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November 4, 2019
GumGum’s bid to streamline esports sponsorship
Revenues from sponsorship make up a huge part of the income for esports organisations. In an industry that is thought to hit global revenues of $1.65 billion by 2021, $1.4…
October 15, 2020
The UK esports awards are going into their second year!
It’s that time of year again… no, the other time of year! That’s right, it’s award-season. This means that the UK esports awards are rolling back around for their second…
October 26, 2020
Fortnite cheats are the biggest problem in the World Cup
It is hard to have a major competitive event in Fortnite without having a bit of controversy over cheating. This is why it wasn’t all that surprising when Epic revealed…
July 9, 2019
PUBG FACEIT Global Summit Recap: and the winner is OP Gaming
For an entire week it was everyone’s best guess, which was the top PUBG team in the world. It came down to the last three minutes of the final map…
June 25, 2019
What to watch: Overwatch League’s first Homestand weekend S2W4
The Overwatch League will touch down in Texas for its inaugural Homestand weekend at the Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas this coming week. Now that the Overwatch League has…
June 25, 2019
2019 European Masters Spring semi-finals prediction
The 2019 European Masters is one of the larger events not completely controlled by Riot Games, instead being a joint venture between Riot and ESL. As mentioned on the eumasters…
August 4, 2023
Kentucky Fried Counterstrike… the KFC Esports Battle is here!
In a world filled with pro gamers and pro tournaments, Leagues, Championships and whatever else you can imagine, it’s easy to lose sight of gamers that aren’t quite at that…
July 19, 2019
LoL player Kim “PraY” Jong-in retires from competitive scene
PraY, one of the longest standing veterans in the competitive League of Legends scene has finally announced his retirement following his absence from the 2019 Spring split. Kim “PraY” Jong-in…
August 4, 2023
AVANGAR win DreamHack Open Rio 2019
After the BLAST Pro Series Miami and StarSeries i-League Season 7, the stage was set for the lower ranked teams to face off against each other in Brazil. DreamHack Open…
November 4, 2019
Sony plans to boost the esports spectator experience through VR
Sony have recently filed a patent that aims to use virtual reality to boost our enjoyment of watching esports tournaments. The project would see an array of virtual reality cameras…
June 25, 2019
The highlight dilemma: how to make Overwatch League recaps great again
Fans of the Overwatch League and Blizzard Entertainment are seemingly at a crossroads once again as the Overwatch League have made unscrupulous decisions and have stifled much of the highlight…
June 25, 2019
MVP Tracker: Best players from each top ranked Overwatch League team
With most teams already establishing their identity on stage and through their fanbases, it’s been interesting to note the most impactful players on each team when the going gets rough.…
October 26, 2020
First 19 players get their spots at the Fortnite World Cup
The first eighteen players to qualify for this year’s Fortnite World Cup have been announced. These are the players who came out on top of last weekends opening event. The…
June 25, 2019
OpenAI at The International 2019: Bots vs Champions
OpenAI, the company that develops cutting edge artificial intelligence tools, got involved into Dota 2 around two years ago. Initially, they developed a bot that was able to beat any…
October 26, 2020
Fortnite brings creativity to World Cup
The Fortnite World Cup is now underway. Qualifying rounds for the massive tournament kicked off last week and will continue through the whole of April, with millions of dollars up…
June 25, 2019
Supercars brings its second esports series with the 2019 Gfinity Supercars Eseries
After a successful first year, Supercars partnered with Gfinity Esports Australia in order to take their event – previously called Virgin Australia Supercars Championship to a whole other level this…
June 25, 2019
OGA Dota Pit Minor 2019
OGA Dota Pit Minor 2019 is the 4th Minor of the Dota Pro Circuit. For its eight participants, it’s also one of the last two chances of playing in a…
August 4, 2023
DreamHack Open 2019 lands in Rio de Janeiro
The 2019 CS:GO Dream Open season kicks off in the Marvelous City, as 8 teams set their sights on $100,000 of prize money. Rio is the first stop out of…
May 15, 2020
Will Smith invests in the future of Gen.G esports
The hip hop artist and movie star Will Smith is set to help esports become a world beater. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air actor has been part of a…
June 25, 2019
Overwatch League: Stage 2 Week 2 Recap
With two weeks left till Overwatch’s first ever Homestand Weekend, the Dallas Fuel have finally started to put the pieces together as they do picked up two wins over playoff…
December 6, 2019
Mortal Kombat’s first tournament is about to shake up the fighting esports world
While fighting games aren’t as popular as first-person-shooters or even as popular as MOBAs, they do have a dedicated fanbase with plenty of activity around the globe. Specifically, in Asia,…
June 25, 2019
LoL Patch 9.8 brought significant champion changes
Patch 9.8 has some major changes. This article has condensed the most important champion changes you will need to keep a look out for. A large amount of champions has…
December 6, 2019
March in Esports – viewers in numbers
It’s undeniable that esports are popular, and that they are becoming more and more popular seemingly every day. With events, championships and more starting and running all the time, this…
August 4, 2023
FaZe wins BLAST Pro Series Miami 2019
Believe it or not, FaZe has done it. After a long drought, this CSGO roster was able to finally lift a trophy. Even though things did not look so good…
July 15, 2024
LPL Finals and Third place match predictions
These last two days of the 2019 LPL Spring Playoffs are set to be one of the most unexpected line up of teams, considering that three out of the four…