e-sports
H1Z1 announces $100K prize pool Elite Series summer e-sports tournament
Soloers and team players alike are invited to put their skills to the test in H1Z1's newest tournament, the Elite Series. Debuting at DreamHack...
League of Legends NA e-sports league reorg means $75K pro player salaries, revenue sharing, and player association
Riot Games is in the midst of a major reorganization of its League of Legends e-sports organization, at least in North America. The company...
Guild Wars 2’s June feature pack is all about PvP and WvW
So here's a new one for Guild Wars 2: The game's getting a "competitive" feature pack patch in June. The blog post was tweeted out...
A UK university will offer e-sports business coursework, and this is a truly good thing
Most of the people playing e-sports are exceptional gamers, and to get that good at anything, you miss out on a whole bunch of...
Overwatch teases new character, shuts down hope of solo campaign
There has been a development in the world of Overwatch that may point to the debut of a brand-new hero.
Blizzard posted a lore update today...
Blizzard announces Overwatch Contenders e-sports ‘development league’
Blizzard has just announced "Overwatch Contenders," what it's calling a "development league for aspiring Overwatch League professionals."
"Over the first year of organized Overwatch competition,...
The MOP Up: Neverwinter’s green beetle fiasco (May 21, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Leaderboard: Almost half of e-sports viewers don’t even play the games they’re spectating
It may sound crazy, but a huge number of people who pour eyeball time and money into e-sports don't even play the games they're...
The MOP Up: Life is Feudal’s building sim (May 14, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Overwatch League allegedly has a $20 million price tag to enter
Remember how Blizzard started to focus MLG in on Overwatch as an e-sports venue at the same time well-known teams started fleeing the scene?...
Cloud Pirates discusses e-sports, monetization, PvE, and update plans for 2017
We haven't heard much out of My.com's MOBA Cloud Pirates other than contests since it soft launched in April, but today the studio is...
Perfect Ten: My MMO hate list
One thing that I strive for in my professional career is basing things on sources more robust than my own biases. That's not to...
Blizzard focuses MLG on Overwatch as e-sports teams flee the game
Remember back when Blizzard bought Major League Gaming? This week, the studio announced it's putting MLG to use as the conduit for its Overwatch...
Transgender gamers face crass rejection by CS:GO tournament organizers [Updated]
This article has been updated as apparently it was all part of an elaborate, horrific, and completely unfunny fraud/hoax perpetrated on the e-sports and...
The MOP Up: SMITE’s console mea culpa (May 7, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Activision-Blizzard Q1 2017: Blizzard’s online games drove Activision-Blizzard profits last quarter
Activision-Blizzard can't claim "biggest quarter ever" for the quarter ending March 2017, but it continues to rake in huge sums of money, enough to at...
The MOP Up: Warface meets Crysis (April 30, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
H1Z1: King of the Kill gets new content, Just Survive gets bug fixes and concept art
Fresh off its TV e-sports debut, H1Z1's King of the Kill branch is on the verge of an update that's expected to optimize its...
Overwatch pro player sees career ended over racist diatribe
It's probably not the best idea to start shouting racial abuse in the middle of a live stream if you're public figure with a...
Leaderboard: Are you part of SuperData’s cohort of ‘gaming video content viewers’?
SuperData released a report this week arguing that the video gaming video content business is booming, even "outpacing earnings from some traditional sports leagues."...
