Archive: December 2013

Shakeups in StarCraft as star players Bomber and MC leave their respective teams

Dec 31, 2013

Bomber, a thin Korean pro player wearing a white zip-up team jacket, holds aloft the season 2 trophy with a look of confidence as confetti falls around him.

Best PC games of 2013 – Europa Universalis IV

Dec 31, 2013 |

Europa Universalis IV

An old oil painting of a European horse-and-musket battle, with the standard "group of generals on an improbable hilltop" vantage point over the battlefield.

Best PC games of 2013 – Shelter

Julian Benson
Dec 31, 2013 |

Shelter

Shelter Might and Delight

2013 in review: eSports’ growing pain and growing gains

Rob Zacny
Dec 31, 2013 |

Dota 2

A white-shirted, blonde player celebrates his victory at The International, thrusting a victorious fist into the air while his teammates look on.

DDOS attacks against League of Legends and Dota 2 Twitch streamer end in gunpoint arrest

Jeremy Peel
Dec 31, 2013 |

League of Legends

League of Legends Christmas Day gift card fail leaves Riot manually mailing out RP

Jeremy Peel
Dec 31, 2013 |

League of Legends

League of Legends RP cards failed to stick this Christmas.

Facepunch tackle DDOS attacks: “We can’t have the fate of your Rust hanging on the whim of script kiddies”

Jeremy Peel
Dec 31, 2013 |

Rust

Facepunch have tackled the source of exploits used in the Rust DDOS attacks.

“Strength in numbers”: what The Elder Scrolls Online PvP will mean for low-level players

Jeremy Peel
Dec 31, 2013 |

The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited

The Elder Scrolls Online PvP is set in Cyrodiil.

The Chinese video game industry generated $13 billion this year, with PC titles pulling in the most

Fraser Brown
Dec 30, 2013

Chinese games industry brings in $13 billion revenue

Wii U Gamepad reverse engineered for PC streaming

Fraser Brown
Dec 30, 2013

Wii U Gamepad reverse engineered for PC streaming