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August 4, 2023
IEM Rio News – Keep Up With All the Latest
With the IEM Rio 2023 Playoffs almost underway, we’re taking a look back at the action so far. There have been some surprises, with under and overperformances dominating the IEM…
May 12, 2024
The Games That Changed Us: Sonic the Hedgehog
If I could pinpoint one game that could serve as the spark that ignited my love for gaming, it would be 1991’s Sonic the Hedgehog. It’s the first game I…
August 4, 2023
NiKo needs the Paris Major to secure his legacy as one of CS:GO’s best
No matter what, NiKo will go down as one of CS:GO’s great riflers. But for a player of his calibre, that won’t be enough. There’s one prize that currently eludes…
March 29, 2024
Astralis Must Move Beyond Its Past To Secure Its Future
Berlin. September 8th, 2019. Astralis comfortably defeated AVANGAR 2-0, becoming four-time CS:GO Major winners. Xyp9x, gla1ve, dupreeh, Magisk, and dev1ce etched their names into CS:GO history books, crowned the first-and-only…
March 15, 2023
Fortnite C4 S2 Meta has Potential to be the Most Fun in Years For Esports
2023 and Fortnite Chapter 4 got off to a big start! A new FNCS Major format has brought a better sense of progression to weekly tournaments, and the game has…
May 12, 2024
A Look into the Sim Racing Esports Cheating Pandemic
Cheating. It’s not a new topic. Where there is competition, hard work and determination, there will always be people and methods to take shortcuts, undermining what truly goes into competition…
March 28, 2024
Is the karrigan Honeymoon in the CS:GO FaZe Roster Over?
There’s a strong argument that Finn “karrigan” Andersen is the greatest in-game leader in Counter-Strike history and a big part of the CS:GO FaZe roster. Known affectionately as the biggest…
May 12, 2024
The Olympic Esports Series is a mess, and does Esports even need the Olympics?
Last week, the coveted guardians of the biggest multi-sporting event of the globe, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that it was venturing into esports. The first IOC-sanctioned event is…
March 8, 2023
Gamers8 triples down on esports with $45M prize pool festival
Gamers8 is set to return this summer July 6th 2023, with a grand event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Gamers8 / Gamers Without Borders duo is pledging a whopping $45,000,000…
May 12, 2024
More developers should use Valve’s honeypot tactics to catch cheaters
Valve recently released info about 40,000 Dota 2 accounts that have been permanently banned. Their tactics in catching cheaters were not novel but were quite ingenious for a game developer.…