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Enthusiast Gaming Online Properties 26 Only Going to Get Bigger and Better from Here FORTNITE: A VICTORY ROYALE FOR EPIC GAMES HOW WESG & CANADA CUP ARE PUTTING CANADA ON THE ESPORTS WORLD STAGE UPCOMING GAMES AND REVIEWS SHOW MAP INSIDE OCTOBER 2018 | ISSUE 2 A LETTER FROM TABLE OF CONTENTS OUR CEO & FOUNDER For the second time in 2018 it is our honor to welcome back Canada’s SHOW MAP 18 largest group of passionate gamers, pro players, developers, journalists and artists. While our March show exceeded our wildest expectations, COVER STORIES we’re building on that passion with the biggest gathering yet right in the heart of downtown Toronto. FORTNITE: A Victory Royale for Epic Games 7 WESG Just four years ago on my journey to make EGLX a reality, I witnessed 21 a growing scene of gamers all across the country: arcades, board game CANADA CUP 24 shops, even bars. Anywhere and everywhere you could go, you went. My Gaming Addiction is Not About the Number of Hours Holding a Controller 22 vision was to unite everyone under a single event that we could really call our own, a principle that drives us year after year. We are blessed with one of the greatest communities in the world: thank you for spending your time FEATURED+MORE with us this weekend. The Oculus Santa Cruz 5 Naturally there’s even more room to grow as we ready up to bring more The Luigi’s Mansion Game You’ve Probably Never Played 8 events your way. If you’d like to submit feedback for any reason to our team at Enthusiast Gaming, please do so at [email protected]. I’ll be seeing plenty Spyro Dev: You Don’t Miss Spyro As Much As I Do 9 of you out on the showfloor, so don’t be afraid to say “hello” in person! Esports and Motorsports Have More in Common Than You Think 14 Thank you again for helping us build this incredible community together. It’s Enthusiast Gaming Online Properties 26 only going to get bigger and better from here. EGLX SPRING 2018 28 GAME REVIEWS 10 DID YOU KNOW? A BLURB ABOUT THE COVER ART That green robot on the cover is Mr. Destructoid, the official mascot of the irreverent Destructoid.com, which was founded in March 2006 by Yanier “Niero” Gonzalez. The other dapper gentleman (pictured along with his loyal minions) is Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw, one of The Escapist’s leading personalities. Both are part of Enthusiast Gaming’s industry- defying network. Two of the most popular gaming publications are finally coming together under one roof, so be sure to say “hi” at EGLX this weekend! ENTHUSIAST GAMING LIVE EXPO: ISSUE 2 / 3 THE OCULUS SANTA CRUZ It’s an exciting time for VR right now. Most major room-scale VR sets require trackers that capture your movements to simulate a free experience, so you can walk around and feel like you’re part of the At this point anyone who’s remotely interested in the concept has a variety of world without pressing movement buttons. options. There’s the first-to-market Oculus Rift, the HTC Vive, the PlayStation VR, Oculus Go, and the Gear VR. VR has grown quite a bit since its consumer infancy But with a wireless, tracker-less, six degrees of freedom-centric headset, the entire in early 2016, and at this point headset manufacturers have nailed down room- feel of the digital world is all-encompassing. Think of it as a souped-up Oculus scale VR, especially when coupled with the expansive Oculus Touch remotes. Go in the sense that it’s a self-contained box. New remotes based off on the But there’s also another big wave of innovation coming, spearheaded by Oculus advancements of the Touch set will help the Santa Cruz headset realize this vision. Santa Cruz. We’ve known about it for quite some time, but the Santa Cruz project is aiming to Right now the big demands from VR enthusiasts and prospective users alike are really wow people with usability combined with a high-end VR experience. Just for VR to either go cordless, or become a more convenient hobby as a whole. The prepare yourself now for a high-end price. Oculus Go already made this possible with a limited Snapdragon 821 chipset, but the Oculus Santa Cruz is going to push things even further. The secret sauce behind Santa Cruz is the adherence to the principle of six degrees of freedom. For years VR manufacturers have struggled to marry every major concept of VR into one product, and it seems as if Oculus is coming close. ENTHUSIAST GAMING LIVE EXPO: ISSUE 2 / 4 ENTHUSIAST GAMING LIVE EXPO: ISSUE 2 / 5 FEATURE FORTNITE: A VICTORY ROYALE FOR EPIC GAMES Chris Carter Destructoid.com No one at Epic Games could have predicted just how prevalent Fortnite would Another chief reason for Fortnite’s continued success is Epic’s quick follow- become when it launched its “Save the World” chassis back