Esports News

Over the past few years, female esports player numbers have been reaching new highs year upon year. Opportunities within the industry have also steadily increased with developers and event organizers…

As we creep closer to year’s end, the fact that we will not witness the International 2020 unfold is still a hard pill to swallow. Nonetheless, the Dota 2 community…

The Super Smash Bros Melee Slippi Champions League is about to kick-off soon after having cemented its roundup following the CLG Mixup. The Slippi League is an online tournament for…

Sponsorships play a crucial role in the esports industry. As an entertainment industry, esports relies heavily on external investment for its income. These investments often come in the form of…

“First Strike” will be the first Valorant esports tournament directly organized by Riot Games. The main event is set to begin later in December, with qualifiers running in the later…

Two days ago, esports powerhouse Virtus.pro announced the benching of of their entire Dota 2 main roster. Five months ago, we praised Virtus.Pro for finally activating and reclaiming their throne …

Rocket League just went free to play! As of September 23rd all you gotta do is download the game and start spinning. As a bonus, players who claim the game to…

The big viral games trends of 2020 have been a bit random and surprising. Twitch has been dominated by a few titles that have come out of nowhere. First up,…

OGA returns to Europe for the third season of Dota PIT on September 23. The event boasts a rewarding prize pool of 170,000 USD. It may not be the grandest…

The esports careers of a professional esports players are far from glamorous. There are countless hours of grinding, stress, weighty expectations, and bitter disappointments. In the end, is a price…

The Brazilian CS:GO powerhouse MIBR is over as we know it. Weak performances, internal strife and organizational disputes have caused one of the most established CS:GO rosters to break apart.…

Prize pools are one of the primary incentives for competition in esports. In many sports and esports, the competing teams can win a portion of prize money depending on their…

The Astralis group announced it will be merging all of its teams and interests into one unified brand. The Origen League of Legends team name will be changed to Astralis…

Chinese Esports powerhouse Vici Gaming announced its highly-anticipated roster shuffle that included the Thai superstar player, Nuengnara “23savage” Teeramahanon. The announcement came as a pleasant surprise for fans, after the young…

Understanding the finer points of large corporations’ finances isn’t easy. More often then not even for the companies themselves.Between mistakes, human error, and the odd deliberate deception, issues are more…

The Worlds 2020 Draw Show finished a few hours ago with all 22 teams now slotted into their respective groups. Distinct strengths and weaknesses can now be observed in both…

The BTS Pro Series Season 3 consists of three regional events held in Europe, North America and Southeast Asia. They SEA and NA events are considered premier competitions featuring the…

The Overwatch League’s Grand Finales are now set and fast approaching. Over the past few weeks the playoffs have whittled down the OWL teams into just four powerhouses that will…

Developer updates are the semi-regular updates that game developers release. The game development teams often release these updates as blog posts on their dedicated websites. In the posts, the developers…

It’s been smooth sailing for Valorant over the past few months. The only worries have been minor tweaks and bug fixes and developing the Valorant esports scene. Over the month…

Fortnite’s Mythic items have been a contentious topic since they were introduced in Chapter 2 Season 3. Fortnite Season 4 is all part of the Superhero Theme Epic Games are…

With the Summer Split over for the major League of Legends (LoL) esports regions, most teams’ season has come to an end. A select few teams ready themselves for the…

If you’re an independent competitive esports organizer, you know the headache of setting up a tournament. You might do a google sheet for registration, something like BracketHQ or smash.gg for…

Fnatic announced yet another roster shuffle just a month after they removed Nuengnara “23savage” Teeramahanon from their active line-up. This time, it’s Anucha “Jabz” Jirawong, who took his leave from…

Tekken is one of the biggest fighting games around, yet it has had a bit of a dry spell competitively this year. Compared to other titles like Mortal Kombat, there…