eSports

Valve just announced the first update of 2015 for their highly popular massive online battle arena, Dota 2. While the last couple of updates for the game have been quite substantial, this particular one is very small and brings only a few changes to the table. First off, the company says that normal All Pick matches will use the same alternating ...

Eager for the upcoming The International 5 Dota 2 tournament? Apparently so is Valve. Just moments ago, the company announced that preparations for one of the biggest gaming events of the year are already under way. Details are a bit scarce at this time, but Valve was able to reveal that this year the main event will feature 16 of ...

If you are among the lucky few who were able to get into the Halo 5: Guardians beta, I suggest you enjoy it because you may not get another chance to play the game before its final release. Granted, this is a multiplayer beta, so if you don’t usually enjoy that particular component anyway, you won’t be missing out on ...

Guild Wars 2 is a hit fantasy MMORPG. Those that find themselves pretty decent at the game can participate in a PvP tournament at PAX East next year. At the upcoming PAX East 2015, the Guild Wars 2 World Tournament Series Championship will be held. The winners of the tournaments will take home a piece of a $50,000 prize pool. ...

Valve revealed the next Dota 2 major update while also detailing all the new content found within. Entitled Shifting Snows, the update brings new treasure chests, new items, new effects, and the brand new (or pretty old if you’re a veteran DotA player) 6.83 gameplay patch. Unsurprisingly, there’s a winter theme to this update, which is overall a small consolation seeing ...

Charlie Nash is the new Street Fighter V character revealed at the first Capcom Pro tournament. Charlie Nash is a Street Fighter character who first appeared via backstory in Street Fighter II. He was playable for the first time in Street Fighter Alpha which released in 1995. He is the commander and mentor to Guile, who entered the tournament in Street ...

Miss Jaina Proudmoore was introduced today to Heroes of the Storm via a patch that also adds new skins, bug fixes, and various other changes to the game. Jaina was first announced back at Blizzcon 2014 along with a few other heroes that will join the lineup in the near future. You probably already know who she is if you’ve played ...

Goblins vs Gnomes, the first expansion pack for Hearthstone is expected to turn the meta on its head when it releases next month. Blizzard announced that the expansion will add more than 120 new cards to the game and more than a few of them will feature random and unpredictable effects. Among other things. these effects will arrive to the ...

Generally speaking, electronic sports – or eSports for short – are not something that most people are familiar with. Sure, many of us gamers are well aware of them and some of us even follow the various competitions regularly, but for the majority of people this is still a new and strange concept. Have you ever tried explaining to your ...

The Electronic Sports League, or ESL for short, has decided to disqualify German team mousesports from their Pro League. The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene is currently involved in a major scandal due to several players getting banned last week for cheating. One of the first players to suffer this fate was Simon “smn” Beck who was banned by Valve’s anti-cheat service and ...