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League of Legends' third season officially starts
Riot Games has been drumming up a storm for the third season of competitive play for League of Legends. The road leading up to the start has been a surprisingly long journey. It started with a lot of gab at the end of the second season, stating that the third season would be even better. Season two ended with a big bang thanks to the championship, which sported the largest winning purse in the history of eSports at the time. What followed was the announcement and release of overhauls to major gameplay systems. It felt the same on the surface, but the game was fresh again. Then a restructuring of how the competitive ranking was detailed. Actual leagues in League of Legends!? Who'd have thunk! In the final stretch, an eSports team at Riot was formed with the sole purpose of upping the spectacle. As of today, it all comes to a head, as the third season is officially under way. Riot has produced a new trailer to commemorate the launch, and the dedication can certainly be seen. The new talent of the eSports team really shines through. The video shows not just the raw quality of cinematography that is on par with broadcasts on TV, but also elicits the strong feelings of excitement and drama as those commercials. There is also a schedule highlighting the laid-out matches for the "Championship Series" on the newly revealed LoL eSports website. It certainly looks like it's going to be exciting, doesn't it? Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
8:00 PM on 06.17.2013 Dota 2 will be 'released' this summerIt's a bit weird when games that are so widely played and enjoyed shed their beta tag and are "released." I mean, I've dumped almost 400 hours into Dota 2, and it's technically not "out" yet. Anywho, Valve has finally confirm...
11:00 AM on 06.02.2013 Infinite Crisis coming to MLGInfinite Crisis, Turbine's upcoming free-to-play MOBA game, will be officially introduced into the word's largest eSports league at this year's E3 thanks to a partnership between Warner Bros. and Major League Gaming. The deal...
10:00 PM on 05.15.2013 Turtle Beach becomes official audio partner for TwitchTurtle Beach has entered an exclusive agreement with Twitch to stock the streaming site's eSports and game events with audio equipment. Specifically, the Ear Force XP SEVEN and Z SEVEN headsets will be used for consoles and P...
12:45 PM on 05.14.2013 Watch Twitch on Xbox 360 with the new dedicated appXbox Live Gold members in the U.S. can now download the Twitch app for Xbox 360 to catch the top 300 live channels directly on the console. I don't know that anyone was expecting this to let you actually stream games, but to ...
7:30 PM on 05.13.2013 Fired StarCraft player 'Idra' talks about his releaseOn "Real Talk" with JP McDaniel, a YouTube show that interviews gaming personalities, Greg "Idra" Fields talked about the events surrounding his recent firing from Evil Geniuses' StarCraft II team. He talks about a ton ...
8:00 PM on 05.10.2013 StarCraft's biggest jerk fired for being a jerkGreg Fields, more commonly known as Idra in the StarCraft community, was let go from the Evil Geniuses StarCraft II team yesterday after some comments that were essentially the straw that broke the camel's back...
6:30 PM on 05.07.2013 Dota 2 Interactive Compendium now available for purchaseIf there's anything close to a "Super Bowl" equivalent in the world of eSports, it's The International tournament, hosted by Valve. The prize pool contains $1.6 million, but apparently that's just a starting point. By purchas...
11:30 AM on 04.26.2013 Why you need to be watching the Dreamhack Open right nowThe Dreamhack Open Stockholm is only two days and has already begun! As you can tell, the insanity is already in full swing, as commentators Apollo and Artosis are looking super professional. Ninety-six StarCraft II: Hea...
9:00 PM on 04.25.2013 First team chosen for Dota 2's The InternationalInvictus Gaming, the winning team at last year's The International, has been invited as the first group to compete in the 2013 Dota 2 tournament. The main event is happening August 7-11 in Seattle, Washington. In the more imm...
1:00 AM on 04.09.2013 Team Fariko wins the first Call of Duty ChampionshipTeam Fariko Impact won big after three days of intense Call of Duty: Black Ops II multiplayer action in the first ever Call of Duty Championship. 32 teams from around the world came together to battle it out, with the ultimat...
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