Esports

HAL, the super computer from Space Odyssey.

AI Beats Humans at Esports: Should We Despair?

Julie Moraine - February 11, 2019

AI continually takes the fight to human designers. Neural networks such as OpenAI and DeepMind have successfully defeated some of the world's best esports...

Apex Legends' getting a Twitch Rivals tournament.

$200,000 Apex Legends Tournament Announced on Twitch

Simon Deloit - February 10, 2019

Apex Legends was released a week ago, and it's definitely been a blast. The Respawn Entertainment Titanfall-series-based Battle Royale game is now back...

Esports and Healthy Lifestyle Aren’t Mutually Exclusive

Julie Moraine - February 9, 2019

Esports in itself isn't detrimental to health. Still, there are certain practices that can be taught to mitigate most, if not all, damage...

Why Facebook’s Esports Streaming Hopes Were Dashed

Julie Moraine - February 8, 2019

Facebook's attempts to establish itself as a viable alternative to other streaming giants have been largely met with unsuccess. The reason? The esports...

From Apex Legends to FIFA, Games with Loot Boxes Flagged

Mike Johnson - February 7, 2019

Loot boxes have long been the origin of some division between gamers, state legislations, companies, and parent units. Review aggregator OpenCritic has revealed...

Esports fans in Pennsylvania at an event hosted by the PA Esports Coalition.

Pennsylvania Holds Esports Day, February Is Esports Month

Julie Moraine - February 6, 2019

Pennsylvania votes and passes House Resolution 66 February is official Esports Month in Pennsylvania Today, February 6, is Pennsylvania's first Esports Day Pennsylvania has a very...

FirstBlood Helps Esports Expansion in Southeast Asia (SEA)

Mike Johnson - February 5, 2019

Online tournament platform FirstBlood has teamed up with esports powerhouse Divine Esports and the Vietnam PUBG Divine League, helping the league and organization...

Splyce wins the Gfinity CWL Summer Masters 2016.

Gfinity Adds Black Ops as an Official Esports Competition

Julie Moraine - February 4, 2019

Gfinity will host a Call of Duty event, after the series were long gone from the tournament format, with the company hosting the...

A look at esports mobile company Skillz's offices.

$8m Won by 10 Mobile Esports Gamers on Skillz in 2018, Seven Were Women

Julie Moraine - February 1, 2019

Skillz paid out $8 million in prize money to the 10 best users on the platform in 2018. Among the 10, seven were...

Manchester City esports players in China.

China to Recognize Esports Players and Managers as Professions

Heidi Specter - January 30, 2019

China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is proposing 15 new professions, including esports event managers and esports players. China Recognizes Esports...