Kotaku
-
pro gaming
One World Record, 500 Pounds of Quarters
Steve Wiebe, famed King of Kong underdog, just got 500 more pounds of incentive. More »
0
106
Comment by Rembrandt: Man everyone hates on that other guy, and I guess it's justified since he seems like a crude sort of... 19 Responses | Other threads
-
street fighter iv
Daigo Wins World SFIV Title
Daigo, as Ryu, bested Justin Wong, as Rufus, in last night's Street Fighter IV Tournament finals, held in San Francisco. Wong isn't empty handed, however; he won the U.S. title. More »
0
By Owen GoodComment by amobius: i want to see the video of the final dammit!!! 18 Responses | Other threads
-
starcraft
U.S. Universities Join the Star League
No, not the Rylan Star League. Princeton and 25 other colleges have teams in the "Collegiate Star League." Friday, the Tigers took on Tsinghua U. of Beijing, and The New York Times covered the action. More »
0
By Owen GoodComment by ThePurpleWall: While I would love to participate in something like this, I would have very little interest in being a spectator. 6 Responses | Other threads
-
the greatest depression
Pro Gamers Are Out Of A Job Too
The business of being really, really good at playing video games is hurting. Professional gaming leagues are shutting down left and right, meaning that many people who participate in those leagues are out now jobless. More »
0
Comment by Sammo21: This may sound disengenuous, but I don't really care about pro-gamers being out of a job. I think 99%... 38 Responses | Other threads
-
news
News Show Looks At Death of Xbox Runaway, Dark Side of Gaming
This Friday CBC News show The Fifth Estate takes a look at the sad case of teen gamer runaway Brandon Crisp. More »
0
Comment by Gorilla Snow is Maximum Risky: *sigh* Yet another case where everything and everyone is blamed but the parents. Sprinkled with some sensationalist news 'findings'. 17 Responses | Other threads
-
major league gaming
MLG Gets More Moolah
Major League Gaming got another $7.5 million from one of its venture capital firms, which called the pro video gaming league "a cultural phenomenon." More »
0
By Owen GoodComment by Soldier_CLE : The Wrath of PONG: I really don't see how "Major League Gaming", or any of the other "pro-gaming" leagues can be profitable, short of... 16 Responses | Other threads
-
pro gaming
Pro Gamer Lands Dr Pepper Deal
Not even 24 hours after DirecTV backed Championship Gaming Series went belly up in the shrinking pond that is professional gaming, Dr Pepper has announced that are backing a pro-gamer in their first every national distribution deal for an athlete. More » -
evo
Fighting to Play: The History of the Longest Lived Fighting Game Tournament in the World
Once a year they come to Las Vegas. Not to party. Not to compete. Not even to play Street Fighter. More »
0
Comment by Alchemistmerlin: I always love people swooning over the "golden days when arcades were big!". Nostalgia over a business model designed to rip... 8 Responses | Other threads
-
-
culture
Bottled Food Becomes Official Grub of World Cyber Games USA
Now this is odd. I've heard of energy bars and drinks "designed" specifically with gamers in mind, but food? Isn't that called pizza? More »
0
Comment by MSUSteve: I'm not sure how any of those flavors could be called "atrocious," but I guess using hyperbolically negative language to... 10 Responses | Other threads
-
gunnar optiks
Gamer Glasses Coming
Crawling the PAX exhibition hall this afternoon I stumbled upon a smallish booth for Gunnar Opticks. The company is dedicated to making glasses for computer users. More »
0
Comment by Esplosion: On the first day of PAX I wandered into the glasses booth with a morbid curiosity, as the man there... 5 Responses | Other threads
-
guitar hero
Parents Let Kid Drop Out of High School to Focus on Guitar Hero
I realize this pours gas on the bad parenting flames of yesterday, but holy crow, I can't not show you this story. Yesterday reader tooji tipped me off to the story of Blake Peebles, a 16-year-old in Raleigh, N.C., whose parents have let him drop out of school so that he can focus on a professional gaming career via Guitar Hero.
