StarCraft 2 Articles

MSI Beat it 2014 Global announced, $113,500 total prize pool for Dota 2 and SCII

<p>In conjunction with Fnatic, MSI has announced the MSI Beat It 2014 Global tournament featuring SCII and Dota 2 players all over the world. The tournament will have a total prize pool of $113,500 with $44,000 for Dota 2 and $26,000 for SCII.&nbsp;</p>

2014 IEM Katowice releases aftermovie

<p>Relive the events of the 2014 IEM World Championships at Katowice with the official aftermovie.</p>

Gaming Addiction a Mental Disorder?

<p>The American Psychiatric Association (APA) adds Internet Gaming Addiction as one of the potential disorders that needs to be treated. And they are hoping for more clinical research to formally include it on the list. Should it be considered as such? Here are some arguments and counter-arguments regarding gaming addiction.</p>

TeSPA and WellPlayed announce Lone Star Clash 3 and $35,000 total prize pool

<p>TeSPA partners with WellPlayed to bring esports fans LoL and SC2 invitationals.</p>

GosuGamers patch - Improved rankings

<p>The newest chapter in our line of major improvements here at GosuGamers are the rankings. The overview page has gotten a lot richer but we have also revisited our ways of calculating the points in our rankings.</p>

DreamHack 2014 circuit announced with six stops and $200,000

<p>The DreamHack brand returns for six stops in 2014, starting April 26-27 in Bucharest, Romania. $200,000 total prize pool will be up for grabs over the entire duration of the circuit.</p>

Top 4 must-watch e-Sports documentaries

<p>Following the release of Valve&#39;s highly anticipated film Free-To-Play, the community has seen a surge of interest in films related to Esports and so here is a list of the Top 4 e-Sports documentaries already released, that every player should watch.</p>

Naniwa released from Alliance following events at IEM Katowice

<p>Following the events of IEM World Championship, Johan &quot;Naniwa&quot; Lucchesi &nbsp;states in a post that he&#39;s no longer part of Alliance, the team that has been his home since April last year.&nbsp;</p>

Gfinity eSports LAN announced, will include DotA 2, Starcraft 2 tournaments

<p>The Gfinity eSports organization announced their third LAN event, which will take place at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. It will include feature prestigious tournaments for DotA2, Starcraft II and several other games, taking place on 24th and 25th of May.</p>

Eight of StarCraft's biggest names engage in arcade battles to the death tonight

<p>ESGN TV will launch a new StarCraft 2 series starting today, 21:30 CET. Unlike the previous KOTH edition, this one will have the eight invites play arcade maps against each other.</p>

Former Starcraft 2 star Sjow joins ROOT Gaming

<p>The eSports market of Hearthstone is picking up speed with big names from all around other games are joining the fray. Two weeks ago MTG and poker icon TheGwalls signed with a team, today former Starcraft 2 professional Jeffrey &#39;sjoW&#39; Brusi is joining ROOT Gaming.&nbsp;</p>

sOs banks the $100,000 of IEM Katowice

<p>Jin Air&#39;s Kim&nbsp;Yoo&nbsp;&quot;sOs&quot; Jin adds a second World Championship title to his account, this time from the&nbsp;IEM&nbsp;circuit. The&nbsp;WCS&nbsp;&#39;13 winner defeated fellow&nbsp;Protoss&nbsp;herO[join] 4-1 and is now the fifth highest winning player in&nbsp;SC2&nbsp;money-wise.</p>