Phil Spencer, the boss of Microsoft’s Xbox division shared his thoughts on the company’s future plans of taking another shot at PC gaming. Microsoft plans on developing new titles which are set to run on the upcoming Windows based PCs scheduled to launch next year. Spencer stated that the company is still showing true potential in PC gaming as well, ...
Read More »World of Warcraft stops losing subscribers as the launch of Warlords of Draenor approaches
World of Warcraft looks to be returning to its former glory bit by bit, although it definitely still has a long way to go. Blizzard announced earlier today that their popular MMORPG had more than 7.4 million subscribers at the end of the third fiscal quarter, which ended on September 30. That means that WoW is still the number one ...
Read More »AMD Radeon R9 290X and 290 get substantial price cuts – Nvidia backed against the wall
AMD gamers will be very pleased to learn that the Radeon R9 290X and R9 290 high-end graphics cards are currently retailing at a significantly reduced price compared to previous weeks. Two well known online retailers, Amazon and Newegg have listed the R9 290X at $379, respectively the R9 290 at $309. You can jump on a Newegg exclusive offer ...
Read More »Riot announces new League of Legends champion – Kalista, the Spear of Vengeance
The League of Legends roster is getting just a little bit bigger with the addition of a new champion who goes by the name of Kalista, the Spear of Vengeance. This spooky lady was once a fair maiden who was treacherously murdered and is now seeking revenge as a specter. Her description also tells us that Kalista has a proposition for ...
Read More »Mikasa leaves TI4 champions Newbee to coach CDEC
It looks like Newbee will have to look for a new coach as their previous one, Mikasa, just announced that he is leaving the team. His departure reportedly comes as a result of a contract conflict between team Newbee and HuomaoTV and ZhanqiTV. This is a great blow to Newbee at any rate as Mikasa is widely credited as being one ...
Read More »The last ever Call of Duty Ghosts tournament ends with Evil Geniuses taking the grand prize
Call of Duty Advanced Warfare is out, and with it a new age for the popular FPS series has begun. The previous age ended with Call of Duty Ghosts, a game that further cemented the franchise’s place on the eSports scene. This past weekend, the last Ghosts tournament took place in Paris as part of the Electronic Sports World Cup. ...
Read More »Robin “Fifflaren” Johansson leaves Ninjas in Pyjamas and retires from eSports altogether
The Swedish Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team Ninjas in Pyjamas is undergoing a major roster change after one of its players announced his eSports retirement. The player in question is Robin “Fifflaren” Johansson, one of the key members of the team. Ninjas in Pyjamas performed under the same formula since 2012, so this is quite a big change for the whole team. One ...
Read More »Galax launches its custom Hall of Fame GTX 970 and GTX 980 cards
Galax, the reinvented gaming peripheral manufacturer is constantly finding new ways of delivering premium products which aim to be different from what the top competition has to offer. With that in mind, Galax engineers have redesigned in custom Hall of Fame tradition, Nvidia’s high-end Maxwell graphics cards: the Geforce GTX 970 and GTX 980. The Hall of Fame series are ...
Read More »eSports family: League of Legends community helps promote the Starcraft 2 WCS on Reddit
There’s plenty of rivalry in the world of gaming as I learned some years back when every new MMORPG was challenging World of Warcraft for its crown. This rivalry was less between the companies who made the games and more between the people who were playing them. The situation hasn’t changed much nowadays, although the battleground has certainly shifted a ...
Read More »Nvidia is readying its Geforce GTX 980 8GB for an imminent release
Nvidia will be launching an upgraded 8GB version of its Geforce GTX 980 GM204 Maxwell card this late November or early December. This information comes from Hermitage Akihabara, a highly reliable source which has proved very accurate in the past when speculating on future Nvidia releases. Nvidia’s GTX 980 8GB will be expected to further increase the market demand for ...
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