After a fast 23-minute victory over Scythe.SG in the first match of the best of three winners bracket finals, Na`Vi looked as if they would repeat the feat and steamroll Scythe.SG yet again in the second match, cruising straight into the grand finals of the International Dota 2 tournament at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. While […] Read more »
Forget about the 6 – 25 loss against Na`Vi in the group stage. Forget about the largely undecisive 37 – 19 defeat Scythe.SG handed out to MYM yesterday. Tonight’s Scythe.SG is a completely different team from the previous two days: A highly skilled, determined and, most importantly, focused team which handed EHOME a 25 – 6 […] Read more »
Scythe.SG are in the winners bracket of The International Dota 2 Championships after placing second in their group with two wins and one loss at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. Read more »
Ever since the Dota 2 Gamescom tournament was announced — creating huge buzz in the esports scene — I’ve been carefully considering if Dota 2 will be a success both in Singapore, Asia and internationally. While the original Dota was hugely popular here, it does not follow that Dota 2 will automatically enjoy the same success. […] Read more »
There will be Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition tournaments held on both days of the Singapore Toy, Game & Comic Convention 2011 at the Suntec Convention Centre this weekend. For MvC3, there will be themed mini-tournaments (Avengers only, Marvel characters only, and so on), a king-of-the-hill challenge and a […] Read more »
If you thought the US$1 million prize for DotA 2’s début tournament was over the moon, wait till you hear what Riot Games has planned for its own League of Legends: they’ve just announced a US$5 million prize pool for the League of Legends Season Two Championship. Unlike Valve, who is spending all of that […] Read more »
Valve has issued an official press release for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive which confirms many of the details first revealed by invited play-testers last Friday, and promises an “early 2012” release for the first new CS game in almost 7 years. Read more »
It seems like the new Counter-Strike game Valve has been rumoured to be developing is all but confirmed now. Besides the numerous tweets from people who play-tested the game at Valve’s headquarters today, original Counter-Strike developer Jess Cliffe has come out to confirm the name of the game: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. I’ve put together all the […] Read more »
Next week, from 17 to 21 August, some of the biggest names in StarCraft II and League of Legends will gather at the GamesCom expo in Cologne, Germany for the Intel Extreme Masters Season VI Cologne Global Challenge. If, like me, you’re not fortunate enough to attend in person, no worries; ESL will be streaming the […] Read more »
All-girls Dota team PMS Asterisk* has finally revealed the first photo from their latest photo shoot, featuring none other than team commander and strategist Huayan “yan” Ng. I’m personally liking this photo. It’s bold, it’s playful, and it seems to let yan’s personality shine visually, avoiding the whole “let’s go for sex appeal” pitfall commonly associated with […] Read more »
