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Students look at their screens as they play games during tournaments held at the NIU Esports Arena on Wednesday night. The games in the tournament included “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate” and “EA Sports College Football 25.”  (Ethan Rodriguez | Northern Star)

Game through the decades with NIU Esports

By Yari Tapia, Lifestyle Writer | October 17, 2024

NIU Esports invited students for a night of retro gaming this homecoming week at the “Huskie Rumble” event where gamers could try a variety of old school games.  The event ran from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday in Altgeld Hall. Gamers could...

Jakob Furgat speaks to the group about the Esports culture in Asia on Tuesday night in the Esports Arena at Altgeld Hall. The event was hosted by the Asian American Resource Center Ohana Series in collaboration with NIU Esports. (Tim Dodge | Northern Star)

AARC teams up with NIU Esports

By Jonathan Shelby, Assistant Lifestyle Editor | March 26, 2024

Video games are extremely popular and only growing in appeal to different people around the world, as different ways to play the games are made.  In collaboration with NIU Esports, the Asian American Resource Center (AARC) invited students to attend...

Empty red and black gaming chairs sit in the ESports arena. The arena held a Rocket League championship event Saturday. (Jonathan Shelby | Northern Star)

ESports’ afternoon of rockets and racing

By Jonathan Shelby, Assistant Lifestyle Editor | February 5, 2024

DeKALB – In collaboration with NASCAR, NIU Esports invited both casual and hardcore fans of Rocket League to an event open to all visitors for a chill afternoon of gaming.  Released back in 2015 by Epic Games, Rocket League became one of the bigger...

The scholarship was open to any NIU student who considers themself a gamer, not just varsity athletes like most esports scholarships.

College ‘questline’ made more affordable with new Fierce Gamer Scholarship

By Eddie Drinkwine | October 5, 2022

DeKALB – For the first time this year NIU is partnering with Dr. Levi Harrison, the creator of the Fierce Gamer app, and has given two NIU students the chance to receive the Fierce Gamer Scholarship. Harrison is an orthopedic surgeon, physician,...

Blizzard Entertainment takes winnings from gamer for anti-China remarks

By Jacob Roushia | October 15, 2019

An Esports player lost $10,000 over a political statement made during a postgame interview on Oct. 6. Ng Wai Chung, who plays under the handle Blitzchung, shouted “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times,” according to CBS. This followed a Hearthstone...

Esports Arena opens for fall semester

By Parker Otto | September 5, 2019

Video games are among the quickest-evolving art forms in popular culture due to the constant improvement of the genre. The industry has gone from stacking blocks in “Tetris” to grand worlds of multiplayer games like “League of Legends.” For students...