Category: NEWS

AMD Radeon R9 290X and 290 get substantial price cuts – Nvidia backed against the wall

AMD gamers will be very pleased to learn that the Radeon R9 290X and R9 290 high-end graphics cards are currently retailing at a significantly reduced price compared to previous weeks. Two well known online retailers, Amazon and Newegg have listed the R9 290X at $379, respectively the R9 290 at $309. You can jump ...

Riot announces new League of Legends champion – Kalista, the Spear of Vengeance

The League of Legends roster is getting just a little bit bigger with the addition of a new champion who goes by the name of Kalista, the Spear of Vengeance. This spooky lady was once a fair maiden who was treacherously murdered and is now seeking revenge as a specter. Her description also tells us that ...

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is making its way to Aspen for the Winter X Games

MLG is returning to the X Games and this time it’s bringing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive with it. Major League Gaming was also present at the  June X Games earlier this year in Austin, Texas with a major Call of Duty: Ghosts tournament. Back then, the organization promised that it will return in the future and ...

League of Legends player Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok is reportedly worth $1 million

As eSports are becoming more and more popular, the people who are playing them at a professional level are also receiving a fair amount of popularity. These players are often sought after by various organizations for their skill and their renown, but just how far is someone willing to go in order to acquire one of ...

The last ever Call of Duty Ghosts tournament ends with Evil Geniuses taking the grand prize

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...