Smash Bros esports in chaos: Nintendo quashes unaffiliated events
Updated on 12/2 at 11am PT: The Smash World Tour (SWT), a grassroots Super Smash Bros. circuit organized by VGBootCamp, announced that Nintendo is...
The RetroBeat: Super Smash Bros. Melee is still special 20 years later
On this day 20 years ago, Super Smash Bros. Melee debuted for the GameCube in North America. This is one of my favorite games...
Nintendo partners with Panda Global for Super Smash Bros. Melee and Ultimate events
Nintendo announced today a partnership with competitive gaming organization Panda Global to create esports events for Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate....
To avoid copyright disaster, the future of game streaming is licensing
We continue to sit on the edge of our seats watching the contests of League of Legends, Dota 2, and others on the big...
Awesome Games Done Quick is back to raise money to fight cancer — 5 speedruns to watch
One of my favorite times of the year is coming up: Awesome Games Done Quick. AGDQ is a week-long marathon of speedruns, which has...
How Super Smash Bros. Melee’s esports community keeps the fighter relevant 15 years after release
Fans can keep a game relevant as long as they want. Daniel Lee, the editor in chief of Melee It On Me, spoke at...
2015’s best fighting game stories
The fighting game community has traditionally thought of itself as a grassroots movement separate from the giant productions of other esports, but the line...
Major League Gaming announces Smash Bros. Melee and Wii U tournaments for its October event
Nintendo’s frenetic fighting game has established itself as one of the top competitive games in the world. Major League Gaming announced today that it...
Twitch saves Nintendo’s Smash Bros. tournament with last-minute move to bigger venue
Nintendo of America and fighting-game organization Apex are holding one of the biggest Smash Bros. tournaments ever this weekend, but it almost didn’t happen. Players gathered in a hotel in Secaucus, N.J., to battle it out in Super Smash Bros.
This video argues that Super Smash Bros. exists entirely in an autistic child's mind
Is the Super Smash Bros. series a lot more complex than we all think?