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June 21, 2019
With 127 million viewers, the 2018 MSI final is the most watched esports match ever
The League of Legends 2018 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) finals officially became the most watched esports match to date. Based on the data from Esports Charts, the Bo5 series between Kingzone…
June 21, 2019
League of Legends Teams to Compete in the High Stakes Tournament Clash
League of Legends fans have long argued that there is a gap separating casual players from professionals. Riot was quick to introduce the “ranked play” system, which is currently the…
March 29, 2024
StarCraft II gets new balance patch and more ladder maps
Blizzard has reaffirmed their commitment to keeping StarCraft II popular, despite the game’s obvious decline in recent years. It remains the most played real-time strategy game and it also has…
May 13, 2020
Act of balance: Hanzo’s storm arrows facing a nerf on PTR Overwatch
If anyone’s ever told you balancing the meta in a video game is easy business, they lied to you. From Blizzard to Riot Games and beyond, every game developer has…
June 21, 2019
Unwarranted Hype: Why North America continues to fail on the international stage
After a brief collapse in the early goings of the group stage, Team Liquid fought back to earn some wins against Flash Wolves and Fnatic as North America’s LCS representative…
July 9, 2019
PUBG’s Public NA Qualifier for $2M tournament starts next week
If you didn’t know already, PUBG Corp. is set to host one of the biggest esports tournaments ever later this year, and qualifiers will be open for all players to…
May 13, 2020
Overwatch Patch Update: Pink Mercy arrives as Brigitte faces changes
The start of a new season in competitive play for Overwatch has brought the introduction of a new map last week with Rialto. The escort map was playable during the…
September 18, 2020
4 Reasons why Fortnite is the most viewed game on the Internet
You’ve probably seen how much of an impact Fortnite has had on internet culture over the past few months. It’s very surprising to see a game take the world by…
May 10, 2018
The Top 5 CS:GO Teams You Should Be Following Right Now
As the year has progressed, the 5 teams at the top of competitive CS:GO have completely changed. SK and Cloud9 have been kicked off of the top spot, and returning…
June 13, 2019
Protoss players dominate the Afreeca Starleague Season 5
Blizzard has kept his promise and brought StarCraft back into the spotlight with the Remastered edition. South Koreans have always dominated this game and it was only natural for them…
March 23, 2023
Pangolier Dota 2 Guide – Master Pangolier in Patch 7.14
Pangolier is an offlane hero who excels at disrupting the enemy’s lines and who can also deal a surprising amount of damage with only a few items. His ultimate is…
April 24, 2023
Invoker Dota 2 Guide – Highest Skill Cap in Patch 7.14
Invoker is a hero who lanes very poorly but can potentially carry his team through the mid and late game with ease. The hero has one of the highest skill-caps…
September 18, 2020
Will Fortnite be one of the next esports?
With Fortnite blowing up in phenomenal ways in recent months, many people have wondered whether the game is on its way to becoming one of the next esports titles. It’s…
March 28, 2024
Mirana Dota 2 Guide – Make the Enemy Fear Your Arrow in Patch 7.14
Mirana, or PotM as she’s also known as, is a very strong and flexible hero. She can be played as a mid hero, off laner or a roamer. PotM is…
March 23, 2023
Ember Spirit Dota 2 Guide – Deal Incredible Amounts of Damage in 7.14
Ember Spirit is a very fun, fast-paced hero with which you can easily out-play your opponents. He takes a lot of skill to play well, although when mastered can sometimes…
March 23, 2023
Lycan Dota 2 Guide – Embrace the Wolf Within in Patch 7.14
Lycan is a safe lane carry who excels at chasing down enemies and pushing towers. He relies somewhat on Shapeshift to team-fight effectively. It’s very effective to buy items that…
November 21, 2023
Shadow Demon Dota 2 Guide – Capable Support Hero in Patch 7.14
Shadow Demon is a support hero who relies on good positioning. He is capable of saving his allies with Disruption and equally as competent as a ganker. Shadow Demon needs…
April 24, 2023
Gyrocopter Dota 2 Guide – Strong Lane Presence in Patch 7.14
Gyrocopter is usually played as a carry in the safe lane. He has a very strong lane presence through Rocket Barrage and Call Down. Flak Cannon and Rocket Barrage allow…
April 24, 2023
Timbersaw Dota 2 Hero Guide for Patch 7.14
Timbersaw has the potential to deal a lot of damage to enemies and can be very hard to lockdown. He has quite a high skill cap and is quite hard…
March 23, 2023
Doom Dota 2 Guide – The Enemy is Doomed to Fail in Patch 7.14
Doom is a tanky off laner who has one of the strongest single target spells in the game. He can farm a lot of gold very quickly through Doom and…
November 21, 2023
Elder Titan Dota 2 Guide – Win Fights for Your Team in Patch 7.14
Elder Titan is a team-fighting hero with lots of disables, and capable of dealing lots of right-click damage in team-fights. Natural Order is very strong against heroes with high agility…
April 18, 2023
Anti-Mage Dota 2 Guide – Counter any Magic Hero in Patch 7.14
Anti-Mage is one of the strongest carries in the game when fully farmed, which he is capable of being relatively quickly thanks to his skill set and play-style. Although he…
March 23, 2023
Ancient Apparition Dota 2 Guide – An Offensive Support Hero in 7.14
Ancient Apparition is a support hero who excels at dealing a lot of magical damage to enemies, but who is very squishy. He has a very unique ultimate ability which…
April 24, 2023
Slardar Dota 2 Guide – Have Permanent Vision of the Enemy in 7.14
Slardar is a powerful off laner who is a strong initiator and potential carry if you can get some farm. Corrosive Haze is one of the most powerful single-target spells…
November 21, 2023
Broodmother Dota 2 Hero Guide for Patch 7.14
Broodmother is usually played in the mid lane, but can also be played very effectively in the off lane. Through her Spin Web ability, she is able to quickly and…