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July 27, 2020
The Hearthstone Championship Tour (HCT) has crowned its winner
Last weekend, between April 25th and April 28th the big finale of the Hearthstone Championship Tour took place in Taipei, Taiwan. After an (almost) full season of fun matches, exciting…
June 25, 2019
Homestand weekend recap: Dallas, Seoul and Hangzhou go 2-0
With our first taste of Overwatch League action outside of the Blizzard Arena in Los Angeles for the very first time, its safe to say the experiment of home and…
August 4, 2023
Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Sydney 2019: The story so far
This morning 16 teams entered The Bankstown Sports Club set on claiming $100,000 in prize money and the coveted trophy of the Sydney Premier. The teams were drawn into two…
June 25, 2019
Major Aatrox’s changes with LoL PBE 9.9
Large changes have been made to Aatrox which are now live on the PBE 9.9 cycle. Aatrox will be much stronger in the late game, however, rushing in at the…
June 25, 2019
The Magical Cat, Yuumi: new LoL champion rundown
One of the more interesting champions Riot have added, a new never seen before mechanic on her Q, while also changing up the traditional support style. Yuumi is the first…
October 28, 2024
Esports in the Sun – Spain and its place in the esports world
For most people not from Spain, the country is synonymous with lovely beaches and great summer holidays. Of course, that’s not all it has to offer – alongside wonderful sights,…
June 25, 2019
Washington Justice sign two players in an effort to save their season
The Washington Justice haven’t had the easiest run of form since joining the league in January. In 12 games played so far, Justice have only come away with one win…
June 25, 2019
Overwatch World Cup 2019: new year, new format
After a recent announcement on their website, Blizzard Entertainment has now confirmed the return of one of their premier Overwatch competitions as the Overwatch World Cup gets set to return…
August 4, 2023
ESL Pro League Season 9 first tier finalists confirmed
Late last night Team Astralis secured the last of the top four European spots at the upcoming ESL Pro League Season Finals. They would have topped Group D regardless of…
June 24, 2020
Myths and Might – Magic: The Gathering’s Mythic Championship 2 is here!
Despite not being the most traditional ‘esports’, Magic: The Gathering is an incredibly popular game that draws leagues of fans much like Overwatch and CS:GO do – based on this…
November 4, 2019
GumGum’s bid to streamline esports sponsorship
Revenues from sponsorship make up a huge part of the income for esports organisations. In an industry that is thought to hit global revenues of $1.65 billion by 2021, $1.4…
October 15, 2020
The UK esports awards are going into their second year!
It’s that time of year again… no, the other time of year! That’s right, it’s award-season. This means that the UK esports awards are rolling back around for their second…
October 26, 2020
Fortnite cheats are the biggest problem in the World Cup
It is hard to have a major competitive event in Fortnite without having a bit of controversy over cheating. This is why it wasn’t all that surprising when Epic revealed…
July 9, 2019
PUBG FACEIT Global Summit Recap: and the winner is OP Gaming
For an entire week it was everyone’s best guess, which was the top PUBG team in the world. It came down to the last three minutes of the final map…
June 25, 2019
What to watch: Overwatch League’s first Homestand weekend S2W4
The Overwatch League will touch down in Texas for its inaugural Homestand weekend at the Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas this coming week. Now that the Overwatch League has…
June 25, 2019
2019 European Masters Spring semi-finals prediction
The 2019 European Masters is one of the larger events not completely controlled by Riot Games, instead being a joint venture between Riot and ESL. As mentioned on the eumasters…
August 4, 2023
Kentucky Fried Counterstrike… the KFC Esports Battle is here!
In a world filled with pro gamers and pro tournaments, Leagues, Championships and whatever else you can imagine, it’s easy to lose sight of gamers that aren’t quite at that…
July 19, 2019
LoL player Kim “PraY” Jong-in retires from competitive scene
PraY, one of the longest standing veterans in the competitive League of Legends scene has finally announced his retirement following his absence from the 2019 Spring split. Kim “PraY” Jong-in…
August 4, 2023
AVANGAR win DreamHack Open Rio 2019
After the BLAST Pro Series Miami and StarSeries i-League Season 7, the stage was set for the lower ranked teams to face off against each other in Brazil. DreamHack Open…
November 4, 2019
Sony plans to boost the esports spectator experience through VR
Sony have recently filed a patent that aims to use virtual reality to boost our enjoyment of watching esports tournaments. The project would see an array of virtual reality cameras…
June 25, 2019
The highlight dilemma: how to make Overwatch League recaps great again
Fans of the Overwatch League and Blizzard Entertainment are seemingly at a crossroads once again as the Overwatch League have made unscrupulous decisions and have stifled much of the highlight…
June 25, 2019
MVP Tracker: Best players from each top ranked Overwatch League team
With most teams already establishing their identity on stage and through their fanbases, it’s been interesting to note the most impactful players on each team when the going gets rough.…
October 26, 2020
First 19 players get their spots at the Fortnite World Cup
The first eighteen players to qualify for this year’s Fortnite World Cup have been announced. These are the players who came out on top of last weekends opening event. The…
June 25, 2019
OpenAI at The International 2019: Bots vs Champions
OpenAI, the company that develops cutting edge artificial intelligence tools, got involved into Dota 2 around two years ago. Initially, they developed a bot that was able to beat any…
October 26, 2020
Fortnite brings creativity to World Cup
The Fortnite World Cup is now underway. Qualifying rounds for the massive tournament kicked off last week and will continue through the whole of April, with millions of dollars up…