DOTA 2

We had our good times, Troll Warlords and all, but you were turning me into a toxic monster.

Why play football when you can slaughter orcs in the name of education?

From new titles on the scene to breakout star players in waiting, this is the future of competitive gaming.

Team YP has been competing for a year now, across a range of games. We catch up with its VP of marketing, Brad Burns.

Blizzard's RTS title has slipped from the headlines as MOBAs have become dominant in the eSports scene.

With many games distributed digitally, not stored on a shareable physical medium, and publishers patching and deleting code as they go, favourites are being lost forever.

Seventeen million dollars is one hell of a prize pool – but that cash should be ringing alarm bells across the whole eSports scene.

Who wants to bet on real-world sports when you can risk your rent on the fortunes of elves and orcs?

Blizzard's brand-new MOBA is now out in the wild, and it's shaping up to be one of the best games in its field.

Going professional is a dream for many gamers – but the risk of burn out is a very real one, with few players making it to their mid-20s.

The problem isn't that that ESPN 2 aired a video game tournament, it's that they aired the wrong video game tournament.

Games have changed, but we're still talking about "action-adventures". It's time to consider more accurate alternatives.