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It’s Not You, ‘Dota’, It’s Me: Why I’ve Finally Quit My MOBA Habit
We had our good times, Troll Warlords and all, but you were turning me into a toxic monster.
A Norwegian Public School Has Added eSports to Its Curriculum
Why play football when you can slaughter orcs in the name of education?
This Is What eSports Will Be Like In 2016
From new titles on the scene to breakout star players in waiting, this is the future of competitive gaming.
A Year Since Its Emergence, How’s YouPorn’s eSports Team Doing?
Team YP has been competing for a year now, across a range of games. We catch up with its VP of marketing, Brad Burns.
It Was Once the Biggest eSport In the World, So What’s Happened to ‘StarCraft’?
Blizzard's RTS title has slipped from the headlines as MOBAs have become dominant in the eSports scene.
Are We About to Live Through a ‘Lost Age’ of Video Gaming?
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.
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The ‘Dota 2’ International Has Become Too Big for eSports' Long-Term Health
Seventeen million dollars is one hell of a prize pool – but that cash should be ringing alarm bells across the whole eSports scene.
It’s Odds-On That eSports Betting Is Here to Stay
Who wants to bet on real-world sports when you can risk your rent on the fortunes of elves and orcs?
Six Ways in Which ‘Heroes of the Storm’ Is Incredible
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.
Burn Bright, Burn Brief: On the Fleeting Fame of eSports Stars
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.
eSports Should Be on ESPN, but Maybe Not 'Heroes of the Storm'
The problem isn't that that ESPN 2 aired a video game tournament, it's that they aired the wrong video game tournament.
Video Game Genre Names are Bullshit, So Let’s Change Them
Games have changed, but we're still talking about "action-adventures". It's time to consider more accurate alternatives.
