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After three weeks at the top, FIFA 17 has been pushed down to No.2 by another EA title, as Battlefield 1 debuts in top spot. According to GfK, this new entry in the franchise has outsold the combined week one sales for both 2013’s Battlefield 4 and 2015’s Battlefield Hardline. …
Read More »GAME is charging people £10 to try PSVR for 20 minutes
Retailer GAME is charging customers to try out PSVR, with 10 getting you 20 minutes with Sony’s new VR headset. Only certain stores appear to be running the promotion, and anyone wanting to try out PSVR must book a slot in advance, so it likely won’t appeal to those who …
Read More »Find out about Nerchio’s road to BlizzCon
There are only a few days left until the biggest and most important tournament in the StarCraft 2 world. On 28 October 28, Artur ‘Nerchio’ Bloch begins his quest for a stake in the prize pool amounting to almost $500,000 at the WCS Global Playoffs. He will have to face …
Read More »In All Cydonia’s Command: An interview with BlizzCon’s lone Canadian
Last year, Canadian Dylan "Hotform" Mullins came in second at the Hearthstone World Championship at BlizzCon. Hotform won’t be returning to Anaheim this year, leaving HCT Americas Spring Champion Julien "Cydonia" Perrault-Harvey to carry the Great White North’s torch at the HWC 2016 group stage on BlizzCon Opening Week Oct. …
Read More »PapSmithy on casting his first worlds, leaving a legacy and how he almost quit before he got started
Slingshot’s Andrew Kim had the chance to talk to Chris PapaSmithy” Smith at the League of Legends World Championship semifinals in New York’s Madison Square Garden. They talked about his thoughts on casting worlds, what makes him different than his fellow Korean scene casters and how he worked his way …
Read More »Live by the dagger: a euology for support Phantom Assassin
It is with great sadness that I share with you today the end of the strange and wonderful life of support Phantom Assassin. The Dota 2 professional scene is no stranger to odd shifts in meta. From the rotating position of Naga Siren, to the the Rat” Furion of TI3 …
Read More »Faker, Miss Fortune and an unforgettable Friday night at Worlds
Walking out of Madison Square Garden onto the chilly New York streets Saturday morning, the only way I could express the spectacle of the League of Legends World Championships semifinal between defending champion SK Telecom T1 and reigning South Korean champion ROX Tigers was with a simple smile. Read more …
Read More »ESL is powering PlayStation’s new tournaments feature
ESL will integrate its competitive gaming systems into PlayStation’s tournaments section on the PS4. ESL will allow players to sign up and compete in many tournaments across multiple games on the PS4 with just a few button presses. Players can also check into tournaments and check their progress through the …
Read More »YellOwStaR is the manager of PSG’s new eSports division
Bora "YellOwStaR" Kim has retired from professional League of Legends in order to become the manager of Paris Saint Germain’s eSports division. YellOwStaR has been a regular in the EU LCS since it’s inception, spending most of his time on Fnatic. After 336 professional games, and tons of European championships …
Read More »Nintendo puts a large focus on eSports in Switch reveal
Yesterday Nintendo showed off the Switch for the first time, and had a large portion of the reveal video focus on eSports. The three minute video was split into sub sections showing the different uses of the console, with the final section being focused on eSports. The clip sees two …
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