PC

Disconnect At The Global StarCraft League Finals Has Fans Shouting ‘We Want LAN!’

That Team Prime’s MarineKing won the Global StarCraft II League finals held during the Starcraft II IPL 4 tournament in Las Vegas earlier this month comes as no surprise to fans of competitive gaming. The fact that he might have lost if not for a last-minute dropped connection, on the other hand…


April 18, 2012
In Real Life

Tekken Is Getting Its Own Korean TV Show

Good at Tekken Tag Tournament 2? Want to be on TV? South Korea is getting a new gaming program dubbed Tekken Busters in which features players facing off in The King of Iron Fist Tournament.


September 28, 2011
News

World’s Best Battlefield 3 Players To Fight For $1.6 Million In Cash

Kotaku AU

When Battlefield 3 comes out next month there will no doubt be a lot of competition between players to see who can make it to the top of the ladder, but now there’s even more incentive to master the game: EA are launching an international competition with $1.6 million of cash and prizes to win.


July 27, 2011
News

King Of Iron Fist Series Looks To The Future Of Tekken

The people who make Tekken are extremely busy. They have Tekken Tag Tournament 2 for arcades (and consoles!), Tekken for Nintendo 3DS, Tekken for Wii U and Tekken X Street Fighter on their plate. But the developers running the 16-year-old fighting game franchise aren’t stopping there, believe it or not.


December 17, 2010
In Real Life

Memories Of A Forgotten Street Fighter Tournament

It was the summer of 1992 and Street Fighter II was the king of the still thriving US arcades scene.


August 7, 2010
News

Tekken, Street Fighter Creators Face Off At GamesCom

Street Fighter series producer Yoshinoro Ono and Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada are due for a rematch, and they’ll get their chance during a TEKKEN X Street Fighter tournament at GamesCom. The trash talk is already flying.


July 15, 2010
In Real Life

Some Of The Best Fights Of EVO 2010

EVO the annual fighting game world championships draws hundreds of players competing in six games. It has created gaming stars, like 2010 Super Street Fighter IV (SSFIV) champion Daigo Umehara, and a reputation for unbelievable game-play seen nowhere else.


June 30, 2010
News

Nintendo Holds The First Wii Olympics

Are you the best Wii gamer in the country? Nintendo gives you a chance to prove your mettle in the first-ever Wii Games: Summer 2010, and it all starts in the cradle of civilisation: New Jersey.


June 8, 2010
In Real Life

The Family That Plays Pokémon Together

Nine-year-old Grace Arnold took home the first place trophy for the Junior Division at the 2010 Southeast Regional Pokémon Video Game Championships. Her 13-year-old brother David won the Senior Division. Their father came in second.


July 8, 2009
In Real Life

My Love Affair Of Arcades Continues

While researching my feature, When The Best Part of The Beach Is The Arcade, I discovered California Extreme — an annual arcade and pinball gaming showcase in California.