in mid-2017. through. While competitors are hammering down lists and vague windows for Following in the footsteps of horde mode trends of old (remember when those eventual fixes, Epic pens detailed blogs, drilling down the technical and artistic were in everything?) and the still-dominant concept of creation, Fortnite was aspects of the game in a digestible format for its users. If you want to know what’s poised to make a decent dent in the industry, but it wasn’t until Battle Royale going on with any particular item or concept, odds are it’s being addressed right came knocking that its super-stardom was truly realized. In just two months of now or the fix is already live. development time Epic completely turned Fortnite around and pivoted into a completely new, burgeoning field. You’ve probably heard of, or even played Fortnite before. But just in case: Battle Royale games (whose concept is derived from the 2000 Japanese film Before Ninja was commanding millions of followers, before you could find Fortnite of the same name) involve dumping large numbers of players (typically 100) t-shirts at every novelty store, it had a low key PVE (player-versus-environment, onto an island with randomly generated gear, with the simple task of being the in this case, monsters) focus. Save the World mode launched in July of 2017 last person (or team) standing. You can use any means necessary to win, even with a paid early access period. Its reception can only be described as mixed, pacifism. This unique style of gameplay and propensity for nail-biting scenes is particularly due to its slow progression systems and darker tone compared to the exactly why Fortnite is conducive to streaming online, adding yet another layer Fortnite we know today. It took pretty much every popular trope under its wing: to its growing level of accessibility. zombies, construction, a horde focus, you name it, Epic tried to incorporate it. One of the most popular streamers in the world, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, commands Two months later the real money started flowing in. Battle Royale was up and over 10 million followers (roughly the size of the entire Fortnite community after the running in September of 2017, and its free-to-play model enticed millions more first rush).Streaming has moved from a niche side hustle into a full-blown industry, players than Save the World ever could: working its way up to the impressive enough to reach the attention of popular celebrities like Drake, who even joined 10 million mark in just several weeks. From there it broke out of the chains of Ninja for a Fortnite session. If you haven’t been exposed to Fortnite yet, odds are PC and into the mobile world, as well as PS4, Xbox One and most recently, you know someone who has. Nintendo Switch. While many are quick to call it a fad, Fortnite isn’t going away anytime soon. Someone at Epic had the foresight to quickly enter the market early while Ninja was just featured as a cover story for ESPN under the auspices of “Living their only real competition was PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (also known the Stream.” The gaming landscape has changed. One person can now single- as PUBG, another popular Battle Royale title) and it paid off. Developers big handedly influence how many eyeballs are watching a particular game. This and small are scrambling to either innovate or make a quick buck, and Fortnite was put to the test recently when Ninja boosted the stream numbers of Street quickly cemented itself as an early contender: an ecosystem that sucked players Fighter V’s Finals at EVO (the Evolution Championship Series tournament in Las in before they could commit to other projects. Why play other games when Vegas). Even if he leaves, another will rise in his place. you’ve invested so much time (and potentially money) into Fortnite? The Battle Royale genre might not be the top dog forever, but that’s exactly Epic didn’t rest on their laurels, though, as they brought over the creation what people said about MOBAs over a decade ago. With DOTA 2 and League mechanic from Save the World to add some spice, allowing players to craft their of Legends still commanding gigantic prize pools, it’s safe to say that even if the own forts, sniper perches, or makeshift defensive structures. They also eased genre dries up, winning formulas still rise to the top. FuriousSeas.com Made possible with the support of the Canada Media Fund up on the aesthetic edge, incorporating a brighter and more enticing canvas and Ontario Media Development Corporation alongside wackier items and emergent events, like the recent time warp storyline that allowed millions of players to witness a live in-game catastrophic event.
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