Esports & Gaming Articles

i-League and WEC offline events may clash, both sides unwilling to reschedule

<p>The two upcoming international events i-League and WEC have both scheduled their LAN playoffs for the first two weeks of September, forcing the teams to choose which competition to join. Both offline events will take place on Chinese soil, with teams from all over the world.</p>

Virtus.pro are your Gfinity 3 champions!

<p>Virtus.pro managed to make a big comeback in the second map of the grand finals to defeat Titan with the score of 2-0. They will earn the first prize of $20,000 and an ESWC invitation, while Titan will have to settle for the $10,000 second place reward.</p>

RiotLyte reveals 1% of North American players have been chat restricted

<p>Riot&#39;s new system for banning those reported for toxicity automatically has been met by outcries from players who claim too many are affected. RiotLyte debunked the myth.</p>

Copenhagen Wolves pick up Backspace

<p>The Danish organisation Copenhagen Wolves extend a contract to&nbsp;Brent &quot;Backspace&quot; Kaskel who becomes the third member of their Hearthstone team, next to Firebat and Chacruna.</p>

Beating Naxxramas on a budget: A guide to heroic Plague Quarter

<p>Our series of Naxxramas guides continues with several ideas about how to beat Noth, Heigan and Loatheb in the heroic plague quarter without going crazy on the dust spending.</p>

Update to i-League qualifier - Korea/SEA added

<p>i-League, the first international tournament post-TI4 and organised by ImbaTV, has informed us that they will be introducing qualifiers for the SEA and/or KR regions depending on the number of signups.&nbsp;</p>

Community backlash eliminates artifact system from Heroes of the Storm

<p>Following negative community feedback, Blizzard have decided to remove the recently introduced artifacts from the game after just under two weeks.&nbsp;</p>

G3 Group Stage Finished, Playoff Brackets Released

<p>Gfinity, UK&#39;s premier LAN event with a combined prize pool of $45,000, starts out with a bang in an extraordinary group phase. In the end it all fell to the top eight teams who will be fighting for the crown.</p>

Merlini to stand-in for Zephyr during KDL Season3

<p>BeyondTheSummit caster Ben &#39;Merlini&#39; Wu just announced on his YouTube that he will make a short comeback into the competitive scene to stand-in for Zephyr during KDL Season 3.</p>

TSM win close one, Curse secure playoff spot, and CLG falls again. NA LCS WK11Day2 Second Half Recap

<p>TeamSoloMid are barely able to get a win off a strong looking Dignitas. Curse win convinvingly against LMQ in order to secure their playoff spot, and Complexity barely squeeze out a win against CLG.</p>

MaKnooN is no longer the Coach of paiN Gaming

<p>Former Mid Laner of CJ Entus Frost parted ways with paiN Gaming one month after being hired by the Brazilian team. Now, the korean star is training to try and play in the new season of OGN.</p>

Curse surprise Dig, C9 choke out TSM, and EG squeeks past CLG. NA LCS WK11 Day2 First half Recap

<p>Curse are able to pull out a strong victory against Dignitas when Curse pulls out the surprise pick in Talon mid. Cloud9 are able to starve TSM of almost all resources in a methodical victory. EG barely pulll out a victory against the CLG substitutes in an arduous game.</p>