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Mortal Kombat X enters its third esports season with $500K prize pool

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 30, 2016
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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.

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Heroes of the Storm adds a new character and an esports-friendly feature

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 29, 2016
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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.

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Esports attracts $325M from brand marketers desperate for a young audience

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 24, 2016
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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...

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Esports Hero raises $1M to get gamers competing for cash

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
March 23, 2016
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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...

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How Super Smash Bros. Melee’s esports community keeps the fighter relevant 15 years after release

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 16, 2016
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Fans can keep a game relevant as long as they want. Daniel Lee, the editor in chief of Melee It On Me, spoke at...

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Killer Queen shows that esports can bring arcades back to life

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 16, 2016
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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...

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Esports veterans talk about the risks of professional gaming

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 15, 2016
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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...

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Ark: Survival Evolved targets esports with Survival of the Fittest spinoff

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 15, 2016
1 min

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).

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Forge raises $4.5M to make editing and sharing gameplay clips easy

Posted byby Jason Wilson
March 15, 2016
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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...

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Evolve wants to make it easier for you to join esports cash tournaments

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 10, 2016
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If you think you’re a good enough gamer that you could win some cash, then you might want to pay attention. Esports social network...

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