What the heck is Dota Auto Chess?
Introduced just a couple of months ago, a custom map created for Dota 2 is generating major attention. Dota Auto Chess is the hottest...
A look back at some of AI’s biggest video game wins in 2018
For decades, games have served as benchmarks for artificial intelligence (AI). In 1996, IBM famously set loose Deep Blue on chess, and it became...
Heroes of the Storm eulogy: For once, Blizzard couldn’t balance the casual and competitive
Heroes of the Storm isn’t dead. But it isn’t alive, either. Blizzard Entertainment’s announcement this week that it was ending Heroes esports entirely, shifting...
AI is esports’ newest weapon
Professional athletes are no strangers to the power of artificial intelligence. Whether it’s the computer vision tools that help pitchers perfect their delivery or the...
Warcraft III: Reforged reminds us why mod toolsets should matter
Warcraft III created new genres of games with its World Editor. Now with Warcraft III: Reforged there’s an update for the classic game —...
4 biggest Western esports events generated 190.1 million viewing hours
Esports viewership is on the rise, but not all of big events are benefiting equally. Market researcher Newzoo said that tournaments for the West’s...
How Fnatic’s esports victories led it into hardware
Sam Mathews and Anne Mathews founded Fnatic as one of the pioneering esports organizations in 2004. Over 14 years, its teams have competed in...
Gabe Newell struggles to say ‘triple-kill’ for his Dota 2 voice pack
Gabe Newell might have founded Valve, the company that made Half-Life and Steam, but he doesn’t understand the concept of “three.” And that’s a...
Conjure Strike hands-on — this mix of Overwatch and Dota 2 shows team shooters work in VR
When I played Megalith at E3, it was a little bit of a revelation for me. Intuitively I knew that hero shooter-style games, or rather...
Epic’s epic monetization has it winning the battle of battle royales
At the start of the year, one of the biggest questions in gaming was undoubtedly: “Who is going to win the battle of the...