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In the aftermath last week’s shooting in Munich German network ProSieben MAXX will not be showing an upcoming Counter-Strike Global Offensive competition in the country. That’s according to ESPN, which says ELeague’s semi finals – planned to be aired today (Friday, July 29th) and tomorrow – will no longer be …
Read More »Why Las Vegas Needs To Look Hard At The Billion Dollar Esports Business
More than $590 million will be wagered on esports competitions through cash gambling sites in 2016 with 93% of the wagering taking place through esportsbook betting, which is akin to traditional sports betting. It is similar to wagering on the outcome of a match between two professional sports teams, except …
Read More »Games Media Awards Past Winners: Colin Campbell, Games Media Legend 2011
As we head towards the 10th Games Media Awards on October 11th, MCV looks back on some of the key highlights. Here we speak to industry veteran Colin Campbell, who picked up the award for Games Media Legend in 2011… How did you first get into the games media?I answered …
Read More »How do you explain the phenomenon of watching videogames?
For all our think pieces about interactive media, social media, and virtual reality, we are all still very much living in a culture of spectation. Big budget movies, music videos, episodic television, and professional sports: these are still the main sites of cultural cohesion for most people in the United …
Read More »Checking Riot’s lane swap assumptions
So far, I’ve mainly dealt with statistics and fairly small, straightforward statements from Riot Games’ original statement discussing the changes coming to turrets and minions on Patch 6.15. Addressing the rest of Riot Games’ claims for why they believe the changes they are implementing are necessary requires more interpretation and …
Read More »ESL hosting Heroes of the Storm regional at gamescom
ESL will host the European Heroes of the Storm Fall Regional at gamescom in August. The competition will take place on the ESL main stage between August 17th and 19th. $100,000 is on the line, along with a spot at the Fall Championship that will be held at BlizzCon 2016. …
Read More »OPINION: Five things we learnt about VR from E3 2016
VR expert David Ranyard continues his regular columns looking at the future of virtual reality, and analyses thereaction to the hardware from this year’s E3. So E3 is over for another year, and I have one burning question: what was the impact of virtual reality at this year’s show? It …
Read More »Building Clash Royale into an eSport
The big eSports of the world may be hogging almost all of the spotlight right now, especially with the likes of Counter-Strike jamboree ESL One Cologne and Dota world cup The International 6 dominating the summer tournament landscape, but quietly, a mobile revolution is building, and leading the charge is …
Read More »Watch Dear Esther with live music and narration at the Barbican
Dear Esther fans will want to free their diaries in October for what sounds like an awesome night at London’s Barbican. On October 14th an audience is invited to enjoy a playthrough of the game on the big-screen while accompanied by a live narration by Nigel Carrington and live musical …
Read More »As North American League thrives with new best-of-3 format, will Europe follow?
When Riot Games announced the League Championship Series in 2012, bringing a fully professional league run by the company to North America and Europe, amongst the many other decisions made one that probably did not attract much attention at the time: the regular season would be made up of single-game …
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