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Josh Carr-Hummerston, 21, calls himself the "mum" of five grown men. He and his so-called sons are holed up in a rather empty apartment in the harbourside suburb of Pyrmont in Sydney, Australia. There’s a lovely view of some yachts from the balcony, but this group has more indoor tastes. …
Read More »Games Media Awards Past Winners: Kate Gray, Rising Star 2015
As we head towards the GMA 2016 Awards on October 10th, MCV looks back on some of the key highlights that have taken place over the past 10 years. Here we speak to Kate Gray, who picked up the Rising Star award in 2015. How did you first get into …
Read More »Why You Should Be Watching Killer Instinct eSports
Putting out a fighting game as an Xbox One exclusive in the current market climate – i.e the one where you need a PlayStation to play Street Fighter on console – isn’t going to end particularly well for your game, and that’s exactly how Killer Instinct suffers. Read more on …
Read More »Road to Worlds: Locked in, on the fringe and Hail Marys
It almost seems like yesterday when SK Telecom T1 thwarted South Korean rival ROX Tigers to win the 2015 Summoner’s Cup and establish itself as the first true global dynasty in League of Legends. Don’t look now, but the summer regular season is wrapping up for all five of the …
Read More »Riot is fighting a war against game latency
The banes of competitive online gaming are many, but the handful of principal offenders are easy to identify. Trolls, cheaters, matchmaking hiccups – these persistent gremlins are all here to ruin your day, and no solutions are completely effective at eradicating them. Even Riot Games hasn’t found a cure-all for …
Read More »The International’s Record Prize Pool Helps Organizations, Not Players/Fans
When casual observers hear about esports, it’s usually the awe-inspiring prize pools from The International that first draw attention. Raw dollar count brings the attention of traditional media and narratives around the thought of instant video-game millionaires appeal to the rags-to-riches instinct in cultures around the world. Read more on …
Read More »A look into the most open International in Dota 2 history
The International 6 will be unlike any other in Dota 2 history. Not only because it is the sixth iteration of one of esports’ largest events. Not only because it will break its own record of having the highest prize pool of any esports event in history — again. It …
Read More »Fnatic founder Sam Mathews on solidifying a global brand, and his new American Overwatch roster
Fnatic is one of the oldest and most popular brands in esports. Starting as team in 2004, the organization quickly evolved from just another Skandinavian clan into a global lifestyle brand. Today, the company fields rosters in all relevant esports titles, and just recently, has announced its expansion into esports’ …
Read More »Vainglory summer season championships head to Seattle and Cologne
The Vainglory Summer Season Championships will take place in Seattle and Cologne this September. Eight of the best North American Vainglory teams will head to Seattle to compete for the title of summer champions between September 2nd and 4th at the Amazon event center. The Battle in Seattle” event will …
Read More »Nvidia settles GTX 970 marketing lawsuits
The GeForce 970 was not quite the card it was made out to be, and Nvidia has agreed to pay out as a result. While the 970 was legitimately for a time the best bang-for-buck high-end graphics card on the market, the internal specs didn’t quite match up to the …
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