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In just a few days, eight relatively unknown players will travel to California to compete for just one spot in the Hearthstone World Championship. A total of $80,000 is on the line for the event, which is more money than these players have likely ever competed for before. But the …
Read More »CEO 2016 Smash Bros preview – The rivalry, the robot, the rest
The summer of Smash continues this weekend in Orlando, Florida at Community Effort Orlando 2016 (CEO). Originally a fighting game community event, CEO has now become one of the annual premier events for Smash. An impressive 678 entrants will be competing for the coveted CEO championship belt this year. Although …
Read More »The Dollars and Sense of eSports Team Ownership
Along with capturing the attention of those outside the video game industry, electronic sports (eSports) are attracting a new class of investors seeking to get in early on the rising phenomenon. Nowhere else is this more evident than in Riot Games’ League of Legends eSports scene – the League Championship …
Read More »No Diggity Dota 2 team signed by Escape Gaming days before TI6 qualifiers
Escape Gaming has signed the No Diggity Dota 2 team, just days after the squad was invited to the European qualifier for The International 6. No Diggity has been playing together for some months now, placing fourth at DreamLeague and qualifying for events such as EPICENTER. The team’s strong performances …
Read More »Leffen to miss CEO, US return pushed back to EVO
William "Leffen" Hjelte has dropped out of the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament at Community Effort Orlando (CEO) due to personal reasons. The Smash Bros star tweeted earlier in the week that he will not be at CEO but will still take part at EVO next month. The news …
Read More »Huni: ‘When I played League at first, I was bronze’
When I sat down with Immortals’ top laner Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon for a post-game interview, it started like any other. The charismatic import from Korea talked about his team’s victory over the rookie upstarts from Team Envy, saying how "crazy" game two of the series was. After a number of …
Read More »All of Hearthstone’s ‘Wow’ emotes ranked
In the world of Hearthstone, meta doesn’t just refer to the cards and decklists—the emotes have a ranking all of their own. So, as part of our aim to bring you the most crucial Hearthstone coverage on the internet, a few months ago we ranked all the emotes currently in …
Read More »Owners of professional video game teams in a battle of their own
Months after Susan Tully and friends bought a pair of professional video game teams for an estimated $1 million, her four-man Call of Duty” squad finished its season in 11th out of 12 places. A loss in a post-season gunfight would relegate Tully’s H2K squad to the second-tier league. There, …
Read More »The Thorin Treatment – 17 Years and Counting
17 years ago to the day the first beta of Counter-Strike (CS) was released. What could have just been another mod among many quickly eclipsed the game it was modifying and became a cultural phenomenon in gaming on a scale never before witnessed. Read more on Gamurs >>>
Read More »Condition Zero: Why Smash 4’s top dog isn’t out just yet
Champion. God. Undefeatable. Throughout the duration of Smash 4’s lifespan, Gonzalo ZeRo” Barrios has been referred to as all of these and more. With 55 consecutive tournament-win victories, he’s been the game’s top dog for the longest amount of time. Read more on Splyce >>>
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