Daigo (Evil Ryu), Xian (Gen) out in top 16, previous year’s champion eliminated in group stages by Dieminion (Guile). It’s Evo 2015 this entire weekend (17-19th July) and the first full day of SF4 pools has just ended. Street Fighter, the largest attraction and main “game” for EVO since its introduction in 2002 boasts free-for-all entry, allowing p...
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MTG acquires majority stake of ESL –The first traditional media big fish has splashed into E-sports Modern Times Group’s investment is a first-adopter from traditional media into digital entertainment. In April 2015, traditional media had already recognized E-sports for its financial value. Sweden-based Modern Times Group, owner of the Viasat and V...
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Rainbow 6 Siege and Ghost Recon Wildlands impress, The Division falls short and more South Park. First of all, I would like to say what an awesome job Aisha Tyler did as the host for Ubisoft, a french-speaking company. She said the right jokes more often than not, and carried her enthusiasm throughout the hour, making it much more tolerable....
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The International 5 begins to assemble its cast and disappoints many, many fans. The China and American qualifiers have ended, with very surprising results for the American qualifiers. The first two qualifiers played out exciting games of Dota in the group stages, with every BO2 packed with swings and exciting plays every which way. Unfortunately, ...
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We all hate cheaters in our games, but with the games industry growing bigger and bigger, expect to see more of them as a matter of course. On May 7th 2015, Guild Wars 2 sentenced a player, “DarkSide”, to virtual death for using hacks in their game. In a video publicly shaming the hacker, his character was stripped, thrown off...
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