by Nicholas Armstrong | Sep 5, 2017 | Esports section, Videogames
Just four days ago, H2K-Gaming released an open letter to fans and Riot alike. The letter stated that H2K may be forced to leave the EU LCS if Riot does not drastically change financial models or offer some form of subsidies and revenue sharing. H2K, who currently sit...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Sep 4, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, weekly
In the entirety of the NA LCS, no Finals have delivered as hard as the 2017 summer Finals have. Upsets, sweeps, reverse sweeps, grunge matches – it was chaos in the best and truest way. Not only that, but we didn’t stick our foot entirely in our mouth with our...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Sep 1, 2017 | Esports, Esports section
As universities across America step up efforts to grow eSports – including offering scholarships and departments – Korean eSport company ROX Gaming has launched a gaming academy looking to move eSport growth into the more private sector. This move is in line with a...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 31, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames, weekly
To no one’s surprise, TSM has made it to the finals. This marks their tenth consecutive qualifier for the finals – no easy record – but only three teams have ever taken the title of best in the NA LCS. The question now is if this IMT roster is more superior than their...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 30, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, weekly
For much of the summer split, CLG was a dominating force. Aphromoo and Sixxay performed as a near unstoppable duo, Huhi outperformed and surprised mid laners left and right, and Darshan was used as a split pushing machine. But this series saw their fall. Whether it...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 23, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames, weekly
After an insane quarterfinal match between C9 and DIG, CLG and NV joined forces to bring an even crazier five game series. Though there were some huge surprises here – such as Aphromoo and Sixxay getting bullied in lane – the real show came in the Game 5 showdown....
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 21, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames
QUARTERFINALS: CLOUD9 VS TEAM DIGNITAS This was a doozy of a Series. The analysts were wrong, we were wrong (only by a little), and even Doublelift was wrong (he supposedly said the serious would go 3-2 in DIG’s favor). To be fair, we can’t imagine anyone being...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Aug 17, 2017 | Esports, Esports section, Videogames, weekly
We've finally arrived at the 2017 Summer Quarterfinals, and we've had some surprises along the way. C9 has gone from a surprisingly poor Rift Rivals performance to a five-game winning streak with Jensen in particular standing as a near untouchable force of...
by Jordan Love | Aug 16, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
The Q2 earnings reports are in for Nvidia, Rovio and Tencent and things are looking up for all three companies. The Chinese giant Tencent, owners of Riot Games, Supercell and more, saw substantial growth in its gaming divisions. A 39 percent increase in online games...
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