Goodbye, loot boxes! Hello, premium progression passes!
If the 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show last week had a one big trend, it was people standing on stage saying “and no...
Supreme Court decision means esports betting can step out of the shadows
The Supreme Court of the United States today overruled a 1992 federal law that prohibited states from authorizing betting on sporting events. Today’s 6-3...
No token effort: Blockchain can make esports more transparent
Over the last few years, both esports and blockchain-powered applications have gone a long way toward entering the mainstream. Esports has moved from being...
Vulkan graphics will enable faster games and apps on Apple platforms
The Khronos Group, a consortium of hardware and software companies, has announced that the Vulkan graphics technology has been ported to Apple’s platforms, allowing...
Twitch gets its second esports exclusive: Eleague’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Turner Sports has partnered with Twitch as the official third-party platform for its Eleague esports events. Starting with the Eleague Major: Boston, a Counter-Strike:...
Gaming’s future is and has always been massively multiplayer
It’s the end of 2017 and World of Warcraft still dominates the western hemisphere as the most popular massively multiplayer role-playing game on the...
Single-player games withstood World of Warcraft. They’ll survive PUBG, too
With the recent cancellation of Visceral’s single-player Star Wars game, shifting focus of big publishers on multiplayer games and more than stellar success of...
Shapeways lets fans make 3D-printed custom toys based on Valve games
Shapeways and Valve have teamed up to allow fans to make and sell 3D-printed toys and other objects based on Valve’s game franchises and...
Team Liquid wins Dota 2 Championships, takes home $10.8 million
Team Liquid won The International Dota 2 Championships, taking home a grand prize of $10.8 million. The European team beat the Chinese opponents Newbee, which...
Dota 2 championships: 3 finalists battle for biggest slice of $24 million prize pool
The International Dota 2 Championships is like the Super Bowl of esports, and it wraps up today with three finalists fighting for the lion’s...