Only one week after the completion of the ESEA Season 5 Grand Finals in Dallas, Texas, the ESEA Season 6 registration has been opened. The prize pot has been increased to $50,000, $5,000 more then last season. This season will also be the first season that the Main division finals will be held on LAN, […]
WoW Competition Reshuffled by Sascha “Yiska” Heinisch Once again, with the introduction of season 8 gear on the upcoming Blizzard TR, the WoW meta game is changing and teams will have to adapt. As season 8 gear is also the gear currently used on live servers, the live teams of the top competitors are a […]
Yesterday, Valve announced that Steam and all Source engine games will be coming to Mac this April. Many fans have been emailing Valve asking questions like if it is necessary to buy another version of TF2 if you own a Mac (or vice versa). Just a few minutes ago, the TF2 developers over at Valve […]
StarCraft 2, the long awaited sequel to the immensely popular RTS game from Blizzard, has apparently gone live with their beta client. While details are still limited at this point, many websites and individuals are reporting that the StarCraft 2 client is available for download. It’s not clear at this point across what methods are […]
For today’s Syndicate Interview Series our focus will be on one of the founding fathers of North American eSports: Craig “Torbull” Levine. The founder of Team 3D and ESEA is no stranger to gaming fans worldwide and we’re grateful for the interview. First off, thanks for sitting down with us. Let’s start at the end […]
Pro Responses to the 3.3.2 Patch by Sascha “Yiska” Heinisch The 3.3.2 patch recently hit the live servers and as always it brought a huge change to the WoW meta game. Despite the prot warrior nerfs, Blizzard surprised everyone with not only the resilience buffs but also with the introduction of an across the board […]
The Status of WoW As an E-Sport by Sascha “Yiska” Heinseich Is WoW a viable e-sport? How does it compare to the other big e-sports titles such as CS, SC or Wc3? The debate is still open. First of all, we have to seperate the discussion into game mechanics and whether or not the community […]
by Sascha “Yiska” Heinsich The All-star tournament came to an end and fortunately for you radicoLs the team consisting of coL.Red’s Venruki & Snutz plus coL.Black’s Toez took home the $1000 cash price. The tournament started out really slow and the quality of games really weren’t all that impressive, until the finals. Toez‘ team had […]
Today, The Syndicate is pleased to announce that we have acquired the #1 American World of Warcraft squad from 2009: Check Six (previously known as eMg). Throughout last year the squad proved itself to be at the very top of the international WoW scene, and we are proud to announce them as “compLexity Black.” Our […]
Winners Congratulations to Archie and rec0n, the winners of the Puretrak/Fame Last Man Standing event! Archie won the first LMS, but after a strong outpour for another, an impromptu LMS was also held. Archie – Wins a coL Padrec0n – Wins a coL Hat Event Tomorrow, the Syndicate, in cooperation with Puretrak and Fame Servers, […]