It’s not just addicts training 50 hours a week who can access esports.
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Esports Series
For a second edition, TELUS is relaunching its Esports Series featuring the games Rocket League and Apex Legends. “There’s something for everyone, four levels, from beginner to expert,” says Nathalie Dionne, Acting Vice-President, Residential Solutions and Customer Experiences, at TELUS. The first edition, with 1,600 participants, including a third from Quebec, “had aroused great enthusiasm,” she notes. It all starts on November 19, entirely online with giveaways worth a total of $80,000. “We find it really important to educate young people who play online, to encourage sportsmanship,” explains the vice-president.
Bayonetta 3
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The story of Bayonetta 3very thin, is only a pretext to parade the witch Bayonetta in her molded finery, which she gets ripped off as best as possible and in which she makes use of her spectacular weapons.
Released last October 28 for the Nintendo Switch, announced five years ago, Bayonetta 3 is preceded by an aura of controversy, the actress having lent her voice to the first two opuses calling for a boycott of the new game to denounce the “insulting” salary offered. Welcome, then, to the adventures of the sexiest and most brutal witch in the universe, who must now defend it against horrible biological weapons. The story, very thin, is only a pretext to parade Bayonetta in her molded finery, which she gets ripped to shreds and in which she makes use of her spectacular weapons like ion pistols and a club. with integrated ammunition, in a magnificent baroque graphics.
Survey
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The average age of Quebec gamers is 36.8, the lowest in Canada, according to the latest survey from the Entertainment Software Association of Canada released this week.
According to the most recent survey by the Entertainment Software Association of Canada published this week, 50% of Quebecers say they play video games regularly, devoting an average of 7.3 hours per week to them. The average age of Quebec players is 36.8, the lowest in Canada. Their main motivation, nationwide: stress relief (85%) and fun (84%). While online gaming is adopted by 71% of adult gamers, 74% of parents play it with their children. And while 46% of adults play mostly on their phone, only 2% have done so with virtual reality.