- FaZe Clan announced that it has signed its first all-female professional esports team that will compete in the Valorant league.
- The lifestyle and media platform rooted in gaming and youth culture said the team is a ground-breaking moment for FaZe and the gaming industry.
- The new team, which will compete under FaZe’s Valorant banner is comprised of pro players Jennifer “refinnej” Le, Emma “emy” Choe, Vannesa Emely “panini” Emory, Madison “maddiesuun” Mann, and Diane “di^” Tran.
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- Effective immediately, Microsoft is rolling out PC Game Pass availability to 40 additional countries spread throughout Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, bringing the total number of supported countries to 86.
- None of the new regions appear on the list of countries where Microsoft officially sells Xbox consoles or supports console Game Pass, suggesting they are receiving the company's gaming subscriptions for the first time.
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- Microsoft has announced expanding its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Friends & Family Plan to more countries, including Chile, Hungary, Israel, New Zealand, South Africa, and Sweden.
- Microsoft announced the plan last year, allowing Game Pass members to share their subscriptions with friends and family.
- It was first made available in Colombia and Ireland, but today’s update will allow more players from the additional six countries to join the plan.
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- Microsoft and NVIDIA have announced a deal in which the former will bring all Xbox games to the latter’s cloud service known as GeForce NOW.
- This is set as a 10 year agreement and will include titles from Activision Blizzard once that acquisition goes through, as they are confident it will happen despite push back.
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- Amazon Luna is built on the idea of subscriptions. Players can sign up for the service and pick “channels” that suit their needs.
- With that in mind, expansions and other forms of in-game transactions haven’t really been a part of Luna since its inception, but that appears to have changed with Devil May Cry 5.
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