Category: eSports

The Smite European Championships will conclude this weekend

The best European Smite teams will clash this weekend in Cologne, Germany for a slice of the total prize pool of $50,000. The European Championships are scheduled to kick off tomorrow, November 15, with the victor to be decided Sunday, November 16. Six of the best teams from the old continent will be duking it ...

Categories: eSports, NEWS, PC, TRENDING GAME NEWS

Tags: European Championships, Prize Pool, Smite, teams, World Championships

Blizzard draws a comparison between Heroes of the Storm and other MOBA games

It seems like we hear about a new MOBA game every few months now and while most of them seem mediocre to put it lightly, there are a few new ones that do look promising. Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm is definitely one of them even though the company doesn’t actually refer to the game ...

Categories: eSports, LTG Slider, NEWS, PC, TRENDING GAME NEWS

Tags: Blizzard, differences, Dota 2, eSports, Gameplay, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, item shops, League of Legends, MOBA, team brawler

Blizzard continues to ban Hearthstone accounts found to be using bots

Blizzard is continuing its righteous crusade against Hearthstone cheaters by issuing another round of bans against them. The company is well known for its no nonsense approach when it comes to cheating in Starcraft 2 and World of Warcraft, so it was only natural that it would use the same approach in Hearthstone as well. ...

Categories: eSports, NEWS, TRENDING GAME NEWS

Tags: bans, Blizzard, bots, cheaters, Goblins vs Gnomes, Hearthstone

Mobile eSports are becoming increasingly popular, $2 million in prize money awarded this year alone

The eSports industry has been growing at a steady pace these last few years and will continue to get even bigger as more and more competitive games are being released. Big titles like Starcraft 2, League of Legends, or Call of Duty regularly have huge tournaments with lots of money on the line, but this industry ...

Categories: eSports, Mobile, NEWS, TRENDING GAME NEWS

Tags: competitive, demographics, eSports, Mobile, prize money, Prize Pool, Skillz

Here are the Counter-Strike Global Offensive teams invited to participate in the ESL Pro League

About a week ago, ESL announced their new league system for Counter-Strike Global Offensive with $50,000 on the line as prize money. The system consists of three different leagues: Professional, Major, and Open. The Pro League will feature sixteen of the best CS:GO teams around, eight of which will need to qualify while the other ...

Categories: eSports, NEWS

Tags: Cloud 9, ESL, Fnatic, iBUYPOWER, invitations, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Pro League, teams

Benedict Lim “hyhy” Han Yong talks about the differences between Dota 2 and League of Legends

Former Dota 2 professional player Benedict Lim “hyhy” Han Yong went on Reddit earlier today to do an AMA with the fans. If you’re new to the game you might now know who he is, but Han Yong was pretty well known on the scene a couple of years back. “hyhy” used to play for Zenith ...

Categories: eSports, LTG Slider, NEWS, PC, TRENDING GAME NEWS

Tags: Benedict Lim "hyhy" Han Yong, differences, Dota 2, hyhy, League of Legends, MOBA

Mushi becomes one of the most sought after Dota 2 players after his departure from Team Malaysia

Chai “Mushi” Yee Fung, one of the most well know Dota 2 players has suddenly also become one of the most sought today. Sought after by whom? Pretty much every pro team out there of course. Mushi recently announced that he is no longer part of Team Malaysia which means that he is now a ...

Categories: eSports, NEWS, TRENDING GAME NEWS

Tags: departure, Dota 2, Mushi, Orange, Team Malaysia, The International, Xtinct

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gets campaigns thanks to the Operation Vanguard Access Pass

Earlier today, Valve introduced Operation Vanguard, an expansion of sorts to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive that features new maps, missions and even campaigns. That’s right, Valve is finally adding campaigns to the game, although they will be a bit different that those usually found in RPGs for example. Operation Campaigns consist of a series of missions ...

Categories: eSports, LTG Slider, NEWS, PC, TRENDING GAME NEWS

Tags: Campaigns, Counter-Strike, features, Global Offensive, new missions, Operation Case Drops, Operation Challenge Coin, Operation Vanguard, Update

Derek “desi” Branchen is now a permanent member for team iBUYPOWER

Derek “desi” Branchen, former member of Team eLevate is now on the official roster of iBUYPOWER, the number one Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team in North America. Brachen was already playing for the team after he stepped in for Joshua “steel” Nissan and Sam “DaZeD” in preparation for the upcoming Dreamhack Winter tournament, which is scheduled to ...

Categories: eSports, NEWS

Tags: Counter-Strike Global Offensive, Derek "desi" Branchen, Dreamhack Winter, iBUYPOWER, Sal "Volcano" Garozzo, Team eLevate

ROCCAT is the new main peripheral partner for Intel Extreme Masters

ROCCAT is well known in the world of competitive gaming as one of the most popular providers of quality peripherals. It is for this very reason that Intel Extreme Masters announced a partnership with the company and signed it up as a major sponsor for the remaining of the Season 9 eSports tournament series. This includes ...

Categories: eSports, NEWS

Tags: eSports, Intel Extreme Masters, League of Legends, peripherals, Roccat, Starcraft 2