Today's cartoon is about the LCK going on a hiatus and all those that feel sorry about the situation. Players and teams that can't communicate with the fans after showing great performances… Fa
Part 2 of Inven Global’s interview with ESPN’s Jacob Wolf is here. In this interview, we talk about his time as an esports journalist for ESPN, what he thinks is missing in esports journalism today, and advice for up and coming journalists.
My initial reaction to the early Valorant gameplay video was that it was a lot like Overwatch, a role-based, hyper FPS game. This is because in the footage, a player was able to create walls, revive t
Today, Riot Games announced their new FPS game, “Valorant”. A couple of weeks ago, Riot had invited Inven to visit and test the game. During the visit, we had a chance to talk to the developers
Currently playing for all-female French League of Legends team Out of the Blue, Olimpia "komedyja" Cichosz came out of GIRLGAMER Esports Festival World Edition bearing the champion title.
The past few years have been busier than ever for Andrey "Reynad" Yanyuk. As his esports' organization, Tempo Storm, has continued to expand across the industry as new titles have popped up, it has made numerous investments in other forms of digital entertainment. Streamers, web shows, and even their own game: Tempo Storm explores everything the consumer of today is interested in. Last week Tempo Storm announced their latest milestone. The Bazaar, a digital, multiplayer deckbuilding game fully developed by Tempo Storm, received a $3.3 million investment to boost its production. Reynad sat down with Inven Global's Tom Matthiesen to talk about the investment, what it means for The Bazaar, and how Tempo Storm is paving the way for other organizations in the video game entertainment industry.
Jacob Wolf is a veteran in esports journalism, growing from grassroots, and becoming a full-time journalist with ESPN Esports. Since being employed with ESPN, Jacob has done various types of content for ESPN from written, audio podcasts, and now, video content. During NYXL's homestand in the opening week of the Overwatch League season, Inven Global's Chris Cuevo had an extensive chat with Jacob Wolf about getting started in esports journalism, his position at ESPN, and advice for up and coming journalists.
Trihex spoke to Inven Global's Tom Matthiesen about his ban, and explained what he thinks needs to be done to improve the situation for digital content creators.
Kerry LaRose, Esports Lead at Blizzard Entertainment, was instrumental in executing upon Blizzard's new involvement in the ESL Pro Tour from start to finish. Kaeo Milker is the Production Director of Warcraft 3: Reforged, and previously was the Production Director of Blizzard titles such asHeroes of the Storm, Starcraft 2, and the original Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos. LaRose and Milker joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie for an interview at DreamHack Anaheim 2020.
Today's cartoon is about the fear of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) spreading in the LoL Esports scene. It's ‘28 days later' than LCK kicked off without spectators. LoL Park is still empty and
Let’s take a look at some of the best sights and scenes of DreamHack Anaheim 2020.
Four wins and two losses. That is the record so far for teams hosting their homestands this season. There is a small sample size among homestand crowds affecting matches. Players comment on how home crowds affected their level of play.
The League of Legends European Championship was one of the most successful esports leagues in 2019. The franchise grew its audience quickly during its inaugural year with fast-paced content, alternati
Since the new season of the Overwatch League started, people cannot help to see noticeable issues with the broadcast. There is blame towards the league for switching streaming platforms from Twitch to YouTube. These are a few of the issues plaguing OWL so far.
Jungler Anastasiya "HellMa" Pleyko briefly talked to us about the biggest challenges the team faced while in the league, and why the skill gap between the league teams was so wide, leading the team to perform 0-28 in the last season.
Today's cartoon is about the four major regions of competitive League of Legends, the LCK, LCS, LEC, and the LPL. Despite it's late start and no spectators, the competition in the LCK continues to be
The bot laners of each region took their spots as the leaders of KDA in their respective regions. In the LCK, LPL, LCS, and the LEC, there’s an interesting trend in data (gathered up to the 17th), which is similar across all four regions. Bot laners of each region were in 1st place in KDA, and currently, there are two players that have a perfect KDA. In the LCK, All iN, the mid laner for Afreeca Freecs is a player that currently holds a perfect KDA. Previously known as SSUN, he only played two games in the league, so this data may not hold too much meaning. Even still, All iN played Pantheon in both of his games and with a total score of 5/0/13, he holds a perfect KDA.
It is evident that G2’s roster had been shaken from yesterday’s unexpected loss against Misfits Gaming, but undeniably, Schalke 04’s roster changes have proven to be the right decision as they showcased much stronger, agressive form. After the match, coach Dylan Falco addressed the issues with the previous roster and talked about the new improvements in the team.
With Juked now three months into open beta, we decided to catch up with co-founder ChanManV. He walked us through the creation of Juked, how they manage to stay in touch with all the esports scenes, and what the future holds for the platform.
Remember the LCS Anonymous Survey? They had a simple survey on the LCS players and had some interesting responses. Here, we tried the same on the LCK players. About a week to go for the 2020 LCK Spring
