The dreaded, and ridiculous “Stop Online Piracy Act” has upset a lot of people, who in turn have spent a lot of time saying how upset they are. It’s also upset a rather large gaming enterprise, who have put their money where their mouth is. More »
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. More »
The final round of play in StarCraft and League of Legends Major League Gaming’s National Championships in Providence should be underway any moment. You can see the championship’s full bracket here, and catch all of the action through the MLG main site here.
Halo pro gamer and MLG icon David ‘Walshy’ Walsh has announced he is participating in a duathlon for Gamer’s Outreach charity, to benefit his local children’s hospital. It’s a gamer trying to do good, so help out! Spread Word
For fans of competitive gaming, last weekend was huge, and it continues into Monday with MLG Anaheim and EVO 2011 still in progress. Plenty of Australians were taking part – we had Team Immunity competing in Halo: Reach and a handful of top Australian pros over at EVO. But how did they do? More »
As you may know, I’m a pretty huge fan of pro Halo: Reach, but this weekend is possibly one of the biggest weekends ever for pro gaming in general. We have MLG Anaheim for Starcraft II, Halo: Reach and Call of Duty: Black Ops – and of course EVO is also kicking off this weekend with Street Fighter IV and Marvel vs Capcom 3. We have Australians competing at both events. More »
Major League Gaming is the world’s premier professional console league. As the team embarks on a new season, with a new game in Halo: Reach, we spoke to some of the top players, and the CEO of the league itself to get an insight into competitive gaming’s exploding popularity, and what it takes to become the one of the best console players in the world. More »
Halo: Reach is the console game of choice for most of the top console pros, and with Major League Gaming about to kick off a new season with Reach as its flagship game, they thought it might be appropriate to show off the incredible footage they’ve seen from top players in the last couple of months. This is well worth watching – there are some incredible kills in here… More »
The Xbox 360 was recently redesigned to make the thing look better. More stylish. If, instead, you’d like to lock it away behind a giant (and slightly terrifying) sci-fi gas mask, well, have we got the deal for you. More »
Pro Gaming Fans Rush To Pro Gaming’s Defence
7:00AM July 7, 2011 | Jen Schiller
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 all. More »