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The World Cup of ‘Rocket League’ Looked a Lot Like the Future of eSports
The biggest competitive games rarely travel well beyond their core audiences, but Psyonix's title's simplicity is a virtue.
Listen to Episode Two of the VICE Gaming Podcast
This month the makers of 'Eitr' wax lyrical about difficulty, and Julia Hardy explains what it's like taking gaming onto the radio waves.
A Norwegian Public School Has Added eSports to Its Curriculum
Why play football when you can slaughter orcs in the name of education?
We Hung Out With eSports Fans to Watch the ‘League of Legends’ World Championship Final in Berlin
Imagine chess meets the Champions League, albeit a million times more massive than that would be.
Inside the South Korean Rehab Clinic that Treats Gaming Addicts With a German Sci-Fi Novel
In a country where 14 percent of teens are addicted to electronic media, an emerging rehab industry is finding new ways to reintroduce people to the real world.
Speaking to British Female Gamers About Discrimination, the ‘Casual Vs. Hardcore’ Divide and More
Female gamers open up about the harassment they've experienced playing online and the need to 'prove themselves' in real life.
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.
eSports Has to Grow Up, and Anti-Doping Measures Are an Essential Step
As the ESL and Gfinity declare they're testing for performance-enhancing drugs, eSports is coming into line with more traditional athletic competitions.
A Beginner’s Guide to EVO, the World’s Biggest Fighting Games Event
Here's what the fighting hardcore and newcomers alike should look out for in each of EVO 2015's tournaments.
‘Hearthstone’ Is Amazing, But Its Players Can Be Proper Dicks
Blizzard's card collecting game is an eSports phenomenon with 30 million players. Sadly, a great many of them are sarcastic shits.
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.
This is What It Takes to Earn Thousands For Playing ‘Call of Duty’
Ahead of the Call of Duty Championship in Los Angeles, TCM team members speak to us about staying frosty.