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The Year of the Kraken is almost upon us, and our tentacled overlord comes bearing nerfs. With the Standard Format and the Whispers of the Old Gods expansion launching on Tuesday, Blizzard announced sweeping nerfs to multiple cards from the Classic and Basic sets, including nerfs to meta-defining cards like …

Alright, so I know that eSports are already a tough sell for many, but hear me out. Last week, 343 Industries announced a partnership with ESL Gaming to launch a Halo Pro League, the first season of which is set to run through the months of June and July. Like …

The idea of ‘balance’ as the supposed holy grail of any multi-player game, is out-dated. We’re in some ways conditioned to expect developers to support their multiplayer games for many years, with the nebulous never-ending goal of polishing their rough gem of a game into a dazzling diamond, while updating …

The video game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, in which players form teams of terrorists and counterinsurgents and shoot at one another, is a favorite of the professional e-sports circuit. A tournament in early April sold out Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, where the NHL’s Blue Jackets play, and generated 71 million …

Are results really the best way to gauge the skill of competitive Hearthstone players, given the amount of RNG in the game? We asked two expert players who feel passionately about the subject to argue it out. Read more on PCGamer Pro >>>

Andy Miller is co-owner of the Sacramento Kings and NRG eSports. NRG recently signed up Shaquille O’Neal, Alex Rodriguez, and Jimmy Rollins as partners and has big plans for the future. Miller also founded Quattro Wireless, which was acquired by Apple in 2009, where he went on to become the …

League Of Legends boasts a huge roster of playable characters which bring the potential for vast numbers of potential compositions, ability interactions. It also has a player base quick to seek out what’s strong at any given time in the game’s ongoing development. So how do you approach that as …

For some, TyLoo was just another team from Asia. For others, TyLoo was the monster team from China that had dominated the Asian scene for months. People didn’t give TyLoo a chance against the teams at Malmo, they were a free win and an easy prediction. No one expected them …

The road to the Call of Duty Championship isn’t an easy one. It’s filled with gut-wrenching losses, surprise upsets, and an ever-shifting play field as new games change the rules from one year to the next. And if the most recent esports event is anything to go by, the 2016 …

What started off as an innocuous pastime has progressed into something far more intricate. Since its inception, Super Smash Brothers Melee has steadily grown and become one of the most technically demanding fighting games out there — but it wasn’t always this way. In the earlier days, it was possible …