Joint venture aims to take live esports events to bigger stages
British game industry content agency Attention Seekers and live event firm Done + Dusted have formed a joint venture to make competitive gaming and...
Overwatch takes center stage at yet another major esports tournament
While Blizzard is starting its own official esports league for Overwatch, third-party event organizers continue to turn to the popular game for their own...
Nintendo has begun promoting Battlefy’s Splatoon esports tournaments
Nintendo is partnering with one of the largest community-driven tournament platforms to turn Splatoon into an esport. Nintendo’s newsletter is officially endorsing the Splatoon...
Nielsen: Overwatch fans are younger than other esports followers
Out of all Overwatch esports fans, 68 percent of them are in the age 18 to 34 millennial demographic, according to the 2016 Nielsen Esports Report and Nielsen Video Game Tracking. This is higher than the average for other competitive games, which is at 61 percent.
Hearthstone’s tri-class cards will change the card game forever
Players expected Blizzard to announce a new expansion for its digital-card-game-market leader Hearthstone. They didn’t think it would introduce a new card type that completely...
Hearthstone’s new expansion is Mean Streets of Gadgetzan, coming ‘early December’
Be careful out there! Blizzard revealed the latest expansion for its digital card game market leader Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft during its BlizzCon event in Anaheim, California, today. bringing back lapsed players.
Heroes of the Storm adds Alliance king Varian Wyrnn and Ragnaros the Fire Lord
Death isn’t the end of a beloved Blizzard character. The developer announced today during the opening ceremonies for BlizzCon in Anaheim, California, that Varian Wyrnn...
Hearthstone’s World Championship: What we can learn from the best players’ decks
On November 4 and November 5, eight of the best Hearthstone players in the world compete at BlizzCon in Anaheim for a $1 million prize pool in the Hearthstone World Championship. With stakes this high, those competitors better bring their best decks.
Overwatch’s Plays.tv integration makes it easier to capture your highlights
Ever have a cool moment in Overwatch that you wish you could show your friends? Doing that is now easier than it was before....
Forza’s esports series with ESL will give out $150,000 in prizes
Microsoft has announced a second season of the Forza Racing Championship, a series of tournaments for its racing game series on Xbox One. The event...