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Thijs ‘Thijs’ Molendijk has proven himself one of Europe’s strongest Hearthstone talents time and time again. The Dutch prodigy is a regular fixture at the top of the podium on the EU leg of the Championship Tour, earning a spot at next month’s big one: the Hearthstone World Championship at …
Read More »Europe’s Redemption Lies With Odoamne and H2K
After a terrible week one of Worlds, League of Legends fans had written off Europe. The region had only picked up one game, and every other region had comfortably tossed them around. When G2 was officially eliminated from their group, only picking up one win against Albus NoX Luma, all …
Read More »Smash god Mango on Cloud9 as he takes Big House 6 title
With his back against the wall, Joseph "Mango" Marquez managed to pick up his third win at the Big House 6. It wasn’t always smooth sailing; things looked nerve-racking for Mango as he narrowly squeezed into top-8 after a close five-game set with Ryan "The Moon" Coker-Welch. Read more on …
Read More »Could Modern Warfare Remastered cannibalise Infinite Warfare’s pro scene?
I think it is fair to say that Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is not the Call of Duty game that the majority of the series’ hardcore fans are looking forward to most this year. That honour goes to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, a title that fans have …
Read More »Why North America won’t fail in Week 2 of Worlds
Here we are again: With more than a little dj vu, North American clubs are 6-3 after the first week of games at Worlds. It’s the same three teams—Team SoloMid, Counter Logic Gaming and Cloud9—and the same overall regional record with the second round-robin looming. Read more on ESPN >>>
Read More »kaSing rates the West’s chances at Worlds
The biggest event of the League of Legends calendar is finally underway, and the action at Worlds has already been outstanding. Teams no one thought stood a chance have taken games off the top competitors, while teams that some predicted would go far have stumbled, and there have been more …
Read More »A guide to Ivern, one of League’s most innovative champions yet
Once in a blue (buff) moon, Riot decides to really buckle down and create a jungle-specific champion. The last one we got was Rek’Sai and the time before that, well, let’s just say jungle was the role for rejected top lane champions. But with League’s newest jungler, Ivern, we are …
Read More »Will the latest nerfs make Hearthstone great again?
Last week, Hearthstone’s latest set of card changes were announced. Targeting some of the most oppressive and powerful decks in the game these nerfs could well change the game significantly ahead of the $1 million Hearthstone World Championship. Read more on The Daily Dot >>>
Read More »STEVE AOKI I’m Going Rogue … PUTTING MY MONEY IN ESPORTS!
Steve Aoki just became the owner of an eSports team … and he’s crossing his fingers the investment’s worth it.We got Steve out in NYC where he told us about his fresh partnership with the Vegas gaming org. Rogue, which he says is "crushing it" in the 1st-person shooter Overwatch. …
Read More »Paladins mainly reminds us what’s great about Overwatch
If Paladins, the latest title from Smite creator Hi-Rez Studios, isn’t an Overwatch clone, it’s certainly a fraternal twin. But who cares? Everybody copies everybody. League of Legends borrowed characters and concepts from WarCraft III DotA, which in turn took inspiration from a gallimaufry of lane-based WarCraft III mods. Triple-A …
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