The king of nearly any genre has one regret: moba. Heroes of the Storm was to little to late, with League of Legends and DOTA 2 already firm in the sattle. The worst thing of all, DOTA was a mod on Blizzard’s Warcraft 3 for a long time; waiting to get picked up and to… Continue reading Fortnite is rising in popularity. How is Blizzard gonna react?
Category: Esports
Sweet taste of revenge: Fissure Style
What is the best way of letting your former team know that benching you was the wrong decision? Exactly; by stomping them ruthlessly. This is exactly what Overwatch tank player Chan-Hyung ‘fissure’ Baek had in mind last weekend. Spending stage one on the bench as part of London Spitfire, he got his revenge by taking… Continue reading Sweet taste of revenge: Fissure Style
Team Vitality Gears up with Renault: Enter Renault Sport Team Vitality
After years of providing engines for Formula 1 and cars for rally racing, Renault strengthens its ties with sports once more. This time they set their eyes on eSports, and once they have their eye on something the teeth usually follow. This is no exception. The French eSports Team Vitality and the car brand team up… Continue reading Team Vitality Gears up with Renault: Enter Renault Sport Team Vitality
Community against ESL for Katowice schedule
Back against the wall. ESL Faces incomprehension from the community. Again. ..This time it’s the ESL One Katowice Major schedule to blame. And in good fashion, ESL has responded on reddit promising to look into some options to ease the frustrations of fans and improve the experience for fans attending. So what is the story… Continue reading Community against ESL for Katowice schedule
Japan Welcomes Esports and Pro Gaming
Why is the father country of gaming unsuccessful in esports and how are they planning to solve this? Though further research on the subject might be neccessary, there are strong allegations against a decades-old law preventing the Japanese from participating in gambling, but indirectly targeting professional esports tournaments as well. Resulting in poor competitive players… Continue reading Japan Welcomes Esports and Pro Gaming
Female Players make Historic Week for Esports
Breaking male hegemony ; recent female success eSports is booming, but it remains a male dominated realm. Though indications of change are out there, and this week they were hard to miss out on. Only last week Kim “Geguri” Se-yeon had been signed to an Overwatch League team. Starting off as rumors, ESPN was quick to… Continue reading Female Players make Historic Week for Esports
OpTic Gaming international CS:GO roster
OpTic Gaming has signed a new CS:GO roster, which features players from both North America and Europe. Gear up with k0nfig, Nicklas Gade and cajunb, the Danish crew that will accompany the Americans ShahZaM and Stanislaw on the Optic Gaming new CS:GO roster. Being benched last November, Stanislaw has been absent for most of the… Continue reading OpTic Gaming international CS:GO roster
CS:GO creator arrested for alleged sex offenses
Counter-Strike co-creator allegedly solicited sex from minor, and recorded sex acts without consent. The Seattle Police Department arrested Counter-Strike co-creator Jess Cliffe on Thursday, following a nine-month investigation for alleged sexual exploitation of a minor. In a period from april to june 2017, Cliffe had at least three sexual encouters with a (then) 16 year… Continue reading CS:GO creator arrested for alleged sex offenses
100 Thieves are here to stay
‘Teams need more preparation time’ and ‘experienced players have a hard time putting their egos aside’. There were low expectations about the quality of team 100 Thieves going into the NA LCS. Not surprising, as the team got permission to enter the tournament last November and only got its final lineup in December. Furthermore, midlaner… Continue reading 100 Thieves are here to stay
A $100,000 cryptocprize tournament is on the way
Watch out for February 25th; one lucky Counter-Strike team will ‘swim’ in cryptocurrency. Scrooge McDuck wouldn’t be interested, but the rest of the world wouldn’t mind a $ 100,000 first place reward paid in cryptocurrency. Play2Live aint cheap when it comes to showing financial respect to CS: GO teams that put their money where their… Continue reading A $100,000 cryptocprize tournament is on the way
