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A few weeks ago Dylan Walker of Yahoo eSports spoke a bit about the distinction between independent contractors and employees in eSports. As the world of eSports has slowly become more legitimate and professional, teams and companies have started to contract with their workers. Some teams have unwittingly been classifying …
Read More »What to expect from World of Tanks’ Grand Finals
It’s that time of year again: the World of Tanks Grand Finals are almost upon us. The world’s best teams are rumbling down the streets of Warsaw, Poland, where they’ll face off against each other over the weekend of April 8-9 for a slice of the $300,000 prize pot. The …
Read More »The Evolution of Hax$
The year is 2008. Baltimore is playing host to Pound 3, a major event boasting over 200 players. Legends of the day are doing their best to traverse through the bracket. Jonathan "Plank" Graybeal is running the event, making sure people report for their next match. Names such as PC …
Read More »Twitch and FACEIT to launch team-owned Counter-Strike league today
The race to create the world’s premier Counter-Strike league is well and truly underway, and Twitch are the latest to announce their effort. Twitch has partnered with tournament organizer FACEIT to create the Esports Championship Series (ECS), a $3.5 million Counter-Strike league which will launch later today. The league, which …
Read More »UK government backs the Olympics of eSports
Today the International eGames Committee, which is backed by the British government, announced the eGames, a new international eSports event. The first outing of the eGames will be a two day pop up event in Rio de Janeiro during the 2016 Olympic games. Players from across the world will represent …
Read More »Valve shows off Dota 2’s VR spectator mode
To coincide with the launch of the HTC Vive, the first Steam VR device, Valve created multiple videos to show what the hardware can do, one of which gave a first look at spectating Dota 2 in virtual reality. The short clip, which can be seen in the tweet below, …
Read More »CS:GO team pulls off ludicrous double comeback at MLG Columbus
Brazilian side Luminosity Gaming went through to the finals of $1m CS:GO tournament MLG Columbus last night after coming back from not one but two hefty deficits against Team Liquid. In a best-of-three semi-finals, Luminosity started badly on both Mirage and Cache allowing their opponents to get to 15 rounds …
Read More »Why the Apple of gaming went from World of Warcraft to iPhone games
One of the striking things about Blizzard, the superstar developer behind some of gaming’s biggest hits, including World of Warcraft, Diablo and Starcraft, is how little it actually does. That’s not to say the company’s employees aren’t constantly at work, although the Kendo lessons taking place on the lawn outside …
Read More »Fnatic drops out of DreamHack Masters Malmö, will be replaced by G2 Esports
Fnatic will not compete at DreamHack Masters Malm due to Olof olofmeister” Kajbjer’s recent hand injury, DreamHack announced on Monday. They will be replaced by G2 Esports. The post on DreamHack’s website confirmed that Fnatic had chosen not to participate in the event as a result of the injury. "Olof …
Read More »The rise of Vainglory and a new generation of esports pros
The first thing I noticed about the Vainglory Winter Championship was just how far removed I was from the players. Esports tends to skew young—prime years are usually in the late teens with most competitors mellowing into retirement by the time they hit their early 20s—but this was something else. …
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