IGN Pro League viewers highlight the rise of eSports online
The numbers are in from this month’s IGN Pro League (IPL) gaming competition, and they’re record-breakers of a kind. IGN boasts of drawing 346,000 streaming...
WTFast promises to destroy lag in online games; we’re skeptical
The WTFast service is supposedly an accelerator of the connection between clients and servers which potentially increases the responsiveness of online games. I was skeptical, so I went in search of more data.
Meteor Games to publish high-end online game Hawken in December (exclusive)
Hawken is one of the coolest online games in development for publication on the web. Adhesive Games, the startup studio that is making the...
Gamer found dead in internet cafe…nine hours later
23-year-old Chen Jung-yu was found dead at an internet cafe in New Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday night. Jung-yu was rigid in his chair with...
Which anti-SOPA game companies are fighting back, and how
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) have definitely gotten the Internet’s attention, but not in the good Elmo orders...
Professional gamer explains why League of Legends has nothing to fear from DOTA
We sat down with professional gamer Carlos Rodriguez, aka Ocelote, to discuss the differences between the upcoming Dota 2, Blizzard DOTA, and League of Legends,...
Supermicro talks multi-purpose workstations for the power gamer (interview)
On Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, we met with computer manufacturer Supermicro’s technical marketing manager, Bjoern Metzdorf. Metzdorf was accompanied by professional...
Congressman uses gaming forum to help gather anti-SOPA support
Congressman Jared Polis made an impromptu appearance on the official forum for online game League of Legends yesterday, to help gather further support in...
League of Legends developer takes anti-SOPA stance, urges players to write to Congress
Riot Games, developer of popular free-to-play online game League of Legends, has announced its opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Chief Executive...
League of Legends surpasses 30 million registered players
Riot Games announced today that their hit online game League of Legends has surpassed the 30 million registered-player mark along with 11.4 million monthly...