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CBS has thrown its hat into the ring of end-of-the-year video game awards, announcing it will air the “Gamers’ Choice Awards” December 9 on CBS and the CBS Sports Network.

Hosted by Carrie Keagan and director of Twitch Studios Marcus “Djwheat” Graham, the hour-long awards show will honor the winners of a number of categories, all of which are voted on by users. The Categories are:

Fan Favorite Male Gamer/ Streamer
Ninja 
Shroud
Dr. Disrespect
Tyler1
TimTheTatman
Summit1g
Dr. Lupo
Tfue
Lirik
 
Fan Favorite Female Gamer/ Streamer
Imane “Pokimane” Anys
Rumay “Hafu” Wang (itsHafu)
Kristen “KittyPlays” Michaela
AnneMunition
Kat “Mystik” Gunn
Kim “Geguri” Se-Yeon
Amira “Xmiramira”
Julia “Juliano” Kiran
Zainab “zAAz” Turkie
 
Fan Favorite Game
Fortnite
God of War
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Overwatch
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Celeste
League of Legends
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
Monster Hunter: World

Fan Favorite Action Game
God of War
Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Far Cry 5

Fan Favorite Single Player Gaming Experience
Celeste
God of War
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
Detroit: Become Human

Fan Favorite Multiplayer Game
Fortnite
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Destiny 2: Forsaken
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
Overwatch
A Way Out
PUBG

Fan Favorite Shooter Game
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Overwatch
Destiny 2: Forsaken
Quake Champions
Far Cry 5
Warframe
Rainbow Six: Siege

Fan Favorite Battle Royale Game
Fortnite
PUBG
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – Blackout
Realm Royale
Ring of Elysium
The Darwin Project
H1Z1

Fan Favorite Fighting Game
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Soulcalibur VI
Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

Fan Favorite Sports/Racing Game
FIFA 19
NBA 2K19
Forza Horizon 4
NHL 19
WWE 2K19
Rocket League
Madden NFL 2019

Fan Favorite Indie Game
Celeste
Subnautica
Dead Cells
Into the Breach
Iconoclasts
Donut County
Moonlighter

Fan Favorite Family-Friendly Multiplayer Game
Mario Tennis Aces
Super Mario Party
Overcooked 2
Starlink: Battle for Atlas
Scribblenauts: Showdown
Lego The Incredibles
Just Dance 2018

Fan Favorite Role Playing Game
Path of Exile
Dragon Quest XI
Monster Hunter: World
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Octopath Traveler
Diablo III: Eternal Collection
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Moonlighter

Fan Favorite MMORPG
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
The Elder Scrolls Online
Maple Story 2
Lineage II: Revolution
Black Desert Online
EVE Online
Final Fantasy XIV

Fan Favorite VR Game
Beat Saber
Moss
Pixel Ripped 1989
Brass Tactics
Sprint Vector

Fan Favorite Mobile Game
Pokémon GO
PUBG Mobile
Arena of Valor
Florence
Alto’s Odyssey

Fan Favorite Gaming Device
Microsoft Xbox One
PlayStation 4
PC
Nintendo Switch
Mobile Phone (iOS/ Android)

Fan Favorite Retro Game
Pong
Space Invaders
Super Mario Bros.
The Legend of Zelda
Tetris
 
Fan Favorite Retro Character
Mario (Super Mario Bros.)
Link (The Legend of Zelda)
Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong)
Pacman (Pacman)
Bomberman (Bomberman)
Bonk (Bonk’s Adventure)
Mega Man (Mega Man)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Samus Aran (Metroid)
 
Fan Favorite Esports Moment
Cloud 9’s League of Legends Worlds Run
OG wins The International 8
Mew2King wins Smash Summit 6
Cloud 9 wins Boston Major
NRG’s 0 second goal in Grand Finals of RLCS
Evil Geniuses wins Call of Duty: World League Grand Finals
 
