Esports

Popular Smash Bros Flash Game Gets Huge Update, New Characters

Super Smash Flash 2, a fan-made Super Smash Brothers tribute by Mcleod Gaming, that features anime characters like Naruto and Goku alongside Nintendo heroes like Mario and Samus, just pushed out a big new beta featuring tons of new heroes. Many of these new additions hail from previous Smash franchises but are new to the…

Overwatch Training Apps Gave Me A Way To Obsess But Not Improve

After a two-week regimen with a pro gamer training app, I’ve made a stunning transformation into… a slightly better Overwatch player. Dojo Madness, an app developer with a whopping $12.75 million in venture capital funding, has put out four different video game training apps for League of Legends, Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Overwatch.…

Brave Players Who Entered Combo Breaker Mystery Game Tournament Had To Play Some Weird Stuff

When you enter a gaming tournament, you usually know what you’re in for. Unless you’re entering a mystery game tournament. Do that, as dozens of people did at the Combo Breaker event in St. Charles, Illinois last weekend, and you’re playing the notorious Dong Dong Never Die. That’s just for starters. Weird picks followed in…

SonicFox Wins Inaugural Injustice 2 Premier Event At Combo Breaker

At the end of an intense top eight, Dominic “SonicFox” McLean secured a 3-1 win in the first Injustice 2 Pro Series event at Combo Breaker 2017 on the PlayStation 4. SonicFox made a dominant run through the winner’s bracket on both his Deadshot and Black Adam play, including a 3-0 win over to-be grand…

Street Fighter V’s Balrog Is Pretty Damn Strong, But Not Unbeatable

Balrog is Street Fighter V’s One Punch Man. Capable of dishing out an insane amount damage, the fighting game community is divided over the power he has at his disposal, with some writing him off as an overpowered brawler to be nerfed as soon as possible. But does a character who few players are finding…

Last-Second Comeback Highlights USA Vs UK Killer Instinct Finals

At Combo Breaker in St. Charles, Illinois, two countries clashed to prove who was the best in the tournament’s own namesake. Valoraxe, a player from the United Kingdom, had stormed through the upper bracket with his Cinder, while Wheels, the home-crowd favorite, was in his first-ever Combo Breaker grand finals. What resulted when these two…

Sumail Makes The Great Escape In Victory At Manila

Some days, you just can’t catch a good Puck. The Manila Masters concluded today with a grand finals between Newbee and Evil Geniuses, a rematch of the winner’s finals. In a 3-1 win for EG, one player showed up time and time again: Sumail “SumaiL” Hassan, the 18-year-old mid-lane master. Whether on Outworld Devourer or…

Tekken 7 Player Adjusts Resolution On PlayStation 4 After Loss [Corrected]

At Combo Breaker 2017 in Illinois today, KoDee, a Kazuya player who had just been on the wrong end of a perfect round against Tanukana’s Xiaoyu, was quick to hit the PlayStation guide button and check the resolution, to the crowd’s, commentators’, and his opponent’s surprise. After changing the resolution and moving on to the…

These Five Americans Moved To Japan For Street Fighter 3, Which Is 20 Years Old

Street Fighter is one of the most prominent fighting game series in the world, but it can be hard to track down competitive arcade scenes for some of the older games, like Street Fighter 3. Earlier this week, YouTube user Phil H. uploaded a short doc where he interviewed five Americans who moved to Japan…

Double KO Leads To Do-Over In Tekken 7 Match 

Tekken 7 won’t hit home consoles in the US for a few more days, but competition in the game is already heated. At Combo Breaker 2017, a multi-fighting-game tournament taking place this weekend in Illinois, the winner’s finals of one pool essentially went to overtime after a double knockout. As Mateo on Jack-7 went in…

The Weekend In Esports: The Manila Masters, Combo Breaker, And More

TheMid-Season Invitational is over and done. The best team in League of Legends is, it turns out, still the best. This weekend, all eyes are on the Manila Masters Combo Breaker, the giant fighting game event with something for everyone. Below you’ll find where and when you can catch all the weekend’s biggest events in…

Punk Wins Street Fighter V Eleague Invitational In Climactic Runback

After falling to Arman “Phenom” Hanjani in the winner’s finals, Victor “Punk” Woodley ran it back through the loser’s bracket to win the Eleague Street Fighter V Invitational 4-2. When Punk and Phenom met in the winner’s bracket, Punk seemed to have no answer for Phenom’s air game as Necalli. Constant jumps and dive-kicks, coupled…

Report: Korean League Players Say Team Isn’t Paying Them

According to a report from Inven Global, players and staff members say that for several years, Longzhu Gaming has not been paying them on time. A member of a Korean League of Legends circuit called the LCK, or League Champions Korea, the Longzhu Gaming organization has, players and staff claim, held back tens of thousands…

Who To Watch In Tonight’s Street Fighter V Finals On Eleague

Tonight, eight Street Fighter V pros will face off in the Eleague play-offs and finals, which you can watch on TBS or via digital live stream. By the way, there are also two other Street Fighter V competitions happening this weekend as well—Combo Breaker 2017, a premier tournament in the Capcom Pro Tour series, and…

Dota 2 Tournament Holds Rage-Quit Competition For Fans

The Dota 2 community owns its memes. Players have long histories within the scenes, and few are as infamous as Clement “Puppey” Ivanov, whose rage was honored in a competition during last night’s Manila Masters matches. Dubbed the Battle Of The Rages, three fans were invited on-stage to show off their best rage-quits, inspired by…

A Cheap New Combo Is Ruining Magic: The Gathering [UPDATE]

Three weeks into the release of Amonkhet, the latest Magic expansion, competitive play is tormented by an overpowered combo that players hate for making games feel less strategic and more like spinning a roulette wheel. 2017 has seen more cards banned from Magic’s Standard format than in the past ten years combined, but many pros…

Street Fighter V Competitor Wins Three Tournaments On Three Continents In Three Weeks

Masato “Bonchan” Takahashi is on a tear in the Street Fighter V community, earning three straight victories at the most recent Capcom Pro Tour events. While an impressive feat on its own, the Japanese competitor did so over just three weeks at events in Europe, Australia and Asia, utilizing a character many of his contemporaries…

Golden Tee World Champion Claims $10,000 Prize, Good For 234th Place On PGA Tour

In the cavalcade of esports that can and will continue until the inevitable heat death of the universe, some events can get overlooked. Amidst the hubbub of last weekend’s games, a Golden Tee world championship was held in Las Vegas, with winner Mark Stenmark of Houston, TX earning $10,000 and his likeness in next year’s…

Bandai Namco is partnering with Twitch to host the Tekken World Tour. Starting with CEO 2017 on June 16, the $200,000 prize pool tournament circuit will run through November, culminating in the 16-player world finals.

Dota 2 Pro Loses Game And Balance

Jacky “EternaLEnVy” Mao, captain of Team NP, was coming off a loss in the team’s first game at the Dota 2 Manila Masters when even gravity seemed to let him down. During a break between games one and two, as both teams went over strategy and drafts for the coming, likely decisive contest, Mao got…