More »
0
By Owen GoodComment by The Medicine Seller: its too easy to bash the parents on this one, its just wrong what they've done, poor kid 1 Responses | Other threads
-
guitar hero
New York Times Profiles Guitar Hero Wünderkind
Chris Chike, whose 100 percent effort on "Through the Fire and the Flames" back in June earned him celebrity status and consultant to peripherals-maker Ant Commandos, is profiled in today's New York Times. More » -
penny arcade expo 08
Penny Arcade Announces “Fatal1ty†WON'T Be at PAX
Apparently in reaction to gamer-centric convention E For All's news today that Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel will be the face of their show, Penny Arcade announced that Fatal1ty won't be the face of theirs.... or even welcome. More »
0
Comment by AshxMFxKetchum: I suppose the downward spiral of PC gaming means our opinions of the people that play them have to go... more » | Other threads
-
pro gaming
Fatal1ty: Pro Gamers Are Like Rock N Roll Stars
In a breathless Christian Science Monitor article about pro-gaming (no doubt inspired by the proximity of the World Cyber Games to the Olympics), Gloria Goodale breaks the news to their readers that people actually get paid money to play video games competitively. More » -
television
Championship Gaming Series Coming To G4
G4 is about to get another dose of genuine video game focused content as it has struck a deal with the Championship Gaming Series—the only worldwide professional video gaming league, according to them—to air four 90 minute episodes of other people playing video games beginning this summer. They will, of course, be playing video games much better than you or I ever will, if that sort of thing appeals to you. More »
0
Comment by Onizuka-GTO: dunno why people are so against this. i enjoy watching the DOA4 and Counter strike bits. i can play them, but im... more » | Other threads
-
china
Pro Gamers Carrying Olympic Torch
Time to carry the Olympic Torch. Who are you going to choose? Pro gamers! That's right, famous pro Warcraft III gamers Jae Ho "Moon" Jang and Li "Sky" Xiaofeng will be carrying it and will be joined by StarCraft players Junchun "Pj" Sha and Lei "Leilei" Shen. No clue when these gamer luminaries will be carrying the torch, but probably sometime before it reaches Beijing. More »
0
Comment by SkutSkut: @frostcircus: The olympics was founded in Greece, during the BC times, and usually included running, disc throwing and sometimes chariot... more » | Other threads
-
virtual final four
Who's In Your Virtual Final Four Pool?
Whoops. Apparently this is going on right now. (Or 11:15 CDT, which is ... I dunno what it is in Crecente Mountain Time.) Four guys playing College Hoops 2K8 with the real Final Four teams are tipping off, live on stage, in San Antonio, in the third annual Pontiac Virtual NCAA Final Four. Winner gets top bragging rights. And a car. More »
0
By ogoodComment by AbsurdG3nius: Tigers pulled out the victory over KU: [pontiac.digitalproduce.com] more » | Other threads
-
pro gaming
ESPN To Take Major League Gaming Seriously
We don't think you'll be seeing ShocKWav3 or OGRE2 appearing on SportsCenter any time soon, but it would appear that ESPN is taking Major League Gaming at least as seriously as lumberjack competitions, as the outlet has struck a deal with the pro gaming league for coverage. Sure, watching sports reporting on other people playing video games very well may not be your bag—or even a considerable alternative to actually playing games yourself—but it's a big deal for the MLG, we think. More »
0
Comment by marshmelo: I think it's great. The kids that excel in MLG have amazing hand-eye coordination and reaction time and deserve to... more » | Other threads
-
pro gaming
"Most Important TV Event in the History of Video Games" Airs on Unwatched Channel
Of course I'm sure someone watches DIRECTV's Channel 101, where the Championship Gaming Series Word Final will be aired later this week, but if the press release for the finals is going to go all crazy with hyperbole by calling this THE most important event in television history, I think I'm allowed to counter that with anti-hyperbole. More »
0
Comment by Wei: Why are there male and female categories? Did I read wrong? The only reason most sports have gender separation is... more » | Other threads
-
pro gaming
$1 Million Halo 3 Tourney
The Cyberathlete Professional League today announced an open Halo 3 competition at the Extreme Winter Championships in Dallas in December. More »
0
Comment by tranceDJcrashd: Hey I've got a great idea, lets start a cyber sex league and start battling each other for cash and... more » | Other threads
-
world cyber games
WCG Presents Team USA
The World Cyber Games National Final is over, and as the smoke clears and paramedics carry the battered bodies of the fallen from the fetid field of war, twenty-two figures stand silhouetted in the bright Universal Orlando Resort spotlights, ready to represent our country in the coming battle. Men like Need for Speed: Carbon Champion Kamram Siddiqui from Orlando Florida, and Dead or Alive 4 Champ Carl White from Toledo Ohio. Those two and twenty more bravely listed in the press release below will take to the battlefield on last time at the World Cyber Games 2007 Grand Final in Seattle Washington October 4th through the 7th, testing their mettle against 700 gamers from 75 countries for a chance at gold medals, cash, and prizes...but that matters not. Nay, these fine men and possibly women fight for America, ladies and gentlemen. For our freedom and glory. Okay, my hyperbole gland just burst. Hit up the press release while I hunt for a band-aid. More »
0
By Mike FaheyComment by trixie360: @Robert Summa: So do we... except over at Xbox.com. As Tenacious D put it so well "That's f'in TEAMWORK!" :) more » | Other threads
-
the agony of defeat
World Series Of Video Games Strikes Out, Cancels Tourneys
