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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”…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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!…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…