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Overwatch 2
June 18, 2019

Mangachu finds new Overwatch Contenders team, signs with Mayhem Academy

After an untimely detonation by NYXL’s Academy Team this offseason, Mayhem Academy wasted no time in picking up the pieces as they have now secured the services of Liam “Mangachu”…
Esports Industry
June 11, 2019

China approves esports careers as professions

Right after a controversial message from a German Olympic Sports Federation executive that esports apparently ‘don’t exist’, the nation of China swings the other way – they just made a…
Overwatch 2
June 18, 2019

OWL Season Two preview: Vancouver Titans

The Vancouver Titans are quite possibly the hardest team to quantify from a competitive level heading into their first season of the Overwatch League. The former RunAway Dynasty has traded…
Esports Industry
November 4, 2019

Understanding the success of Farming Simulator in esports

Whilst most of the iconic esports are first-person shooters, battle arena games, or battle royales, it seems that there’s a massive audience who prefer to get agricultural with a few…
Esports Industry
August 3, 2020

Bizarre phrase from Olympic Federation president – apparently ‘esports doesn’t exist’

There’s lots of things we don’t know for sure about. They may exist, they may not. There’s bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, and things like aliens. Mostly, the reason we…
LoL Esports
May 13, 2020

League of Legends PBE 9.3 Patch rundown

Champion changes Akali – Health regeneration per second buffed from 0.7 to 1.2, making Akali’s lane sustain even stronger than before. Cassiopeia – W mana cost increased, formerly 70 mana…
Fortnite
July 24, 2019

TSM Myth calls for unionization after Fortnite backlash

Fortnite Professional Player Myth has called for Fortnite players to organise and unionize in response to recent actions by Epic. This comes on the back of a few recent missteps…
Esports Industry
June 11, 2019

A new beginning – esports in January

The new year is already a month in – hasn’t time passed quickly? So far, 2019 is looking like a pretty good year – at the very least for esports!…
LoL Esports
June 18, 2019

MSI 2019 to be held in Vietnam and Taipei

The 2019 Mid Season Invitationals, also known as this year’s MSI will be held for the first time in Vietnam and Taipei. What is the Mid Season Invitationals? MSI is…
Esports Industry
November 4, 2019

Samsung steps up their esports sponsorship campaigns

The South Korean tech brand, Samsung, has made two more sponsorship deals in the esports domain. By partnering up with the esports teams, Gen.G and Legacy Esports, the tech company…
LoL Esports
September 23, 2019

NA LCS Week 2 Day 1 – Predictions

Echo Fox vs. Team Solo Mid Both Echo Fox and Team Solo Mid are coming into Week 3 with a single loss and win. While it is early in the…
Dota 2
June 18, 2019

The Chongqing Major Final 6 Predictions

The Chongqing Major is coming to an end and only two more competitive days are left. The top 6 teams will split most of the prize money and qualification points…
Counter-Strike
August 4, 2023

S1mple ranked as top 2018 player – a look back at his results

Everybody has been saying for a long time that S1mple is the best player in Counter Strike Global Offensive. Recently, HLTV awarded S1mple with their 2018 player of the year…
Overwatch 2
June 18, 2019

Overwatch Contenders expanded live events for 2019 season

The Overwatch Contenders are a definite highlight when it comes to the Overwatch competitive circuit. At the moment though, there is preciously little for fans to do/watch there, as the…
LoL Esports
June 18, 2019

The new season is upon us with a weekend of LCS goodness

The LCS season finally arrives in North America with the second season of the franchised league system. We witnessed each team scramble for talent in the offseason after a Worlds…
Fortnite
July 24, 2019

What’s New In Fortnite’s v7.20 Update?

Fortnite’s content and balance is ever changing. Rather than just fiddling with the effectiveness of items and gradually expanding, Epic makes sweeping changes to the game. This latest update is…
Overwatch 2
June 18, 2019

Houston Outlaws organization up for sale, but will it affect their OWL chances?

Earlier this week it was reported that Texas Esports, the majority owner of Infinite Esports and Entertainment, are in the process of preparing to offer up their stake in the…
LoL Esports
October 15, 2020

Riot Games and LVP reveal UK League Championship

Big news in the (UK) LoL world – after an already pretty exciting year last year, what with the Forge of Champions tournament alone, for example, 2019 aims to outdo…
Overwatch 2
June 18, 2019

Lunar New Year returns to Overwatch with eight new Year of the Pig skins

Overwatch continues its tradition of releasing Legendary skins with each new event that comes out, and 2019 is no different for Blizzard and their development team as they pay homage…
Esports Industry
November 4, 2019

Betway to sponsor the Berlin International Gaming esports team

The popular online bookmaker, Betway, have made another sponsorship deal with a top esports team. It was recently announced that Betway would be partnering with the Germany-based esports organization, Berlin…
Esports Industry
June 11, 2019

Upcoming Twitch livestream about AI company’s research on StarCraft 2

This Thursday, at 6pm GMT, Blizzard is going to be hosting a very special StarCraft 2 Twitch stream – one in collaboration with DeepMind. DeepMind is a neuroscience-inspired AI company.…
Overwatch 2
June 18, 2019

Florida Mayhem set to continue their downward trend in OWL Season Two

Florida Mayhem have made roster changes once again this offseason. On January 20, Florida Mayhem announced a coaching staff change with their Mayhem Academy Assistant Coach Marvin “Promise” Schröder being…
Fortnite
July 24, 2019

Epic announce Secret Skirmish Invitational for Valentine’s day

Fortnite players may have to spend the week dealing with shield shortage and trying to make sense of leaks about a snow event, but Epic has other plans. They have…
Battle Royale
June 11, 2019

Gun Rush: The newest Battle Royale competitor is a heavy hitter

Although the whole Battle Royale craze is slowly settling down, I’m sure we all remember those long, long months when all the Internet seemed to talk about were Fortnite and…
LoL Esports
July 9, 2019

Riot’s declining revenue and the role of merch

Ever since the introduction of Fortnite, League of Legends has been struggling with both maintain new player growth and overall player retention. Even with Riot’s recent emphasis on battle passes…
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