PC

League Of Legends World Championship Promises ‘The Biggest Payday In ESports History’

League of Legends will put $US5 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 centre on Oct. 13.


April 18, 2012
News

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.


February 18, 2012
Xbox

Major League Gaming And Mad Catz Team Up For A Xbox 360 Controller

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 split-seconds matter. So, it follows that Major League Gaming promotion would try its hand at the accessories game.


January 26, 2012
In Real Life

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.


December 7, 2011
News

More Than 240,000 People Watched Pro Video Game Players Compete

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.


November 29, 2011
PC

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.


November 3, 2011
News

Am I Up To Reviewing This Competitive Gaming Bag?

The Battle Dragon Bag is Tt eSports’ answer to the pro-gamer’s equipment carrying woes: A perfect way to transport the delicate equipment the serious competitive gamer needs to excel at their craft. I am not a serious competitive gamer.


News

YouTube 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.


October 27, 2011
Mobile

eSports Now Streaming To Your iPhone

TwitchTV, the eSports Web TV network, has released an iOS app with complete streaming and chat functionality. Now, you can get all your pro Starcraft watching done on the go.


September 9, 2011
News

What 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.