Esports & Gaming Articles

Liquid Granpkt: "You feel the pressure more, but it’s good."

<p><strong>Support superstar Liquid Grandpkt took time to tell us his thoughts on the EU Championships. With the knowledge of the once favorited EU team for the BlizzCon championships being out of the running, how does a team cope?</strong></p>

How Na'Vi managed to clean sweep the EU Road to Blizzcon

<p>Na&#39;Vi had&nbsp;an incredible showing at the EU Road to Blizzcon, not dropping a single game. What made that possible?</p>

Community Spotlight: Blizzard fan compiles data on future hero scaling

<p>A battle.net forum user by the name of Sedition published an informative guide and spreadsheet on hero scaling coming up in a future patch.</p>

Hot6 Superleague Finals: MVP Black vs. Team DK Highlights and Analysis

<p>In a shocking upset, Team DK pulls out an exceptional draft phase that counters out MVP Black&#39;s strong playstyle in the current meta which propels&nbsp;them to a seat at Blizzcon.</p>

EU Road to Blizzcon: How niche picks win games

<p><strong>The European Road to Blizzcon has already shown an interesting shift in EU meta, but why exactly do these niche picks work?</strong></p>

EU Championship Day 1 - The upsets

<p>We go over some of the more surprising results from day 1 of the European Road to Blizzcon Championship, and what rode the underdog teams to victory.</p>

Bob? signed to Team Dignitas

<p>With their insane winning spree showing no signs of stopping, Bob? finally gets a sponsor.</p>

Increased death timers in PTR: Blizzard wants to make "individual players feel a bit stronger"

<p>Blizzard has implemented a test map available on the PTR to investigate&nbsp;increased early game death timers. This is something Alpha players have been requesting since the games inception and, if implemented, will change the game as we know it.</p>

What hero picks we expect from the European Championship

<p><strong>The Road to BlizzCon European champioship is here and we look at the likely picks before the tournament starts.</strong></p>

Heroes Hype announces the HTC Heroes Brawl Tournament League

<p>In partnership with HTC, Jinx, and Cloud9, the people that brought you the Heroes Hype Amateur series have returned, this time inviting 8 of the top NA teams to compete for over $6,200 in cash plus prizes!</p>

PTR balance changes: What's the verdict?

<p><strong>This latest patch is focused with a clear&nbsp;goal; buff weak heroes and bring to light unpopular skills and talents.&nbsp;But, does it hit the mark?</strong></p>

For those willing to jump through hoops, Artanis playable in the PTR

<p>With patience and a whole lot of luck,&nbsp;&nbsp;players can select Random and be given&nbsp;Artanis as the match starts, even though he has not be released publicly.&nbsp;</p>