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After landing in the beautiful Los Angeles, I was excited to explore the city. I was then notified that there was a League related event at L.A Live across the street from the Staples Center. There went my Friday night. However, I was delightfully surprised by how much I ended …
Read More »South Korea affirms esports dominance at BlizzCon
BlizzCon took place at the Anaheim Convention Center in sunny Southern California this past weekend, but inside the venue, you might have mistaken it for Seoul, South Korea. Out of the five esports tournaments at the annual Blizzard Entertainment conference (four of which were world championships), three were won by …
Read More »Q&A: Anders Blume on casting Overwatch and the importance of being able to pivot
Slingshot’s Blake Bottrill had the chance to talk to longtime caster Anders Blume at the ESL New York at the beginning of October to talk about casting Overwatch in addition to Counter-Strike and how to stay fresh in different games. Read more on Slingshot eSports >>>
Read More »Doublelift opens up on LCS burnout: ‘It’s such a bad life’
Team SoloMid shocked fans this week when it announced that star AD carry Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng would be sitting out the 2017 NA LCS Spring Split. After TSM’s disappointing group stage finish at the 2016 World Championship, fans feared the team might be looking to change its formula for the …
Read More »BlizzCon: Favorites and upstarts for the Heroes of the Storm Fall Championship
The Heroes of the Storm Fall Championship will conclude at BlizzCon on Friday and Saturday, with the winning team as the recipient of the $300,000 first-place prize. The remaining group stage will determine the final four teams of the tournament. Finally, the last four teams will participate in a single-elimination …
Read More »2016 Canada Cup: A Street Fighter V bloodbath
This weekend is the Canada Cup 2016 in Toronto, and it is the last Capcom Pro Tour Premier Event that will reward points. The player list is enormous, and a number of tournament-killers line each and every pool. This will be a bloodbath of an event. Read more on ESPN …
Read More »Find out why Bengi is our MVP of Worlds 2016
There have been a few occasions where the final of the League of Legends World Championships has underwhelmed, and after the incredible all-Korean semi-final between ST Telecom T1 and ROX Tigers, many assumed that would be the case again at the Staples Center in LA at the weekend. The two …
Read More »International Factfile 2016: Argentina
Argentina is the third biggest market in Latin America with $409m (333m) in revenues, behind Brazil ($1.3bn) and Mexico ($1.1bn), Newzoo reports. In 2016, Latin America only represented four per cent of the global games market, with revenues reaching $4.1bn (3.3bn), but it was also the fastest growing market in …
Read More »What does another Korean win mean for Worlds?
Hold on a minute, haven’t we been here before? With just the grand final to go, the 2016 League of Legends World Championship knockout stage is looking remarkably similar to the previous year. Read more on Red Bull >>>
Read More »Nintendo’s Esports Switch: How and why Nintendo can use Smashers to save itself
This week’s Nintendo Switch announcement spawned dizzying fanfare thanks to the inclusion of a short clip that featured the visual language of esports: players in jerseys marching into a packed stadium to compete in a competitive Splatoon match. The fact of the matter is that Nintendo, a company that has …
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