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- Jul 18, 2018
- 1 min
Air Assault – We Stack Up In The UK!
Oculus and the ESL to bring some awesome Veterans out to Leicester England. As part of our Air Assault program, these vets had a chance to experience the first-ever VR first-person shooter eSports tournament, the ESL, Oculus, Onward Invitational. Onward is a tactical FPS that pairs some familiar gameplay with a fresh VR experience. The Veterans who joined us are big fans of the game and familiar faces in the Onward community, so they were very eager to be a part of this inaug
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- Jun 10, 2018
- 4 min
Stacking Up at Dreamhack 2018!
DreamHack by Kate from ButWhyTho DreamHack was founded in 1994 in Europe and made its debut in the United States with DreamHack Austin in 2016. DreamHack is best described as a gaming lifestyle convention. It houses tabletop tournaments, a large 24-hour LAN area, an expo floor with developers and vendors (from artists to gaming accessory companies like HyperX), a concert, and eSports tournaments with more than $400,000 in winnings this year. When it comes to gaming, Dreamhack
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- Jul 7, 2016
- 1 min
brawlhalla interview rtx 2016
Brawlhalla is one of our favorite fixtures of the gaming convention scene! Not only is the game amazingly fun to play, especially with other con-goers, but the developers are amazing to speak with and they always have something new to talk about. This year at RTX 2016 in Austin they certainly did not disappoint. Our own EIC Brian “Skatch” Snyder had a chance to chat with one of the developers during our time at RTX. Kick up your feet, sit back, and relax as we learn a bit abo
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- May 15, 2016
- 3 min
unreal tournament 2004 look back esports
Throwback to 2004 I grew up as a computer gaming child. My summers were spent reformatting my parents old computers; installing windows from no less than twenty-five floppy disks. My driving skills were honed in the world of Wacky Wheels. From there I learned all about farming and running a city in SimFarm and Simcity respectively. Eventually, over the years, I played numerous games, in various worlds and times and had a blast. I had always enjoyed first person shooters thoug
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- Feb 20, 2016
- 4 min
street fighter v review
The balancing act of accommodating fighting game fans and casual gamers has been a struggle for many franchises. Street Fighter IV rejuvinated the fighting game genre in 2008. Since then, the industry has changed – for better and for worse. The same can be said with Capcom’s latest entry into the biggest fighting game franchise in the world. Many strides have been made to push Street Fighter into having just the bare essentials. This sentiment rings true not just for the game
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- Jan 15, 2016
- 1 min
league of legends north american league championship series line up
January 16th is the start of the spring NA LCS split! I’m pretty excited about this, and it looks to be an interesting split to say the least. There were numerous roster changes during the offseason which is to be expected. The teams that made it, or stayed in, to the NA LCS are Cloud 9, Counter Logic Gaming, Team Dignitas, Echo Fox, Immortals, NRG ESports, Renegades, Team Impulse, Team Liquid, and Team Solo Mid. There are two extremely interesting teams in this line up. Echo
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