- Taylor Cocke•6 hours agoSK Telecom T1, Cloud9 advance to the LoL Worlds quarterfinals
Finally, a North American team has made it out of the 2016 League of Legends World Championship group stage. Defending champions SK Telecom T1 finished the stage with a 5-1 record and moved on as the first seed from the group.
Michael Martin•10 hours agoEvo champ Infiltration says Razer is readying new line of Street Fighter fightsticksRazer is preparing its next generation of fightsticks and might be unveiling them soon. “There will actually be a new arcade stick from Razer,” Street Fighter V Evo 2016 champion Seon-woo “Infiltration” Lee told Yahoo Esports at SEAM 2016 in Singapore. Infiltration’s reveal is a surprise because Razer went quiet about its plans for a new line of fighting game peripherals after the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One launched.
- Yahoo Esports Video•11 hours agoTokido on Street Fighter V win at SEAM 2016: 'I'm confident that my practice way is right'
Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi talks about how his Ryu has evolved since CEO and EVO, his break from training, and getting ready for Capcom Cup.
Taylor Cocke•yesterdayRNG knocks TSM out, advances to LoL Worlds quarters with Samsung GalaxyHometown favorites Team SoloMid have been knocked out of the 2016 League of Legends World Championships. Advancing to the quarterfinals in their place will be Royal Never Give Up and Samsung Galaxy. For North American fans, this is a massive disappointment.
- Yahoo Esports Video•2 days agoVander ‘I want to ask everyone to not be so harsh on G2… pretty much everyone on our team looks up to them’
Travis interviews Oskar “Vander” Bogdan after H2K victory over EDG to secure the first seed in their group on the sixth day of the World Championship group stages.
- Taylor Cocke•2 days agoEDG advances at League of Legends Worlds, H2K saves Europe's reputation
The LPL’s EDward Gaming and the EU LCS’s H2K have advanced out of the 2016 League of Legends World Championship Group C. This was expected from EDG, who had a perfect 15-0 match record in the LPL Summer Split. On their very first day, they dropped to Wildcard roster INTZ e-sports, and then fell to H2K in the second week.
- Yahoo Esports Video•3 days agoLeague of Legends Worlds Talk Day 5 with Travis and Taylor
Travis and Taylor talk about their reactions and predictions on the fifth day of Group Stage, from the failure of CLG to make it through to the unexpected victories of Albus Nox Luna.
- Yahoo Esports Video•3 days agoOn ANX’s performance, Likkrit quotes Imaqtpie: 'If you don’t know what you’re doing, how are enemies supposed to know what you’re doing?’
Travis Gafford interviews Albus Nox Luna's Kirill “Likkrit” Malofeev after their history-making escape from groups at the 2016 League of Legends World Championships.
- Taylor Cocke•3 days agoROX GorillA: ‘It’s definitely not the case that Korea will for sure win the World Championship.’
The ROX Tigers were supposed to dominate Group A at the 2016 League of Legends World Championships. Support player Kang “GorillA” Beom-hyeon says the competition was something the Korean roster wasn’t quite ready for. The biggest shocker of the tournament — and probably in the history of competitive League of Legends — was their defeat at the hands of Wildcard roster Albus NoX Luna.
- Taylor Cocke•3 days agoROX Tigers, Albus NoX Luna are the two quarterfinal seeds from Group A
After a hard fought day from the four teams in the 2016 League of Legends World Championship Group A, we finally know who is going to be making their way to the quarterfinals: Korean side ROX Tigers and – unexpectedly – Wildcard roster Albus NoX Luna. Thanks to a tiebreaker win at the end of the day, ROX Tigers will be the first place seed out of Group A, while ANX will be the second. ANX started the day with a big win over CLG, then rolled on to bring down ROX in a nail-biting 67 minute victory, earning them a spot in the quarterfinals (a first for a Wildcard team).
- Taylor Cocke•3 days agoAlbus NoX Luna beats ROX Tigers, qualifies for quarterfinals out of Group A
Remember last week when we said INTZ e-Sports beating EDward Gaming was the biggest League of Legends upset of all time? Albus NoX Luna just one-upped their Wildcard brethren. By bringing down ROX Tigers, the first seed out of Korea, they cemented themselves as the most successful Wildcard team of all time and have earned themselves the first qualification out of Group A.
- Yahoo Esports Contributors•3 days agoRenegades dives into Smash with Dabuz, Swedish
Renegades is the newest esports organization to announce its entry into the Smash Bros. scene. This morning, the team announced it had signed Smash 4 player Samuel “Dabuz” Buzby and Melee player James “Swedish” Liu. The move is one of the first under new owner Jonas Jerebko of the Boston Celtics.
- Dylan Walker•4 days agoSamuro The Blademaster will be the next hero to invade Heroes of the Storm
According to Warcraft lore, Samuro is the last remaining Blademaster to don the banner of the Burning Blade. More importantly, Samuro is a tried and true Auto-Attack hero. When activated, the Blademaster’s next attack within 10 seconds will deal 50% increased damage. This also applies to the two Mirror Images (Q) he can spawn at will.
- Dylan Walker•4 days agoWhat the results of ESL One mean for ELeague Season 2
With Na’Vi taking home the trophy at ESL One New York (and $125,000 to boot), it leaves questions now of how the teams stack up headed into Season 2 of ELeague starting at the end of October. ESL One New York gave out six invites, and had two open qualifier spots. The only team that played at ESL One that will not be participating in ELeague is Team Liquid.
- Michael Martin•4 days agoEvil Geniuses' Yusuke Momochi primed to take Street Fighter V trophy at SEAM 2016
It won’t be Zowie’s Bruce “GamerBee” Hsiang, winner of the last two Premier Events, Japan Cup and EGX. To put that in perspective, he was content to test a DLC character against an all-time great who has won two different CPT Ranking Events and came in fifth at the incredibly stacked Japan Cup a few weeks ago.
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