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LoL Esports
June 4, 2019

How Riot Games decides what champions to buff / nerf

Riot have recently released a post detailing their criteria when deciding to either buff or nerf champions. This aims to add greater transparency towards the balancing process to address the…
Counter-Strike
June 3, 2019

Team Liquid win DreamHack Masters Dallas 2019

Now that DreamHack Masters Dallas 2019 is finally over, we have our winners who yet again confirmed that they’re one of the best teams on the CSGO scene. Team Liquid…
LoL Esports
June 3, 2019

NA LCS Summer 2019 – Predictions of Week 2 Day 1 matches

Cloud9 vs. Echo Fox Cloud9 have managed to translate their success in the Spring Split to date, with a strong start in the first week, now 2-0. Echo fox are…
Fortnite
May 31, 2019

FaZe Clan uses an 11-year-old Fortnite player

The FaZe Fortnite team has been making headlines for the last week as more details emerge about their ongoing legal battle with Tfue. The finical aspects of the case are…
LoL Esports
May 31, 2019

LCS Summer Split: a League apart

The North American LCS is now the 2nd best league in the world. The European LEC is at the top. Welcome to League of Legends in 2019. Team Liquid shattered…
Esports News
May 31, 2019

Overwatch vs. Fortnite: A tale of two pro scenes

Last week, both Blizzard Entertainment and Epic Games were in the headlines after the Overwatch League’s former commissioner, Nate Nanzer, switched companies and joined Epic Games in a sensational move.…
Esports Industry
May 30, 2019

SLIVER tv – Korea’s newest mobile esports platform

With esports ever-soaring popularity in south-east Asia, it’s not unusual to see new esports ventures popping up. As is unfortunately the case almost everywhere, most of them are, simply put,…
LoL Esports
May 30, 2019

LoL PBE 9.11 update: the major Champions changes

Akali – Akali has been gutted this patch. Passive energy restoration has been reduced at its later stages, with AP ratio down from 0.7 to 0.5, and AD ratio down…
Apex Legends
May 30, 2019

It’s finally time – Apex’s first esports tournament is here!

Fans of Respawn Entertainments popular Battle Royale title can rejoice – it’s almost time for the very first licensed pro Apex Legends competition! Better known as perhaps the only recent…
Dota 2
May 29, 2019

Aganim Scepters for everyone with Dota 2 Patch 7.22

After months and months of waiting, we finally got a new patch. Patch 7.22 brings a lot of hero and item updates, changing the meta quite significantly. Dota 2 Patch…
Fortnite
May 29, 2019

Friday Fortnite returns in June

KEEMSTAR and FaZe’s Friday Fortnite tournament is making a return to the competitive scene. The tournament is hosted by KEEMSTAR and organised by FaZe. Despite being dormant for a while…
LoL Esports
May 29, 2019

Mordekaiser: rework of the Iron Revenant

One of the oldest champions in League of Legends, Mordekaiser has finally received some attention from Riot. Let’s be honest, before Riot intended to rework him, rarely anyone ever touched…
Esports Industry
May 28, 2019

Kanazawa, Japan, wants to take over the esports world

Japan played an important role in the history of video games – for a very, very long time, the Asian country was the center of all things console-gaming. Sony, Nintendo…
Counter-Strike
May 28, 2019

Natus Vincere on the verge of signing Boombl4

After a series of bad results, Natus Vincere finally decided that it was a time to mix things up and make a roster change. Take note that their last roster…
LoL Esports
May 28, 2019

Team SoloMid roster updates

Team SoloMid faired well this season despite their slow start, they were able to quickly improve, now looking extremely strong heading into the Summer split. TSM were able to place…
Counter-Strike
May 28, 2019

DreamHack Masters Dallas kicks off today | Groups analysis and predictions

The first of the DH Masters event is set to kick off today at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. Sixteen teams will battle for $250,000 in Prize…
Fortnite
May 24, 2019

Fortnite Pros VS Public tournament announced

Australian Fortnite fans are being treated to another tournament with a difference, this time it’s an open call for the general public to face off against professional Fortnite Players. Fortnite:…
Overwatch 2
May 24, 2019

Replays feature enabled, Orisa and Baptiste get buffs with the PTR Patch Notes May 23

In the latest patch to hit the Overwatch PTR servers this week, Overwatch have finally released an in-client replay system that will grant players the ability to watch back their…
Overwatch 2
May 24, 2019

Overwatch “Skins in the Game” – Support your favorite OWL team!

The Overwatch League wants to count how much love and support we can give our favorite team with the new “Skins in the Game” mini-event running between May 27-31. It…
Overwatch 2
May 23, 2019

The Pacific Showdown is about to go down – Overwatch Contenders

Next to the official OWL, there is another popular Overwatch League – the Contenders. Where the OWL itself is made up entirely of pro players, the Contenders competitions are made…
Counter-Strike
May 23, 2019

cs_summit 4 | The summit before the storm

Before the mayhem lands at Dreamhack Masters Dallas next week, five of six Dallas participants will measure their strength on the 4th iteration of the cs_summit in Los Angeles. Teams…
Esports Industry
May 23, 2019

Bacon, Maple Syrup and… esports? Canada’s place in the esports world

Next to its southern neighbour, Canada seems like paradise for many, at least those that don’t mind lots and lots of snow. Indeed, Canada is well-known for several things, including…
Overwatch 2
May 23, 2019

A battle for supremacy – Overwatch Contenders 2019: Atlantic Showdown

Next weekend, the Overwatch Contenders scene is doing a one of a kind tournament format that will bring OW Contenders champions from three different regions onto the same stage as…
Overwatch 2
May 22, 2019

Team check: Overwatch League Stage 3 Week 1

With the second half of the Overwatch League season in the crosshairs, many teams within the league are making final adjustments as they push for playoff aspirations, while other teams…
PUBG
May 22, 2019

Royale weekend in the National PUBG League

The OGN Super Arena in Manhattan Beach, California will once again seat all the NPL teams as they take a respite from the league play. NPL and NPL Contenders teams…
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