League of Legends gets its first million-dollar pro: Faker
Arguably the best player in one of the world’s most popular games has just surpassed a huge benchmark in tournament earnings. Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok...
Rumored deal between Riot and BAMTech heralds gaming’s next gold rush
Last week saw rumors of a potential $200 million deal between Riot Games and MLB’s streaming subsidiary BAMTech. While still a rumor, if true,...
How to design for esports in titles like Counter-Strike and Project Cars
One thing that some of the biggest games in esports share in common is that they don’t change that much. Sure, they have updates...
How the Philadelphia 76ers plan to grow esports with Team Dignitas
A few weeks ago, the Philadelphia 76ers became the first NBA franchise to acquire two esports teams, as it bought the United Kingdom-based Team Dignitas and...
GaymerX founder Matt Conn says video games belong to everyone
The slogan for GaymerX is “everyone games.” That’s the message that the “queer side of gaming” wants to convey to everybody else who wonders...
League of Legends gets a new college event thanks to Riot Games and Yahoo Esports
Ohio State vs. Michigan. Oklahoma vs. Texas. Navy vs. Army. These rivalries made famous on football fields and basketball arenas could be heading to...
How EA is moving to turn all players into competitive gamers
Peter Moore is a former pro soccer athlete, and so he knows the mixed emotions people feel when they describe professional video game players...
Riot Games’ next vista for League of Legends: College esports
Riot Games wants to take you to school. League of Legends school. The developer has a program called uLoL (University League of Legends), which...
GamesBeat 2016: Riot North America on community, uLoL and making League of Legends last forever
League of Legends launched in 2009, but the multiplayer online battle arena game has never been more popular. SuperData Research estimates that it pulled...
Riot Games investor Mitch Lasky is wary about funding VR
Mitch Lasky has scored a lot of big investments as a general partner at Benchmark: He was an early investor in Snapchat, NaturalMotion, Gaikai,...