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Fortnite's first World Cup will officially start in April. Developer Epic Games on Friday released more details on its upcoming Fortnite World Cup, which begins with ten weekly online qualifiers that'll run from April 13 to June 16. Epic will give out $1,000,000 each week to eligible players (you have to be at least 13), and payouts will be distributed broadly, the company said. Now playing: Watch this: Fortnite's Gamescom booth is a bonkers gamer's paradise 1:22 The top 100 solo players and the top 50 duos teams worldwide will come to New York for the Fortnite World Cup finals from July 26-28 with a prize pool of $30 million. Each player will be guaranteed at least $50,000 and the solo champion will be awarded $3 million. Epic Games announced its World Cup in June, while also boasting the battle royale game had reached 125 million users. Qualifications for the World Cup will be based on merit, Epic said in June, and it won't be "selling teams or franchises, and won't allow … [Read more...] about Fortnite World Cup kicks off in April with $30 million final in July

Reginald Fils-Aimé, Nintendo of America president and one of the world's most recognizable video game figureheads, is retiring in April.Not unexpectedly, that's got the internet a little emotional -- only minutes after the announcement a flood of gratitude and well wishes swamped Twitter and media outlets. Fils-Aimé has been Nintendo of America's go-to guy for over a decade, having him front E3 conferences and huge game announcements over his time as president, endearing him to not just Nintendo fans, but gaming fans the world over.Reggie's sign-off was delivered in typical Reggie fashion, with a copious amount of Nintendo-themed puns and references to his storied meme history."For giving me a Mushroom Kingdom full of incredible memories that I will never forget," he said. "I've been honored to be included as part of your family."Battling through tears and constant sniffling, I also heard him say, "Just as you understand that Nintendo always tries to put smiles on faces... … [Read more...] about Twitter grieves as Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aimé retires

Nintendo of America's president and chief operating officer Reggie Fils-Aime is retiring in April, the company said Thursday. Doug Bowser, currently the senior vice president of sales and marketing for Nintendo of America, will fill the role of president after Fils-Aime's last day on April 15."Nintendo owns a part of my heart forever," Fils-Aime said in a statement. "It's a part that is filled with gratitude - for the incredibly talented people I've worked with, for the opportunity to represent such a wonderful brand, and most of all, to feel like a member of the world's most positive and enduring gamer community."Fils-Aime began working at Nintendo of America in 2003 as executive vice president of sales and marketing. In 2006, he became president and COO. Under his leadership, Nintendo expanded its audience with products such as Brain Age, Wii Sports and Wii Fit, according to the release. Bowser, the next president, began working at Nintendo of America in 2015 as vice … [Read more...] about Nintendo figurehead Reggie Fils-Aime is retiring, being replaced by Bowser

China is again pushing pause on video games as it works through a backlog of applications caused by an earlier halt to new game licenses. The country's media regulators have stopped accepting new applications for commercial video game licenses, according to a Financial Times' report published on Wednesday. Central regulators reportedly haven't accepted applications since September. This comes after China in August halted the approval of new game licenses due to a "restructuring of power" in government agencies. While China's media regulating agency, the State Administration of Press and Publications, reportedly resumed approving commercial game licenses in December, developers will have to wait for the current backlog to get approved in order for the license application process to move forward, according to Financial Times. The agency has reportedly approved over 500 games since December, including Tencent's Perfect World Mobile, but new games will have to wait to debut. … [Read more...] about China reportedly halts applications for new game licenses

Valve has pulled the plug on the video section of its Steam store menu and will weed out non-gaming content such as movies and TV shows.The reason? People simply weren't watching non-gaming videos, Valve said Tuesday in a blog post on the game-streaming site. Valve plans to refocus Steam on content that's directly related to games and accessories."Over the coming weeks a number of non-gaming videos will be retired and will no longer be available for purchase," the company said in the blog post. "Previously purchased content will remain available to owners."The video section has been removed from the store menu, Slashgear reported earlier. But for now, you can still search for videos or find them through associated game or software pages. Valve didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Now playing: Watch this: We play Pictionary Air, a refreshing twist on AR games 2:19 How to watch the Galaxy S10 launch: Samsung is expected to unveil several … [Read more...] about Steam store dumps movies, TV shows as Valve refocuses on gaming