esports Archives

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Esports should grow into a $765M business by 2018 as millions tune in for Dota 2, Counter-Strike

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 17, 2015
2 min

The esports market has a very bright future as its revenues quickly approach $1 billion. Professional gaming is expected to generate $278 million this...

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Spacetime Studios’ Call of Champions joins the mobile MOBA fray on iOS

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 17, 2015
3 min

The day of the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) in mobile gaming has arrived. So says Spacetime Studios, a startup that is releasing Call of Champions today...

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Esports tournament site Battlefy reveals what games excite its growing community

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
September 15, 2015
2 min

Game developers don’t make esports — the fans do. The online community-tournament website Battlefy revealed today that its user base has grown by 750...

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SteelSeries CEO on working with Apple on Nimbus controller and the possibilities of esports on Apple TV

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 11, 2015
7 min

SteelSeries CEO on game pad design and esports on the Apple TV

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How to follow Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft’s esports scene

Posted byby Jason Wilson
September 3, 2015
5 min

The biggest thing out of PC gaming powerhouse Blizzard Entertainment in recent memory wasn’t another blockbuster role-playing game — instead, a small team of enthusiasts...

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Ark: Survival Evolved tournament turns this dinosaur-infested survival game into an esport

Posted byby GamesBeat
September 1, 2015
2 min

Many esport competitions are centered on killing as many of your opponents as possible. In Ark: Survival of the Fittest, that idea is flipped...

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The DeanBeat: As consoles age, PC gaming’s resurgence becomes more obvious

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 28, 2015
5 min

As the global game industry makes its way toward $100 billion in sales, the growth is happening on all fronts. Mobile either has or...

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As mobile gaming stagnates, people are spending less time (and more money) playing games

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 26, 2015
3 min

The top games on mobile in 2015 are the same games that were at the top of the charts in 2012 — and that...

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ESL and Counter-Strike show that esports is more than just League of Legends and Dota 2

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 25, 2015
2 min

While Dota 2 sets records for prize pools that put many major traditional sports to shame, another Valve game is growing into something nearly...

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YouTube Gaming launches on iOS, Android, and Web tomorrow to take on Twitch

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
August 25, 2015
2 min

After promising all summer to launch its Twitch competitor, YouTube is finally getting into the game. YouTube Gaming, the video site’s centralized hub for...

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