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Welcome to the Latest, your weekly round-up of esports news and information centering around competitions, activations, platforms, and lifestyle. Content is brought to you by our own esports editors and writers from around the Access Intelligence collection of brands, including Cynopsis Esports, Event Marketer and Chief Marketer.

The Week in Esports & Gaming

Cynopsis 10/24/24: Metaphor: ReFantazio is a winner; Advertisers finding success in gaming

Metaphor: ReFantazio might be the game of the year, according to critic and player reviews The League of Legends World Championship continues to attract high viewership Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is still going strong with 4.5 Million copies sold 2K and 31st Union’s new Roguelike Hero Shooter Project Ethos could be the next Concord
55% of young gamers say most or all of their interaction with friends happens inside a game Gaming ad spending is regularly included in advertisers’ budgets ESL FACEIT Group will pump $22 million into its Counter-Strike ecosystem Scholastic esports platform PlayVS is partnering with AI esports coaching platform Omnic.AI
TCG Card Shop Simulator, a game developed by a single developer, was one of Steam's top-selling and most-played games this month Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is set up to be the biggest AAA release in 2024 Unity has released Unity 6 globally as the company attempts to rehab its image Riot Games removed Bleed Esports from the Valorant Champions Tour Pacific league

12/15/22: VALORANT orgs prepare to battle for partnership program; Virtus.pro hires new CEO; Ubisoft adjusts Rainbow Six esports circuit

12/08/22: Panda Global loses majority of players, ousts CEO; Call of Duty League draws record viewership in return to Twitch; FTC dissent gives hope to Microsoft-Activision deal

12/01/22: NYT report casts doubt on esports profitability; Fortnite and NFL launch in-game experience; FTC considering battle with Microsoft over ATVI deal

11/17/22: International Olympic Committee to host the first Olympic Esports Week in Singapore

11/10/22: Worlds 2022 shatters viewership record; FTX freefall might affect esports brands; Minecraft YouTuber joins NRG ownership group; Esports org LOUD launches Web3 platform

11/03/22: Riot brings in $20 million from Champions bundle; IEM Rio on-track to be most-watched CS:GO Major; TikTok reportedly launching in-app mobile game platform