News
We here at Kill Screen believe that two teams of intensely skilled gold farmers going at it is a wholly worthwhile activity. But the rest of the world doesn’t necessarily see it that way. When guests on HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel recently entertained the question of whether esports count a
News
When the 2014 contracts fell into the eager hands of League of Legends pros, they noticed a curious clause in it. They had been prohibited from streaming themselves playing games made by Riot’s competitors. At the top of the list was Valve’s DOTA 2, that other multiplayer online battle arena game. R
News
It involves lots of YouTube.
News
It almost goes without saying, but Koreans are really, really amazing at StarCraft 2. They’re so good that Blizzard feels compelled to give Korean pros an extra incentive. The Global StarCraft League will be offering more prize money to players competing in the Korean division, while those outside o
News
Players of Natural Selection 2 have crowd-funded over 30 thousand dollars on Go Find Me to pay for the first Natural Selection 2 World Championship. This makes the competitive first-person shooter one of the newest and unlikeliest of esports. The event will be broadcasted at a yet to be announced da
News
Ladies and gentlemen, StarCraft 2 has a new world champ. Over the weekend at BlizzCon, Kim “sOs” Yoo Jin completely frustrated Jae Dong, the overwhelming favorite, by the score of 4-1, making him a hundred thousand dollars richer. Here’s the winning match. StarCraft 2, the ever-popular esport about
News
Esports are huge. This year’s League of Legends World Championship was held at a sold-out Staples Center, home of the Los Angeles Lakers. With spectacular events like this, it’s easy to forget that there is a huge barrier to esports that doesn’t exist with other sports. Namely, a large portion of th
Article
Work hard, play hard.
Article
Inside the 0s and 1s that are making Xs and Os more sensible.
Article
We go in search of a universal skillset for pro gaming.
Article
The future battles with the past–and the International Olympic Committee.
News
Like many, I’ve always had a fascination with Tetris. In Indie Game the Movie, Fez designer Phil Fish says that, alongside The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros., Tetris completes the trifecta, and he’s right. There is something about the futile search for perfection in the inexorable rain of twi