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The esports industry has a lot to learn from the daily fantasy sports mess

Posted byby Jason Wilson
February 10, 2016
4 min

DraftKings and FanDuel are capping off what’s been nothing short of an astonishing NFL season for daily fantasy sports. These companies hit the ground...

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Super Bowl Showdown: Is esports or the NFL a better career choice?

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 7, 2016
5 min

Today is Super Bowl 50, and about 120 million people are expected to watch the Denver Broncos square off against the Carolina Panthers. That’s...

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New site mixes Texas Hold ’em with Hearthstone to make wizard poker an esport

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 3, 2016
2 min

Texas Hold ’em is one of the most popular card games in the world. Yet one company is looking to shake up a formula...

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DreamHack Bucharest will give away $100K to Counter-Strike: GO’s best esports players

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 3, 2016
1 min

Esports fans will have another event to look forward to this fall. The popular DreamHack esports group announced a tournament today for Bucharest that...

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Hearthstone’s drastic changes will kill hundreds of cards — but might save its future

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 2, 2016
6 min

Blizzard is sending a major storm in Hearthstone’s direction. When it launched, the free-to-play digital card game was accessible to everyone because everyone started on...

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NBA 2K giving away $250,000 as part of an attempt to attract an esports crowd

Posted byby Mike Minotti
February 1, 2016
2 min

The publisher announced today that its starting a competition, called Road to the Finals, for its basketball simulator NBA 2K16 that will give away $250,000. This represents another major company actively trying to attract competitive gamers (and the millions of viewers that love to watch them).