Earlier this week, Epic Games introduced an update to Fortnite that limited the level of speed that players could build using gathered materials. After community outcry at all levels, the change was reverted after only 24 hours.
Everyone wants to go pro. Esports is booming. And a popular game and series like the Super Smash Bros. series is as enticing as any. Seemingly one of the easier titles to learn and get good at it, it is inviting. How does one do it? Is there a set formula? Is it simple as winning?
The small amount of initial servers and developers public concern with players actually sticking around makes it seem like, still, after all this time, Blizzard doesn't actually grasp how many players want to play WoW: Classic for reasons other than a short nostalgia trip.
"What wasn't expected was the surprisingly well mannered in-game behavior of hundreds of players waiting for the same quest objective. Rather than fight over mobs in a chaotic mess, multiple servers have all reported the emergence of astonishingly patient lines."
On the first day of the 2019 Fortnite World Cup, Karim "Airwaks" Benghalia and RL Grime were crowned as the Fortnite World Cup Celebrity Pro-Am champions. The duo also won the Celebrity Pro-Am at the Fortnite Summer Block Party in Los Angeles, CA, earlier this summer, making them the first two-time Celebrity Pro-Am champions in history of Fortnite.
The goal is to develop a pilot program in Pennsylvania to generate exposure and interest in computer science careers through the jumpstarting formation of esports clubs in southeastern Pennsylvania.
If there was any doubt about the continued exponential growth of esports among North American colleges and universities, one need only to have attended this year’s National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) conference in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to have that notion dispelled.
Soo-hwan "Jopssal" Hyun is a Korean caster & commentator that has been garnering a lot of attention from the Korean League of Legends community. He's been commentating on LEC and LCS leagues' game
*Disclaimer: The following article was written by a guest author, and it may not necessarily represent Inven Global's editorial stance. It's now only a few short months until Classic World of Warcraft
Epic Games has cultivated a gaming experience that where competition is secondary to the enthralling opportunity to be a part of a thriving, ever-evolving community. Let's take a look at what makes Fortnite's community its best asset.
In many communities, the term esports have come to mean something decidedly negative. Esports is now synonymous with corporate take over, censorship, political correctness and the worst charge of all, a lack of authenticity.
With the 2019 LCS Summer Split halfway over, let's take a look at the members of each LCS team that has had the most impact on their respective squads.
The audience for WoW Classic hasn't gone anywhere. They have always persisted, Classic WoW is the thing that disappeared
The Unforgiven appeared three times during Rift Rivals 2019: NA vs. EU, securing wins in all three games as a pivotal factor in each victory.
Content updates get game communities buzzing - a tale as old as games themselves. Gamers latched to a game of their liking love nothing more than seeing support of the developer to keep the game vibra
With Sony absent, and Microsoft's next step in the Xbox lineage, Project Scarlett, announcing only two exclusives in a pre-convention press conference, E3 was wide open for Nintendo to steal the spotlight. Here are some of the highlights of Nintendo's smashing success at E3 2019.
For anyone who put in the time and effort required to truly “catch em’ all” across seven generations and 800 plus pokemon may have seen the writing on the wall.
Fighting games are a staple of gaming history for over 30 years. There have been many fighting games that shaped the lives of many players including Street Fighter, Tekken, and Super Smash Bros. FGC leaders talk about the evolution of the fighting games and community.
A huge component in esports such as League of Legends, Overwatch, and CS:GO is teamwork. Management and support staff of well-known esports organizations and teams talk about what it takes to players to mesh well in their teams.
Premiere North American esports leagues like the League of Legends Championship Series, the Overwatch League, and the Fortnite World Cup are thriving due to infrastructure, investment, and visibility at the top level of the industry. However, for esports to grow in North America, that same level of visibility and infrastructure must make its way down to the lower tiers of competitive gaming.
