The recent Major League Gaming Summer Championships in Raleigh saw a wave of controversy in the finals match of the League of Legends event. The two top teams in the tournament, Team Curse and Team Dignitas, were disqualified after the conclusion of the final match with live stream coverage cutting out instead of showing the [...]
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BenQ Sponsorship News for e-Sports
BenQ American Corp has been one busy company in e-Sports as of late. They have taken in a new legendary professional gamer into their family, Manuel ‘Grubby’ Schenkhuizen. Not only have they taken in Grubby, but they have also taken in an entire professional team, Team Dynamic. Yet while giving out all these sponsorships out [...]
MLG Partners with CBS to Broadcast e-Sports
MLG is blowing the competition away in certain aspects, especially in growth. MLG CEO Sundance DiGiovanni announced that CBS will broadcast MLG games this fall via the CBSi network. If you were in the LA area for E3, the excitement level for the newest titles in gaming/hardware was high, at the same time though it [...]
Channer Gaming Rant – April 2nd 2012 Edition
Associate Editor Carl Armstrong riffs on Minecraft, The Secret World, Mists of Pandaria and eGaming in this edition of his weekly gaming rant. Ok folks, so the past couple of weeks are been chaotic for me, I switched full-time jobs and left a lot of good people behind at my previous employer, I’m a sentimental [...]
Interview with Michael O’Dell from Team Dignitas
Team Dignitas is a leader when it comes to building a reputation as one of the top and most respected gaming teams in the world. They’ve waves made in the industry time and again on the e-Sports circuit and have a huge worldwide following. Carl Armstrong from Gaming Illustrated caught up with Michael O’Dell to [...]
Channer Gaming Rant – Leap Day Edition
Carl “Channer” Armstrong is back with another look at the latest news in the Video Game industry. From new Mass Effect news to updates about Blizzard’s upcoming MMORPG, Channer covers the hottest headlines. Console Mass Effect People are starting to get their hands on the 3rd part of the trilogy and rumors everywhere are saying [...]
Channer’s Gaming Rant – July 27, 2011
EA wants to take over your cell phones, Mass Effect made into a movie … for reals? Chunk a playable character in Mortal Kombat, plus more competitive gaming news. The Old Republic: Whose picking up this $100 mil tab? Star Wars: The Old Republic is almost here, and you’ve seen our coverage but the news [...]
Gaming Rant – July 12th, 2011
The recent Columbus Event showcased a lot of new talent versus veterans as another successful MLG session shows how competitive gaming, if given the right venues, can attract crowds and open up the doors for something bigger. Instinct took the HALO Reach bracket, while Optic Gaming took over Call of Duty. The Koreans, as expected, [...]
