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G2 Esports is on top of the competitive Hearthstone world. In recent months we’ve seen Dima Rdu” Radu take down DreamHack Summer and the Truesilver Invitational, Thijs Thijs” Molendijk win EU Spring Champs and Adrian Lifecoach” Koy win SeatStory V, with the other two joining him in the Top 8. …
Read More »The teams to watch at ESL Gamescom 2016
Europe’s biggest video game event of the year is due to kick off in just a few days, and of course it wouldn’t be complete without a ton of eSports events. Gamescom is taking place in Cologne, Germany between 17 and 21 August, and ESL is set to have a …
Read More »Lone female Counter-Strike pro in Korea hopes to start a trend
A new rising star in the potentially growing Counter Strike: Global Offensive scene in South Korea has made quite a name for herself as the only female player in a pool of about 50 in Korea’s first CS:GO league, VSL CS:GO Korea Beginning. Read more on Slingshot eSports >>>
Read More »Gaming the System: Esports Players Face Many Challenges in Unionizing
By 2018, esports is projected to be a billion dollar industry. The current industry model of esports is dynamic: it is responsive to a burgeoning influx of angel investment, steadily accumulates hundred of millions of viewers through Twitch and traditional TV platforms, and is rapidly growing due to a constant …
Read More »The Best Goals From Rocket League’s Championship Finals
To call it a showdown is understating it a bit. The first Rocket League Championship Series finals took place over the weekend, and it was a battle of the best – the most notorious names in Rocket League – as NA faced off against EU. The road to the grand …
Read More »The casually triumphant pageantry of The International 6
Yesterday, Valve kicked off the first day of The International 2016 main event with an opening ceremony that was somehow both flamboyant and low-key. A large but unimposing figure in the shape of Gabe Newell, the company’s co-founder and managing director, strutted sheepishly onto the stage while Dota 2‘s theme …
Read More »Did we just witness the biggest upset in Dota history?
"If we win this, we’ll be one of the first who came in as the top dogs and actually won the whole thing," Tal "Fly" Aizik told me with his signature confidence ahead of OG’s Upper Bracket match this past weekend. "Like, Secret last year, they looked great, then failed …
Read More »Should eSports be in the Olympics?
In 1894, Pierre de Coubertin stood in front of a gathering of international sporting officials and proposed to change the world. Born into a French aristocratic family, Coubertin enjoyed the fruits of a high-class education. But instead of a career in politics or the military, he spent his life dedicated …
Read More »Millionaires in the making: Record-setting $20M esports purse
At over $20 million and climbing, the sixth International has the single largest purse in esports history. The International, Dota 2’s premier tournament, is essentially an esports World Cup. Teams gather from around the world to compete for the top prize—almost $9 million this year—and TI6 continues the tournament’s record-breaking …
Read More »The Rocket League Championship Series was esports for everyone
Esports often miss out on the feats of physical grace that make for great SportsCenter clips, or, at least, giffable moments. With great punt returns or rim-shaking slam dunks, there’s no need for a nuanced understanding of football or basketball to gawp. Only on rare occasions are esports so immediately …
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