EnVyUs win Smite Xbox World Championship
EnVyUs took out COGnitive Gaming to win the 2016 Smite Xbox World Championship earlier today—a month after switching platforms from PC
The most influential people on Twitch in 2015
These streamers summed up the platform this year.
Seattle Seahawks’ Russell Okung invests in esports startup
Esports startup company Matcherino has an interesting new investor—Seattle Seahawks’ offensive tackle, Russell Okung
Glaurung and Hospital leave COGnitive Gaming’s Heroes team
COGnitive Gaming’s Heroes of the Storm team has parted ways with flex players Mike “Glaurung” Fisk and Joseph “Hospital” Gavlas
Qiao Gu Reapers acquired by Newbee, sign Uzi
Chinese League of Legends team Qiao Gu Reapers have been acquired by Newbee, and signed Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao as their AD Carry
StarCraft 2 player Rain retires
Jung “Rain” Yoon Jong is apparently retiring from professional StarCraft 2, according to Korean news site Fomos
Epic Games’ daring Paragon is here to reinvent the MOBA genre
Little silver metal men holding giant silver guns march in two rows down a lane overgrown with moss
Bans are coming to ranked games in Heroes of the Storm
Blizzard Entertainment is working on some big things for Heroes of the Storm—including bans for ranked and custom matches, game director Dustin Browder announced on Twitter yesterday
Turner and WME | IMG to run a CS:GO championship with finals at CES
Turner Sports plans to expand its esports and Counter-Strike footprint even further this winter
PSX: Epic Games announce new MOBA Paragon
The multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) genre is extremely popular at the moment, and now developer Epic Games is jumping on board with Paragon