e-sports
Overwatch League gets ESPN and Disney XD television contract
Count this as a huge victory for Blizzard's attempt to legitimize and popularize its fledgling Overwatch League.
The studio announced this week that it has...
Women In Games report suggests strategies to promote gender diversity in e-sports
The subject of gender imbalance in gaming, especially in professional e-sports, and how to rectify it has been a matter of debate within gaming...
The International Olympic Committee is hosting an e-sports discussion summit in July
Last summer the co-president of the Paris Olympic bid committee told the AP that it was considering bringing video gaming on board for the...
One of the competitors in Dota 2’s championship is an AI team
Perhaps in the future, we'll all be looking back at the time when e-sports were an actual thing played by humans rather than simply...
Overwatch: Another hacker sentenced, a new hero teased, and an algorithm patent sought
Way back in January, Blizzard Korea announced that it was working with Korea's National Policy Agency cyber crime unit to track and arrest the...
Leaderboard: What’s the ideal way for an MMO studio to handle toxicity?
MOP reader BulletTeeth pointed us to a piece on The Verge this week about an incident in online shooter Battalion 1944. A highly placed...
APB Reloaded counters cheats, unifies versions, and rallies its community
Ever wonder if the developers behind APB Reloaded are looking at the current boom of battle royale-style games and kicking themselves for not having...
Worlds Adrift team recaps launch event in the sky and patch rollout
It was no e-sports bus, but Worlds Adrift really did send players, devs, and journalists skyward in a floating... well, it kinda looks like...
Leaderboard: How much time should you put in to become a great player in the typical MMO?
Earlier this week, GIbiz put out a piece on the Shanghai Dragons, the Overwatch League e-sports team representing China. In a letter to fans,...
Data show that battle royale gamers tend to spend more money on games
So, how are battle royale fans different from any other sort of competitive gamer? A recent study put out by market intelligence firm Newzoo...
Jetpacks woosh into Fortnite, while Epic Games puts $100M toward tournaments
Players can take to the skies in Fortnite today, thanks to Patch 4.2 and the long-awaited introduction of jetpacks. Unsafe? Environmentally unsound? Chaotic? Probably...
Expect e-sports betting to blossom thanks to new Supreme Court ruling
Gambling and gaming are two sides of the same coin. You guys wouldn't believe how many gambling companies request to put ads on MOP...
Capcom posts its best financial year ever thanks to Monster Hunter World
It must have been some time ago at Capcom's business strategy meeting where the top executives were sitting around and talking in hushed tones...
Hi-Rez founds e-sports production company Skillshot, preps Chernobog for SMITE
Hi-Rez is going all in on e-sports, founding its own e-sports production outfit called Skillshot Media and lending longtime COO Todd Harris to oversee...
E-sports roundup: Riot and UC Berkeley, Hi-Rez’s varsity league, UK collegiate e-sports, cash for Averett e-sports
Still don't think we should take e-sports seriously? Doesn't even matter because it's happening anyway. To wit:
Riot Games has partnered with UC Berkeley to...
Guild Wars 2 players sponsor $2000 PvP tournament, ban Chronomancer spec
If Guild Wars 2's abrupt pull-out of PvP e-sports and tournaments a year ago filled all your 20-slot bags with stacks of pure sadness,...
Massively Overthinking: How accountable should MMOs hold players for out-of-game toxicity?
Brendan's discussion with CCP Falcon at EVE Fanfest last week included an interesting chat about out-of-game harassment and whether gaming companies had an obligation...
Kids these days: Fortnite fights a 14-year-old in court, signs 13-year-old to e-sports team
Epic Games is still doggedly pursuing supposed Fortnite cheaters. As we reported back in November, one of the defendants in Epic's many lawsuits is...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds balances weapons, brings Miramar map to the Xbox One
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds isn't giving up the fight against Fortnite for the market share of the battle royale crowd. The PvP shooter has a ton...
Ohio college begins Fortnite e-sports team and scholarship
E-sports programs and scholarships at universities stopped being newsworthy years ago once they were a dime a dozen, but a new one from Ohio's...
