18 Jan, 2012

The Global Starcraft II League has been revving up for 2012, and the current season is definitely the best yet! Production values increased tremendously over last year’s GSL coverage, and if you’ve been bored with traditional sports or even other esports, I encourage you to check it out. You can watch the first games of many of the past GSL matches...

30 Dec, 2011

This is a highlight reel from the recent World Cyber Games Grand Finals in South Korea. The skill and talent of these gamers is phenomenal, and I hope Valve achieves their goal in bringing these fine pro gamers into the CS:GO...

2 Nov, 2011

It’s a funny old industry. The very same industry that finds Bethesda taking indie developer Mojang to court over the use of the word ‘Scrolls’ in their upcoming follow-up to the immensely popular Minecraft, now sees two huge developers working on essentially the same game with essentially the same working title. Blizzard recently revealed...

1 Nov, 2011

The LoL community is up in arms about what some internet denizens feel is sketchy decision-making from the WCG and Riot Games staff. Apparently at the WCG League of Legends tournament, when a player was found to be competing on two teams (one in the US bracket, and another in the Canadian bracket) he was disqualified per the rules. However, the decision was made...

28 Oct, 2011

Gears of War 3 is getting a major esports debut at the EGL4 (European Gaming League) going down in London this weekend. This is going to be a live streamed event for over £1500 in prize money. Which, given the state of the US dollar is probably about eleventy thousand US dollars. The EGL4 GoW tournament will be a 4v4 team event. The event will be streaming over...

3 Oct, 2011

This Thursday, the IGN Pro League 3 gets underway at Caesar’s Palace in Atlantic City. Originally billed as one of the top North American tournaments for Starcraft II with a $100,000 prize pool, IGN has also added a $20,000 League of Legends tournament. Starting at 10am EST on Thursday, October 6th, you’ll be able to catch all the action on one of...

28 Sep, 2011

EA and DICE, partnered with Virgin Gaming, are announcing a huge tournament for Battlefield 3. With $1,600,000 in cash and prizes, this marks the biggest console tournament, ever. The details are all there on Virgin Gaming’s website. With Call of Duty being a regular entry in the MLG Pro Circuit, it makes sense that EA would want to make a push for...

26 Sep, 2011

Riot Games has announced that the latest major update to League of Legends, titled “League of Legends: Dominion” is now available and ready to play! The past week has seen a few beta periods at random times during the day, but apparently, the time has come to unleash Dominion on the masses. Riot Games calls this, “the largest and most ambitious...