In a recent stream, Romanian pro Hearthstone player for G2 esports Dima "Rdu" Radu was streaming Hearthstone battlegrounds to his audience of fans. After being questioned many times in chat about his
Wrestle with Jeff? Expect certain death. Or at least that is how I think the saying goes.
"After about 2 minutes of that, the conversation turns to video games, esports, competitive gaming, and industry wins and fails."
This week's installment of 'Nick's Esports Talks' centers around the countless approaches, mediums, and stories under the umbrella of esports content, as well as which of these types of content are best and worst in the context of the esports industry.
Stephanie "missharvey" Harvey, known for her success competing in Counter Strike 1.6 hosted the first all-female Valorant tourney last Sunday.
And one of the most recent bugs hilarity is only matched by its lethality. Behold, the DIY Cypher gun turret:
"The below clip features the coms of "Team Mendo" directly after a match against "Team Aceu". Below, you can hear a sentiment shared by many members of the ever-growing VALORANT competitive community. Raze is very overpowered and in need of a balance patch"
"So, perhaps taking a break from massive BlizzCon isn't the worst thing to happen. In fact, one can argue that the massive amounts of hype and expectation BlizzCon created every year is the same thing that started Blizzard's fall from grace in the first place"
"Yeah, we aren't too sure how accurate this depiction is either. That being said, Nick can at least "understand" why this image was made in the first place..."
Riot Games today announced the highly anticipated first-person tactical shooter, VALORANT, broke Twitch’s single-day hours watched record in a single game category within the first hours of the Closed Beta launch, the company reported in a press release.
VALORANT is about carefully sneaking around a small map waiting for a brief but explosive moment of action and danger. Players die within seconds and "abilities" are just extra perks that ultimately enhance vicious and precise gunplay. Winston mains are going to have a very rough time hopping over to VALORANT.
Just one more day until Hearthstone's largest change ever goes live. Aside from the usual set rotation, a whole new class will be added to Blizzard's collectible card game: Demon Hunter. We spoke to H
To start off our digital conference series, we invited Ryan "Gootecks" Gutierrez, Trisha Hershberger, Freya Fox and Scott Adametz, Esports Tech Lead at Riot Games to join Inven Global's Director of Corporate Strategy, Nick D'Orazio in a frank discussion about how the esports industry can survive and even thrive in the new normal that is COVID-19.
Hearthstone is making sweeping changes in 2020. Blizzard Entertainment's card game Ben Lee, Game Director of Hearthstone. Long-term strategy vision, works a lot with content and features, honing the s
Our first panel of many more to come is the unavoidable topic everyone must face: "Esports in quarantine: how to survive the new normal.
These players used a white dress as a canvas of sorts and simply drew whatever spring break aesthetic they wanted to bring into the world of Animal Crossing.
Starting at 12:01 AM on March 30th, Inven Global will be hosting a speedrunning marathon stream event with partnered runners, streamers and our partners at GiveButter and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
How likely is it that gamers who specialize in completing games extremely quickly might the USA's best chance for curing the coronavirus?
In a network report released today, Verizon, the American telecommunications conglomerate shared an interesting reality many gamers already knew: people are playing a lot more video games while they self-quarantine themselves.
While the rest of the world quivers in fear of the coronavirus, Nick D'Orazio and Eric Gindele discuss details surrounding Riot's upcoming FPS VALORANT and the Final Fantasy VII Remake demo. So stock up on your dry foods, barricade your windows, and join us as we distract ourselves from impending doom!
