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Valve Wants eSports to Grow Up – Fires Lead Commentator and Production Company
Gabe Newell co-founder of Valve made the following statement in a Reddit post: “We’ve had issues with James at previous events. Some Valve people lobbied to bring him back for Shanghai, feeling that he deserved another chance. That was a mistake. James is an ass, and we won’t be working with him again.” Motherboard.com covers […]
John Martin CEO of Turner Talks about new television “ELeague”
Interesting video where Bloomberg’s Cory Johnson discusses the new competitive gaming league with John Martin (CEO of Turner) to debut in 2016 on Turner Sports.
Top 5 Competitive Games of 2015
Believe it or not, 2016 is right around the corner. It’s time to shed a few tears as we wave farewell to this exceptional year of gaming. Across the board, the gaming industry fared well with record console sales and PC hardware sales. There were numerous lovely games released during the year, but since HGG is indeed […]
Microsoft or Sony: Who Should Earn your Christmas Money?
By now, just about every gamer knows the PlayStation 4 is winning the console war in terms of sales. That hasn’t stopped Microsoft from dumping cash into their Xbox Division in an attempt to step up their game for this holiday season. Two years ago, there wasn’t many reasons to buy an Xbox One over […]
Maybe ESPN Will Become the ESPN of eSports..
Believe it or not, ESPN is coming around to the novel idea that it can be “The ESPN of eSports.” There’s room too, the demand is there. According to industry research firm Newzoo about 200 million people either watched or participated in eSports in 2014. That number is expected to come in at around 250 […]
eSports: Betting, Fantasy Leagues, and Big Money
eSports revenues are on track to be $278M this year and grow to $765M by 2018. In turn, eSports betting and fantasy is a space that is on fire right now. A lot of big money interests are elbowing their way into this sector to capitalize on the exponential growth. Sports betting certainly is an attractive […]
Apple TV to Pose Threat in Console Wars?
Tim Cook recently announced the new Apple TV at the Keynote Event in San Francisco. It has many analysts claiming Apple is set to take back the living room from the likes of Microsoft and Sony. Two models will be introduced in late October: a 32GB unit for $149 and a 64GB unit for $199. The new […]
The Perpetual Golden Age of Gaming
This last weekend was perhaps the most impressive in the history of eSports. It all took place in one weekend, in three stadiums, and in three countries. The biggest CS:GO event of the year, ESL One, was held this year in Cologne, while the League of Legends LCS Summer Finals were going on in New York’s […]
Should Competitive Gamers Get Drug Tested?
After the YouTube video where CS:GO Cloud9 member Friesen admitted to his team all taking Adderall at an ESL event, there has been a string of articles released about eSports doping. It also resulted in a chain of reactions culminating in ESL’s answer to the perceived problem: Random drug testing, naturally. This random drug testing […]
Blizzard’s Foray into eSports
Heroes of the Storm’s release date was announced recently, slated for June 2nd. The open beta is scheduled for May 19th. This won’t be Blizzard’s first dance with eSports, as they’ve had some success with a few RTS titles you may have heard about. However, it will be their first MOBA game. Hardcore MOBA players […]