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On Reddit, a salty fan of Cloud9 pointed out that VP fans at Dreamhack Bucharest appeared to be holding up signs reading THEY ARE A” and THEY ARE B.” While I’m a plenty salty C9 fan myself, I don’t believe that anyone in the crowd is capable of communicating the …
Read More »Games Media Awards 2016: The Finalists
There are just four weeks to go until the Games Media Awards take place once more. This year, there are over 60 writers, presenters, Youtubers, streamers and media brands in the running for one of these coveted awards. The Games Media Awards are celebrating 10 years in 2016 (they grow …
Read More »Top 15 players we’ll miss at Worlds
We already know the superstars going to San Francisco in two weeks’ time to compete at the 2016 World Championships: Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, Song "Smeb" Kyung-ho and Sren "Bjergsen" Bjerg. But which top talents aren’t going to Worlds? Let’s take a look at 15 players who—in an alternate reality—could be …
Read More »The promise of competitive Destiny
Bungie and Major League Gaming are kicking off Destiny’s new expansion—and a new metagame—with a mix of live and online Crucible tournaments, beginning with yesterday’s inaugural MLG Destiny Exhibition in Columbus, Ohio. Peaking at around 65,000 viewers in the fifth and final game, the match brought together twelve PvP players …
Read More »ESL One New York brings CS:GO to the East Coast
ESL’s annual trip to the east coast of the States has been a staple of the competitive Dota 2 scene for a few years now. Often serving as the first major LAN event of the new season, it has always offered up surprises, such as Vega Squadron coming out on …
Read More »Miracle- on life after OG and his future in Dota
The conclusion of The International 6 effectively saw the end of the Dota 2 season for another year. What follows every TI is a huge roster shuffle window that never fails to provide drama. There have been very few teams of note that have escaped unscathed. Read more on Red …
Read More »Why Group D is Worlds’ Group of Death
Coming into Saturday’s draw for the Worlds group stages, we speculated on multiple possible scenarios for a Group of Death. Could we see a group with EDG, SKT or G2? What about Flash Wolves, SKT and RNG? Read more on The Rift Herald >>>
Read More »International Factfile 2016: Switzerland
The Swiss games industry had a turnover of 226m CHF (178m) in 2015, according to the latest report by the Swiss Interactive Entertainment Association (SIEA). The market has declined by 7.6 per cent compared to 2014, due to a ‘rise in online sales’ (which are not included in the study). …
Read More »Blizzard on balance, better design and Eichenwalde
Eichenwalde, the first new map in Overwatch, has now wended its way from the PTR to the live servers. The German castle brings a unique flavour of attack and defence to the game’s Hybrid mode, affording defenders the opportunity to rain hell from on high and attackers the opportunity to …
Read More »5 things to know about Patch 6.18, the one Worlds will be played on
This week brings us patch 6.18, which is the patch that Worlds is going to be played on. There are some huge changes in here for champions that are big in the competitive scene as well as the release of Yorick’s rework. This patch is very obviously focused on the …
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