Call of Duty Advanced Warfare is out, and with it a new age for the popular FPS series has begun. The previous age ended with Call of Duty Ghosts, a game that further cemented the franchise’s place on the eSports scene. This past weekend, the last Ghosts tournament took place in Paris as part of the Electronic Sports World Cup. ...
Read More »Robin “Fifflaren” Johansson leaves Ninjas in Pyjamas and retires from eSports altogether
The Swedish Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team Ninjas in Pyjamas is undergoing a major roster change after one of its players announced his eSports retirement. The player in question is Robin “Fifflaren” Johansson, one of the key members of the team. Ninjas in Pyjamas performed under the same formula since 2012, so this is quite a big change for the whole team. One ...
Read More »Smite aims for an early 2015 closed beta on the Xbox One
During a recent recap of PAX Australia’s second day, developer Hi-Rez Studios has revealed it aims to bring a closed beta of its third-person multiplayer online battle arena Smite to Xbox One players sometime in early 2015. “We’re working really hard on a console version of Smite,” Hi-Rez Co-Founder and COO Todd Harris says, “and in the beginning of the ...
Read More »Idra rejoins Evil Geniuses as their Heroes of the Storm captain
Idra was a pretty big name on the eSports scene back in the day – like, last year – and was infamous for a couple of reasons. First, he was a damned good Starcraft 2 player, but most importantly, his rage quits became legendary in the community. In fact, Idra may have been more known for his temperament reminiscent of that the ...
Read More »Galax launches its custom Hall of Fame GTX 970 and GTX 980 cards
Galax, the reinvented gaming peripheral manufacturer is constantly finding new ways of delivering premium products which aim to be different from what the top competition has to offer. With that in mind, Galax engineers have redesigned in custom Hall of Fame tradition, Nvidia’s high-end Maxwell graphics cards: the Geforce GTX 970 and GTX 980. The Hall of Fame series are ...
Read More »Xbox One’s fall 2015 lineup is “crazy,” delays might happen
According to the Head of the Xbox division Phil Spencer, the Xbox One’s fall 2015 lineup of games is so expansive that Microsoft may have to “purposely try to move some things out” of the window to give them room to breathe. Speaking with Xbox Live’s Major Nelson, Spencer mentioned next fall will be downright “crazy” for Microsoft’s current generation ...
Read More »Halo Wars was under-appreciated, say Xbox boss
Responding to a fan on Twitter, Xbox division boss Phil Spencer admitted Ensemble Studios’ Halo Wars was an “under-appreciated” title, specifically praising its cinematics and real-time strategy controls. “I agree, under-appreciated. Cinematics in Halo Wars were great for the time and controller RTS worked,” he said. “Reminded me of StarCraft on N64.” Unfortunately, Halo Wars was developer Ensemble’s last game ...
Read More »Nvidia is readying its Geforce GTX 980 8GB for an imminent release
Nvidia will be launching an upgraded 8GB version of its Geforce GTX 980 GM204 Maxwell card this late November or early December. This information comes from Hermitage Akihabara, a highly reliable source which has proved very accurate in the past when speculating on future Nvidia releases. Nvidia’s GTX 980 8GB will be expected to further increase the market demand for ...
Read More »Player feedback helped shape the eSports side of Call of Duty Advanced Warfare says Sledgehammer
A new age of Call of Duty will begin tomorrow with the launch of Advanced Warfare. The latest title in the series is very different than its predecessors thanks to its very futuristic vibe. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare will be focused on storytelling and the single player campaign, but what about the multiplayer? CoD has become very popular on ...
Read More »Lords of the Fallen: PS4 vs Xbox One graphics comparison
Lords of the Fallen is without question a core RPG title which has a lot to offer in terms of gameplay and graphics features. Employing the Fledge engine, the Deck13 team focused their efforts on combining complex gameplay with advanced visuals such as high-quality volumetric lighting, GPU-accelerated physics and a series of custom Nvidia GameWorks features. Starting off as a ...
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