Rocket League gets amateur, collegiate, and semi-pro esports competitions
You don’t have to go pro to chase your competitive Rocket League dreams. The exciting car-soccer game is getting official competitions for players at the amateur,...
Mortal Kombat X enters its third esports season with $500K prize pool
Warner Bros. Interactive announced today that it is beginning a third season of official Mortal Kombat X tournaments. The competitions combined will have a prize pool of $500,000. The eight week season begins on April 3 and ends on June 12 in Burbank, California.
Heroes of the Storm adds a new character and an esports-friendly feature
New content has come out today for Blizzard’s multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA). It includes a new character, Dehaka from the StarCraft universe, a new map, Lost Cavern, and allows character bans in Hero and Team League games.
Esports attracts $325M from brand marketers desperate for a young audience
Esports has an enormous audience, and it’s quickly making more cash thanks to the power of those dedicated fans. Corporations are going to spend...
Esports Hero raises $1M to get gamers competing for cash
You don’t need to quit your job to start making money from playing games. Esports Hero is a fresh startup in the competitive-gaming space, and...
How Super Smash Bros. Melee’s esports community keeps the fighter relevant 15 years after release
Fans can keep a game relevant as long as they want. Daniel Lee, the editor in chief of Melee It On Me, spoke at...
Killer Queen shows that esports can bring arcades back to life
Esports might have a future home in arcades. No, we’re not back in the ’80s. Joshua DeBonis and Nikita Mikros of Bumble Bear Games...
Esports veterans talk about the risks of professional gaming
Today, esports are on pace to reach $1.1 billion in spending by 2019 according to market research firm Newzoo, but it wasn’t always a big...
Ark: Survival Evolved targets esports with Survival of the Fittest spinoff
Developer Studio Wildcard revealed Ark: Survival of the Fittest, a spinoff based on its online game Ark: Survival Evolved, and it’s out today via Steam (with a console release date to be determined).
Forge raises $4.5M to make editing and sharing gameplay clips easy
Twitch and YouTube rule livestreaming and gameplay video. But one company sees a market for people who want to share smaller clips, and it’s...