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September 24, 2019
LoL Worlds 2019 Group Draw – Fnatic, SKT, RNG in the “Group of Death”
We finally have the LoL Worlds 2019 Group Draw results. The group stage represents the beginning of the 2019 League of Legends World Championships main event. It consists of 16 total…
September 23, 2019
Louis Vuitton tasked with designing the LoL Worlds Trophy’s travel case and digital merchandise
The world’s most valuable luxury brand Louis Vuitton (LV) has just announced a multilayer partnership with Riot Games that includes design work for Riot’s League of Legends World Championship physical…
September 20, 2019
Fortnite Champion Series Season X Recap and Finals Preview
Fortnite Champion Series Season X is already winding towards its conclusion; this weekend the Fortnite Champion Series Grand Finals are due to take place. The tournament has been pretty eventful…
September 20, 2019
Evil Geniuses announced a new Dota 2 roster – SumaiL and s4 replaced
After finishing 3rd at three of the five Dota Pro Circuit Majors and 5th – 6th at The International 2019, Evil Geniuses has finally decided to make two important roster…
September 20, 2019
PlayVIG competitive platform launches an inter-game esports competition
The free-to-play competitive platform PlayVIG just launched what is probably the first ever inter-game esports competition and leaderboard. They launched the so-called Universal Leaderboards, which features a universal points system…
September 19, 2019
The 3rd Dota Pro Circuit is drawing closer
Only two weeks are left until the start of the new Dota Pro Circuit, which will begin with the qualifier for the first set of tournaments (a Minor and a…
September 19, 2019
VENN raises $17 million – The newest competitor in the esports entertainment industry to launch by 2020
The void in the esports entertainment industry might soon be filled by VENN, the newest brainchild of former Riot Games head of esports content Ariel Horn and Vivendi Universal Games…
September 18, 2019
NiP, Mousesports and FURIA squeezing in last practice before DH Masters Malmö (Predictions included)
V4 Future Sports Festival The V4 Future Sports Festival in Budapest, Hungary is where NiP, Mousesports, Virtus.Pro and MIBR are seeking to bounce back in the season after an underwhelming…
September 18, 2019
Overwatch World Cup 2019 Power Rankings » The Top 5
With all of the Overwatch World Cup rosters announced, the stage has been set for another tournament filled with drama and national pride. For the past two years, Korea has…
September 17, 2019
Konami Creative Center Ginza: announced details on new esports complex
Popular game publisher Konami recently announced at the Tokyo Game Show 2019, that they would be establishing an all new esports complex. This new complex will be part of their…
September 17, 2019
The ticketing disaster of the LoL World Finals – Fans disappointed!
What’s the issue? Firstly, the League of Legends World Championship finals tickets had partially went on sale an astonishing two hours before the scheduled time. This immediately led to outrage…
September 16, 2019
Complexity Gaming launches Mobile Mondays! The first mobile weekly Fortnite tournaments
The Esports organization Complexity Gaming has announced a new addition to the competitive Fortnite scene, one with a bit of a difference. Mobile Mondays are launching with a series of…
September 13, 2019
Gen.G draws attention to player health with new campaign
Esports are all about performance. Better, faster, stronger and more more more are what it’s all about – sadly, that often leaves the humans behind the screens in a bad…
September 13, 2019
Last few regions to give us the line-up for LoL Worlds 2019 this weekend
It has been a long and steamy Summer season around the competitive League of Legends scene. The East did not take the MSI 2019 loss well and doubled the efforts…
September 12, 2019
Team SoloMid set to finally break ground on the ultimate training facility
Among the esports news of over a year ago, NxT Design Studio announced that they, together with at Cresa Real Estate, were working on the design for the new Team…
September 12, 2019
Intel World Open: the Olympic-style esports tournament prior to Tokyo 2020
Intel are one of the major sponsors of esports tournaments around the globe and they are also one of the official partners of the Olympic Games. It is therefore unsurprising…
September 12, 2019
BLAST Pro Series Moscow Predictions: the matches not to be missed
Blast Pro Series Moscow is just around the corner and teams like Vitality, ENCE and Natus Vincere will fight for their share of $250,000 prize pool. Since this event should…
September 11, 2019
KFC Gaming strikes again in Esports! Rainbow 6 wins the World Cup of Games
KFC is at it again. Ten days after crowning the champion of “World Cup of Games” (Rainbow Six) the KFC Gaming twitter account dropped gold nugget for us two days…
September 11, 2019
NYXL vs Titans: semifinal showdown at Overwatch League Playoffs
After Round Two of Overwatch League playoff gauntlet now behind us, only six teams remain eligible for competition en route to the Grand Finals at the Wells Fargo Center in…
September 9, 2019
Dota 2 Roster Changes: waiting for the third season of the Dota Pro Circuit
With the second Dota Pro Circuit being over and the third one knocking at the door, the usual post-TI shuffle period is already underway. So let’s take a look at…
September 6, 2019
OWL Playoff Primer: Vancouver Titans and LA Gladiators secure next round
The second week of Overwatch League Playoffs is well underway as both opening rounds of the winners bracket has played out rather predictably. The slower paced meta with the playoff…
September 6, 2019
LEC Finals: the kings of Europe will be crowned under the Acropolis this weekend
We are in the endgame now, with the LEC Finals to be held in Athens this weekend. Last week’s thrilling matchups, LEC Final Regionals, showed that Europe has more than…
September 6, 2019
PUBG MOBILE Star Challenge 2019 Grand Final will be celebrated in Taipei
On September 7th and 8th, the city of Tapei will hold the grand final of the PUBG MOBILE Star Challenge 2019. This powerful tournament brought together 32 YouTube video game…
September 5, 2019
Fortnite x IT: Chapter 2 – Everything about the crossover
Fortnite is no stranger to crossover events with other media. In just the last year we’ve seen Avengers, Stranger Things, and John Wick crossovers bring new content and some unique…
September 5, 2019
Eight left in the battle for 500,000$ at StarLadder Major Berlin
The ongoing StarLadder Berlin Major has reached its Champions Stage, which is set to kick off today with two of the four quarterfinal matches. With matches running until late this…