Yannick LeJacq

Riot just announced a number of sales it’ll be putting on for League of Legends’ seasonal holiday event “Snowdown,” which will also add a giant Poro King (seen above) to the game’s ARAM map for a limited time. I’d also be into the idea of a Poro champion, but we’ll have to keep waiting for…

World’s Best Jigglypuff Player Gives Heartbreaking Interview After Winning Smash Tournament

Star Super Smash Bros. player Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma won first place in the fighting game’s Dreamhack tournament this weekend, making him the first American Smash pro to do so on European soil. The post-game interview he gave immediately after winning quickly turned personal. You can watch the full post-match interview here: HungryBox is known in…

Playing Against League Of Legends’ Annie In A Nutshell

Annie always looks so small and easy to kill when she’s wandering around with her stuffed teddy bear until…TIBBERS!!! Then, this happens: As YouTuber Darkk Mane shows, being slapped by what looks like a large overstuffed taxidermied grizzly doesn’t always look super impressive. But it sure feels intense when you’re on the receiving end. Watch…

Modder Turns Dota 2 Into A Third-Person Shooter

You know what would make Dota 2 more fast-paced and exciting? Turning it into a different video game, of course! Say hello to “Slayers of the Ancients” a “highly experimental” mod made by Steam user BMD that turns the MOBA into “a capture-the-flag 3rd person shooter in the style of Team Fortress 2.” Spotted earlier…

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League Of Legends Fan Makes Emotional Tribute To Older Version Of His Favorite Character

Poppy, one of League of Legends’ oldest characters, is about to be retired from the game. And while she’ll be replaced by a newer, better version of herself, fans of the original Poppy are feeling pretty sad right now. One such fan knew this day was coming, so he prepared a video to celebrate the…

One Of My Best Overwatch Plays Was Pure Dumb Luck

I wish I could tell you that I knew who I shot at blindly and somehow ended up killing. Ah well. Next time!

Heroes Of The Storm’s New Map Ditches The Old Formula

Blizzard added its latest battleground into its rad new MOBA Heroes of the Storm this week, and boy is this map a weird one. Called “Towers of Doom,” it takes some of the most sacred principles of the genre and either throws them out the window or distorts them beyond recognition. It’s a bold experiment,…

Smite’s “Ultimate God Pack,” which gives you every character currently in the game plus any future characters Hi-Rez adds to it, is going on sale tomorrow for $20. I highly recommend it if you have any interest in the game. Except for Dota 2 (which makes every hero free), this is easily the best deal…

There’s a great sale going on in Heroes of the Storm right now that takes 50% off everything in the game—provided you spend real money on it. There’s also a new 360-day stimpack available, which could be a great thing to buy if you know you’re gonna be playing a lot of HOTS. The sale…

Today Blizzard released an overview video for Heroes of the Storm’s new map “Towers of Doom,” which, in a unique twist on the standard MOBA formula, doesn’t actually allow players to directly attack the enemy’s core. It sounds a tad complicated, so I recommend watching before you queue up for a match.

Long-Neglected League Of Legends Champion ‘Poppy’ Is Finally Being Remade

Today is a very special day for longtime League of Legends fans. Today is the day that Riot finally brought Poppy back. Poppy is one of the oldest champions in League of Legends, and like a lot of old characters in Riot’s insanely popular online multiplayer game, she’s fallen out of step with the rest…

League Of Legends’ ‘Snow Day’ Skins Add Hot Cocoa And Penguins To Your Arsenal

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: League of Legends is just the cutest. EXHIBIT B: The new “snow day” accoutrements made for all those blisteringly cold nights ahead when you don’t want to leave the house and freeze your butt off, so you play League instead. The influential League of Legends news…

Blizzard Is Hurting Heroes Of The Storm By Refusing To Call It A ‘MOBA’

Ever since they changed Heroes of the Storm’s name from Blizzard All-Stars and, even more regrettably, Blizzard Dota, Blizzard has insisted on calling its excellent new MOBA a “hero brawler” and therefore not calling it a MOBA. It was a silly choice when Blizzard first made it. Now, it’s become a damaging one. The term…

Riot’s putting out its first update for League of Legends after the massive game-changing 5.22 patch, and it looks like 5.23 will dial back a lot of the super-powerful new marksman champions. They’re also starting to resize a buttload of champions so they look more like they’re supposed to in the game’s lore. Finally!

Europe’s best League of Legends team just lost two of its star players. This afternoon Fnatic announcedthat Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon and Kim “Reignover” Yeu-jin, the team’s top laner and jungler, are both leaving for “career opportunities in another region.” No word on what region that is yet.

Sneak Attack In Heroes of the Storm Goes Horribly Wrong

“Backdooring” is a common strategy in Heroes of the Storm and other similar MOBAs by which one or more players try to sneak past the enemy team and attack their base before they have a chance to respond. It can be an ingenious way to save a game at the last possible minute. Key word:…

All The Big Esports Events Happening This Weekend

There is a ton of major eSports content dropping this weekend. If you’re not too busy playing Overwatch now that Blizzard’s opened up the beta a little bit, you should watch some of it. Here are the four main events we recommend. The Smite Super Regionals Smite’s Regionals tournament is the last stop on the…

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Overwatch’s new tank character “D. Va” has an ult that triggers her giant armored mech to detonate and kill everything caught within its blast range. “Everything” includes you, I just found out in the hardest possible way. You know what the best part of this is? I somehow got that match’s play of the game…for…

Adding Kill-Death Ratios To Heroes Of The Storm Was A Bad Idea

Heroes of the Storm has been going through a lot of changes lately, some small, some the size of a gigantic two-headed ogre. There’s one change that’s disturbed me more and more the more I think about it. They added KDA ratios into the game. Oh god, the KDA ratio! A KDA ratio is a…