Item drops in Dota 2 used to be a wonderful thing back in the day when you actually got something useful every once in a while. If you’re like me, by now your inventory is probably full of common items for heroes you never play with and the worst part is that you can’t even sell these items because nobody wants ...
Read More »Blizzard starts permanently banning Hearthstone win traders
Blizzard recently started dropping the banhammer on Hearthstone players found using bots to hep them gain gold and levels faster. The bans were initially only meant to last for two months, but they will be permanent from now on according to the company. This was just the beginning however because Blizzard has now started banning win traders as well. The company ...
Read More »Nosgoth will have its own ESL Cup Series starting next month
The eSports scene is going to include yet another game very soon with the arrival of the upcoming online action-adventure title Nosgoth. The game is still in its Closed Beta phase and a release date has not been announced yet, but that didn’t stop publisher Square Enix from creating a series of competitions in collaboration with the Electronic Sports League. The ESL ...
Read More »Team Evil Geniuses will be changing its Call of Duty roster very soon
Team Evil Geniuses is one of the most predominant teams in eSports and has professional players for pretty much every game out there, ranging from Dota 2 to World of Warcraft. Moreover, EG also has the best Call of Duty team in history whose roster is comprised of Patrick “Aches” Price, Ian “Crimsix” Porter, Kenneth “Dedo” Dedo, and Tyler “TeePee” Polchow. These players have ...
Read More »League of Legends 2014 World Championship sale ends today
The League of Legends 2014 World Championship is already over, but the big sale that was announced to go along with it is still available. However, that won’t be the case for much longer as Riot previously stated that everything will revert to the original price once Friday, October 31st comes to an end. Coincidentally, that’s today so that means that ...
Read More »Guild Wars 2 partners with ESL for a new series of eSports tournaments
It seems like ArenaNet wants to make Guild Wars 2 a bigger part of eSports by hosting a new series of PvP tournaments. The developer has even partnered with the Electronic Sports League so that it can offer some money to talented gamers who can prove their worth at player vs players combat. The competition is being called the Go4 ...
Read More »Latest Hearthstone patch introduces four new card backs
Blizzard announced a while ago that it will be adding a new card back for Hearthstone players to collect at the start of each new season, which coincides with the start of each new month. You won’t get it just for logging into the game though, as you’ll need to reach at least rank 20 or higher in Ranked Play mode ...
Read More »Alone in the Dark: Illumination gets official System Requirements
Atari makes another run at the survival horror genre with their upcoming Alone in the Dark: Illumination: a long awaited sequel of Alone in the Dark: Inferno. Following in the footsteps of its predecessor, the latest title to come out of Pure FPS developing studios promises to offer the same traditional survival horror experience with a more polished twist. This ...
Read More »Can Heroes of the Storm hope to compete with the other MOBAs?
The Massive Online Battle Arena genre – better known as MOBA – has been around for over a decade now, but only received widespread awareness in the last few years. As you may or may not already know, the game that started it all was the original Defense of the Ancients, aka DotA. The game was created as a mod for Blizzard’s ...
Read More »Nvidia works its magic on Assassin’s Creed: Unity with exclusive GameWorks features
Ubisoft is going full throttle on the last quarter mile to the finish line, teaming up with Nvidia for their soon to be unveiled Assassin’s Creed: Unity – a title that has shocked everyone with its ridiculous PC system requirements. While the GTX 680 is set as minimum and the GTX 780 as recommended, it was quite predictable that the game ...
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