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Can Evolve become successful on the eSports scene?

Egon Kilin
November 19th, 2014

Turtle Rock Studios have managed to impress a lot of people with their upcoming 4v1 action FPS, Evolve. The game is still in the Alpha testing phase but has already been embraced by the press and the gamers who were able to get in on the action during this early phase of testing. I’m fairly ...

Categories: eSports, NEWS, PC, Playstation 4, TRENDING GAME NEWS, Xbox One

Tags: eSports, Evolve, features, Phil Robb, Turtle Rock Studios

Halo is not ready to return to eSports just yet, but it will be soon

Egon Kilin
November 16th, 2014

Halo will have to wait a bit longer before it will be able to step back onto the eSports scene as 343 Industries announced that the Championship Series has been delayed. The Halo Championship Series is a new league created with the release of the Master Chief Collection and was supposed to kick off today, November ...

Categories: eSports, NEWS, TRENDING GAME NEWS

Tags: 343 Industries, Championship Series, eSports, Halo, matchmaking issues, Patch, The Master Chief Collection, Update

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

Egon Kilin
November 14th, 2014

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

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

Egon Kilin
November 13th, 2014

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

ROCCAT is the new main peripheral partner for Intel Extreme Masters

Egon Kilin
November 12th, 2014

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

Top 5 most popular eSports games right now

Egon Kilin
November 11th, 2014

In recent years Electronic Sports have become ridiculously popular even among people who weren’t much into gaming before. I’ve dabbled in competitive gaming on more than one occasion and I can’t begin to tell you how glad I am to see that we live in a time when it’s finally being taken seriously. But things are ...

Categories: eSports, LTG Slider, OPINION PIECES, PC

Tags: Counter-Strike, Dota 2, eSports, Global Offensive, Heart of the Swarm, Hearthstone, League of Legends, Legacy of the Void, MOBA, most popular, Starcraft 2, top 5

Dota 2 is now being studied in schools

Egon Kilin
November 10th, 2014

There are now millions of people around the world who play Valve’s highly successful Massive Online Battle Arena, Dota 2. Although most of them play just for fun, there are also some who play it competitively and actually make a living from this game. A large portion of these players live in China, a country that has ...

Categories: eSports, NEWS, PC, TRENDING GAME NEWS

Tags: China, college, course, Dota 2, eSports

Halo is stepping back into the eSports limelight this weekend

Egon Kilin
November 5th, 2014

Before Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and various Call of Duty titles there was yet another FPS that dominated the eSports shooter scene. That game is Halo and it will be returning in style this weekend with the ESL The Master Chief Collection tournament. As you might imagine, this tournament aims to celebrate the upcoming Halo: the Master ...

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

Tags: ESL, eSports, Halo, invitational, The Master Chief Collection, Tournament

World of Warcraft stops losing subscribers as the launch of Warlords of Draenor approaches

Egon Kilin
November 5th, 2014

World of Warcraft looks to be returning to its former glory bit by bit, although it definitely still has a long way to go. Blizzard announced earlier today that their popular MMORPG had more than 7.4 million subscribers at the end of the third fiscal quarter, which ended on September 30. That means that WoW ...

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

Tags: Blizzard, eSports, subscribers, Warlords of Draenor, World of Warcraft

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

Egon Kilin
November 4th, 2014

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 ...