Does the ‘Dota 2’ Workshop suffer from favoritism?
Even before it was officially launched in 2013, Valve’s popular esport Dota 2 has enjoyed a bustling community of modders and 3D artists
$300K at stake in ‘World of Tanks’ grand finals
When it comes to esports, games like League of Legends and Starcraft 2 make the most headlines
Teen murders his own grandmother after she interrupts his ‘Dota’ match
A 17-year Philippine boy has purportedly beat his grandmother to death after she began scolding him
‘Twitch Plays League of Legends’ makes us wish it were real
Twitch Plays Pokemon, the massively multiplayer social experiment which had thousands playing a Nintendo classic in unison, has inspired many spinoffs—including this Twitch Plays League of Legends parody video
11-year-old reportedly murdered after ‘Dota’ hack
Competitive multiplayer games such as Starcraft II and League of Legends are infamous for catalyzing rage and are sometimes even blamed for real-world disturbances
Swedish political party blames video games for faltering student performance
The spokesperson for Moderaterna, one of Sweden’s biggest political parties, says the country’s educational issues can be blamed largely on one thing: video games
Remix culture has found ‘Twitch Plays Pokemon’
"Twitch Plays Pokemon" is a gargantuan coterie of people desperately working together to finish one of Nintendo's most beloved role-playing games—all through the magic of custom-designed software which permits anyone at all to key in commands
‘Titanfall’ might have an esports future
If you’re a fan of big, pilotable robots and first-person shooters but don’t know about upcoming sci-fi first-person shooter Titanfall, you’re missing out
Blizzard’s new $15,000 competition puts fan-made games in the spotlight
Last week, developer Blizzard made all the custom games and maps based on its StarCraft series free to download