by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 17, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
The final week of the NA LCS’s competitive year is here. Once week 9 has passed, teams will be locked into playoffs, and from there, a small number will get to move on and go to Worlds. It has always been said that Summer Split is the most important split, and it has...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 16, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
OpTic Gaming has not had a huge amount of success their first year in the LCS, but Summer Split has shown more growth out of the squad than anyone could have imagined. This is especially true of when they took down Echo Fox, the current third place team, with a...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 16, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
It has been thirteen years since the last TimeSplitters game, TimeSplitters: Future Perfect was released. Since then, every few years attempts have been made to revive the series. In 2007, TimeSplitters 4 was tentatively announced, but delays and buy-outs moved the...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 15, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, News, News Section
Season 8 has been a mixed bag. For fans, the season has been hugely enjoyable, showing off mages in the bot lane and Heimerdinger/Fiddlesticks metas that were as hilarious as they were powerful. Rift Rivals also helped to show how slow NA has been to adapt to the...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 15, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
A lot of indie games have attempted to capture the magic of older games, but few have tried as hard as the kickstarter funded Edge of Eternity. Based out of France, Midgar Studio wanted to capture the essential elements of J-RPGs while still creating a modern gaming...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 14, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
For a team that started off the split at 1-6, Cloud9 have been doing remarkable work to climb the ladder. But more important than their climb is how they have been doing it. Earlier in the split, Cloud9 was focusing heavily on jungle strategy. Both the Academy team...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 14, 2018 | Esports, News Section, Videogames
A few days ago, Bethesda contacted a gamer named Ryan Hupp – or, more correctly, Bethesda’s legal firm contacted Hupp. Hupp had recently put The Evil Within 2 for sale the Amazon Marketplace. Since the game was unopened and unplayed – essentially new – he listed it as...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 13, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Four teams have now secured their success or failure to make it into playoffs. At the top of the standing, first place Team Liquid and second place 100 Thieves are definitely in playoffs (there was little doubt), and will likely have a repeat showdown from last split....
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 13, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
Rekkles may be the most famous player in all of the EU LCS, but until last weekend, it had been some time since fans had seen him. Except for a few small periods, he has been a part of Fnatic for six years, and he was one of the biggest personalities at Worlds 2017,...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 10, 2018 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
There are only two weeks left of the competitive season, and every single game counts. Unlike Spring Split, or almost any split before, there are no guarantees here. Team Liquid could still be pushed out of the playoffs (although the likelihood is almost nonexistent)...
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