In an interview with Gamespot, Riot Games’ eSports manager, Nick Allen, announced that League of Legends professional players are now recognized as professional athletes by the U.S. government. “So the United States government recognizes League of Legends pro players as professional athletes and award visas to essentially work in the United States under that title,” […]
13 Jul
26 Jan
The city of Anaheim just lost a major source of summer revenue for this year. Blizzard’s first annual Battle.net World Championship eSports tournament is taking the place of the canceled BlizzCon this year. The event, taking place in Asia, was announced via Battle.net blog post, and will focus on challenges featuring Diablo III, WoW’s Mists […]
28 May
London, UK – May 28, 2009 The UK eSports Association, the official governing body of the UK’s competitive gaming market, has announced Capcom’s attendance at the upcoming GameOn! London event, held on June 21 through 21st. Games available to the public that have been announced so far include Xbox 360-exclusive vertical-shooter Dark Void, Lost Planet […]