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Counter-Strike
August 26, 2019

FURIA eliminated from StarLadder Major – What happened to the best Brazilian CSGO Team?

Whoever played StarLadder Berlin Major Pick’em is very angry right now. I think all of us had FURIA to advance through and we were expecting them to dominate most of…
Overwatch 2
August 26, 2019

Overwatch League Playoffs: Play-Ins playout

The conclusion of the KIT KAT® Rivalry Weekend in LA gave us the 6 Playoffs and 6 Play-In spots for the OWL Playoffs stage. The six playoffs spots went to…
LoL Esports
August 26, 2019

Team Liquid lift the trophy: 2019 NA LCS Summer Split overview

LCS Regular season The top three teams in the NA LCS Summer split, Team Liquid, Cloud 9 and Counter Logic Gaming were all looking rocky in the first three to…
Dota 2
August 26, 2019

OG wins TI9, becoming the first Dota 2 team to win The International twice

One year after winning TI 8, OG has managed to win The International 2019. Once again, they did it in spectacular fashion, as complete underdogs, at the end of a…
Esports Industry
August 23, 2019

To pay or not to pay – Scandals in the esports world

Employment is a pretty straight-forward deal. The employee performs a task as part of their job, and their employer pays them for it. So far so easy – except that…
Dota 2
August 23, 2019

The International 2019 Semifinals Preview – Will OG go home with the Aegis of Champions for the second time round?

The International 2019 is about to enter a stage where only the best of the best are left in the race. Practically, we’re down to the final five teams and…
Esports Industry
August 23, 2019

Esports and the Real Estate Paradox

The esports industry is taking on an importance that could rival cinema at any time. The social impact is overwhelming. In this way, just as the Rialto Theater represented a…
Counter-Strike
August 23, 2019

United Masters League Season 2 announced – Unikrn to power this $150,000 CSGO event

Even though United Masters League Season 1 did not attract a lot of attention, I firmly believe that this will change now that the second season of UML has been…
LoL Esports
August 23, 2019

LEC Playoffs & the path to Worlds

After nine grueling weeks of competition the LEC Summer Playoffs kick off later today with teams Splyce and Rogue taking on the Summoners Rift. Last week’s mind-breaker scenarios saw SK-Gaming…
Counter-Strike
August 22, 2019

Terminator Blast Off – An explosive partnership

The Blast Pro Series: Moscow 2019 is a pretty big name in the CS:GO world. The Russia-based tournament has a prize pool of a cool quarter million USD. They will…
Fortnite
August 22, 2019

Valkyrae discovers game-breaking Fortnite glitch during Twitch Rivals

This week the 100 Thieves player Valkyrae came out on top of a Twitch rivals game, but not through skill or use a mech. In this game, an accidental, but…
Counter-Strike
August 22, 2019

Fnatic roster changes – What’s next for the Swedish CSGO Roster

After not qualifying for the upcoming StarLadder CSGO Major 2019, Swedish esports organization decided to revamp their roster and look for new talents from their region. To be honest, it…
Sports Games
August 21, 2019

An esports team of young monks got up at the Khon Kaen University’s Nong Khai competition

In a “Speed Drifters” esports competition held at the Khon Kaen University’s Nong Khai campus over from 15th to 18th August something “unusual” happened! A small group of monk apprentices…
Esports Industry
August 21, 2019

Ford launches Frodzilla, their own Motor Racing Team of Esports

In a new leap into the virtual world, on August 19, 2019, Ford Motors announced its incursion into the world of esports by putting its own team behind the digital…
Esports Industry
August 21, 2019

The Netherlands’ first dedicated esports stadium is coming!

In Europe, there are several big esports nations – the UK, Germany and France… the Netherlands doesn’t quite measure up. Still, like anywhere else, there are lots and lots of…
Call of Duty
August 20, 2019

Call of Duty as an esport – An uncertain future

The last big event in the CoD esports world was the conclusion of the CoD World League. A total of $2 million in prize money were paid out, and the…
Counter-Strike
August 20, 2019

StarLadder Opening Matches – Day of the Underdogs?

There are only a couple of days left before the second CSGO major in 2019 is live. In this piece, we will present you with all the matches played on…
LoL Esports
August 20, 2019

Echo Fox’s $30 million deal falls through

Just under a month ago, Echo Fox submitted a proposal to sell its LCS position to Kroenke Sports & Entertainment for a grand $30.25 million. This situation follows Echo Fox’s…
Dota 2
August 19, 2019

Heading to the Main Event: TI9 Round 1 predictions

After a dramatic Group Stage at The International 2019 which ended with teams Chaos E.C. and Ninjas in Pyjamas saying goodbye, it is time to put our prediction hat on…
Esports News
August 19, 2019

Epic Games Vice President clashes with players over ‘Fortnite Ethos’

The recent debate about the newly introduced B.R.U.T.E mechs was looking like it would follow the typical pattern for new content in Fortnite. Item or mechanic gets introduced, pro players…
Fortnite
August 16, 2019

Pro Fortnite players react the B.R.U.T.E Mech Patch

Fortnite latest season saw the introduction of some overpowered mechs named B.R.U.T.Es. These devices spawned all over the map in varying amounts, then spawned again between each storm phase. With…
Dota 2
August 16, 2019

Conclusions after the first two days of The International 2019

The International 2019 has finally begun and we’re about to enter the third competitive day of the Group Stage. In this article, I will take you through the results of…
Esports Industry
August 16, 2019

The breakfast of champions: Kellogg’s sponsors esports

There’s no shortage of non-esports brands that invest in and spend on esports ventures – from car brands to mobile phone providers, just about everyone wants a slice of the…
LoL Esports
August 16, 2019

Biggest changes in TFT after the update

If you are into TFT and you spend a lot of time playing this up and coming game, then you definitely know that meta is constantly changing. For instance, we…
LoL Esports
August 16, 2019

Tiebreaker mind breaker in Week 9 of the LEC

The final week of the LEC has shaped up to be most explosive one this year. Last week we wrote about the importance of Week 8 for Origen, Vitality and…
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