Esports

Korea’s Top League Of Legends Teams Are Getting Some Big Roster Changes

The League of Legends eSports scene has been abuzz for the past day and a half about pre-2016-season changes coming to Korea—historically the strongest region for the game’s pro scene. The Daily Dot and The Score both report roster shuffles impacting major teams including SKT, this year’s World Champions. The most dramatic shake-up affected NaJin,…

Fight Breaks Out Backstage At Counter-Strike Tournament

Police were called to the Counter-Strike tournament at Dreamhack Winter over the weekend after a fight broke out backstage between DOTA 2 player Jonathan “Loda” Berg and esports journalist Richard Lewis. A statementreleased by the LAN party—the world’s biggest, with over 20,000 in attendance—says: During the afternoon today at DreamHack Winter 2015 there was an…

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.

Five Teams Advance From Smite‘s Super Regionals To The World Championships

A week’s worth of competitive Smite play at Hi-Rez Studio’s in-house esports arena has come to an end, resulting in three European and two North American teams taking trips to Atlanta this January. The week began with 12 teams, six from each region, ready to do battle in the third-person, god-powered MOBA. They gathered in…

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…

After their post-Worlds implosion, the popular American League of Legends team TSM has begun to rebuild. Last night they released this video introducing their new lineup of coaches, one of whom used to work for the rockstar European League team Fnatic. They also snagged top American player DoubleLiftlast month.

Protoss Pro Plays Legacy of the Void How It’s Meant To Be Played

Pretty impressive from a “retired” player who no longer participates in tournaments and only plays and streams StarCraft II for fun. But hey it’s MC, one of the best Protoss players in the world. New units? New gameplay mechanics? It certainly doesn’t matter to him, as this recently recorded replay proves. It’s a long video…

CS:GO Player Talks About The Death Threats His Team Gets After Losing

Every online community has some small element that is difficult to discern from scum, and the Counter-Strike community is certainly no exception to that. But in a new interview, one Australian player revealed just how absurd things have become. In an interview with HLTV.org following the first day’s play from the RNG Pro Series Championship,…

Dota 2 Player Kicked Off Team After Allegedly Leaking Rival’s Strategies

Ritsu has been removed from Cloud9, a popular esports organization

The final stop before the Smite World Championships in January, the Smite Super Regionals kick off today in Atlanta, with teams from Europe and North America competing for spot in the big show. Preshow for day one kicks off at 1:30 Eastern. Catch all the actionon Twitch.

Almost All Of Next Year’s U.S. League Of Legends Championship Teams Will Be Brand New

Last night, the newly-minted North American League of Legends pro team NRG introduced itself on the game’s popular subreddit, revealing it’d bought its spot in the 2016 Championship Series from Team Coast. This would be routine pre-season eSports news if something similar didn’t happen practically every other week. The League of Legends championship series is…

Examining The Career Of A Pro Street Fighter Legend

Darryl Lewis didn’t know what to expect when he first entered into the Super Street Fighter 2 competition at EVO in 2010. It was (and still is) the world’s largest fighting game tournament, and Lewis, who was 21, had only ever played in one other tournament. When Lewis—now best known in the fighting game community…

Blizzard Held a StarCraft Wedding in South Korea

Tonight, former StarCraft pro NaDa had the most fitting wedding ceremony you could imagine: at the Legacy of the Void launch party. As tipster Sang points out, the ceremony was livestreamed on Twitch and the Blizzard Afreeca channel. How’s this for an entrance? And here is NaDa’s bride, whom he met while in college, with…

That Was One Close Mortal Kombat X Match

Two pro players, Xarakamaka and st9rm, played one of the best Mortal Kombat X matches I’ve recently seen last night, during the ESL Pro League Season 2 semifinals. It was full of perfect combos, block strings and last second comebacks. They’re both character specialists at their finest, playing the same character from day one. So…

SKT Recovers From Terrible Game To Win League Of Legends World Championship

God, SKT. You really scared us for a minute there! The top Korean League of Legends team SKT Telecom defeated the not-quite-top Korean challenger KOO Tigers today after a bitterly contested four matches. SKT is widely considered to be the strongest League team in the World (and in history), so the end result of today’s…

Amazing Turnaround Saves League Of Legends Team’s Winning Streak, But Not For Long

UPDATE (10:57 am): Well so much for that! SKT’s dream of a perfect run at Worlds is officially over, as KOO just trounced them in the third finals match. Did anyone really see that coming? Original story follows: For a nail-biting 35 minutes this morning, it seemed like SKT might actually lose a game in…

Suits? You Don’t Need Suits For League Of Legends

Despite being in Europe, today’s League of Legends World Championships finals are between two Korean teams. Riot analyst Christopher “MonteCristo” Mykles celebrated the country’s League dominance with a piece of traditional “Hanbok” attire. It’s sparked some bemused and confused reactions. League of Legends Twitter, which is already an almost incomprehensible hype-train during the lead-up to…

Everything You Need To Know About The League of Legends World Championships

If you’ve been on the gaming parts of the internet over the past month, you’ve probably seen or heard something about the League of Legends World Championship. Having trouble grasping what’s going on right now with the most popular video game in the world? Fear not, I’m here to help you understand. NOTE: I will…

League Of Legends Team Is Selling Its Spot In Next Year’s Championship Series

The North American League of Legends team Team Impulse (TiP) is putting itself up for sale following an unsuccessful 2015 season. Impulse has already qualified for the 2016 League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), however, so whoever buys the team will also acquire their spot in the tournament. First reported by GameSpot, Team Impulse’s decision…

HTC have gone and made a documentary series about pro Smash Bros. players. The first episode is pretty good!