Esports Archive

EveJaFF wins Nanyang Poly StarCraft II LAN Tournament

Almost 40 players competed in the Nanyang Polytechnic StarCraft II LAN Tournament held on Saturday in conjunction with NYP’s annual Open House. After a gruelling nine hours of competition, Jonathan “EveJaFF” Ang (playing Protoss) proved victorious, smashing through the winners’ bracket and beating iRLdrakE (playing Terran) 4-3 in the finals in what was a closely-fought matchup. The winners […] Read more »

Four esports games to watch out for in 2012

What will 2012 have in store for esports? It has become clear, to myself at least, that the esports experience is not just about competitive gaming, but also about the spectator experience and how it can form an emotional connection between a game and its players. With this in mind, I picked out four games […] Read more »

Evo 2012 game lineup announced, Singapore to host qualifiers in March

This year’s edition of the Evolution Championship Series — the largest fighting games tournament in the world — will feature six games, as revealed by event organiser Joey “MrWizard” Cuellar earlier today on Shoryuken.com‘s official podcast Wakeup SRK Live. As part of the Road to Evo 2012 seeding process, Singapore will host a qualifying event for the Southeast Asia […] Read more »