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ESL has announced that ESL One New York will return for its third year, but will now primarily be a Counter-Strike event. The previous two iterations of the event have been Dota 2 tournaments with top teams from across the world attending to field new rosters after The International. This …
Read More »GameStop: Wii U was disappointing to everyone
The boss of GameStop has admitted that Wii U has fallen short of both its own expectations and those of its creator Nintendo. Wii U was disappointing to everybody, including them,” CEO Paul Raines said of Nintendo in an interview with [a]list. They made some bold bets, and maybe some …
Read More »Don’t expect much from VR for the next five years, CCP warns
It will take the best part of an entire console lifecycle before virtual reality starts to VR starts to strut its stuff commercially. That’s according to the CEO of EVE Valkyrie developer CCP, who has told Polygon that studios must be prepared for half a decade of hard graft before …
Read More »Why are hundreds of thousands disliking the COD: Infinite Warfare trailer?
The announcement trailer for Activision’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has become the subject of some sort of online anger campaign. The trailer, which went live on May 2nd, has at the time of writing amassed 311,743 dislikes on YouTube. And that number is rapidly climbing. Likes, meanwhile, stand at …
Read More »Physical release planned for Salt and Sanctuary; PC date nears
Indie hit Salt and Sanctuary is to be subject to a physical release on PS4, developer Ska Studios has confirmed. The release is described as being limited”, and there are thus far no details about region availability or timing. Also confirmed is that a release date for the PC port …
Read More »Exploring the rapid rise of Rocket League
According to the developers, Rocket League wasn’t their first physics-based video game involving cars and soccer balls in a cage. The first version, Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars”, was released in 2008 for PS3. While SARP wasn’t nearly as successful as Rocket League, it remains a critically-acclaimed title among fans of …
Read More »Respawn is making a Star Wars game
Another Star Wars outing is to emerge from the loins of the EA-Disney video games agreement, this time from Titanfall developer Respawn. The studio is working with both its publishing partner and LucasFilm. The title is described as a third person action-adventure game set in the Star Wars universe. The …
Read More »Zfreek on why nationality is irrelevant when it comes to performance
Zakari ‘ZfreeK’ Freedman is compLexity Gaming’s support player and also CoL captain Kyle ‘swindlemelonzz’ Freedman’s real life brother. Transferring to Dota 2 from Heroes of Newerth along with his brother, Zfreek has managed to stay out of the limelight, happily accepting his brother to bask in the public eye. The …
Read More »Athletes and eSports: Why Visas Are Complicated
Finally. After many months of being barred from competition, TSM has announced that Leffen has received a temporary P1 Visa that grants him access to the United States. This is great news for Melee fans, but one that comes as a bit of a surprise. Why now, when not before? …
Read More »Q&A: Walshy on leaving competitive Halo, HCS Pro League and CLG’s dominance
During EGLX over the weekend in Toronto, Slingshot contributor Blake Bottrill had the chance to catch up with veteran Halo commentator David Walshy” Walsh. The former pro player talked about event host cities, going to school and Counter Logic Gaming’s recent dominance. Read more on SlingShot eSports >>>
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