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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…
September 4, 2019
The WCS Fall event is almost here and it’s bigger than ever
Sure, in the West Starcraft 2 isn’t exactly the biggest esport – not even the biggest of Blizzard’s esports, but worldwide, it’s a different story. In Asia in general and…
September 4, 2019
3,2,1…the New Balance F1 Esports Pro Series 2019 is kicking off!
Perhaps the most well-known and popular esports event series in racing, the new New Balance Pro Series 2019 has been much awaited – plenty of talented gamers fought their way…
September 3, 2019
Are fixes to Fortnite Turbo Building and Mechs causing more problems?
Competitive Fortnite has had a weird few weeks. Season 10’s bad start has lead to Epic lurching from problem to problem with the competitive community. A fix finally came for…
September 3, 2019
CyberBet expands its repertoire with three new titles!
Popular esports bookmaker CyberBet just expanded their game repertoire and added new titles to their line-up. In addition to existing games, fans can now bet on Call of Duty, Hearthstone…
September 2, 2019
Kingzone Dragonx vs Afreeca Freecs – LCK Regional Finals Match prediction
Backgroud – LCK Regional Finals The LCK 2019 Regional Finals consists of the top 4 team from the LCK based off championship points in the regular Spring and Summer season,…
August 30, 2019
LEC Final Regionals spot up for grabs and a Juggernaut fiesta
The “Juggernaut” and the LEC final regionals contender will be decided during the next two days, as we are down to the last week played at the Berlin Studio until…
August 30, 2019
Mobile esports revenue: the rise of esports on mobile
Mobile gamers are often disparaged as not being ‘real’ gamers – this is nonsense anyway, but if we take a look at numbers, mobile gaming is one of the most…
August 29, 2019
ESport Manager game comes to the Nintendo Switch
This week has seen the release of ESport Manager for the Nintendo Switch. The game has been available for PC gamers since June 2018, but now Nintendo fans will be…
August 29, 2019
Betway offers $1,000 prize for StarLadder Major betting
The popular betting site Betway have revealed a generous new competition for the StarLadder Major CSGO tournament. This promises to give the winner $/€1,000 in cash as well as the…
August 28, 2019
Has the v10.20 Fortnite patch been enough to appease the competitive community?
Fortnite’s latest update is patch v10.20, it comes with an impressive Borderlands crossover but more importantly, those balancing changes that players have been crying out for. It is Epic’s second…