Esports & Gaming Articles

WCA Day 3 - Newbee to face Cloud9 in grand finals

<p>The third day of the World Cyber Arena came to a close and saw TI4 champion Newbee reign victorious once more. In the lower bracket, Cloud 9 was able to fight their way through, taking out Team Malaysia, Vici Gaming and Alliance in a row.</p>

GameShow Day 2 - Na'Vi first finalists, HellRaisers and VP to battle out for the second spot

<p>The second day of GameShow LAN finals has concluded and Natus Vincere is the first finalists, while HellRaisers and Virtus.pro will have to battle out for the second spot in the finals.</p>

Korea eliminates North America from Worlds as Samsung sisters dominate

<p>After two 3-1&#39;s, Samsung Blue and Samsung White will meet each other in the playoffs, having eliminated the NA hopes in TSM and Cloud 9.</p>

Gaara wins third place at the WCA 2014

<p>Gaara beats RDU at WCA 2014 by 4-2&#39;ing with Hunter. He&#39;ll be cashing approximate $27,000.</p>

Fragbite Masters continues today with the Group B

<p>Planetkey Dynamics have been disqualified from the tournament since they were unable to show up today for their first match. The loser's match won't be played, so the group will proceed with the other three teams battling out for the top two spots.</p>

Major Changes in This Week's Update

<p>Some major changes were implemented in last night&#39;s update (10/2/2014), including new movement values, increased armor penetration of SMGs, and more!</p>

Dreamhack Winter 2014 to feature $250,000

<p>Dreamhack have announced the next major in this year which will be held during Dreamhack Winter. The $250,000 community-funded prize pool is secured and it will take place on November 27th-29th in J&ouml;nk&ouml;ping, Sweden.</p>

Starladder X EU - Secret and Tinker secure their spots in Kiev finals

<p>We are getting close to the end of the European groupstage, and it seems that both Secret Team and Team Tinker have secured themselves a spot at the Starladder Season 10 LAN Finals. But right behind them is Na&#39;vi, Alliance, Cloud9 and Virtus.pro all positioning to take the final two slots.</p>

London Conspiracy acquires a female squad

<p>London Conspiracy has acquired an all-female team. The organization is mostly known by their male Norwegian team, however they are now joining the list of teams which sponsors female squads as well.</p>

MPGL 2014 Grand Finals unveiled

<p>The premier Filipino e-Sports organization, Mineski, has announced the Grand Finals for the sixth season of its professional gaming tournament, the MPGL. The tournament&#39;s prizepool is the highest ever for MPGL, with over $22,000 up for grabs.</p>

WCA Day 2 - Alliance and NewBee in WB final, Na'Vi and iG eliminated

<p>The second day of WCA belongs to the past, after several delays and setbacks. Alliance and NewBee managed to take down Cloud9 and ViCi Gaming respectively, while both Invictus Gaming and Natus Vincere were defeated and eliminated from the tournament.</p>

CALR's Moo has remade de_cpl_fire!

<p>Luke AKA &quot;Moo&quot; the Operations Manager and Map Developer for CALR has remade the map de_cpl_fire. CALR is going to add this map into the rotation and make it a CALR exclusive. It is looking fantastic and has enough optimizations to be friendly to newer players, whilst retaining its soul to entice the veterans.</p>