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Rainbow Six
July 9, 2019

Rainbow Six Siege Pro League Season IX Finals to grace Milan, Italy this year

Ubisoft has finally revealed the event schedule for the ninth season of Rainbow Six Siege’s Pro League. It details every major stop along the way, with the finals taking place…
Fortnite
July 24, 2019

TSM launch new sponsorship deal for Fortnite licensed NERF Guns

Fortnite’s reach among young children is pretty well-established, this has now culminated in Hasbro launching a new range of Fortnite inspired Nerf Guns. These weapons will feature heavy Fortnite branding…
Counter-Strike
August 4, 2023

IEM Katowice 2019 Round 3: new legends, old names

The opening day of the New Legends Stage is now behind us, the pairings for the Swiss-system elimination and advancement stage are now set, and some hype action is coming…
Esports Industry
November 4, 2019

Red Bull signs up the German esports team, BIG

The energy drink brand, Red Bull, has signed a multiyear partnership deal with the Berlin International Gaming esports team. It will mark the first time that the Austrian energy drink…
LoL Esports
June 17, 2019

Griffin’s non-competitive LCK split

The first round-robin cycle of the LCK Spring split is about to finish, and the story of the LCK being a hyper competitive region comes with it. Early on in…
Dota 2
June 17, 2019

MDL Macau 2019 | Unexpected results on Day 1; what awaits us on Day 2

MDL Macau 2019 is an ongoing premier Dota 2 event that brings together many of the world’s best Dota 2 teams, including Virtus.pro and Evil Geniuses. And in spite of…
Overwatch 2
June 17, 2019

Winners and Losers: OWL Week One

The first week of Overwatch League action is now in the history books and new narratives were created as others stayed the same. Shanghai Dragons and Houston Outlaws faced a…
LoL Esports
June 17, 2019

Kayle rework – LoL Champion rundown

After years of being stagnant on the Rift, Riot has reworked Kayle while keeping some of her key features. Passive: Kayle will gain certain buffs as she reaches key level…
Fighting Games
June 11, 2019

Will Jump Force join the Fighting Game esports ranks?

In the esports world, fighting games aren’t quite as high profile as other titles like MOBAs or even FPS games. That’s not to say that there aren’t plenty of fans…
Fortnite
July 24, 2019

Everything that happened at Fortnite’s Secret Skirmish

The Fortnite Secret Skirmish got the game’s 2019 plans off to a fantastic start. Fortnite has been slowed down in recent weeks by the release of Apex legends and some…
Esports Industry
November 4, 2019

Esports set to hit the $1 billion mark in 2019

If there was any doubt about the popularity of esports, then those perceptions will be smashed with the news that the competitive gaming industry is set to hit the $1…
LoL Esports
September 23, 2019

NA LCS Week 5 Day 1 Predictions

Optic Gaming vs. 100 Thieves Optic are not doing well at NALCS, entering this week with their 5th loss streak. Week 4 had also been a disappointing week for the…
Overwatch 2
June 17, 2019

Overwatch League 2019: Best matches to watch Week One

The Overwatch League is officially underway as 20 teams from across the world compete for competitive supremacy. As Season Two finally started this Thursday, the action will continue throughout the…
Esports Industry
October 6, 2020

BroadcastHER academy funded by Samsung-associates

The 1000 dreams Fund, or 1DF, is a non-profit that provides small grants specifically to support the dreams of talented young girls and women. This week, this fund added to…
Counter-Strike
August 4, 2023

RIP Pick’ems at IEM Katowice Challenger Stage

Two days into the qualifier stage for the IEM Katowice Main Event and my pick’ems are ded. Pretty much everyone assumed the Challenger Stage would be a nice warm-up light…
Esports Industry
July 8, 2020

Vainglory’s esports future uncertain

Super Evil Megacorp’s mobile MOBA game Vainglory didn’t take long to expand into an esport – the game expanded in more than one way, actually – from 3v3 matches to…
LoL Esports
September 23, 2019

NA LCS Week 4 Day 2 Predictions

Last week saw a resurgence of some of the lower seeded teams as 100 Thieves and Golden Guardians both pulled off 2-0 weekends. Heading into Week 4, the objective remains…
LoL Esports
June 17, 2019

Tales of the east: LCK in Week 4

While most of the media drama is about the LCS and the LEC, week in and week out the premier regions in the East give us some of the best…
Apex Legends
August 14, 2020

Apex Legends is already launching a competitive scene

Apex Legends has barely been available a week yet, but it is already pushing its way into the Esports market. The new shooter combines elements of a Battle Royale with…
Esports Industry
April 22, 2022

Pinnacle boosts the accuracy of their esports betting statistics

The popular online bookmaker, Pinnacle, have made moves to ensure that esports fans get much greater accuracy on the gaming statistics that they bet on. By teaming up with the…
Fighting Games
June 3, 2019

EVO Japan is about to start in Fukuoka

Short for Evolution Championship Series, EVO is the largest and longest-running fighting game tournament series in the world. There have been events all over the world of course, and the…
Esports Industry
June 11, 2019

KittyPlays partners with Allied Esports

Esports partnerships are pretty commonplace these days – it seems like every other day a new company joins the ranks of happy esports sponsors, but this is something else –…
Apex Legends
June 2, 2020

Apex Legends overtakes Fortnite in streaming

This week saw the launch of EA’s Apex Legends, a team-based Battle Royale game that has been labelled a Fortnite killer. The big launch of this free-to-play game has certainly…
Overwatch 2
June 17, 2019

Overwatch League 2019: Week 1 Day 1 Preview

Overwatch League action returns to the centerfold this week with the first day of competitive play set to start this Thursday, February 14. With this years format, teams are competing…
LoL Esports
September 23, 2019

NA LCS Week 4 Day 1 Predictions

Considering the recent performance of all the NA teams at the NALCS, most of the matches in week 4 will be pretty close with the exception of GGS vs. TL.…
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