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ASUS are the largest motherboard manufacturer on the planet. Within their portfolio they also produce graphics cards, chassis, laptops and a wide range of peripherals. Many of these peripherals are grouped together under their Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand – but not the one we are looking at today. Breaking …

If you've seen any of the documentaries on pro-gaming, whether it's FRAG from a few years ago, or something like the more recent Free to Play from Valve, you'll know that getting sponsored is the holy grail of many an eSports team, save perhaps being given a salary by Riot. …

Turtle Beach, the long term maker of gaming headsets for both PC and consoles, has announced that it will be launching an elite membership programme for competitive and professional gamers. The scheme will offer benefits and discounts to anyone who buys an Elite gaming headset. Members of the new programme …

If you're into your extreme sports like skateboarding, MotoX and snowboarding, then chances are you're a fan of X Games, an organisation specifically designed to cater to these sports and provide international competitive events for the best in the world to go head to head in. In the future though, …

Major League Gaming, one of the world's premier eSports organisations, has announced a partnership with two Chinese firms, which are going to help it build a 15,000 spectator eSports arena on Hengqin Island in Zhuhai, China. Unlike other previously held games in venues like the Staples Centre which hosted the …

I promise you I didn't wake up this morning looking to crush dreams, but if you find yourself blowing candles out on your 25th birthday and you haven't made it as a pro gamer yet, chances are you aren't going to, because your reaction times are already starting to decline. …

While it's one thing to be a team manager and attempt to lure players away from one esports team to the other, it's another thing entirely to do so as a player. Riot doesn't mess around when it comes to this stuff either and to prove that point has fined …

Riot is continuing to enforce its professional code of conduct with its pro player base, with several in the Oceanic region being hit with the ban hammer, three of which came from the same team – which you would imagine is going to cause more than a few problems with …

One of the longest standing rosters in professional League of Legends, the Evil Geniuses, has effectively been disbanded in Europe, with three of its old members set to now compete under the EG brand in the North American circuit, while too remain in the EU and are now operating under …

If you'd said a decade ago that there would be not only gamers like Fatal1ty making the big bucks by being a professional at it, but that teams of people would be able to do it for a living too – some pulling in as much as a million a …

HBO's Real Sports segment, which purports to show you what happens behind the score board and “off the field,” took some time out from its usual coverage of real world action, to instead focus on esports, interviewing key players in the League of Legends pro scene, people at Riot Games …

If you're a member of one of the world's top League of Legends pro teams, you'll have found yourself intrinsically linked to one of your favourite characters today, as Riot games has animated the real life players behind the teams, equipping them with the abilities and skills of some of …

Pro gaming, as we've discussed before, is one of the easiest professional sports to get into. While you still need to be extraordinarily skilled and get extremely lucky, you can simply play and play and end up as part of a team. You don't need to wait for it to …

Can you really achieve a deep, open sound with just 2 channels ? Audio engineers have been trying this trick since the invention of stereo. With headphones it's even more of a challenge. Given the difficulty, what can we expect from Thermaltake? The whole world and its war-dogs are focused …