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Blizzard has announced the first official global tournament series for its MOBA Heroes of the Storm will take place later this year at BlizzCon 2015. The eSports competition will offer $1.2m in cash and prizes, with $200,000 of that pool designated for the winning team. Regional championships for North America, …
Read More »Mobile MOBA Vainglory strikes deal with Electronic Sports League
Developer Super Evil Megacorp has partnered with ESL on a new eSports deal for its mobile MOBA Vainglory. Games Industryreports ESL will host the first-ever official Vainglory Cup Series beginning May 13thacross Europe. The tournament marks the first mobile MOBA event in ESL’s history. "We’re at the very beginning of …
Read More »League of Legends to dominate the MOBA genre through 2016, analyst predicts
A slew of newcomers to the MOBA genre will do little to disrupt League of Legends’ dominance of the sector. That’s according to EEDAR analyst Ed Zhao, who claims on Gamasutra that Riot’s title will continue to command the lion’s share of the MOBA audience through the next 18 months …
Read More »Heroes of the Storm has a release date
Blizzard has finally announced a release date for MOBA title Heroes of the Storm. The free-to-play game will receive a full release on June 2nd. It has been in closed beta for some time, and will make the jump to open beta on May 20th. It will launch with over …
Read More »PC MOBA Gigantic also coming to Xbox One, with cross-play
Motiga’s in-development MOBA title Gigantic will feature cross-play across Xbox One and PC. Players will also be able to carry the purchases and equipment between platforms, allowing them to continue from where they left off – which sounds very much like the Windows 10 Xbox One cross-buy program outlined earlier …
Read More »Warhammer 40,000 gets the MOBA treatment
Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 is getting another video game outing – this time as a PC MOBA. Due out in 2016, Warhammer 40,000: Dark Nexus Arena fromWhitebox Interactive twill have its beta premiered at PAX East next week. It will star all of the usual brand staples such as Marines, …
Read More »Nvidia reveals GTX 960 graphics card
Nvidia has revealed the next card in its hugely popular -60 series. The GTX 960 is said to be designed as an upgrade route for users of the firm’s GTX 660 GPU, which is among the outlet’s biggest-selling mid-range cards. The -60 series as a whole – 560, 660 and …
Read More »2015 League of Legends World Championships to be held in Europe
League of Legends developer Riot Games has announced the popular MOBA’s World Championships will be held in Europe this October. The studio announced the news in a post on the official LoL website, explaining that the tournament’s quarterfinals, semifinals and finals events will take place across different cities within the …
Read More »Heroes of the Storm Founder’s Pack buys immediate access to closed beta
Entry into the closed beta for Blizzard’s in development MOBA Heroes of the Storm can now be bought. The studio has launched what it calls the Founder’s Pack. For 29.99 players get access to the game and the use of three heroes – Jim Raynor (from StarCraft), Diablo (from, as …
Read More »VIDEO: Realtime UK provides trailer for hit MOBA Smite
CG action serves as a prelude to upcoming eSports tournament for Tencent-backed title
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