Last weekend saw a mass of major tournaments around the world for the StarCraft II scene. From Dreamhack in Stockholm to Major League Gaming (MLG)‘s Spring in New York City and the Australian Cyber League (ACL) in Sydney, all around the world we got the chance to watch all our favourite players duke it out. Read more »
CBS Interactive (CBSi) — better known in the gaming world for GameSpot – announced on Tuesday partnerships with tournament organiser Major League Gaming (MLG) and video broadcaster TwitchTV. Read more »
Homegrown Singapore Team, Flash eSports, has headhunted three new StarCraft II players and added them to their roster, namely Terran player Bryan ‘draKe‘ Sum, Zerg player Ryan ‘Kyzersoze‘ Low, and Protoss player Thomas ‘Blysk‘ Kopankiewicz. Read more »
Who says that esports is dead in Singapore? Certainly not Team Eve, who announced on Friday a partnership with PokerStrategy.com, transforming them from a community clan to a semi-professional team. Read more »
Kushagra, the head organiser of the India Gaming Carnival (IGC), has issued a statement which attempts to blame various parties for the shoddy management of the tournament, but ends up exposing how reckless, inexperienced and unprofessional he really is. Read more »
Although MiTH sent 21 players to India for the terribly-run India Gaming Carnival (IGC) — and presumably spent a small fortune on travel and accommodation for the entire team – the Thais felt it was still worth it, team director Chanignun Thipairote said. Read more »
Orange Esports (MY) had to step in to help run the Call of Duty 4 and Dota tournaments at the India Gaming Carnival (IGC) last weekend, as the tournament marshals could not run the events on their own. Read more »
The IGN Pro League 4 (IPL 4) finals ended with a blast last weekend after three days of intense gaming, with Fnatic’s Lee-Seok “aLive” Han (KR-SC2) emerging as champion. However, what made IPL 4 especially memorable was the “We want LAN” controversy which happened at the Global StarCraft II Team League (GSTL) finals. Read more »
Thai competitive gaming team MiTH is “very disappointed” with the shoddily-organised India Gaming Carnival (IGC), which the team attended in Greater Noida, India last weekend. Read more »
Orange Esports (MY-Dota) defeated MiTH.Trust (TH-Dota) in the Dota Allstars finals of the India Gaming Carnival (IGC) on Sunday to win 7,00,000 rupee (US$13,000) in prize money. However, with all the controversy surrounding tournament organiser WTF Eventz, it is unknown if the Malaysian team will be able to cash the prize money cheque. Read more »
