Eric Van Allen

England Wins FIFA Interactive World Cup For First Time In 12 Years

Over the course of this week’s FIFA Interactive World Cup, Spencer “Gorilla” Ealing scored 46 goals across three days on his way to the grand final. In a 7-3 aggregate, Ealing not only took home $200,000 in prizes, but the first FIWC win for England since 2005. The lead up to the final FIFA 17…

After Cancer Diagnosis, Dota 2 Commentator Returns To The Game Between Chemo Sessions

Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden is lively when we sit down to chat. A five-time veteran of The International, this event isn’t quite the same as the previous ones. In May, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Sitting on the concourse floor in Key Arena in August, several weeks into the Dota 2 tournament that…

What We Like And Love About StarCraft: Remastered

StarCraft came out 20 years ago and became one of the most popular and prominent esports ever made. Maddy Myers and Eric Van Allen of Compete were children when the game came out, but they grew up surrounded by StarCraft’s legacy. Now that Blizzard has released a remastered version of this classic game as well…

Quake Champions will enter early access on Aug. 22 with new maps, features, and the DOOM Slayer as a new champion. Also available is a champions pack, which will unlock all champions now and forever for $29.99.

What It’s Like To Attend The Biggest Dota 2 Tournament In The World

The first thing I felt after the conclusion of The International 7, the seventh annual Dota 2 event that caps off every season of play, was whiplash. The day had gone by so fast, I had barely noticed it. As I walked in through the press entrance in the morning, I saw Team Liquid in…

‘Smoke Gank Not Weed’ And Other Sights From Dota 2‘s International Tournament

The International 7 has come and gone, crowning a new victor in Team Liquid along the way. Whether you were on the ground in Seattle at the Key Arena or watching from home, there were plenty of sights and sounds to take in, as well as a few good signs. The Juggernaut statue overlooked one…

Team Liquid Wins Over $10 Million At International Dota 2 Tournament

Team Liquid are the victors of The International 7, a Dota 2 tournament with over $24 million in prize pool. The European squad will take home the lion’s share at $10,806,301 after an historic 3-0 sweep of team Newbee. Coming up through the loser’s bracket, the five players of Liquid are both the first team…

Two new Dota 2 heroes were announced after last night’s matches at The International 7. The rumored Sylph and an unknown fencing animal will both arrive in the post-TI Dueling Fates update.

League of Legends Pro Attributes Poor Performance To Indulging ‘Sensual Pleasures’

Some players blame repetitive stress and high expectations for poor performance. One League of Legends player has a different reason: A little too much lovin’. Newbee’s Li “Vasilii” Wei Jun posted to Chinese social media site Weibo about him being moved to the bench in week six of the LPL season. The pro says he…

The penultimate day of The International 7 starts today, where five teams will be whittled down to the top three. Fun fact: Earthshaker has a 75 percent win-rate at the main event.

We’re on the ground at The International 7 to check out some of the best Dota 2 play in the world. We’ll update throughout the weekend with highlights and pics, and feel free to say hey if you see a lost Eric wandering around Key Arena.

Brilliant Steal At The Dota 2 International Brings Key Arena To A Roar

The best play so far in this week’s Dota 2 International tournament was a steal that was both skillful and reckless. As Malaysian player Tue “Ahfu” Soon Chuan snuck into a pack of opposing Russian players and grabbed the loot they were going for, the crowd watching at Seattle’s Key Arena lost their minds. Tue…

Valve Announces Artifact, A Dota Card Game

Valve announced Artifact, a Dota card game, during tonight’s The International 7 matches in Seattle. The digital card game will be out in 2018. It’ll feature lanes, use characters like Bounty Hunter, and have cards like barracks that will push waves of minions down each player’s avenue of attack. It’ll be a card game version…

A Newcomer’s Guide To Watching Dota 2‘s $23 Million International Tournament

More than $20 million in prize money is on the line this week in The International 2017, a tournament for the video game Dota 2 that can leave new spectators baffled. We’re here to help, in case you want to watch one of these matches and be able to tell a core from a support,…

Which Ridiculous Historical Figure From Fate/Grand Order Would You Summon?

Since Fate/Grand Order made its way stateside, we’ve been embroiled in unlocking more and more historical figures for our digital Holy Grail War. The Fate series is basically a giant battle royale between famous people, both real and mythological, but their representation has varied from the odd to the utterly ridiculous. So when those command…

Smash Pro Dances His Way To Doubles Victory

Zack “CaptainZack” Lauth is usually known for his dancing outside of Super Smash Bros. For The Wii U, but in today’s doubles finals at Low Tier City 5, he ended a match with a little in-game flair too. Lauth was playing alongside his Phoenix 1 teammate Gavin “Tweek” Dempsey in the Smash 4 doubles grand…

A Tekken 7 Round So Close, It Needs Two Slow-Mo Cams

Slow-mo is one of Tekken 7‘s most hype features, slowing the critical moment of a fight down to mere frames. In last night’s Tekken World Tour Korea grand finals, the two fighters were so close that it came down to the slow-mo cam twice in a single round. Though Evo 2017 is in the rear-view…

The main bracket for The International 7 has been set after four days of group stage Dota 2 play. HellRaisers and Fnatic were eliminated, leaving 16 teams to fight for a grand champion prize of over $10 million.

The Sneakiest Score In Today’s Splatoon 2 Tournament

This is why you always ink the side of the ramps. As the Splatfest rages on into the night, InkTV is hosting one of the first tournaments for Splatoon 2, the G7 Splatoon Series. In today’s match between Nosebreathers and Nsquared Squid Squad, one player made quite an impressive Rainmaker run. If you haven’t jumped…

Number One Dad Subs In For Son’s Rocket League Match

NBC is hosting a 2v2 Rocket League tournament this weekend, a big deal for 2v2 players like Josh “JumpOnStuff” Russo who could potentially make a national broadcast debut. But when Russo’s teammate couldn’t make it down to the open, one man was willing to take up the controller and fill in: his dad. Russo hinted…