Most Desired Franchise Resurrection
Half-life
F-Zero
Banjo-Kazooie
Earthbound
Chrono Trigger
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Jet Set Radio
 
Fan Favorite Video Game Character of the Year
Kratos (God of War)
Connor (Detroit: Become Human)
Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel’s Spider-Man)
Lara Croft (Shadow of the Tomb Raider)
Leo Caruso (A Way Out)
Alexios and Kassandra (Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey)
 
Fan Favorite Mobile Game
PUBG Mobile
Pokemon Go
Florence
Arena of Valor
Alto’s Odyssey
Vandals
 
Fan Favorite Multiplayer Game
Fortnite
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Overwatch
A Way Out
World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
PlayerUnkown’s Battlegrounds
Destiny 2: Forsaken
Monster Hunter: World

Fan Favorite Esports Game
League of Legends
Dota 2
Overwatch
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Dragon Ball FighterZ
 Super Smash Bros. Melee
Rocket League
Fortnite 
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
 
Most Anticipated Game
The Last of Us 2
Kingdom Hearts 3
The Elder Scrolls 6
Death Stranding
Cyberpunk 2077
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Rage 2
Days Gone
Anthem
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
 
Fan Favorite Esports Team
Cloud9
Team Liquid
Team Solo Mid
100 Thieves
FaZe Clan
G2
Fnatic

Fan Favorite Esports Player (League of Legends)
Faker
Doublelift
Bjergsen
Sneaky
Aphromoo
Uzi
Svenskeren

Fan Favorite Esports Player (Dota 2)
Miracle
Topson
Somnus
7ckngMad
RAMZES666
No[o]ne
ana

Fan Favorite Esports Player (Super Smash Bros. Melee)
Mang0
Leffen
Hungrybox
Mew2King
Armada
aMSa
Plup

Fan Favorite Esports Player (Dragon Ball FighterZ)
HookGangGod
Go1
SonicFox
Kazunoko
Dogura
NYChrisG
Moke

Fan Favorite Esports Player (CS:GO)
s1mple
NiKo
KRIMZ
coldzera
FalleN
dev1ce

Fan Favorite Esports Player (Overwatch)
Profit
Muma
SoOn
Carpe
JJoNak
Eqo

Fan Favorite Esports Player (Rocket League)
Kaydop
Squishy
GarrettG
Turbopulsa
ViolentPanda
Kuxir
JSTN

Fan Favorite Esports Player (Fortnite)
Ninja
Tfue
Vivid
Poach
Cloakzy

Fan Favorite Esports Player (PUBG)
lionkk
Sambty
EscA
Fuzzface
Pr0phie

Fan Favorite Esports Casters Duo
Artosis and Tasteless
Scar and Toph
Sajam and Tastey Steve
James Bardolph and ddk
James Chen and Ultra David
Monte and Doa
Achilios & Wolf
Brandon Smith & Richard Buckley

Fan Favorite Esportscaster
Indiana “Froskurinn” Black
Clint “Maven” Evans
Rivington Bisland III
Mitch “Uber” Leslie
Lauren “Pansy” Scott 

Fan Favorite Esports League Format
Dota 2 – DPC
LoL – Championship Series
Overwatch – OWL
Fortnite – Community Skirmishes
Street Fighter V – Capcom Pro Tour
CS:GO – Majors

Fan Favorite Esports Host
Alex ‘Goldenboy’ Mendez
Alex ‘Machine’ Richardson
Eefje ‘Sjokz’ Depoortere
Rachel ‘Seltzer’ Quirico
Jorien ‘Sheever’ van der Heijden
Sue ‘Smix’ Lee
Paul ‘RedEye’ Chaloner
Chris Puckett

Favorite Celebrity Gamer (Musician)
Marshmello
Post Malone
Snoop Dogg
Drake
Lupe Fiasco
Justin Bieber
 
