Games are penetrating popular culture like never before and are reaching new audiences in the ‘casual gamer’ demographic. With expanding network options and an emphasis on community, most games have an online component. Online games fall into three broad categories: mobile, computer and console. Mobile Games Mobile games dominate the casual gamer market. Games like…
Small Games to Play Between E-Sport Matches
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Do you find that you are a bit bored during any downtime when watching sports online? Does football halftime have you twiddling your thumbs? If so, you should be interested to know that there are a few quick games which are designed to keep you entertained until your game resumes to live play. What are…
Starcraft 2 in the E-Sport Arena
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Competitive play started with StarCraft when it was released in 1998, but then exploded when the long anticipated sequel, StarCraft 2, was released worldwide in 2010. StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty was released by Blizzard Entertainment as part of a three phase deployment, the second in the series, StarCraft: Heart of the Swarm, was released…
World’s Largest E-Sports Competitions
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E-Sports are fast becoming a popular and important part of popular culture, attracting more fans and participants each year. With prize money now reaching into the millions of dollars, competition is fierce and the athletes involved are no less passionate than those participating in physical sports. An e-sport is any video game that is played…
Hot Online Strategy Games
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Strategy games are taking many different shapes and most of them certainly don’t look anything like the chess and checkers of old. They fall loosely into three different categories; Real Time Strategy (RTS), Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) and Card. RTS Blizzard’s StarCraft has dominated the RTS category since its introduction in 1998, garnering a…