fresh national elections in which his party looked likely to triumph. But a surprising pact that formed between the M5S an

Extreme adventurer Mike Horn says embracing failure is a learning process that makes life “broader” and helps break mental boundaries. Horn was sharing the lessons he’d learned as an explorer in a talk at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week. In strong winds, Horn said he realized that he therefore could make it to the summit but he “would never come back.” “The moment you don’t want to do something, that’s when the impossible becomes bigger than the will to actually achieve.

MIGUEL MEDINA | AFP | Getty ImagesItaly’s fragile coalition government is breathing a sigh of relief after Matteo Salvini, a prominent right-wing politician, failed to win a closely-watched regional election at the weekend. But the vote has exposed the weak dynamics underpinning the government in Rome. The opposition anti-immigration Lega party, led by Salvini, lost in the vote in Emilia-Romagna to the incumbent center-left Democratic Party (PD) on Sunday. The candidate for the populist Five Sta

KAZUHIRO NOGI | AFP via Getty ImagesOil prices slumped to multi-month lows on Monday, with energy market participants increasingly concerned about demand growth as the coronavirus spreads globally. Both crude benchmarks have slipped to lows not seen since early October, as oil traders closely monitor the outbreak of a deadly pneumonia-like virus. China has warned the ability of coronavirus to spread is getting stronger, spooking financial markets and prompting a sharp fall in oil prices. “Whilst

Stocks set for sharply lower open on growing concerns about China coronavirus1 Hour AgoU.S. stock index futures were lower Monday morning, as concerns grow about the spread of the China coronavirus. CNBC’s Rahel Solomon reports.

London is expected to grant the Chinese tech giant some access to its 5G network, according to a Financial Times report. Thillien said there was a concern that the major mobile network operators would be restricted in choice if Huawei is blocked from the country’s 5G rollout. Three out of four of the U.K.’s big carriers — EE, Vodafone and Three — already use Huawei equipment in the networks. U.S. officials are concerned Huawei’s that the use of 5G gear would put intelligence sharing with the U.K

A Caspian Airlines plane slid off the runway onto a highway on landing at an airport in southwestern Iran on Monday, but all passengers were evacuated without injury, Iranian state media reported. Some other Iranian media outlets reported 135 passengers and seven crew members were on board but there was no official confirmation. Iranian media reported that the pilot was unable to deploy the landing gear, adding that the incident was being investigated. “The plane did not catch fire and all passe