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CEVO opened the registrations and announced the prize pool for the eSports competitions that will take place during Season 6. While Season 5 featured $19,635 in prize money, in Season 6 we’re seeing an increased of over $4,000 for a total prize pool of $24,100. In addition, the prize pool has the potential of getting even bigger thanks to CEVO’s community ...

Item drops in Dota 2 used to be a wonderful thing back in the day when you actually got something useful every once in a while. If you’re like me, by now your inventory is probably full of common items for heroes you never play with and the worst part is that you can’t even sell these items because nobody wants ...

Blizzard recently started dropping the banhammer on Hearthstone players found using bots to hep them gain gold and levels faster. The bans were initially only meant to last for two months, but they will be permanent from now on according to the company. This was just the beginning however because Blizzard has now started banning win traders as well. The company ...

The eSports scene is going to include yet another game very soon with the arrival of the upcoming online action-adventure title Nosgoth. The game is still in its Closed Beta phase and a release date has not been announced yet, but that didn’t stop publisher Square Enix from creating a series of competitions in collaboration with the Electronic Sports League. The ESL ...

Team Evil Geniuses is one of the most predominant teams in eSports and has professional players for pretty much every game out there, ranging from Dota 2 to World of Warcraft. Moreover, EG also has the best Call of Duty team in history whose roster is comprised of Patrick “Aches” Price, Ian “Crimsix” Porter, Kenneth “Dedo” Dedo, and Tyler “TeePee” Polchow. These players have ...

The League of Legends 2014 World Championship is already over, but the big sale that was announced to go along with it is still available. However, that won’t be the case for much longer as Riot previously stated that everything will revert to the original price once Friday, October 31st comes to an end. Coincidentally, that’s today so that means that ...

Roccat has launched a new mechanical keyboard specifically designed for pro players who take part in eSports competitions. The peripheral goes by the name of Ryos TKL Pro and features a tenkeyless design, which means that it lacks the number pad you usually see on regular mechanical keyboards. This rather unusual design choice comes with some benefits as the keyboard is ...

It seems like ArenaNet wants to make Guild Wars 2 a bigger part of eSports by hosting a new series of PvP tournaments. The developer has even partnered with the Electronic Sports League so that it can offer some money to talented gamers who can prove their worth at player vs players combat. The competition is being called the Go4 ...

Blizzard announced a while ago that it will be adding a new card back for Hearthstone players to collect at the start of each new season, which coincides with the start of each new month. You won’t get it just for logging into the game though, as you’ll need to reach at least rank 20 or higher in Ranked Play mode ...

Atari makes another run at the survival horror genre with their upcoming Alone in the Dark: Illumination: a long awaited sequel of Alone in the Dark: Inferno. Following in the footsteps of its predecessor, the latest title to come out of Pure FPS developing studios promises to offer the same traditional survival horror experience with a more polished twist. This ...