Garena, known throughout Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau as the publisher for League of Legends, recently launched its brand new eSports stadium in Taipei. The stadium reportedly holds 120 cinema-class seats, along with a mega 460 inch display…
League of Legends – Mata departs world champion Samsung White
Posted yesterday on his Facebook, Mata announced that he has departed world champion Samsung White, where he was also MVP for the recently ended 2014 World Championship. Best known for playing Thresh, he has certainly made a splash since starting out…
eSports – ESPN President slams eSports and refuses to call it a sport
[Source] After Amazon bought Twitch for nearly $1 billion USD, with a focus on live stream for eSports, ESPN President John Skipper refused to acknowledge eSports as an actual sport, claiming its is, like chess and checkers, competitions. He stressed…
League of Legends – Prize pool for World Championship 2014 revealed
[Source] According to Games in Asia, the total prize pool for League of Legends World Championship 2014 stands at 2.13 million USD, just 80,000 USD more compared to last year. Not only that, there are 2 more teams this time…
Riot Games – Tokyo branch revealed for League of Legends studio
I guess most of you would be surprised by the news, but League of Legends still does not have an official publisher in Japan. All that is set to change, as Riot Games officially announced its Tokyo office recently as…
Major League Gaming – Permanent eSports arena announced for China
[Source] Most of Major League Gaming’s live events to date have been held in North America, but the eSports league is looking beyond the continent for its first permanent arena. The group has announced that the first-ever MLG Gaming Arena will…
World of Tanks – Quarter Year Championship is coming to Asia
[Press release] Wargaming Asia today announces its brand new, 3v3 Tier 5 Quarter Year Championship (“QYC”) tournament, created exclusively for Asian World of Tanks players. With a total prize pool of cash and in-game gold worth USD10,000, the QYC is…
League of Legends – Taiwanese celebrity starts own eSports team
Helmed by Machi Entertainment, Jeffrey Huang of Taiwanese hip hop group Machi announced a few hours earlier that his company has started a new eSports team. Currently known as Machi E-Sports, the team consists of several local veterans and is…
Japan Competitive Gaming – New eSports company formed
As eSports gradually heats up outside of just South Korea, it is no surprise China and Japan are gearing up to the same level as well. In the land of the rising, a new eSports company, Japan Competitive Gaming, was…
eSports – China begins training professional referees
Yes, you read it right. The Chinese government is taking eSports rather seriously these days, and the official eSports Association of Wuxi will be holding referee classes starting this month. The training fees will cost 350 Chinese Yuan, around 57…
League of Legends – Taipei Snipers formally announced
If you are a League of Legends fan or player, you would not have missed last season’s championship playoffs, where the team of Taipei Assassins (TPA) won every challenge thrown at them to lift the crown. Following the team’s success…
League of Legends – Riot Games allegedly banning private casting
As Season 3 for League of Legends is arriving, there are several new changes to the game rules itself. But those changes were apparently extended to private casting (giving personal comments LIVE while matches are running), with popular caster Wombat…