Esports & Gaming Articles

Liquid, Empire, Hellraisers and Alliance advance to D2CL playoffs

<p>Team Liquid, Empire, Hellraisers and Alliance progress to the playoff stages of Dota 2 Champions League as Group A and Group C complete their matches</p>

Alliance and Digital Chaos drop out from Global eSports Cup Season 1

<p>It seems that the current competitive season for Dota 2 is the busiest of them all, having four major LAN events happening within a month time frame on three different continents, teams are carefully selecting their online qualifier stages for the upcoming tournaments.</p>

Rise of the River King: Tahm Kench on the World stage

<p>Professional supports have &ldquo;Unbenched the Kench&rdquo; over the past three weeks of Worlds. Why is this champion&nbsp;making such a big splash all of a sudden?</p>

Brightwing phase shifts her way back into the competitive meta

<p>Brightwing has made a major resurgence in competitive Heroes recently &ndash; unexpected to some. Here we take a look at the pros and cons of using this unique support.</p>

BeyondTheSummit to lift the ban on Team Redemption

<p>BeyondTheSummit has decided that it is time to give a chance to Team Redemption and to end the ban, which was caused by multiple instances of match fixing,&nbsp;that prevented them from participating in any of the BTS hosted events.</p>

Korok convicted for misdemeanor assault and battery

<p>Charged with malicious wounding and strangle in May this year, Steven &#39;Korok&#39; Ashworth has pleaded guilty and has been convicted by the Fairfax County General District Court.</p>

Nanyang Championships: Opportunities for players and regions alike

<p>It&rsquo;s hard to keep up with all the events going on in the Dota 2 scene especially now that they have announced a &ldquo;four major annual tournaments&rdquo; style of format to complement the International, the biggest tournament of 2015 held in the summer with a total prize pool of around $18m. Alongside these towering tournaments are a few notable ones who warrant your attention, especially when it turns out to be one of the largest Dota2 tournaments to be held in South East Asia.</p>

Where are they now? Top tier heroes from a year ago

<p><strong>At BlizzCon 2014, we saw the first ever offline Heroes of the Storm tournament. With the World Champions fast approaching, we take a look back and see what&#39;s changed.</strong></p>

Cloud 9 announces jungler/support tryouts

<p>After the Cinderella run at Worlds came to an end, Cloud 9 needed to address the roster issues the team had since the beginning of the split. Hai will remain part of the starting roster either as the team&#39;s jungler or support, depending on which role they can fill.</p>

Four players we'll meet in Overwatch

<p><strong>First Person Shooters tend to attract some interesting personalities; for those of you unfamiliar, we&#39;ve compiled a list of archetypes you might meet while battling it out in Overwatch.</strong></p>

The casters and hosts for the upcoming World Championship

<p>Blizzcon is only two&nbsp;weeks away, but the Heroes of the Storm World Championship is less than one&nbsp;week away from commencing. Today Blizzard has announced the talent that will soon be hosting this grand event.</p>

London Conspiracy re-enter by signing Princess Jellopy roster including the BabyKnight

<p>After months of inactivity, the European gaming brand London Conspiracy revive their Dota team by signing up-and-coming Swedish team Princess Jellopy, which contains the Dota legend Jon &#39;BabyKnight&#39; Andersen.</p>