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ESL 24-hour eSports TV channel will soon bring top gaming action to the masses
Featuring ESL's biggest tournaments including Intel Extreme Masters, ESL One, Pro League and more.
Hyacinth Mascarenhas Apr 28, 2016
Mobile game revenues set to overtake that of PC in 2016
Mobile gaming is expected to take a larger slice of the pie than PC with $36.9bn in global revenues, a report reveals.
Hyacinth Mascarenhas Apr 22, 2016
eGames: British government announces eSports version of the Olympics
Announcement made during London Games Festival eSports summit.
Ben Skipper Apr 06, 2016
Harvard team disqualified from Heroes of the Dorm eSports tournament for cheating
Each player of the winning team will get an annual scholarship of up to $25,000 for a maximum of three years.
Hyacinth Mascarenhas Mar 28, 2016
Rocket League is getting an official eSports championship series
Competition for beloved multiplayer car-football game will have $75,000 prize pool.
Ben Skipper Mar 02, 2016
Counter Strike: GO Major Championship series offering $1m prize money at each 2016 eSport event
Prize pool per event is now four times what it was in 2015.
Ben Skipper Feb 24, 2016
Street Fighter 5: Pro player Ryan Hart on how Capcom's latest release will impact the eSports scene
Twenty-year veteran of Street Fighter – who has won hundreds of tournaments – tells us what to expect.
Ben Skipper Feb 18, 2016
Street Fighter 5 eSport: Everything you need to know about Capcom fighter's pro scene
The major tournaments to watch, the players to keep an eye on and what SF5 means for Ultra Street Fighter 4.
Mike Stubbs Feb 16, 2016
Activision Blizzard set to buy eSports company MLG in £31m deal
Activision looking to diversify with acquisition of MLG's assets.
Ben Skipper Jan 04, 2016
What to expect from eSports in 2016: League of Legends, Dota 2, Call of Duty and more
A look ahead at the changes being made to the pro-gaming scene in 2016.
Mike Stubbs Dec 15, 2015
Xbox boss Phil Spencer talks Halo World Championship and eSports community
Making it easy to watch competitive Halo will be as important as making the series an eSports favourite.
Ben Skipper Aug 13, 2015
Blizzard Compete: Hearthstone creator trademarks eSports tournament-organising web app
StarCraft and Hearthstone developer interested in launching eSports organising web client.
Ben Skipper Aug 12, 2015
eSports: Counter Strike World Championship not in Valve plans despite Dota 2 success
Company also talks up potential of Counter Strike on Source Engine 2.
Ben Skipper Aug 11, 2015
Rainbow Six Siege: Ubisoft reveals Spectator Camera at Gamescom 2015
Ubisoft tactical shooter gets eSports-friendly spectator mode.
Ben Skipper Aug 05, 2015
Competitive video gamers facing drug tests after Counter-Strike esports player Semphis admits to doping
Anti-doping scheme is to begin after a top Counter-Strike player claimed his team used amphetamines to boost their performance.
Romil Patel Jul 25, 2015
UK eSports company Gfinity working on drug-testing framework following ESL announcement
Gfinity responds to news of major eSports company introducing drug testing.
Ben Skipper Jul 24, 2015
PED in eSports: ESL to introduce performance enhancing drug testing after Adderall scandal
ESL drug tests will be introduced in August ahead of ESL One Cologne
Ben Skipper Jul 24, 2015
E3 2015: How Microsoft's HoloLens could impact Fifa, Call of Duty, eSports and more
A look at the ways Microsoft's augmented reality headset could change the game.
Ben Skipper Jun 19, 2015
Dota 2 International 2015 breaks own record for largest eSports prize pool at £7m and counting
Valve's MOBA sensation Dota 2 continues to raise the bar for eSports prize pots.
James Etherington-Smith Jun 05, 2015
Rise of eSports sees pro gaming reach scale of NFL by 2017 says betting company Unikrn
CEO of Unikrn, Rahul Sood, talks about the growth of competitive gaming.
Ben Skipper Jun 03, 2015
ESPN host would rather retire than cover eSports
Colin Cowherd's on-air radio rant over sports channel's coverage of Heroes of the Storm tournament.
Ben Skipper Apr 28, 2015
Counter Strike: GO match that lasted nearly three hours is longest in eSport history
Underdogs ExceL eSports tookTeam XENEX to 88 rounds in ESL UK Premiership match.
Ben Skipper Apr 22, 2015
eSports Olympics would damage the image of video games
eSports demand plenty of skill, but doesn't do justice to the artistic and cultural world of video games.
Edward Smith Apr 09, 2015
Gfinity: First UK pro gaming eSports arena 'a stepping stone' says CEO Neville Upton
Neville Upton on the cautious growth of Gfinity in the UK.
Ben Skipper Mar 23, 2015
Gfinity wants to build a second UK eSports arena for pro gaming
Gfinity's Neville Upton on expansion beyond the recently-announced Vue cinemas deal.
Ben Skipper Mar 09, 2015
PC gaming to be worth $35bn by 2019 'due to eSports and free-to-play'
Gaming business firm predicts PC gaming's dominance will only continue.
Ben Skipper Mar 03, 2015
Call of Duty European Championship: What it's like to watch eSports at the Royal Opera House
What is it like at an eSports event? I went to the Royal Opera House to find out.
Ben Skipper Mar 02, 2015
Esport interview: Top Call Of Duty players MarkyB and QwiKeR say UK pro gaming business is booming
We talk to pro gamers Mark 'MarkyB' Bryceland and Shea 'QwiKeR' Sweeney about the booming eSports business.
Ben Skipper Mar 02, 2015
Gfinity partners with Vue cinemas to create first eSports arena in UK
UK eSports company announces country's first competitive gaming arena.
Ben Skipper Feb 18, 2015
Pro Counter-Strike players banned by Valve following $10,000 match fixing investigation
Daily Dot and Valve investigations lead to seven pro players being banned from Valve-sponsored tournaments
Ben Skipper Jan 27, 2015
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