Games Media Properties announced today that it would no longer produce the World Series of Video games and that the remainder of its 2007 pro-gaming series had been canceled. The competitive gaming league announced in May that it had signed an agreement with CBS to air four of its competitions, two of which now appear to no longer taking place. More »
0
Comment by penhalion: Not suprising at all this one. People tend to openly cheat at these events and it's just no fun to... more » | Other threads
-
pro gaming
Dell Sponsors Frag Dolls, Team Pandemic
Dell is sponsoring a search for the "most hardcore, competitive female PC gamer" to offer her a spot on the Frag Dolls, as part of their sponsorship of the Ubisoft gaming team. More »
0
Comment by penhalion: @Razorwing: Yep seen clips of them playing and they are far from being the best players. It's kind of like... more » | Other threads
-
south korea
South Korean Navy Starting Pro Gaming Team
The South Korean Navy is following in the footsteps of the Korean Air Force and is starting their very own pro gaming team to "develop the talents of pro-gamers in the service." South Korea has compulsory military service, so this is a win-win (I guess ...) move of giving those pro gamers who also have to serve in the military something to do while providing the Navy or Air Force with 'low-cost publicity.' What will they be playing? Starcraft, of course. More »
0
Comment by Ravana: @icepick314: Ha, yes they were. It's like watching some of the best B films, but with people that could... more » | Other threads
-
yay we're on spike
The World Cyber Games Will Be Televised
The World Cyber Games' slow march towards acceptance as a real 'sporting' event advances yet another baby step today with the announcement that SpikeTV and MTVN digital media outlets will be providing timely coverage of this year's event. Weekly recaps will begin airing on SpikeTV's Game Head show in the weeks leading up to an hour long special covering the Grand Final in October. Meanwhile GameTrailers and Xfire will be hosting short video segments covering the games as well, with the latter even hosting special "Play With The Pros" events, which should be amazingly depressing. More »
0
By Mike FaheyComment by Kapazza: World Cyber Games still owes me a $100 check. They don't need to be worrying about TV until I... more » | Other threads
-
ps3
Resistance Tourney Announced
A handful of companies have teamed up to throw together a team and singleplayer Resistance: Fall of Man tourney starting next month. More » -
pro gaming
Gaming's First Draft
By: Brian Crecente More »
0
Comment by Chilly Hollow: Gaming is really a participatory sport more than a spectator sport, but I am all for gamers making cash playing.... more » | Other threads
-
bunnies
Live... From Playboy: The CGS Draft
So far the Championship Gaming Series' first ever draft is every bit as surreal as I had hoped it would be. More » -
shigeru 'snoozy' miyamoto
Fatal1ty In Time On Miyamoto
I don't know which is more surprising; that Time only listed Shigeru Miyamoto as number 92 in the Time 100 or that they got Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel to write the short piece for the magazine about the Nintendo dev. More »
0
Comment by not1germ: Well, I got here looking for info on Wii, because I am thinking of getting one for my Dad who... more » | Other threads
-
playboy mansion
CGS Announces Draft
The Championship Gaming Series is getting its own draft and it's going to be held at the Playboy Mansion in L.A. More »
0
Comment by WilliamRLBaker: lol this is funny and i doubt will last long, Most people dont wanna sit and watch others play, I... more » | Other threads
-
gears of war
Gears Tourney Delayed
Technical issues have curb-stomped the Gears of War tournament. More » -
0
Comment by huginn is not an emo pink kitty: Why couldn't it be like the commiss in dodge ball. (fricken William Shattner!) more » | Other threads
-
0
Comment by Kaneda: domin4n, there are more pro players in Korea than anywhere else in the world. And they get paid more... more » | Other threads
-
0
Comment by Cell9song: how do you play a video game when your eyes are swollen shut from smoking half of Columbia..... more » | Other threads
-
0
Comment by SteveZ: Not everything has been thought of yet. The PC and online gaming industry will continue to grow in leaps and... more » | Other threads
-
0
Comment by r1nce: If I get people to pay me to play video games I would. There's no reason to be jealous just because... more » | Other threads
-
0
Comment by PokerAddict: Please don't ridicue the situation! I lost lots of money with online Poker. It did not financially kill me, but... more » | Other threads
-
frag dolls
Frag Dolls Become First Female Team to Win Pro Tourney
Last night four members of the Frag Dolls took first place in the Rainbow Six Vegas tournament at CPL in Dallas, becoming the first all-female team to win a tourney at a pro-circuit event. More »
0
Comment by Archaic Stigma: 12 hours...that's 2 more hours than pro starcraft players in Korea, don't believe it :P -AS more » | Other threads
-
cpl
Pro-Gaming League Preps For Drug Testing
Concerned about some professional gamers gaining an upper hand in the alertness and reflexes departments, the Cyberathlete Professional League is in the beginning stages of instituting a drug testing program for all elligible players, according to Tom's Hardware. More »
0
Comment by quayzar: Are they going to count Bawls as a drug because I gots to have me some caffeeeeeeeeeeeeeeine. For reals. more » | Other threads
pro gaming
Denver, 7:55 PM
Mon Jul 6
46 posts in the last 24 hours
Tip us: tips@kotaku.com
Editor-In-Chief:
Brian Crecente
Email | AIM
Deputy Editor:
Stephen Totilo
Email | AIM
Senior Editor:
Michael McWhertor
Email | AIM
Night Editor, Japan:
Brian Ashcraft
Email | AIM
Associate Editor, East Coast:
Michael Fahey
Email | AIM
Associate Editor, Oceania:
Luke Plunkett
Email | AIM
Associate Editor, Weekends:
Owen Good
Email | AIM
Correspondent, San Francisco:
AJ Glasser
Email | AIM
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.
