The MLG Winter Championship is coming up this weekend in Dallas, TX. This will be the first MLG event since the Partnership was announced back in January at the Ultimate Empire Showdown. It's no secret that E-Sports is a growing trend in gaming and the numbers prove it. Forbes had a chance to sit down with MLG co-founder and CEO Sundance DiGiovanni to talk about MLG and he mentioned PlanetSide 2 as well.
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I saw that you’re spotlighting Planetside this time around. What do you think it will take for a smaller title like that to be up on the big stage alongside more popular titles on a regular basis? Do you think it’s possible, given your experience with the game on a personal and professional level?
The first time I played PlanetSide 2, I was impressed with its scope and the approach that the devs took. One thing that was clear was that there was a solid foundation. The scale was too big for eSports but the underlying mechanics were solid. So, we are starting out by developing the competitive settings to make it work for eSports...
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http://www.planetside-universe.com/n...nship-2974.htm
2013-03-11, 11:01 AM
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