Another edition of the League of Legends World Championship is nearing in. Over the past week several teams competed in the single elimination gauntlets from North America, Europe, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Wildcard qualifiers to reach the group stages starting on 29th September, 2016. The invitees and qualified teams are divided into groups of four: Group A: Rox Tigers (LCK) G2 Esports (EU LCS) Counter Logic Gaming (NA LCS)…
The most distinguished rosters of DOTA 2, team OG part ways with 3 of its greatest players in the wake of The International 2016. The shakeup came as a shocker when a Facebook announcement by OG said ‘change is never easy’. MidlanerAmer “Miracle-” Barqawi and Andreas “Cr1t-” Franck Nielsen part ways by choice while David “MoonMeander” Tan was taken off from the active roster by the organization. https://goo.gl/sGL84t Team OG…
The much awaited ESL Pro League has kicked off on 17-Aug-2016 with top 28 CS:GO teams competing for a prize pool of $750,000. The teams will be split into two divisions, European and North American and will compete for 11 weeks. Let’s take a look at the teams: European Division Astralis FaZe Clan FlipSid3 Tactics Fnatic G2 Esports Hellraisers Mousesports NatusVincere Ninjas in Pyjamas PENTA Sports Team Dignitas Team Envyus…
For every MOBA player living on this planet, Dota 2 and The Internationals mean the same thing. Everything directly or indirectly related to The Internationals is so hyped and anticipation kicks in months before the tournament. Dota 2 was released at TI1. The development of Dota meant success for Valve Corporation in every means. Since its release, Dota made way into every major tournament around the world like the Blizzcon…
OG The two time Major winners and the recent Summit 5 runners up will have a lot of momentum to take into The Internationals. The victory at Frankfurt raised hopes for them but the Shanghai Major saw a downhill ride as they were knocked from the upper bracket and finally being pushed out by Fnatic. But they soon got back to winning ways and drawing revenge on Fnatic at the…
The Star Ladder i-League series is back with bigger prize money, a $100,000 bigger than the last season. This time 16 teams will be taken on to the finals, 8 out of which were direct invites and the other eight will climb up through the Chinese, European and North American qualifiers. With $300,000 on the board, teams will be looking into a tough competition ahead. As with the sponsors and…
Never had been the pistol round made such an impact in a crucial game like what happened between Fnatic and Na’Vi in the finals of SL Starseries XIV in Jan 2016, with map 1 firmly secured, in map 2 second half pistol round, Fnatic came roaring with all guns blazing and sealing the fate of Na’Vi. That was brutal and clinical. CounterStrike generates a kind of adrenaline which is…
The DOTA 2 centric Beyond the Summit did a teaser tweet showing their signature logo mentioning ‘Overwatch Cup’. This was a confirmation that the organization is planning to expand its roots out of DOTA 2 and venture into less familiar grounds like the Overwatch. The success of Overwatch even before its release was the public beta, which opened up the flaws and goods of the game to its customers in…
“While walking down a lane, suddenly Jinx, Yasuo, Azir, Ekko, Gragas, Malzahar, and Vi pop out of nowhere and take down each other. The fight ends with Azir and Ekko walking away to go ahead and destroy a bunch of minions.” This might one day be the experience of an audience member while watching an LCS match of LoL. eSports, or video games even, have always changed with time based…
The world of eSports is now slowly growing into being as popular as its offline physical counterpart. From its early 70s version to its current version, the industry has witnessed a lot of changes, be it in the types of games played or the players who play the game as well. While early versions of eSports tournaments had non-LAN based arcade games such as space invaders, these days most tournaments…