Jason Lake vs Midway With the release of the ESL National league led by Trevor “Midway” Schmidt, coL’s Jason Lake sat down with him for some back and forth in an interview for the ages. Each interviewer’s questions can be found in the respective sections below. Interviewer: Jason Lake Jason Lake – First off, on behalf of […]
Since the announcement earlier this month that Portal would now be FREE in order to promote the upcoming Portal 2 on the Orange Box as well as the release of Portal for the Mac. Users have taken to the Steam Content Servers to download Portal over 1.5 million times. Valve originally announced that Portal would […]
A Look Into the TR Practice Phase by Sascha “Yiska” Heinsich We are a couple of weeks into the TR practice phase and there is really only two more weeks to go until it gets serious and the tournament phase starts. For those unfamiliar with what’s going on right now, Blizzard opened their yearly tournament […]
The New CPL: Should We Be Excited? An investigative report that researches the new questions posed by the CPL’s latest press release. Most everyone who has followed professional gaming since its inception will recognize one of the most famous (and perhaps infamous) brand names to ever exist: CPL. The organization that helped pioneer digital “eSports” and […]
Yesterday, QUAKE LIVE announced that they now have a Player Invite System, giving players the ability to play with friends in private matches or in public servers. Player invites will become a common element of playing QUAKE LIVE with your friends, whether you are wanting a friend to join you on a publicly hosted server […]
Pro’s Asked – WoW 3.3.3 by Sascha “Yiska” Heinsich The patch is a couple of weeks in and many top players have been trying to stay in shape for the TR, testing the newest changes. We asked a couple of questions to players both from Europe and North America about the most important changes and how […]
Accordingly to one of Blizzard’s representitives, Blizzard has banned over 320,000 users for ToS violations in Warcraft III and Diablo II. This includes anything from hacks and bots to illegal configurations. First time offenders were given a 30 day ban, while repeat offenders were permanently banned. Only their CD-key was banned, however, which means that […]
Today, the TF2 developers over at Teamfortress.com have released a new blog today about significant changes to the item drop system. Your diabolical plan to idle in TF2 servers are now over. Below is an excerpt from the blog. Read carefully! Before: Previously, we rolled randomly at intervals to see if you got an item […]
The following piece is an editorial and does not necessarily represent the opinions of compLexity Gaming or its parent company. Update: Angel Munoz has responded via his personal blog to the series by Tonya. The blog can be found at http://www.formspring.me/angelmunoz/q/401063142 The following article is an exclusive series of blogs written by Tonya Welch in […]
The focus of our next Syndicate Interview Series installment is none other than the famous American gamer Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel. Fatal1ty has won over $500,000 in prize money during his eSports career and has been one of the pioneers of branded gaming products and licensing deals. Most recently Wendel tested the broadcasting waters with the […]