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The video game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, in which players form teams of terrorists and counterinsurgents and shoot at one another, is a favorite of the professional e-sports circuit. A tournament in early April sold out Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, where the NHL’s Blue Jackets play, and generated 71 million …
Read More »Sacramento Kings Co-Owner Andy Miller Says That Virtual Reality is "Inevitable" for eSports
Andy Miller is co-owner of the Sacramento Kings and NRG eSports. NRG recently signed up Shaquille O’Neal, Alex Rodriguez, and Jimmy Rollins as partners and has big plans for the future. Miller also founded Quattro Wireless, which was acquired by Apple in 2009, where he went on to become the …
Read More »League Of Legends’ Greg ‘Ghostcrawler’ Street Talks Balance – Is It Even Possible?
League Of Legends boasts a huge roster of playable characters which bring the potential for vast numbers of potential compositions, ability interactions. It also has a player base quick to seek out what’s strong at any given time in the game’s ongoing development. So how do you approach that as …
Read More »The legend of Tyloo
For some, TyLoo was just another team from Asia. For others, TyLoo was the monster team from China that had dominated the Asian scene for months. People didn’t give TyLoo a chance against the teams at Malmo, they were a free win and an easy prediction. No one expected them …
Read More »Call of Duty World League champions look back on a year of Black Ops III esports
The road to the Call of Duty Championship isn’t an easy one. It’s filled with gut-wrenching losses, surprise upsets, and an ever-shifting play field as new games change the rules from one year to the next. And if the most recent esports event is anything to go by, the 2016 …
Read More »Ark: Survival Evolved dev settles legal dispute with Dungeon Defenders studio
Studio Wildcard has reached a settlement agreement with Dungeon Defenders dev Trendy Entertainment. The terms of the settlement – not unusually – have not been publically released, though Studio Wildard Susan Stieglitz reportedly said on Twitter to a fan – who shared to Reddit – that the firm ended up …
Read More »The Top 30 Women in Games: Part Two
The MCV Women in Games Awards, in association with Women in Games (WIGJ) will take place on Thursday May 19th at the Hamyard Hotel, London. There the recently announced Top 30 Women in Games will be celebrated, while six special awards will be presented. Here we take a look another …
Read More »Going to the Doctor: The Risks of High-Level Melee
What started off as an innocuous pastime has progressed into something far more intricate. Since its inception, Super Smash Brothers Melee has steadily grown and become one of the most technically demanding fighting games out there — but it wasn’t always this way. In the earlier days, it was possible …
Read More »With a streaming audience 10% as big as its player count, CS:GO is a hit spectator sport thanks to ex-pros and betting
You don’t need us to tell you that in 2016, streaming is kind of a big deal in certain circles. But did you know that the amount of people watching Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is equal to more than 10% of the people actually playing it? We’re talking upwards of 60,000 …
Read More »Life is tough on the Counter-Strike pro circuit
On April 2, more than 10,000 people took their seats in Columbus, Ohio’s Nationwide Arena to watch the Major League Gaming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive final match between European powerhouse Natus Vincere and Brazilian upstart Luminosity. Those fans were soon out of their seats, yelling and cheering at the unfolding drama. …
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