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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 –…
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…
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…
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.…