Switch is not the sum of its parts Just last week, Nintendo held a presentation for its new gaming console, the Switch. From the event, people were privy to almost all of the information about the dev
I was playing Hero League the other night, and the first person on my team instantly locked in Nova. Now, there are many ways people react to this; one of the most common ones is to one up the other p
Idris caught a lot of attention as a hero that was designed to have different play styles depending on the damage type that he goes for. However, even as Idris became available to purchase with Glory,
Vainglory 2.0 brought a lot of exciting changes to almost every part of the game with improved Guild function, revamped Season Chests (that are now called Mystery Chests), snowclad Halcyon Fold, and o
The Korean people were asking for more. Better production, with professional shoutcasters that could entertain the audience and give in-depth analysis at the same time. A larger prize pool, enough to
1. Drafting Acceptable first picks include Samuro, Zarya, and Malfurion. Even if your Samuro is only level 5, you have to play him for the good of the team’s morale. Playing a crappy Samuro outw
BlizzCon 2016 has come and gone, but left alongside some of the greatest matches in Heroes of the Storm history are some unanswered questions. Contrary to many experts' predictions, MVP Black crumbled
As in several other eSports titles, competitive Heroes of the Storm features a sizable gap between the Korean elite and the best of the rest. Some mind not the peninsula’s protrusion, appreciati
On Oct 18th, KeSPA announced the closing of StarCraft 2 Proleague. After 14 years in eSports history, Proleague has come to an end. It’s not just an ordinary tournament, at least not for those w
Ambition and Bengi went above and beyond their role as their teams' captains at this year's Worlds, shining brighter in the darkest hours to heroically rescue their teams from the jaws of failure. Ben
Overwatch APEX Tournament, thanks to competitive teams in the West coming to Korea, is giving us a chance to see how well Korean teams would do in international Overwatch tournaments. There are still
Worlds 2016 showed much unexpected outcome that killed almost everyone participating in Worlds Pick'em. Korea witnessed all its three LCK teams proceed to semifinals, Albus NoX Luna became the first W
François Robillard is vice president of iLLOGIKA Studios in Montreal. An invited speaker to the entertainment technology summit at the China Canada International Film Festival in Montreal, François spoke on the challenges and opportunities of VR for creatives.
As a rose by any other name may smell as sweet, a character played by any other player may be as skilled. What would eSports be, without personalities and storylines, but an extrasolar plateau of unidentifiable mechanical gods?
Year after year, thousands of players, analysts, coaches, and staff members around the globe push themselves to the limit in pursuit of one dream: sending their squad to the League of Legends World Championship. While the number of teams that can qualify is severely limited, the professionals can operate valiantly with the knowledge that all they have to do are ignore the odds, prepare their best, and fight it out until the end. After all, the best teams should prevail. But do they?
Never in the last two decades has the future of Korean game developers looked as bleak; the catastrophic crash and burn of Nexon's latest gargantuan release, Nexon's Sudden Attack 2, was conclusive pr
With the Next Big Thing to hit gaming - Virtual Reality - now knocking at our door, some hopefuls are going as far as to say humanity's quest to recreate the real is finally nearing its end, even if expert opinions are quite a bit more divided.
