Esports

Kim “Geguri” Se-yeon, a teen girl Overwatch phenom, will be the first female pro gamer to compete in OGN Overwatch APEX. ROX Orcas has signed her, according to ESPN. Geguri fans will recall that her haters wrongfully accused her of cheating at last year’s Nexus Cup. She didn’t cheat; she’s just that good.

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.

Alright Valve It’s Time To Buy Some New Furniture

This is the panel for the Group Stage of the biggest Dota 2 tournament of the year. The one that’s sponsored by Valve and has a prize pool of nearly $24 million. I think it’s time the multi-billion dollar company splurged on some upgrades. Video games have never been known for their style, and among…

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…

All These Ultimates Aren’t Enough To Stop South Korea’s Overwatch Team

An onslaught of ultimates, rebuffed by a lineup featuring some of South Korea’s best. This weekend’s Overwatch World Cup qualifiers hosts some strong international talent, but South Korea has been dominating their group stage matches so far. It’s little surprise, after last year’s South Korean squad took first in the World Cup in an undefeated…

The Weekend In Esports: Dota 2 Bloodbath

The International, one of pro gaming’s biggest events of the year, started in earnest this week as an around-the-clock group stage has left teams scrambling to lock down top seeding for next week’s Main Event. Fnatic and HellRaisers already sit at the bottoms of Groups A and B respectively with elimination from the tournament potentially…

GameCube-Only Controller Rule In Smash Melee Competition Raises Eyebrows

Five prominent Super Smash Brothers: Melee tournament organizers and players have formed a competition committee and released a recommended ruleset for tournament play, including a lengthy section imposing a “tentative ban” on the use of non-Gamecube controllers. The ruleset writers explained that the 16-year-old classic Gamecube controller is “somewhat intrinsic to what we consider ‘playing…

Korean League Slaps League Player On Wrist For Bragging About Salary

The League Champions Korea Operations Committee has issued a ‘caution’ penalty to SK Telecom T1’s Junsik “Bang” Bae for a reply to one of his viewers during a League of Legends stream in February 2017. The comment came after a viewer of Bae’s stream told the streamer to “work harder,” saying “Faker just got one…

Learning To Own The Arena In Splatoon 2 And Pyre

Controlling the field is a core tenet of any competition. Fighting games are about the footsies, League and Dota demand good positioning, shooters like Overwatch and Counter-Strike are as much about tactically holding or taking key areas as they are shooting accuracy. At a high-level, controlling the field of play is as important as play…

There Is A Comedy Show About Esports

Here’s the first trailer for Game Grumps’ new series Good Game, which is all about the esports scene surrounding the made-up game Killcore The show stars Game Grumps’ Dan Avidan and Arin Hanson, and if you think their weird little team of gamers don’t look like your average esports team, that’s the point (the “average…

Evo Ruleset Now Allows Coaching, With A Catch

Before yesterday, players at the world’s largest fighting game tournament were unable to receive advice from their coach, if they had one, once they reached the semifinals. Now, thanks to a rule change, if they need help during a match of Street Fighter, Super Smash Bros., or any other game contested at the Evolution Championship…

Seven Months After Smash Bros. Tournament, Organizers Say They Can’t Pay The Winners

Some of the world’s best Smash Bros. players say they are owed thousands of dollars for their performances in a tournament called BEAST 7 held in Sweden last February. Adam “Armada” Lindgren, the first place winner in the event’s Super Smash Bros. Melee bracket, tweeted yesterday that BEAST 7 had yet to provide “an explanation…

Hearthstone Streamer Uncovers Proof Of Guild Dedicated To Thwarting Him

Several times throughout his Twitch-streamed arena runs, Octavian “Kripparrian” Morosan has noticed odd things: repeating opponent names, accounts named “sniper,” and decks that seem constructed to beat his own draft. After some investigative work, Morosan found proof that this was no coincidence, uncovering a dedicated group of players who would build strong decks and wait…

The International 7 Ditches Dota 2‘s Confusing Underwater Map After Fans Complain

This year’s theme for The International is all about the ocean: there are aquatic cosmetics and a campaign about a sea-dwelling monster called Siltbreaker. But this year’s special map, Reef’s Edge, caused a stir in the Dota 2 community during TI7’s kickoff. As the group stage matches commenced yesterday, it became clear that all games…

So Far, Nintendo’s Arms Does Not Have Legs

Nintendo’s version of Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots, Arms, has struggled to stay relevant since its release back in June. Arms is by no means a bad game, and Nintendo’s been enthusiastically supporting it with post-release updates. But a month in, there isn’t much to grab onto with Arms Early on, Arms’ prospect as an…

Dota 2 Commentator Refused Entry To US For Tournament

Dota 2 commentator Henrik “AdmiralBulldog” Ahnberg was tapped to provide live commentary for The International 7, one of the world’s biggest annual esports tournaments. This year, TI7’s prize pool climbed to a historic $23 million, the largest in esports history. Unfortunately, Ahnberg won’t be at the event after being turned away at the United States…

The Stripped-Down Fantasy Strike Demo Makes You Focus On Fundamentals

Fantasy Strike takes recognizable moves from other fighting games but removes the difficulty of performing those moves, meaning there’s no joystick twirling or lengthy combo strings required. I played the free demo of Fantasy Strike this past weekend. It feels it was created by someone who wanted to break the habit of using the joystick…