As any gamer knows, gone are the days where multiplayer games meant you had to actually sit down with your buddies to play with or compete against them. Since the late ’90s for PC users and the early 2000s for those who prefer consoles, we’ve had the ability to play multiplayer titles with our...

This past Thursday Riot announced that League of Legends players were approved by the US government for visas based on their status as professional athletes on par with other sports organizations such as the NFL, MLB, and the NBA.  This at first may seem like a good get for Riot and League of Legends...

Last month IGN cancelled its big eSports event, the IGN ProLeague 6, and announced that it was selling off the league. After a month of searching for a new home it looks like they finally found one. Blizzard has purchased the technology and assets from IGN in effort “to provide world-class...

If you consider yourself a pretty good World of Tanks player, and you need a little cash, then you might want to pay attention! NVIDIA has just announced their first ever GeForce World of Tanks Open Tournament, and I’m not going to lie, it looks pretty exciting. You see, this isn’t just a...

Yesterday we ran a story where it appeared that the IPL6 eSports tournament had been cancelled. Though it had not been outright said, many sponsors had reported that they were getting inventory they had sent to the event back, while other folks had noted that the Korean qualifier event had been cancelled....

If you were planning on attending or competing in the IGN ProLeague 6 event later this month, I’m afraid I have some bad news. According to GameSpot, who has “multiple sources close to the situation” it looks like the event, which is scheduled from March 28th through the 31st, has been...

It’s fascinating to watch what games are played competitively over time. I still remember when Quake was the game that everyone played. Now shooters get cycled out of MLG fairly regularly, which means a new game for everyone to learn and study. But what if MLG made their own FPS, which became the...

When you’re in school, one of the lessons they try to teach you is good sportsmanship. Little things like not taunting your opponents, and the post-game handshakes seem like pretty normal things, right? Well, when you take your game online, those ideas seem to go out the window. But as it turns out,...