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    After All is Said and Done: Looking Back on HGC 2016

    BlizzCon 2016 has come and gone, but left alongside some of the greatest matches in Heroes of the Storm history are some unanswered questions. Contrary to many experts' predictions, MVP Black crumbled

    · Nov 9, 2016
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    Korean dominance, the Western struggle, and why you should watch

    As in several other eSports titles, competitive Heroes of the Storm features a sizable gap between the Korean elite and the best of the rest. Some mind not the peninsula’s protrusion, appreciati

    · Nov 3, 2016
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    KeSPA announces discontinuation of Proleague

    On Oct 18th, KeSPA announced the closing of StarCraft 2 Proleague. After 14 years in eSports history, Proleague has come to an end. It’s not just an ordinary tournament, at least not for those w

    · Nov 2, 2016
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    Ambition vs Bengi: The Ultimate Captains' Clash

    Ambition and Bengi went above and beyond their role as their teams' captains at this year's Worlds, shining brighter in the darkest hours to heroically rescue their teams from the jaws of failure. Ben

    · Oct 26, 2016
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    Reasons to EnVyUs: an APEX-based tactical breakdown

    Overwatch APEX Tournament, thanks to competitive teams in the West coming to Korea, is giving us a chance to see how well Korean teams would do in international Overwatch tournaments. There are still

    · Oct 19, 2016
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    TSM's 2016, or: the old that is strong should not wither

    Worlds 2016 showed much unexpected outcome that killed almost everyone participating in Worlds Pick'em. Korea witnessed all its three LCK teams proceed to semifinals, Albus NoX Luna became the first W

    · Oct 19, 2016
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    iLLOGIKA’s François Robillard Talks About VR

    François Robillard is vice president of iLLOGIKA Studios in Montreal. An invited speaker to the entertainment technology summit at the China Canada International Film Festival in Montreal, François spoke on the challenges and opportunities of VR for creatives.

    · Sep 22, 2016
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    Bland is the New Black: A Glance Back to the Past

    As a rose by any other name may smell as sweet, a character played by any other player may be as skilled. What would eSports be, without personalities and storylines, but an extrasolar plateau of unidentifiable mechanical gods?

    · Aug 17, 2016
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    Patch Timings and Competitive Integrity

    Year after year, thousands of players, analysts, coaches, and staff members around the globe push themselves to the limit in pursuit of one dream: sending their squad to the League of Legends World Championship. While the number of teams that can qualify is severely limited, the professionals can operate valiantly with the knowledge that all they have to do are ignore the odds, prepare their best, and fight it out until the end. After all, the best teams should prevail. But do they?

    · Aug 8, 2016
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    Why Are Korean Gamers Dancing On Domestic Games' Graves?

    Never in the last two decades has the future of Korean game developers looked as bleak; the catastrophic crash and burn of Nexon's latest gargantuan release, Nexon's Sudden Attack 2, was conclusive pr

    · Aug 3, 2016
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    Futures Made of Virtual Insanity?

    With the Next Big Thing to hit gaming - Virtual Reality - now knocking at our door, some hopefuls are going as far as to say humanity's quest to recreate the real is finally nearing its end, even if expert opinions are quite a bit more divided.

    · Apr 8, 2016