Favorite Celebrity Gamer (Athlete)
Austin Creed (AKA Xavier Woods)
Gordon Hayward
Kenny Omega
Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson
Ronda Rousey
Jeremy Lin
Neymar Jr.
JuJu Smith-Schuster
David Price
 
Favorite Celebrity Gamer (Actor)
Vin Diesel
Mila Kunis
Terry Crews
Olivia Munn
Zac Efron
Henry Cavill

Fan Favorite Male Voice Actor
Christopher Judge as Kratos (God of War)
Bryan Dechart as Connor (Detroit: Become Human)
Jesse Williams as Markus (Detroit: Become Human)
Michael Antonakos as Alexios (Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey)
Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel’s Spider-Man)
Jeremy Davies as Baldur (God of War)
Greg Bryk as The Father (Far Cry 5)

Fan Favorite Female Voice Actor
Camilla Luddington as Lara Croft (Shadow of the Tomb Raider)
Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra (Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey)
Valorie Curry as Kara (Detroit: Become Human)
Danielle Bisutti as Freya (God of War)
Laura Bailey as Mary Jane Watson (Marvel’s Spider-Man)
Tara Platt as Yuri Watanabe (Marvel’s Spider-Man)
​​​​​​​
Gaming Moment of the Year
Ninja Plays with Drake
The_Happy_Hob beats the Dark Souls Trilogy without taking a single hit
Red Dead Redemption 2 has the biggest opening weekend of any entertainment property ($725 million)
Dr. DisRespect hits a $100 headshot
Tyler1 returns to League of Legends
16 year old Joseph Saelee becomes Tetris World Champion
Soviet Womble attempts a tactical strategy 

Fan Favorite Esport Event of the Year
League of Legends Worlds
Dota 2 The International
Overwatch League Grand Finals
Evolution 2018
ELEAGUE Boston Major
Call of Duty: World League Grand Finals
 
Fan Favorite Collegiate Esport Team
Belleview University
University of Utah
Maryville University
University of Washington
Ohio State
UC Irvine
Robert Morris University
UC Berkeley

Fan Favorite Gaming Convention
BlizzCon
E3
SXSW Gaming
TwitchCon
Penny Arcade Expo (PAX)
DreamHack
MineCon

Fan Favorite Streaming Service
Twitch
Mixer
Facebook Gaming
Youtube Gaming

You can sign up for an account and vote here.

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Rapper 2 Milly wants to “pursue legal action” against Fortnite developer/publisher Epic Games over the inclusion of the “Swipe It” emote.

2 Milly, most famous for the song “Milly Rock,” is the creator of the now-popular Milly Rock dance, a move wherein you swipe your hands back and forth – and which used to be available for purchase in Fortnite as an unlock for the season 5 battle pass (Fortnite is currently in its sixth season, and the previous season’s battle pass is no longer available). After 2 Milly saw his dance was available for purchase without his consent, he decided to begin to pursue legal action against Epic. “That’s when I really was like… ‘oh nah, this can’t go on too long,’” he told CBS News.

2 Milly did not disclose what, exactly, he wants to sue Epic for, only that the legal move is more defensive than anything else. “I don’t even want to bash them for all the millions,” he said. “It’s not really like that. I just feel like I have to protect what’s mine.”

The issue of whether dances can be owned and copyrighted in relation to Fortnite was first raised back in July, when Chance the Rapper tweeted a suggestion that Epic implement that actual songs the dances are associated with in the game itself, then pay the people who created or popularized those emotes. Many of the emotes used in Fortnite (as well as other popular online games) dances from recognizable sources – “The Carlton,” from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, for example, or “The Running Man,” frequently show up as emotes, but are clearly references to other media, usually music videos created by other artists. “Imagine the money people are spending on these Emotes being shared with the artists that made them,” he tweeted.

We’ve reached out to Epic Games for a statement on the matter and will update this article should they reply.

[Source: CBS News]

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Back in August PUBG began its “Fix PUBG,” campaign, focused on improving the overall quality of game’s matchmaking, server performance, anti-cheat detection and player bans, and more. As of yesterday, the campaign is over.

