Splitkick is proud to help sponsor Leaguecraft’s ggClassic $5,000 League of Legends tournament, presented by Gaming.Stackexchange! Starting on March 17th, our very own Adam Cogswell, will be casting alongside ggChronicle’s Monte Cristo, and Optimus Tom, as they bring you the very best commentary in the League of Legends shout casting scene.

I have been playing online games for a number of years and have had my share rage induced moments. Usually I’m the one raging at the Assault in Battlefield 3 to quit running into the same building or at the Healer to spam heals harder. This has lead to the following tips to keep myself calm that I thought I’d share with the community.

While talking with Ranhert the other day, he mentioned that he had been listening to ESPN Radio. At that time, the hosts were discussing the NFL, as the divisional round of the playoffs are this weekend (it is kind of a big deal). Ranhert fancies himself a football enthusiast and started to draw comparisons between professional League of Legends and professional football.

Have you read Ben Daniel’s article about franchise fatigue yet? If you haven’t, you should do that as soon as you’re done with this reviewtorial (patent pending!). By doing so, you’ll understand why I feel the way I do about this franchise. Don’t worry, it’ll all come together shortly!

So many of us have gotten to the point of just flying through the old mastery trees that changing everything we know knocked us on our asses. ”How do we play now that people aren’t telling us what to do?” Simply put; you take a little bit of time to learn the meta game.

Every year, I make the mistake of raising my hand for a video game that I know nearly nothing about. Someone will give me the smallest hint as to what kind of game it is, and I think to myself: “Eh, I can play this, no problem.” This year it was Crimson Alliance, a pseudo free to play dungeon crawler that has a multiplayer function. Since I didn’t have anyone to play with, I went at it solo – big mistake.

Before we get started I want you to take nice big whiff of the air. Do you smell that? That’s the smell of fall, and all of the great games that come with it. For those of you who are done paying full retail price for a disc, you’re going to love what I’m about to tell you. For a quarter the price of X-Men Destiny, Orcs Must Die injects your Xbox with all the power of a full retail release.

I was introduced to the Gears series shortly after I picked up my first Xbox 360. Before I played it, I was told it was going to be a gritty, bloody experience. I’d be inclined to agree with that assessment. Shortly after I finished the first game, Gears 2 came out and I put days worth of time into Horde, multi-player, and the co-op campaign. That being said, I figured that I’d be super excited to get back into the Gears world and mow down some Locust.

Mommy’s Best Games is starting to gain some serious steam in the developer world. They gave us Weapon of Choice, Shoot1Up and Explosionade, all of which have been released to the XBL Indie scene. With each subsequent game, MBG seems to be gaining momentum as if they were drawing power from each successful launch. Tapping into their energy reserve, they’re pulled out the most chaotic side scrolling shooter that I’ve played and tossed it straight to Steam.

Adam Cogswell sat down with Nathan Fouts from Mommy’s Best Games to talk about their all-new Serious Sam title called Serious Sam: Double D.

There you are, the 2D master. You’ve been playing Street Fighter 4, Mortal Kombat and Marvel vs Capcom 3 for months now looking for something different to whet your whistle. While browsing around Shoryuken.com, you spot a new 2D fighter: Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.

The staff at Splitkick don’t only write or talk about video games, we love to play them too! In the last month a few of us have picked up League of Legends which is a Defense of the Ancients style game. If you haven’t heard anything about League of Legends all you need to know …

I read A LOT of gaming news, so I see A LOT of “enhancement” products. I’m intrigued by a lot of them because when I first started playing 2D fighting games, I purchased an arcade stick. While not exactly an “enhancement”, it did level up my game play considerably. Since that moment, I’ve been looking at products that I can use while playing other type of games.