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Last week, Valve announced and made available for purchase the Dota 2 Fall 2016 Battle Pass. Rejoice! Alongside more familiar compendium-ish fare (unique items, quests, etc.), the Battle Pass marks the return of Rylai’s Battle Blessing. The minigame is a lovely bit of skeuomorphism; the digital roulette wheel whirls round …
Read More »Inside the Unique Culture and Business of Jonas Jerebko’s Trendsetting eSports Deals
This past July, while at Vegas Summer League watching his young Celtics get their fresh start in the NBA, Jonas Jerebko was up to something new himself sitting in the stands. Jerebko, who was with a business partner James O’Connor, texted Tobias Sherman, the IMG global head of eSports, We …
Read More »Thijs on the state of Hearthstone before BlizzCon
Thijs ‘Thijs’ Molendijk has proven himself one of Europe’s strongest Hearthstone talents time and time again. The Dutch prodigy is a regular fixture at the top of the podium on the EU leg of the Championship Tour, earning a spot at next month’s big one: the Hearthstone World Championship at …
Read More »FIFA 17 takes No.1 spot in Japan
EA’s latest football title has shot to the top of the Japanese games charts, according to data provided by Famitsu. The PS4 SKU of FIFA 17 was the best-selling of the week, shifting 52,544 units, while the PS3 SKU debuted at No.5 with 12,343 copies sold. Rival PES 2017 is …
Read More »Meet MCV’s 30 Under 30 2016
MCV reveals the most talented young minds working in the UK games industry in 2016 This year’s 30 Under 30 is sponsored by OPM Recruitment. Adam MasonVideo Producer, GameSpot UK Age: 28 Adam Mason has worked as a video producer in games for over five years. Starting out as the …
Read More »kaSing rates the West’s chances at Worlds
The biggest event of the League of Legends calendar is finally underway, and the action at Worlds has already been outstanding. Teams no one thought stood a chance have taken games off the top competitors, while teams that some predicted would go far have stumbled, and there have been more …
Read More »A guide to Ivern, one of League’s most innovative champions yet
Once in a blue (buff) moon, Riot decides to really buckle down and create a jungle-specific champion. The last one we got was Rek’Sai and the time before that, well, let’s just say jungle was the role for rejected top lane champions. But with League’s newest jungler, Ivern, we are …
Read More »Will the latest nerfs make Hearthstone great again?
Last week, Hearthstone’s latest set of card changes were announced. Targeting some of the most oppressive and powerful decks in the game these nerfs could well change the game significantly ahead of the $1 million Hearthstone World Championship. Read more on The Daily Dot >>>
Read More »Neeb becomes the first foreigner to win a StarCraft II event in Korea
The one rule of StarCraft II is that the Koreans always win, but now that rule has been broken as Alex "Neeb" Sunderhaft has won the 2016 KeSPA Cup. Neeb’s 4-0 victory over Cho "Trap" Sung Ho in the grand final makes him the first StarCraft II player to ever …
Read More »Paladins mainly reminds us what’s great about Overwatch
If Paladins, the latest title from Smite creator Hi-Rez Studios, isn’t an Overwatch clone, it’s certainly a fraternal twin. But who cares? Everybody copies everybody. League of Legends borrowed characters and concepts from WarCraft III DotA, which in turn took inspiration from a gallimaufry of lane-based WarCraft III mods. Triple-A …
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