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Esports
Free-to-Play Considered for Multiplayer StarCraft, Says Designer
At the inaugural eSports Congress in Valencia, StarCraft II‘s lead designer was asked of the possibility his game would go free-to-play, considering the potential that has to grow a game’s user base and competitive population. According to PCGamesN, that concept has been discussed. Blizzard, the game’s publisher is “looking at free-to-play as an option for…
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EsportsLeague of Legends Pro Gamers Stripped of Winnings for Scheming on the Side
The Major League Gaming (MLG) summer championship events took place this past weekend, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Teams competed in several games, including StarCraft II, Mortal Kombat, and Soul Calibur V. But the biggest upset happened in the League of Legends tournament, which found both the first and second place winning teams disqualified and the…
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EsportsLeague of Legends E-Sports Just Kicked It Up A Notch
For most League of Legends fans, the game is, well, a game. But for world-class competitive, professional players, the cutthroat, competitive online battle arena is a serious business. And it’s one that’s about to get even bigger and more lucrative. Riot Games announced today their plans to form the League of Legends Championship Series, an…
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Esports
Heroes of Newerth Ready to Give All Players All Heroes for Free
Heroes of Newerth, originally launched in 2010, is one of the many multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games clamoring for attention these days. The genre grows more popular almost daily, with millions worldwide logging in to the generally free-to-play games and millions more tuning in to streaming matches online. Heroes of Newerth is trying a…
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EsportsWatch All The Amazing Evo 2012 Fighting Game Finales Right Here
We rounded up livestreams of the EVO fighting championships for you before it began this past weekend, but if you weren’t around to watch and want a peek at the last battles and winners of the individual tournaments, you’re in luck. I’ve rounded them up for you down below. Enjoy! Oh, and don’t blame my…
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Watch The EVO Tournaments (and Panels) Live, Right Here
Watch two separate tournaments and a livestream of the EVO 2012 panels right here on Kotaku, presented to you by Shoryuken and Twitch.TV. You can also find the full, three-day schedule down below. Gameplay 1 Gameplay 2 Panels & Interviews Or, if you prefer, you can always grab the HD PPV option from Shoryuken. All…
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Esports
Racist Comment Leads DOTA 2 Commentator To Apologize To Community
Toby “Tobi Wan” Dawson is a professional commentator for esports site JoinDOTA. He covers DOTA and now DOTA 2 matches and tournaments, and is considered to be quite entertaining. Unfortunately, the commentary he was caught making while playing in a live-streamed public match over the weekend is not so much entertaining as it is inexplicably…
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EsportsLeague of Legends World Championship Promises ‘The Biggest Payday in eSports History’
League of Legends will put $5 million up for grabs this summer and fall in its second annual world championship series, pitting the winners of six regional championships against one another at the University of Southern California’s Galen Center on Oct. 13. The world champion will take home what Riot Games is billing as “the…
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Esports
International Dota 2 Championships to be Held During PAX Prime, Says Valve
The International Dota 2 Championships will be held during this year’s Penny Arcade Expo, Aug 31 to Sept. 2, the organizer and Dota 2 publisher Valve just announced. The International launched last year in Cologne, Germany during Gamescom. On the Dota 2 blog Valve confirmed that the teams DK and Na’Vi (the defending champion) are…
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Esports
Gamers Watch Over 3 Billion Minutes of Competitive Gaming Per Month
Thinking of “CBS” and “sports” conjures up images of quiet rounds of golf, or the contained frenzy of a college basketball game. Now, however, CBS Interactive is throwing its hat into the world of virtual competitions, focusing its energies on the rapidly growing world of eSports. Competitive gaming is growing rapidly, here in the early…
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Esports
Watch This Pro Gamer Go Bananas, Live, When He Misses His MLB 2K12 Perfect Game Bid
This is Justin Masterson, the Cleveland Indians’ opening day pitcher, being controlled by Richie Martinez, aka TeRRoRR of Major League Gaming, and the captain of Legacy, the pro Gears of War 2 team. Right now, he’s trying his hand at the million dollar prize in 2K Sports’ perfect game challenge for Major League Baseball 2K12,…
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Esports
Tune In to MLG for the Winter Championships Today and Tomorrow
Major League Gaming’s Winter Championships began yesterday evening in Columbus, Ohio, and are in full swing now, with tournaments in StarCraft 2, Halo: Reach, Mortal Kombat, Soulcalibur V and King of Fighters XIII You can see all of the action live for free on the six streams in standard definition at Major League Gaming’s official…
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Esports
See All the Action Here in this Weekend’s Final Round/Cross Assault Fighting Tournaments
Final Round XV is a fighting tournament currently under way in Atlanta, with action today and tomorrow in 10 different fighting titles. Four different live streams are available to watch; we’ve embedded all of them below. Team Sp00ky and FunkyP are handling the feeds for the main action, which is Street Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom…
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Esports
BlizzCon Skips 2012 as Blizzard Focuses on Kicking eButt and Making Games
BlizzCon, the annual fan celebration of all things Blizzard-related gets a little less annual this year. The company has decided to hold the next convention in 2013 to focus on finishing Diablo III, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, and World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria and the 2012 Battle.net World Championship. A great deal…
By Mike Fahey
