Esports News

The Chinese government has shocked the esports world by placing a ban on top gaming titles like Fortnite and Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds. This comes as a result of a new Online…

Blizzard have decided to put a freeze on their Overwatch player base with a flurry of new skins and holiday themes in this year’s Winter Wonderland event. The event will…

When it comes to games like Fortnite that heavily rely on a weapons and item meta, it’s easy to make fans unhappy with even the slightest adjustment – whether it…

Champion changes Ashe – When enemies are spotted by Hawkshot (E) before being taken down, Ashe will gain an assist. Note, this only applies when the enemy had previously not…

For casual fans of the Overwatch League, it might be difficult figuring out just why and how some of the best players in the world end up using the team…

Considering the recent success of Schalke 04, their application to join the LEC (previously known as EU LCS) has been approved by Riot games. As part of the new league,…

Whilst Japan has traditionally lagged behind its Asian rivals in its take-up of esports, it seems as though the nation is ready to join the competitive mobile gaming revolution. This…

Non-gaming related companies signing sponsorship deals is a pretty common event now, really – while in the beginning it was mostly things like energy drinks providers, hardware manufacturers etc, nowadays…

Argentina’s professional esports players have taken a few steps closer to becoming officially recognised as athletes. The moves made by the Argentinian Esports Association (AADE) could help the nation’s pro…

Esports like CS:GO and Dota 2 appeared and developed in two main regions, namely Europe and North America. But from there they quickly spread to other parts of the world…

Gaming in general and esports in particular often have a slightly odd stance when it comes to legal matters – most laws weren’t created with them in mind, and new…

The efforts to include esports as a recognised Olympic sport appear to have stalled with the International Olympic Committee stating that the move would be ‘premature’. Despite this disappointment, there…

One of the most popular card games ever made, Magic: The Gathering is going digital – or rather, the digital version is going esports. At the Game Awards 2018, it…

Patch 7.20 brought a lot of big changes and among them there are plenty of heroes whose abilities have been partly reworked. This brought about a completely new meta, with…

After teasing a big CSGO content drop on Twitter, Valve today pushed a brand new update to live servers that adds a new battle royale mode and brand new skins.…

Sadly, getting women engaged in esports, to the point where they actively participate is till a bit of an issue. While progress is absolutely being made, and many games make…

There has been plenty of opposition to the growth of esports in the traditional sporting world. But this week saw one of the fiercest criticisms of the competitive gaming phenomenon.…

Self-made technology billionaire Tej Kohli just announced a pretty big move into esports – a €50 million investment outreach to support esports in Europe. After Asia and North America, Europe…

After weeks of speculation, Washington D.C. have announced their branding and some of their roster information for their 2019 lineup, including star players and coaches such as Song “Janus” Jun-hwa…

With the Free Agency window close to wrapping up, San Francisco Shock and the Boston Uprising have come to a deal that will see star DPS player Kwon “Striker” Nam-joo…

Southeast Asia’s gamers have taken mobile gaming to heart. With the region accounting for a staggering 49.1% share of the global mobile gaming market in 2018, it’s evident that Southeast…

Neeko will be arriving sometime in the middle of patch 8.24 along with her Winter Wonder Neeko skin and a handful of chromas. As expected, the patch contains a few…

2018 was a pretty good year for Hearthstone as an esport. Just last month, Team China managed to beat the expected champ Brazil in the Grand Finals of the Hearthstone…

MegaFon Winter Clash is an invite-based Dota 2 event scheduled to take place between December 7th – 9th in Moscow, Russia. The tournament is attended by 6 prestigious teams and…

The Danish esports team, Astralis, has recently signed a two-year partnership deal with the online betting company, Unibet. The global partnership deal will see Unibet becoming Astralis’ official betting parter,…