MiTH “very disappointed” with India Gaming Carnival
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 »
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Orange.Dota crowned Dota champion at India Gaming Carnival
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 »
India Gaming Carnival postponed one day, alleged poor organisation
The India Gaming Carnival, which claims to have a US$300,000 prize pool for its games tournaments, was postponed by a day, heightening speculation among the esports community that it was simply too good to be true. Read more »
2012 may be the end of the World Cyber Games as we know it
The World Cyber Games will no longer feature PC games at the national finals level, nor will there be any pan-regional championships from 2012, according to leaked documents obtained by European esports news site Cadred.org. Read more »
Road to EVO 2012 Southeast Asia Major games line-up, venue announced
The games line-up and event venue for the Road to EVO 2012 Southeast Asia Major were announced today in a press release issued by the organisers. Read more »
Mineski crowned Razer Dota 2 Tournament champions
Mineski (the Philippines) edged out Orange eSports (Malaysia) in the finals of the Razer Dota 2 Tournament on Sunday to win the US$2,500 cash cheque and US$3,604 worth of merchandise at IT Show 2012. Read more »
CM Storm sponsors the Singapore FIFA Cup
The Singapore FIFA Cup announced last night that CM Storm will be sponsoring product prizes for future tournaments. Read more »
Garena launches RM500,000 prize pool Malaysia Heroes of Newerth Championship
Garena will launch in April this year the Malaysia Heroes of Newerth National Championship 2012, a RM500,000 (S$209,000) prize pool Malaysian-only tournament which will feature the highest ever prize pool in Malaysian esports. Read more »
Razer rolls out Team Liquid-branded Goliathus mouse mat
Razer yesterday announced the launch of the Team Liquid edition of the Goliathus mouse mat, which comes emblazoned with the iconic Team Liquid horse head logo and the StarCraft II pro team’s familiar blue team colours. Read more »
Xian to attend MLG Columbus Winter Championships
Kun-Xian “Xian” Ho will be attending the Major League Gaming Columbus Winter Championships in Ohio, US from 23 to 25 March, according to a Facebook update posted on his profile page this morning. Read more »