In a post on PUBG’s steam community page, executive producer Taeseok Jang outlined the results of the campaign. On the client performance front, the team saw fairly large improvements. “The average time to load 1 level has dropped significantly from 14.4 seconds to 5.6 seconds,” Jang says. “Environmental effects, vehicle destruction effects, hit effects and smoke effects have been improved and we are planning to add improvements on weapon related logic and effects as well.”

However, attempting to fix character movement spawned other issues, including the sound of footsteps being desynced from the actual movements of players, causing the team to revert the change. “We are preparing general optimization work and once it has gone through proper stability testing, we will apply it once again,” Jang says. However, desync is still occurring, though less frequently after a November 7 patch, and the team will continue focusing on keeping the game at a synced 30-fps tick rate (the number of times per second the game updates to the server, not the framerate).

Meanwhile, matchmaking has seen some improvements, though the team is looking into ways to display more info on matchmaking, and let players in the most difficult-to-match areas set preferences that will make it easier to match into a game.

And on the game’s cheating issues: with over two million cheating accounts banned, the team is still exploring solutions for some of the more prolific cheaters. “While breakthroughs and improvements aren’t ever fast enough to eradicate all cheating, our mission remains the same; to never back off in the fight against unauthorized programs,” Jang says. “In some regions, we have been able to work with local law enforcement to arrest the groups involved in the production and sale of unauthorized programs and we will continue to aid authorities in any way we can.” The team plans to delve more into this specific topic in a separate letter.

Overall, although Jang points out areas where the game has improved, he remains aware that there’s still a ways to go. “We acknowledge that in this process, we have overlooked issues that matter to you and we have reflected a lot on our mistakes,” he says. “Therefore, when designing the 2019 PUBG roadmap, we’ve changed our direction from this last year. Build stability and quality are now our most important value, and upon that base we will build new Battle Royale gameplay and new content.”

Jan mentions this process will be slow at first, but updates will become more frequent as the team reaches a new equilibrium where they’re able to deliver both new content and stability improvements.

As for how this affects the improvements of the Xbox and upcoming PlayStation versions, Jang provides a somewhat vague statement. “The direction of Xbox and PlayStation development will parallel with PC, continuing to focus on providing our console players a more refined game service to give the best experience.”

[Source: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Steam Community Page]

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With the recent news that Smite is coming to Switch next year, developer/publisher Hi-Rez Studios is doubling down on letting players play their games anywhere by announcing cross-platform play and progression is coming to Paladins, Realm Royale, and Smite.

Realm Royale, which has yet to fully release, will have it from the outset. Meanwhile, Paladins and Smite will receive an update enabling the feature in “mid-to-late” January. When this happens, there will be a 24-hour downtime, but after that, voice chat, leaderboards, and gameplay will be supported on Xbox One, Switch, PC, and Mac. “We are technically ready to support cross-play on other platforms as the opportunity arises,” the company states on its FAQ for the feature, hinting that while Sony announced crossplay for some titles, Hi-Rez has not yet able to implement it for the PS4 version.

As for how players will be matched: “By default, casual matchmaking will find the best matches for players regardless of platform or input method,” the company says on its FAQ for the feature. “Smite and Paladins ranked matchmaking will be divided strictly by input method. Players will only ever play against other players using the same input method in ranked. Realm Royale players will always be placed in cross-platform matchmaking.”

Players can also link up their platform accounts to their Hi-Rez account and have their progress synced across consoles. Platform-specific skins won’t be available outside those platforms, however, and some costumes may only be available on the platform on which they were purchased. And if you already have multiple accounts with different progress and skins? “When cross-progression is enabled, we will merge your owned content across platform accounts linked with your Hi-Rez Account, in accordance with platform provider policies,” the company says, though no refunds will be given for duplicate skin purchases.

[Source: Hi-Rez Studios]

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