The LCK schedule for January has been revealed.On the 16th, the LCK Spring Split schedule for January has been announced by Huya, a Chinese broadcast platform. The start time of the matches will remai
Once the Heroes of the Storm World Championship concluded at BlizzCon in November, Mandon “Dittri0” Florent went to work creating his own tournament to supersede the Nexus Games event that weren’t returning in 2019. The appeal of the Nexus Games in the past was that it took place during the competitive offseason and pitted amateur teams within the same region against one another for pride and a cash prize. He took to Twitter to seek help from the general population as creating a tournament of this size is not a task he wanted to take on alone and, to his surprise, help arrived. One of those individuals, Arnaud "Ouille" Pontonnier, contributed half of the $2,000 initial prize pool and has worked with Dittri0 to acquire additional funding, a sponsor and has helped overall to organize the event. Currently, the event, which begins tomorrow, has accrued a prize pool over $2500 and has secured a partnership with Razer headsets to be given away to the winners.
After the recent end to the Kespa Cup, new teams and players will be joining all of us at the 2019 LCK Spring Korea next week. The first split is always an important one. With the upcoming Spring Spli
The Jungler showcases a healthy balance of high level play and carefree attitude, with some light editing for humor here and there.
The following is the full text of Harrisburg University's 2018/01/03 press release. Harrisburg University Storm Welcomes Professional Overwatch Player to Esports Coaching Staff Gramano brings three years of professional experience to collegiate esports team on the rise Harrisburg, Pa., USA, (January 4, 2019) — Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (HU) has made its mark on the esports landscape, and with the addition of a world-ranked Overwatch gamer to its coaching staff, is positioned to take on 2019 with even more vigor. As many professional esports athletes make the transition to coaching, HU saw an opportunity to invest in its team yet again. The Storm has welcomed Giuseppe “Joemeister” Gramano, a former professional Overwatch player with the Philadelphia Fusion and competitor for Team Canada in the Overwatch World Championship in 2017.
This is the full text of Joycity's Jan 4th, 2019 press release. Irvine, California – January 4, 2019 – Joycity announced a major update to 3on3 FreeStyle on Xbox One. This is the first maj
The National Association of Collegiate Esports will once again team up with Hi-Rez Studios to bring esports opportunities to college students.
The second Kulve Taroth event has started in Monster Hunter: World PC along with the addition of Arch-tempered Teostra on Jan 3rd 16:00 (UTC). The Arch-tempered Teostra can be defeated via a Rank 9 qu
In the wake of some seriously negative Blizzard PR and a growing list of veterans leaving the company, many fans are praising the 5 founders of Second Dinner for their prophetic decision to leave their former company.
Timothy "Trick2g" Foley might not be Santa Claus, but he's always spread cheer during the holidays.
There were a number of recent reports regarding NXC chairman, Kim Jung-Joo putting his company up for sale. NXC is a Japanese corporate, and Nexon Korea's holding company. Kim Jung-Joo holds 67.49% of
Leader of the Angiris Council and Aspect of Valor, Imperius has valiantly led the armies of the High Heavens to innumerous victories over the demons of the Burning Hells. While his methods are exact and severe, there is no greater defender of righteousness in the entirety of creation.
The 2018 Hearthstone Championship Tour has revealed the location of its final destination.
Activision Blizzard’s tumultuous 2018 ended last night with a regulatory filing that announced the firing of the Cheif Financial Officer (CFO) Spencer Neumann. Per the filing, the termination of his employment was “unrelated to the Company’s financial reporting or disclosure controls and procedures.” He is currently on paid leave, per the company.
My first experience with Meditations was brief, puzzling and at times vexing. However, I felt a wave of satisfaction once I solved a bit of the puzzle and I can envision a world where I load the Meditation launcher as part of my daily PC boot-up routine.
When Stanislav "Mistakes" Danilov announced his professional Overwatch retirement, I wasn't surprised to hear him cite a lack of enjoyment and health issues as reasons to stop playing.
Perhaps it is naive to think that a developer as massive as Epic should care about keeping their esport fair to the small minority of competitive players
Dallas Mavericks’ owner and billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban is no stranger to voicing his opinions or working with athletes to achieve a common goal, winning. When he caught wind of a story by Quartz referencing the early retirement ages for professional esports players, he took to Twitter to share the story and give his two cents on why Cuban hasn’t jumped in feet first with the purchase of a League of Legends team yet. While Cuban is no stranger to working extreme hours to get the job done, that doesn't mean that he wants that for all of his players, employees or business partners. With weekly balance changes common in the esports industry, players are required to put in overtime just to keep up with the ever-evolving metas in their respective games. Nate Nanzer, the commissioner of the Overwatch League, chimed in on Cuban's thoughts regarding how overworked esports players are.
In the middle of the night, a Portuguese Heroes of the Storm Twitter account leaked the newest hero set to join the nexus next week. The often requested and short-tempered Archangel of Valor, Imperius, is slated to go live on the Public Test Realm (PTR) starting on Wednesday, according to the tweet. While his role in the nexus is currently unknown, his backstory and attitude are all too familiar to fans of the Diablo franchise. For everyone else who isn’t aware of Imperius’ storyline, here’s a little information to catch you up to speed.
On the 27th of December (KST), Riot Games has officially announced the schedule for the upcoming 2019 LCK Spring Split. According to Riot, the 2019 LCK Spring Regular Split will kick off on January 16
