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One of competitive gaming’s main players has big plans for the future – but you might not even know it was calling the shots. Intel– that’s the company behind all those CPUs, motherboards and SSDs, right? Yep, but it’s also one of thebiggest names in eSports, and has been for …
Read More »League of Meta – From individual mechanics to high-level strategy
League of Legends is (constantly) changing. Gone are the days of games being decided by a brilliant early game outplay. Gone are the the days of a single player standing so far above the rest so as to single-handedly lay low their teams foes. Once, the barrier between a great …
Read More »Head Games – Injecting sports psychology into esports
In the world of competitive gaming, you can have the sharpest mind, the fastest reflexes and be the greatest player alive in your bedroom—but it’s all for naught if you can’t perform under the spotlights of the big stage with thousands, sometimes millions, watching you. Read more at ESPN >>>
Read More »Professional Gamers Are Just As Physically Taxed As Athletes, Study Finds
It’s the debate that will seemingly never die: is esports real esports? Should professional gamers be considered athletes, or even semi-athletes considering the amount of hours they have to train, research and prepare? Should video games even be associating the most proficient of its kind with the word sports at …
Read More »Get to Know PGL, the Team Behind the Manila Major
When the Manila Major has been announced, many Dota 2 enthusiasts have been asking about PGL. Why did Valve and the local organizers entrust this company with the task of co-producing the Spring Dota 2 Major? PGL, otherwise known as Professional Gamers’ League”, is an eSports brand registered under the …
Read More »Heroes of the Dorm returns to ESPN
Heroes of the Dorm, a Heroes of the Storm tournament featuring college teams from across North America, will return to ESPN in 2016, beginning with a Selection Sunday bracket reveal live on ESPNU on March 13 at 8 p.m. ET. Teams of five students will compete in a single-elimination bracket …
Read More »The rise and rise of Brazilian CS:GO
Anyone present for the current Luminositysquad’sdebut at DreamHack Winter last year will not have been surprised to see them in the grand final at IEM Katowice over the weekend. After some consternation from fans over dropping their long-time team-mates boltz and steel just before DreamHack began, the Brazilian side showed …
Read More »Riot is probably developing a fighting game, acquires company started by Evo co-founders
Riot Games’newest employees are probablymaking the company’s first fighting game. That’s the most obvious conclusion from the theLeague of Legendsdeveloper’s latestacquisition: Radiant Entertainment, developers of crafting gameStonehearthand free-to-play fighting gameRising Thunder. In an announcement yesterday, Radiant said that it will shut downRising Thunder—which has been in a public Alpha since …
Read More »Overwatch hits store shelves on May 24
It’s official: Blizzard’s new first person shooter,Overwatch, will hit shelves on May 24. The highly anticipated shooter—mega developer Blizzard’s first foray into the genre and its first new intellectual property in years—will be available for PC, PS4, and Xbox One on that day. But players who pre-purchase or preorder the …
Read More »Sky takes a first step into eSports tournament coverage
With millions of fans regularly tuning into services likeTwitchandYouTube Gamingto watch their favourite titlesbeing played at the highest level, traditional TV broadcasters are starting to take note. Last year, BBC Three dipped its toe into the world of eSports withliveLeague of Legendstournament coverage, and today Sky will become the latest …
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