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April 29, 2020

Will Gaming and Esports Startups Survive the Coronavirus Crisis?

The video game and esports industry was booming before the coronavirus crisis took hold. In 2019 the video game market likely achieved a value of $150 billion. Esports was worth…
Call of Duty
April 28, 2020

Call of Duty Modern Warfare Update is coming

The newest Call of Duty Modern Warfare update is bringing all sorts of new content to PC, Xbox One, and PS4 players this week. The new patch is going to…
LoL Esports
April 28, 2020

LPL 2020 Spring Playoff Finals Prediction – Who will be crowned new king of 2020 LPL?

The 2020 Spring Season for the League of Legends Pro League, also regarded as the LPL, is soon coming to its end. The third place match between IG and FPX…
Dota 2
April 27, 2020

Evil Geniuses and Fnatic are your BTS Pro Series Champions

Evil Geniuses and Fnatic are crowned as regional champions of BTS Pro Series. In Americas regional, Evil Geniuses defeated Quincy Crew in a clutching 3-1 finals. Meanwhile, Fnatic took an…
Fortnite
April 27, 2020

$2 Million FNCS Invitational Announced – More Entertainment than Skill

Speculation about what comes next after the last season of FNCS wrapped out didn’t have to last very long. Just after the conclusion of the last event, Epic has announced…
LoL Esports
April 26, 2020

LPL Semifinal Preview – FunPlus Phoenix vs JD Gaming

With the conclusion of the match between Invictus Gaming and Top Esports, the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) 2020 Spring split now has its first finalist. Top Esports finally…
LoL Esports
April 26, 2020

LPL Semifinal Preview – Invictus Gaming vs Top Esports

The League of Legends Pro League (LPL) is coming to a close for its 2020 Spring season. Of the starting 17 teams, there are now only four teams left to…
LoL Esports
April 26, 2020

LCK Finals Recap – T1 sweeps Gen.G to complete three-peat

T1 won the 2020 Spring League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) earlier today in a clean 3-0 sweep over Gen.G. In doing so, T1 earned the 100 million Korean won…
Counter-Strike
April 24, 2020

Blast Premier announces Blast Rising

Popular tournament organizer Blast just announced a new online tournament – Blast Rising is going to be the latest in a series of FPS tournaments worldwide. More specifically, it’ll be…
Dota 2
April 24, 2020

BTS Pro Series: Americas – Playoffs Day 2 Predictions

BTS Pro Series: Americas has entered its Playoffs Stage and on day 1, only one of the favorites won their match. The other one was bested by a determined and…
Fortnite
April 24, 2020

Fortnite Travis Scott Event Shows Popularity but Not For Competitive

Fortnite is showing as much popularity as ever, with 12.3 million people showing up to watch a small concert in-game.  This Fortnite Travis Scott event shows the game still has…
Call of Duty
April 24, 2020

Call of Duty joins the DraftKings fantasy lineup

Draftkings has a pretty solid fantasy drafts lineup already, but as of next week, a new league will be joining their DFS product series. Specifically the Call of Duty contests…
Call of Duty
April 24, 2020

Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship Announced

Mobile games have been up and coming for years – they’ve always quietly made up the majority of earnings when it came to video game sales, but now they’ve also…
Dota 2
April 23, 2020

Former champion, PPD retires from DOTA2

On 21st April 2020, Peter “ppd” Dager, former captain of team Evil Geniuses, the International 2015 Champions, retires from competitive DOTA2. The announcement came as shocking news to the DOTA2…
PUBG
April 23, 2020

PUBG Esports changes once again with PUBG Continental Series

PUBG Esports has seen its fair share of changes this season. First, the competitive ecosystem had a complete overhaul with regional leagues being discontinued. The change came in favor of…
Counter-Strike
April 22, 2020

ESL One: Road to Rio – North America Preview

ESL One: Road to Rio – North America is one of the six qualification tournaments for ESL One: Rio 2020, which will be the biggest CS:GO event of the year.…
Valorant
April 22, 2020

CSGO and Apex pros dominate the ESPN Valorant Invitational

Riot Games’ brand new title Valorant has just seen its very first tournament – although the game itself isn’t released to the general public yet, there’s already a tournament underway.…
Overwatch 2
April 22, 2020

Echo Ban in Hero Pools Baffles Fans and Players

Week by week, Overwatch’s hero pools continue to push boundaries and find innovative new ways to completely confuse players and fans. The system seems to lurch from weird decision to…
Counter-Strike
April 21, 2020

ESL One Road to Rio – Europe Preview

ESL One: Rio 2020 will be a monumental event, perhaps the most epic CS:GO tournament in recent memory. It’s a Major, but it’s not just a Major. Two Majors have…
FIFA
April 21, 2020

Premier League footballers about to join esports tournament

The latest of several sports leagues to go “e”, the Premier League, is setting up an esports tournament. Previously, Formula 1, MotoGP and similar events have already taken this step…
Dota 2
April 20, 2020

Virtus.pro – The Major Kings reclaim their throne at ESL Los Angeles 2020

Virtus.pro defeats two-time champion, team OG, in a gruesome 3-2 victory in a best-of-5 grand finals of ESL Los Angeles 2020. Along with the hefty 60,000 USD winnings, Virtus.pro also…
Fortnite
April 20, 2020

FNCS Season 2 Finals – What Went Wrong?

The Season 2 FNCS finals were finally held over the weekend, but the latest competitive event has gone out with a whimper rather than a bang. The event seemed pretty…
LoL Esports
April 19, 2020

LCS 2020 Spring Finals Preview

A champion from bygone days takes the stage to try for the trophy that slipped from their fingers so long ago and has yet to be reclaimed. Across from them,…
LoL Esports
April 19, 2020

LEC 2020 Spring Finals Preview

Old kings. New kings. Legacy. There are two reasons these words come up so often when discussing Europe and those reasons are Fnatic and G2 Esports. The League of Legends…
Call of Duty
April 17, 2020

Nevada to Allow Call of Duty League Esports Betting

After months of deliberation, the Nevada Gaming Control board has approved betting platforms to allow bets on the Call of Duty Modern Warfare esports league. Esports betting in Nevada is…
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