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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
April 17, 2020
LEC and NA LCS Spring Split Semifinals Saturday
The four magnificent S words. Spring Split Semifinals Saturday. Both western competitive regions in League of Legends are hosting their semifinals this Saturday. In the North American LCS, FlyQuest is…
April 17, 2020
Catching Up with Overwatch – April Updates and League
Overwatch in April has been a busy time. The Overwatch League has seen some changes to both hero and map pools, the game has had a big update with a…
April 16, 2020
Can Fnatic Dominate the Scene Once More?
I’m sure that every CS:GO fan remembers the glory days of Fnatic. In 2015, the team had a formidable season and won 5 important titles. Nowadays it doesn’t seem that…
April 16, 2020
What’s Going on in the Group Stage of BTS Pro Series: Southeast Asia?
BTS Pro Series: Southeast Asia is the SEA twin brother of BTS Pro Series: Americas. The tournament started on April 10th, is taking place online and will last until April…
April 16, 2020
BMW partners with top esports teams
Non-esports related brands investing in esports or partnering with esports teams isn’t anything new – there are plenty of partnerships with energy drink providers, hardware manufacturers and more. Car manufacturers…
April 16, 2020
Team Liquid – Poor ESL One performance showcases the Champions downfall
Team Liquid suffers a whopping 5 losses out of 6 series at the ESL Los Angeles 2020. It’s an unsightly outcome for fans as the org’s immortalized title as the…
April 15, 2020
Hearthstone Grandmasters are back!
The first 2020 season of the Hearthstone Grandmasters tournament series is back – with a global kick-off this Friday, April 17th. Tournaments will take place each weekend, Friday through Sunday,…
April 15, 2020
#RIPFortnite – Does Fortnite Need ‘Reshaping’?
This last week the hashtag #ripfortnite trended. It has been pretty full with both players and fans expressing their frustration with the game. If they’re to be believed, the sky…
April 15, 2020
Team Heretics domination at the Cyber.Bet Cup
Cyber.Bet Cup gave a glimpse at the mid tier competitors in 2020. The event gave us plenty to see in terms of strenght comparison between the European and CiS hopefuls.…
April 14, 2020
Teamfight Tactics: Galaxies Championship Announced
Riot Games is back with more good news – after continuously making headlines with their new games for weeks and months, With Valorant making noise on one side, they are…