eSports
OPSEAT Grandmaster Gaming Chair Review
I’m a pretty chubby dude. When I sit in a chair for more than an hour, my butt hurts, I can’t get my legs in a comfortable position, and generally, I start to get cranky. Gaming chairs are a unique thing for me, mostly because I play on consoles. This usually means that, for me, I’m gaming on my couch or in my bed. When we have friends over or when I stream, that’s a different story. That’s when I...[Read More]
MotoGP 18 Making Of Video Releases
In an exclusive Making Of Video, Milestone team shows what it means to recreate the experience of MotoGP™ to perfection: thanks to the use of Drone Scanning System, all tracks have been recreated in a 1:1 scale, and with the 3D scanning system now all faces of real MotoGP™ riders are faithfully reproduced in game, down to the smallest details.
EA Sports and NFL Partner with ESPN and Disney XD on eNFL Broadcasts
The eSports world just picked up some major new partners. Today EA and the NFL announced that they are teaming up with ESPN and Disney XD for exclusive broadcasts of the upcoming EA SPORTS Madden NFL 18 Championship Series.
Switchblade Closed Beta Announced
Lucid Games has announced the start of a closed beta for upcoming 5v5 vehicular shooter Switchblade. Slated for a full release on Sony’s PlayStation®4 console in late 2018, this game looks to evoke classic vehicle combat games of past PlayStation consoles with a modern free-to-play twist.
Leveling the Playing Field With Haste
We’ve all been there: sprinting around a corner in an online FPS, only to get hosed out of no where by another player who literally saw us a split-second sooner thanks to an unfortunate bout of 300ms ping. Or maybe it was a raid in a favorite MMO, where the healer simply didn’t get the information that our health was nosediving until it was a just too late. Perhaps MOBAs are your thing instead, an...[Read More]
First Ever eMLS Cup To Be Played at PAX East 2018
Late-breaking news from the official PAX Twitter feed and Major League Soccer on Friday night: the eMLS league, a collaboration between the MLS and EA Sports, will play their inaugural eMLS Cup event at this year’s PAX East.
Twitch and Bethesda to Host First eSports Event for The Elder Scrolls: Legends at PAX West
This weekend at PAX West, Twitch and Bethesda are teaming up to bring Bethesda’s new digital card game, The Elder Scrolls: Legends to the tournament circuit.
EGLX: First Impressions on Canada’s Newest Con
Enthusiast Gaming Live’ exhibition, lovingly named “EGLX”, had its first run this past weekend (April 29 – May 1) in Toronto, Canada. I attended 2 of the 3 days and took the chance to see everything I could. According to their website, EGLX considers themselves to be Canada’s “first foray into the world of large-scale gaming conventions, representing three disti...[Read More]
Canada’s EGLX is Only a Week Away!
Day 1 of PAX East in Boston marks a week-long countdown until EGLX takes place. EGLX takes a run at the world of gaming conventions when it opens its doors on April 29 in Toronto and aims to be Canada’s greatest gaming spectacle in the country’s history.