Month: April 2025

The fervor surrounding Caitlin Clark during March Madness has reverberated across the United States, with Optimove providing statistical evidence of the phenomenon. According to analysis conducted by Optimove Insights, betting activity surged by an astounding 540% on average during games featuring the standout player from the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Clark made headlines during March Madness by breaking the NCAA’s all-time points scoring record for men’s and women’s college basketball. Her stellar performance, culminating in being selected first by the Indiana Fever in the WNBA Draft, underscored her status as a generational talent. Throughout her illustrious four-year college career, Clark maintained an impressive average of 28.4 points, 8.2 assists, and 7.1 rebounds.

Optimove emphasizes that these findings underscore the significant influence star players wield over betting trends and consumer behavior. Rony Vexelman, Vice President of Marketing at Optimove, remarked: “The substantial boost in overall interest in women’s basketball catalyzed by Caitlin Clark is extraordinary. Her influence on boosting betting, TV vi…

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 continues to evolve, and this week the game will change once again with the addition of some delicious free content. A new map variant, mode, and event are all on the way, as well as some changes to Battle Royale game mode Blackout.

First up, a Hurricane variant of the Contraband map is coming, along with a new multiplayer game mode named Stockpile–developer Treyarch says this is a reimagining of the Black Ops 3 mode Fracture in which players must defeat opponents and deliver their dog-tags to a deposit site. Black Ops 4’s multiplayer portion is also getting a St. Patrick’s Day event named Shamrock & Awe, though it remains to be seen what this entails.

Blackout will see its map updated for spring this week, while a Hardcore game mode is also on the way. This removes armor, vehicles, zombies, and players’ HUD for a more punishing experience.

Finally, Zombies will also be updated with a new Gauntlet named Hellcatraz. The Zombies portion of Black Ops 4 will also boast host migration, which will hopefully reduce instances of games dropping out due to one player’s poor connection.

Many of the changes will go live in the next few …

Destiny: Rising, the mobile RPG based on Bungie’s shooter series from NetEase, is kicking off its closed alpha test today, November 1. The test, which requires an invitation, runs until December 5 at 11:59 PM PT.

The alpha test is open to people in the US and Canada. If you haven’t already signed up, you can do so at the Destiny: Rising website for a chance to get in. The test goes live today at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET, so footage is likely to emerge soon.

The closed alpha includes a sampling of content from the full game, including the prologue of the main story campaign, three public events, two strike missions, and access to Gauntlet–this is a raid-like, six-player mode. The alpha also includes the game modes Morgran’s Prey, The Realm of the IX, Legacy, and Shifting Gates, along with “casual activities” set between missions.

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