Esports & Gaming Articles

Getting to Know NA: Cloud9

<p>Getting to Know NA is back with another team, this time featuring Cloud9.</p>

The first big checks for competitive Heroes of the Storm are here as NACL announces a $10,000 season

<p>NACL has given Heroes of the Storm fans something major to expect. Starting this winter, competitive HotS teams will fight for $10,000 - the first good paying tournament for Blizzard&#39;s new MOBA.</p>

Chinese reshuffle concludes, VG, HGT and LGD new rosters announced

<p>The final day of the Chinese reshuffle is over, and all the major clubs have announced their rosters for the new season. LGD, ViCi Gaming and HGT were the last teams to announce their rosters, while DK and CIS did not sign any new players.</p>

Single Card Strategy: What the pros think about Tracking

<p>With the rise of Hunter decks populating the ladder climb to the coveted Legendary rank, we ask the pros on their thoughts on a tournament staple card for Hunter decks of different flavors: Tracking.</p>

iG roster finalized with June and CHisbug

<p>The Chinese reshuffle continues with the announcement of the renovated Invictus Gaming squad. Both YYF and Faith have been removed from the roster and replaced by former CIS-Game player Lin &#39;June&#39; Shi Yang and the returning veteran Li &#39;CHisbug&#39; Chen.</p>

Team Empire picks up Solo

<p>Two days after parting ways with former support player Vanskor, Team Empire has acquired a new player already. The Russian organization adds former RoX.KIS player Aleksei &#39;Solo&#39; Berezin to their line-up. He will take on the role of the support.</p>

Caseking of the Hill to feature NiP, Virtus.pro and HellRaisers this week

<p>Caseking of the Hill returns this week with its sixth edition, featuring last week&#39;s winners Ninjas in Pyjamas and their challengers, Virtus.pro and HellRaisers.</p>

Rabbit replaces xiao8 in Newbee

<p>The former LGD core member Wang &#39;Rabbit&#39; Zhang has joined NewBee, replacing the retired captain Zhang &#39;xiao8&#39; Ning. With this expensive transfer being complete, the NewBee roster is now complete once again, unless any new changes are announced.</p>

fm-eSports are the champions of Insomnia52

<p>fm-eSports have won Insomnia52, held from August 22 to August 25 at the Rocoh Arena in Coventry, England. The tournament featured sixteen of the best teams in the UK fighting for a&nbsp;&pound;7500 (~12000 USD)&nbsp;total prize pool.</p>

Amazon acquires Twitch for $970 million

<p>The deal is confirmed - the premier streaming platform Twitch.tv has been acquired by Amazon, despite previous rumors pointing towards a deal with Google. The entirity of Twitch&#39;s shares will be bought off for approximately $970 million by the end of the year.</p>

Sunshine Open ends with a Magic: The Gathering legend in the finals [decklists inside]

<p>Held over the last two days, the Chanman-hosted Sunshine Open crowned Josh &quot;Impact&quot; Graham as champion, who prevailed over none other than MtG hall of famer Brian Kibler.</p>

GosuCup BlizzCon Qualifiers - Winners interviews and decklist collections

<p>We sit for a chat with the August champions of GosuCup and see what decks they used to get away with a pocketful of cash.</p>