Esports

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!

StarCraft II‘s New Deadly Tactic: Rushing With Pylons

Cannon rushing, a popular early game tactic, was just the beginning. With a patch already out and Legacy of the Void on the horizon, get ready for even more aggressive Protoss, rushing and beating you with the most basic thing they can build: Pylons. An update a few weeks ago added the ability to the…

Europe’s Best League Of Legends Teams Bulldozed Out Of Worlds

Europe’s Fnatic and Origen have been two of the very best League of Legends teams at the World Championships this year, so fans went into this weekend with high expectations for their semifinals games. Neither team managed to live up to them, as both went 0-3 in their matches against Korean rivals. Yesterday’s Origen games…

League Pro Runs Face-First Into Wall Trying To Escape Opponent At Worlds

We’ve shown you a lot of great plays from the League of Legends World Championship games this month. There are certainly a lot of them. But what about the not great ones? Witness, my friends, the glory of professional eSports stars making the same clumsy mistakes the rest of us do. In game two of…

Today’s League of Legends World Championship semifinals games are underway. Today is European team Fnatic against Korea’s KOO Tigers, and it’s already looking like a real bloodbath. Watch on YouTube, Twitch, or Azubu

Top Korean League Of Legends Team SKT Still Hasn’t Lost A Single Game At Worlds

The powerhouse Korean League of Legends team SKT had already set a new record before today’s semifinals games against European challenger Origen, with their perfect 9-0 winning streak at the World Championships. Today, the question for eSports fans was: can Origen somehow interrupt that? Once again, SKT said nope. Today’s semifinals match-up was very clearly…