World of Warcraft’s next Arena season will feature more teams and open signups
More teams and more money are coming to World of Warcraft’s esports scene. Blizzard today detailed the 2017 for World of Warcraft’s 2017 Arena...
Hearthstone is giving players a card pack for voting on their Global Games representatives
Here’s an easy and free way to get some Hearthstone cards. Blizzard is giving players a free pack for simply voting for a player...
Pulse is Twitch’s new social feed — and GIF-delivery system
Amazon’s livestreaming video service is getting Pulse, an integrated social media feed that expands how creators can communicate with viewers. Pulse works like a version of Twitter or Facebook where broadcasters can posts videos, images, text, and more that anyone following them will see.
How esports can grow bigger than the NFL
Steven Roberts, chairman of esports tournament company ESL, remembers when people made fun of esports, and how they just didn’t get the idea that...
Red Bull Proving Grounds will find North America’s top Street Fighter V player
Red Bull is announcing a Street Fighter V esports tournament that will find North America’s next top amateur esports athlete. The Red Bull Proving...
Vainglory partners with MadGlory to help app developers share the MOBA’s stats and data
Vainglory developer Super Evil Megacorp announced today that it is partnering with MadGlory to provide its community with a developer API (application programming interface)...
Should Teddy Roosevelt be in Horizon Zero Dawn? GamesBeat Decides
ESL’s IEM Katowice is happening this weekend, and we just celebrated President’s Day in the United States, so on this week’s GamesBeat Decides podcast, we’re talking about both. Join host Jeffrey Grubb as he talks with Intel esports marketing boss George Woo about the upcoming tournament.
Miami Heat deepens NBA’s dive into esports with acquisition of Vainglory team
Traditional sports and PC esports continue to collide with professional mobile gaming. Team Misfits, the esports partner organization of the Miami Heat basketball team,...
How the rise of esports will affect the game industry
It’s an esports world, and we’re just living in it. It might have seemed liked hyperbole to say this a few years ago, but...
Hearthstone’s big changes soothe players worries while padding Blizzard’s wallet
Hearthstone’s next Standard year is the Year of the Mammoth. It’s an appropriate name, because Blizzard is making some mammoth-size changes to its digital...