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EsportsThe World Cyber Games Sounds Like it’s Done for
The World Cyber Games, or WCG, for a long while regarded as the pinnacle of the e-sports movement, has all but given up with news that it’s dropping all support of PC and console titles and switching to competitive…mobile gaming. In a letter leaked to cadred, and confirmed as authentic by Gamearena, WCG CEO Brad…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2012 -
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…
By Owen Good Published March 24, 2012 -
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…
By Owen Good Published March 3, 2012 -
Esports
Major League Gaming and Mad Catz Team Up for An Xbox 360 Controller With Some Pros and Some Cons
With the collective profile of eSports rising over the last decade, you’ve seen an ever-increasing prominence of the kind of endorsed accessories and products that hover around physical sports. Gaming mice, keyboards and gamepads that promise to make you better, faster and more accurate sell to hardcore fans who want an edge in matches where…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 17, 2012 -
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 Published January 25, 2012 -
Esports
Take That, MTV: More than 240,000 People Watched Pro Video Game Players Compete to Be the Best
Some people like eSports. Others think the idea of broadcasting competitions of people going at it in Starcraft 2, Black Ops or Halo: Reach won’t ever get mainstream media attention. But it turns out that it may not be necessary, if the new numbers released by the Major League Gaming promotion are any indication. MLG…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 6, 2011 -
Esports
The Biggest LAN Party In the World Looked Amazing
Over the weekend, Dreamhack Winter 2011—the largest LAN party in the world—went down in Sweden. Here’s what it looked like. To give you an idea of the scale of the event, over 12,000 people turned up with PCs in tow, to not only play the LAN games of their choosing but also take part in…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 28, 2011 -
Esports
YouTube’s Original Programming Looking to Focus on Indie Game Development, Pro Competition
It’s been making the rounds that YouTube’s looking to ramp up the production of home-grown original content for users to consume. A report over at Forbes details what exactly will be airing on Start, the channel that centered on capturing the eyeballs of video game enthusiasts. The shows will be produced by a partnership of…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 2, 2011 -
EsportsWhat is eSports? Let Team FNATIC Tell You
I’ve been fascinated with eSports for most of the nearly seven years I’ve been writing for Kotaku I’ve interviewed famous pro-gamers, even played against a few of them… and lost terribly. I went to the first ever pro-gaming draft at the Playboy Mansion. I even pitched and wrote up a big package for the Rocky…
By Brian Crecente Published September 8, 2011 -
Esports
Valve’s Not Getting Into Competitive Fighting Games Yet, As Far as Gabe Newell Knows
Now, more than ever, Valve Software seems to be getting serious about competitive gaming. The Team Fortress and Portal developer snapped up DotA: All-Stars developer “IceFrog” to create a sequel to that intensely competitive MOBA game. It’s also investing heavily on the competitive side of the next Counter-Strike and adding new Steam features tailored to…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 7, 2011 -
Esports
These Are the Best Pokémon Trainers in the World
Thousands of fans flocked to San Diego, California this weekend to determine which six trainers were destined to be the very best at the 2011 Pokémon World Championships. You wanted more eSports coverage, we’re bringing you more eSports coverage! Over the weekend more than 400 players from over 27 countries came together in San Diego…
By Mike Fahey Published August 15, 2011 -
Esports
League of Legends Season Two Flaunts the Largest Prize Pool in eSports History
In case anyone was looking for motivation to get involved in League of Legends‘ second season of competition, Riot Games has just presented five million convincing arguments in the form of the largest prize pool in eGaming history. The Defense of the Ancients-inspired arena battles of League of Legends will definitely heat up in the…
By Mike Fahey Published August 15, 2011 -
Esports
EVO Delivers Its Biggest Viewership Eva
More than two million viewers tuned in for the Evo 2011 World Finals last weekend, tournament organizers declared today. In a news release sent out this afternoon, the finals, held July 29 to 31 at Las Vegas, recorded more than 2 million unique viewers on its Ustream.tv feed, serving more than 1.9 million hours of…
By Owen Good Published August 4, 2011 -
Esports
Catch MLG Anaheim Live on Pro Gaming’s Biggest Weekend of the Year
Three huge events figure to make this weekend one of the biggest ever in competitive video gaming: the EVO World Championships, the GSL Finals and, underway right now, MLG Anaheim. Reminder: MLG Anaheim’s championship round is underway now. You may see it here. StarCraft 2, Halo: Reach and Call of Duty: Black Ops are the…
By Owen Good Published July 31, 2011 -
Esports
Watch EVO 2011 Go Down from the Comfort of Your Couch
The world’s biggest, baddest fighting game tournament, EVO 2011, is fast approaching (it’s this weekend!), and if you can get there and see it in person, that’s awesome. If you can’t, that’s OK! You can still watch it from home. First things first, if you’re at a PC or are packing a laptop, you can…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 26, 2011 -
Esports
The StarCraft II and World of Warcraft Competition Comes to a Head at BlizzCon 2011
If you thought competitive StarCraft II in a bar was wild, wait until you see it amidst a throng of thousands of fans at BlizzCon 2011, home of the 2011 Global Battle.net Invitational and the 2011 Global StarCraft II League October Final. During my yearly sojourn to Anaheim for BlizzCon, I don’t often touch on…
By Mike Fahey Published July 12, 2011 -
Esports
Pro Gaming Fans Rush to Pro Gaming’s Defense
Yesterday, I wrote a post tweaking 27-year-old professional gamer David “Zaccubus” Treacy for his comments in an interview with Alienware, mostly for what seemed like an attempt to blame pro gaming’s lack of success in the mainstream on “cheesy” television productions. It sounded defensive, especially since, well, I don’t see the appeal of eSports at…
By Jen Schiller Published July 6, 2011 -
Esports
An English Voice For Korea’s StarCraft Madness
Korea is bonkers for StarCraft. So bonkers that we often quarantine the country’s love for the game as something to be avoided and/or ridiculed. Yet little by little, the Korean StarCraft scene is getting its dues overseas. Part of that is thanks to dedicated websites like Team Liquid, who cover the scene religiously, but part…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2011
