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Over the last couple of weeks, the Fighting Game Community has lit up again over the long debated issue of coaching. The Street Fighter V grand finals at Texas Showdown kicked everything off with a new twist. Echo Fox’s Julio Fuentes was facing the fact the bracket was reset when …
Read More »An interview with CS:GO world champ FalleN: on duelling, playing in arenas and how to improve
On Sunday night, under the giant roof of London’s O2, two fearsome teams of pro-gamers went head-to-head in a grueling six hour battle for the title of ESL Pro League champions. The game: Counter Strike: Global Offensive. The teams: Brazilian based Luminosity Gaming and Franco-Spanish G2 eSports. Before the five-round …
Read More »International Factfile 2016: Germany
Half of the German population plays games according to data firm Newzoo. These 41.5m consumers allowed the German market to increase by two per cent in 2015, generating $4bn (2.7bn) in revenues. Germany is the biggest games market in Europe and Newzoo predicts that its revenues will continue to grow …
Read More »League Of Legends MSI 2016 Finals: The Winners Are…
The final of League of Legends’ Mid Season Invitational saw Counter Logic Gaming represent North America (a milestone in Riot tournament progession for the region) against South Korea’s SK Telecom T1. But would LoL wunderkind Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok get to complete his trophy collection with an MSI win or would …
Read More »Science shows that eSports professionals are real athletes
Scientists at the German Sports University have conducted a study of eSports athletes and they were surprised by their results. They found that they are exposed to physical strains similar to those of "normal" athletes. Professor Ingo Frobse began studying eSports athletes five years ago. This made Frobse something of …
Read More »What did we learn at Interface 2016?
Following MCV and Develop’s third Interface event, we round up the biggest learnings from our schedule of speakers and panels. 1. ‘A great Kickstarter is 50 per cent having a great idea and50 per cent being able to convince people you can finish it’ This year’s Interface kicked off with …
Read More »The constant flux of Mew2King
Genesis. What an appropriate name for the first tournament Adam Armada” Lindgren would play in the United States. Once upon a time Armada was the actual underdog when going into a set, and Genesis was the first of many in which he would beat Jason Mew2King” Zimmerman. Mew2King was once …
Read More »League Of Legends: What G2’s Disastrous MSI Performance Actually Tells Us
Heading into the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), most fans of the European League of Legends’ scene were pleased to see G2 eSports representing their region. The team had stormed the EU LCS in their rookie split, with a combination of individual skill and teamwork. They also had a cocksure aura around …
Read More »Enemy owner Clerkie on turning down $1M offer for LCS spot: "Everybody around me thinks I’m crazy. Looking back, I might even think I was crazy."
DremHack Austin was a busy yet probably satisfying weekend for Dan Clerkie” Clerke. He’s still the owner of Enemy, an organization with Smite, Dota 2 and Super Smash Bros teams (though they’ve also dabbled with League of Legends and Counter-Strike in the past). But Clerkie was watching as his other …
Read More »Massan and the Viewbotting Witch Hunt
Harry ”MaSsan” Cheong’s split from Cloud9 is only the latest development in the Hearthstone streamer’s saga of Twitch bans and viewbotting allegations. Twitch and C9 have been tight-lipped throughout the drama, while Reddit sleuths and competing streamers have fed a frenzy of accusations and speculation. In the faint hope of …
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