1UPdate: The esports bubble is starting to burst
While the industry seemed to be on the rise over the past few years, esports organizations are now laying people...
1UPdate: How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is hurting the gaming industry
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started almost one year ago to the date, and its global impact has been tremendous. In...
1UPdate: The history of Twitch
There’s one name that comes up in almost every edition of the 1UPdate. From starting as a 24/7 broadcast of...
1UPdate: Looking back on the biggest gaming stories of 2022
2022 was a big year for gaming. That’s why this July, WDET introduced the 1UPdate as a weekly segment on...
1UPdate: The Game Awards 2022
The Game Awards of 2022 are tonight, Dec. 8, and six games will be vying for the coveted Game of...
1UPdate: See the first Grammy nominations for best video game score
This February, someone will become the first-ever composer to win the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games...
1UPdate: The underdogs take Worlds 2022
Kali Scales is a journalist for Esports Illustrated. She recently covered the League of Legends World Championships at the Chase...
1UPdate: Horror game recommendations
This Halloween, we wanted to talk about some scary video games. Like horror movies, horror was a well-established genre when...
1UPdate: Popular Twitch streamer Amouranth reveals domestic violence
Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa is a notoriously successful Twitch streamer. Before she started streaming in 2016, she was an impressive cosplayer....
1UPdate: Getting through the ‘dead period’
The gaming world is massive and all-encompassing. There’s always something going on, except for right now. Right now, it is...
1UPdate: Report shows extremist recruiters are targeting young gamers
Young gamers are being recruited by right-wing extremists on Twitch. The Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN) recently published a...
1UPdate: School teacher brings gaming to the classroom
A middle school math teacher is bringing gaming into the classroom. AlgeBruh is a gamer, a Valorant player and a...