December 1, 2011
Dreamhack Winter 2011 recap
Full recap of the Dreamhack Winter 2011 event
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November 24, 2011
UpCloseGamers attend Dreamhack Winter 2011
Dreamhack Winter is taking place from November 24-27, featuring huge tournaments in Starcraft II and Counter-Strike 1.6, featuring some of the world’s best players.
November 23, 2011
Round up of the i44 IPL Regional qualifier event
We are back from the i44 IPL Regional qualifier event where we spent two days working on the BenQ booth and the final day covering the fabulous Starcraft II event.
November 18, 2011
Up Close Gamers attend i44
Up Close Gamers will be attending i44, the largest gaming event in the UK, hosted by Multiplay.
November 16, 2011
Getting sponsored
Getting sponsored is not an easy task, especially in a niche market like gamin. Sponsorships are what keep the gaming scene alive, much like other sports, the sponsors brand up the best teams or players and have them advertise their products in various ways.
November 7, 2011
Round up of the BenQ monitor launch event
We have just got back from a fabulous three days in Sweden, attending the BenQ monitor launch events at Webhallen and Inferno Online in Stockholm Sweden as well as following the StarTale players during their show match and promotional tour at Gamex.
November 2, 2011
UpCloseGamers attend the BenQ monitor launch event in Sweden
On the November 3, BenQ will be launching two new monitors for the gaming sector, after the huge success with the XL2410T monitor; they will be looking to continue on this by working with more professional gamers.
October 29, 2011
UpCloseGamers at the movies - part one
UpCloseGamers at the movies is a new series we will be doing, highlighting certain frag movies/montage movies from the gaming world. In the first part of UpCloseGamers at the movies we will be looking at some great Counter-Strike movies from past and present
October 21, 2011
Improving your game - part two
In this series, we will be looking at how you can improve your gaming and continue to do so while avoiding as many brick walls as possible, HeatoN and SpawN lend their advice once again in a new article series
October 19, 2011
Player focus: Greg "IdrA" Fields
The first of our player focus articles will feature none other than the recent IEM Guangzhou winner and fourth place finisher at MLG Orlando, IdrA!
