A ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ situation.

For years now, gaming companies like Riot, Blizzard, and Twitch have been fighting online abuse and harassment in their own ways, to mixed results. Now they’re trying something different: Working together.

The realm of professional sport has been taken by storm by the rise of eSports. These video game events now compete with traditional sports leagues.

Twitch, the leading live streaming platform where people play games, make crafts, and showcase their day-to-day lives, attracts over two million broadcasters every month. The number grows each year, thanks in part to how easy it has become to live stream, and platforms like Facebook, Instagram and YouTube also increasingly encourage people to share and watch live stories.

At the Overseas Chinese University "esports training center" here seven students in the school's esports club gaze into their computer screens intensely and practice their skills at a shooting game. "A strong team will come to build defenses like the Great Wall of China," said former club member and instructor, 27-year-old Lu K'e-hung, as he passionately tutored the players.

It recently surged in popularity as eSports fans in the country sought coverage of the Asian Games.

You wouldn’t find your usual television programs while channel surfing in South Korea because you might stumble upon Starcraft gaming leagues airing live on national TV.

Riot Games' League Championship Series is an esports phenomenon. But do its contracts treat players fairly?

Back in 2011, Jonathan Belke was a professional gamer. He had modest success with strategy game StarCraft 2, culminating in a 1,000 euro prize at the ESL Pro Series in his native Germany. But while many of Belke's fellow pros struggled for cash, he found a lucrative side career: betting on matches. In February of 2014, he said on Reddit he made five figures in euros, exponentially more than his tournament winnings — though he didn't bet on his own matches.

Top video game players in South Korea are household names. Millions of people tune in to watch game competitions on television. The largest Internet portal, Naver, has its own section covering the results.

Last month, surrounded by around 45,000 fans in a Seoul stadium built for the World Cup, Samsung White put the final dagger into Star Horn Royal Club's dreams, claiming a championship live on ESPN 3.

Yesterday, ESPN 2 aired a live broadcast of a video game. A bunch of people on the Internet did not like what they saw. That alone is not news. A similar thing happened last year when the channel promoted the championship of a different video game, DOTA 2, which — like the game that was broadcast this weekend, Heroes of the Storm — is near-unwatchable unless you’ve played it, or games like it. For most channel-surfing viewers, it’s an easy invitation to yell, “Nerds!” and then keep clicking.

Although the main event of ESL One Frankfurt kicks of Saturday, June 20 a very important Seeding Bracket will take place at the ESL One studios two days prior the LAN stage will start. 

A convenient combination of tools wants to take the guesswork out of esports fandom.

Look around the eSports world lately, and it's clear that Venture Capital (VC) money has made its way into the picture.

It’s the same as every other startup.

Vulcun, AlphaDraft, and Unikrn give eSports fans the chance to play fantasy leagues and place bets on big eSports events.

Nathan Lindberg is the Vice President of Sales for Curse, a Huntsville-based company specializing in add-ons and other video game services. The company credits Nathan for growing Curse's direct sales team from four to 25 people in three years. Curse is active in eSports, and Lindberg discusses how eSports should look at past sports media successes to allow future growth.

Kim Phan shares the secrets of the studio's success with the competitive gaming community

Evil Geniuses are sometimes described as the New York Yankees of eSports, a backhanded sort of compliment that both grants that EG consistently field one of the strongest, most star-studded lineups around, but also that they owe their reputation to their deep pockets.

One of the most attractive aspects of the massive audience that has coalesced around gaming and eSports media is the opportunity for highly effective Multi-channel Marketing (MCM).

Xeno Clan is a familiar name to those who were involved in the competitive FPS community in the 1990s and the early 2000s. The Toronto based team made a name for itself competing in Quake at the highest level and attending, what were then, the top eSports tournaments.

In the class "Blogging 101" Michelle W. and the WordPress.com Team asked us the following questions as a way to get to know more about the Gods of Mayhem.

The winner bracket final of Dota Pit Season 3 between Evil Geniuses and Virtus.Pro will be taking place at 20:00 CET tomorrow. 

Esportsexpress is a satire news site, much like "The Onion".

Professional gaming is a hot item in the investment world right now and even the largest eSports organizations are getting in on the action.

A new venture, the eSport Coaching Network (ECN), is out to address the gap through training, live events and certifications.

Owen 'ODPixel' Davis is a fairly new figure among the professional DotA 2 casters but his popularity has grown rapidly due to his charisma and the hype he brings to the games he is casting.

Matt Shea flew to South Korea, a country where so-called "eSports" can either make you rich and famous or land you in rehab.

Edward Gaming, one of China's best professional League of Legends teams, moved into their new home this week. The EDG house has all of the typical accouterments of a snug little home....

Ann Pragg was a rising star. Ann Pragg was a special esports talent. Ann Pragg wasn't real.

To buy or not to buy a gaming house is the question I asked Hazelnutqt of /r/leagueoflegends/ 

The International 5 is soon approaching, let's take a look at the best carry players who'll be attending the biggest eSports event in history.