e-sports
Previewing KurtzPel’s new character, Lime, plus a peek at the patch and 2v2 tourneys
KOG Games' early access MMO KurtzPel is due for a big patch, as we noted this past weekend, and it's coming in the form...
WoW Factor: The shabby ethics of Blizzard’s ‘Hong Kong liberation’ ban
Hooo boy, this was not an article I really expected to write this week.
So, by now everyone's surely seen the news that Blizzard banned...
Australian police are investigating crimes linked to an Overwatch esports team
The obvious old joke to be made was that if esports were real sports, they'd be linked to organized crime. Alas, the joke no longer...
Fight or Kite: Guild Wars 2 PvP – where good intentions and stubbornness meet
Earlier this month, Guild Wars 2Â Game Director Mike Zadorojny had an interview with PCGamesN in which he discussed a number of items - most...
Not So Massively: How unrealistic expectations hobbled Heroes of the Storm
I find myself in the odd position of feeling compelled to both defend and criticize Heroes of the Storm. The game's taken a huge...
WoW Classic: Character transfers, new realms, Twitch records, and most popular classes
If you thought that the second week of WoW Classic's operation would be any less hectic than the first, you're in for some disappointment....
World of Warcraft Classic now has its world-first level 60 player
The rush to endgame in World of Warcraft Classic has crowned the first person to cross the finish line. After a marathon of 79...
Leaderboard: Do you buy the ‘Grand Daybreak Unification’ theory?
Yesterday, MMO blogger Wilhelm Arcturus of The Ancient Gaming Noob dropped a fun conspiracy theory in the comments of our piece on EVE Online...
Mechwarrior Online shares details for the unofficial player-run 2019 Comp Championship Series
Did you know that EVO, the massive fighting game esports tournament, started as a smaller community thing? Back then it was called Battle by...
TV networks block Apex Legends esports tourney broadcast following mass shootings
In what is being explained as a move of "respect for the victims and all those impacted" by recent mass shooting events in Texas...
MMO Business Roundup: Riot’s diversity ‘progress’, NetEase’s esports arena, DayZ down under, and Twitch threats
Welcome back to another roundup of what's going on in the business of making online games! Let's start with the most controversial of the...
The ESA says a crapton of game companies are finally embracing lockbox transparency
Under pressure from no less than the US Senate, the FTC held the first of its planned video game monetization workshops today, and while...
Massively Uplifting: Good deeds by the Paladins, Warframe, and AdventureQuest 3D communities
Here we go again with the "games are evil" nonsense, right? We've had that agenda pushed in our faces before, and Massively Uplifting is...
A 16-year-old kid took Fortnite’s World Cup this weekend, pocketing $3M
You know video games have arrived when esports is being covered on the front page of CNN, right? Such was the case last night,...
Blizzard co-founder Frank Pearce departs the studio
When Blizzard Entertainment was created in 1991, three men were at the center of this new venture: Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham, and Frank Pearce....
Gamer-oriented ‘Gamer Goo’ lotion vows to ‘banish sweaty palms for good’
I didn't think it was possible to top game-branded Pop-Tarts or candles or bubble tea or Cheez-It, but I was wrong. Today, we got...
After suggesting it’d save Player Studio, Daybreak has quietly shuttered it for EverQuest instead
Back in March, Daybreak appointed a new Producer for its long-running Player Studio program - that's the system that allowed players to create and...
Hi-Rez Studios announces the launch of UK-based Red Beard Games
It looks like Hi-Rez Studios is making sure the plural in its name is relevant. The company announced the launch of Red Beard Games...
More eyeballs lingered on League of Legends than Fortnite this year – so far
So, battle royale - was it just a fad? Probably not, or at least, if it is, it's not even close to being over....
World of Warcraft releases details for its upcoming Arena World Championship esports season
For those of us who dare enjoy esports events, the summer has a lot to look forward to, what with The International, DreamHack, the...
