Storytelling has never been the strong point of most technical fighting games and, for the most part, players don’t seem to mind. However, the cries of a Capcom fan requesting better story modes has been responded to by a Capcom employee who revealed, funnily enough, that Capcom are thinking along the same lines.

Unite Gaming put in an impressive run at the MLG Dallas Pro Circuit for Call of Duty: Black Ops II March 15-17. They finished second, but the rules for the Activision-run Call of Duty Championship are slightly different. To participate in that tourney, a player has to be at least old enough to purchase the more »

A Eurogamer piece by Oli Walsh takes a look at the seriously salty language that permeated the Electronic Sports League’s European Championship March 16 -17. This video is not safe for work, or anywhere else where locker room talk would not be appreciated.

The world’s best Black Ops II  players brought it last weekend in huge qualifying tournaments for the Call of Duty Championship that takes place April 5-7. Eight teams had already punched their tickets to Los Angeles through the World League Championship Series. Those squads are: RAGE Tva Vintage Phoenix Curse Quantic Complexity Awe Sports   more »

KT Rolster B won the MLG Winter Championship’s International Exhibition for League of Legends, taking home a cool $10,000.  They defeated European eSports team Gambit Gaming in three games. Gambit formed from the ashes of Moscow Five. That team lost its funding after its CEO, Dmitry Smelyi got arrested in an FBI cyber crimes sting. more »

It’s early in the competitive run of new StarCraft II expansion Heart of The Swarm.  Right now, the new competitive landscape looks a lot like the old one. Lee “Life” Seung Hyun picked up where he left off in 2012. Life won the 2013 MLG Winter Championship and the $25,000 first prize, defeating Lee “Flash” more »

Unite Gaming finished second in the Black Ops II Major League Gaming Winter Championship March 17. In doing so, they gained thousands of new fans and caused Twitter to erupt Sunday night as James” Clayster” Eubanks ended a round with a beautiful KAP 40 machine pistol kill. Clayster was the last Unite member left alive more »

They came, they saw, they captured flags. Fariko Impact was unbeatable all weekend, and now they have a shiny glass trophy and $20,000 to prove it. They have also earned a spot at the Call of Duty Championship April 5-7. You’d have to call them the favorites. They defeated Unite Gaming 6-2 March 17 at more »

UNiTE’s Clayster began their Winter Championship Winners Bracket match by talking a little friendly trash to OpTic Gaming. He and his team proceeded to back every bit of it up. UNiTE thrashed OpTic 3-0 in the final match of the night, sending them into a Losers Bracket in name only. Some of the world’s best more »

Seeding is the definition of an inexact science. Entities such as the NCAA that specialize in it often don’t get it right. When you take into all the shifting variables of professional level Black Ops II, it’s hard to predict what might happen. Major League Gaming appears to have gotten Fariko Impact’s number one seed more »

It was a common question throughout MLG Winter Championship’s Black Ops II event March 15-17: Why is OpTic Gaming so popular? There are a number of answers. While a quick glance at the expressions of most teams belies the huge stakes they’re playing for, OpTic always looks like they’re having fun. You would think they more »

UNiTE Gaming has one of the youngest teams in the MLG Black Ops II Winter Championship, with only a single player over 17 years of age. They have played with veteran like poise all weekend, and defeated Team Fear 3-1 to clinch a spot in the Call of Duty Championship. There was a little controversy more »