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February 12, 2019
ESL One Katowice 2019 Predictions
ESL One Katowice 2019 is getting closer and closer. The event is scheduled to take place between February 22nd – 24th in Katowice, Poland. ESL One Katowice 2019 brings together…
February 11, 2019
Coca Cola teams up with the Overwatch League
All Overwatch fans will know that the second season of the Overwatch League kicks off on 14 February, and you can look forward to seeing a new brand enter the…
February 11, 2019
OWL Season Two preview: New York Excelsior
The New York Excelsior organization kept fans busy with their high highs and dismal lows over the 2018 season. In regular season play, there was no team more dominant on…
February 11, 2019
EU LEC Week 5 Day 1 Predictions
Week 4 of the EU LEC has just concluded, with G2 Esports standing undefeated while Rogue continues to struggle having to get a single win. Fnatic vs. Splyce Fnatic are…
February 8, 2019
5 Fortnite Players to watch in 2019
2019 is an exciting year for competitive Fortnite. Epic are pumping resources and time into creating a much more vibrant scene. However, Fortnite is a fairly unique Esport that lacks…
February 8, 2019
First IEM Katowice Matches confirmed
The first matches for the IEM Katowice Major have now been confirmed. Take a read through this article to see how things have been seeded and what we expect to…
February 8, 2019
Hit or miss? Community reacts to new Paris Overwatch map
It’s been one week since the first new Overwatch map of 2019 has been released on PTR Servers. The new assault map, taking root in the illustrious city of Paris,…
February 8, 2019
StarCraft 2 is still going strong as an esport in 2019
StarCraft 2 was released just under a decade ago, another decade after the original StarCraft came out. All in all, the game’s popularity and lifespan has far exceeded that of…
February 8, 2019
Epic addresses Fortnite’s aim assist exploit
Epic has acknowledged the recent exploit that was found in Fortnite. When performed properly, the bug allowed players to take out others with near super-human accuracy. The assistance given to…
February 7, 2019
Overwatch Contenders is making changes this year
Last year, Blizzard expanded the Overwatch Contenders series into a global tournament series that also doubled as a pathway for players to go pro. There’s no better proving grounds for…
February 7, 2019
Looking forward to FIFA’s upcoming eClub World Cup
This month marks one of the most exciting events in sports-based competitive gaming when the FIFA eClub World Cup kicks off. After a gruelling period of online qualification in January,…
February 7, 2019
State of the LEC coming into Week 4
An entire day after I “bashed” the LEC for having uneventful matches and one dimensional picks; We got served one of the best LEC weeks since the start of the…
February 6, 2019
“ICE ice baby!” All the action at the CS:GO event sponsored by GG.bet
The ICE Challenge hosted by GG.BET at the ExCeL Convention Center in London kicked off February 5th featuring two CIS and two Danish squads battling in the Octagon for 50,000$…
February 6, 2019
New Topgolf – Super League partnership rolls out
It’s an interesting combination, these two – sports entertainment company Super League Gaming has just announced their new partnership with Topgolf. Such partnerships are normally pretty standard, except this one…
February 6, 2019
League of Legends Patch Notes 9.3 Rundown
A pretty significant patch as Riot reprices a wide amount of items, changed some item effects, and even introduced a new AD item, the Spear of Shojin. Champion changes Akali:…
February 5, 2019
Red Bull M.E.O. was a brawl, a clash, an adventure!
The Red Bull M.E.O. Global Finals are over and done with – the biggest mobile gaming bash out there has finally happened. After several months of regional qualifiers worldwide, the…
February 5, 2019
All 20 Overwatch League Teams receive new Twitter hashtags for 2019 season
The Overwatch League has been taking steps to go above and beyond their competition to legitimize themselves as the next big esport league. In accordance with that goal, Overwatch League…
February 5, 2019
OWL Season Two preview: Atlanta Reign
The Atlanta Reign have the distinct honor of representing one of the most colorful and vibrant cities within the United States next year. To take on that massive task, the…
February 4, 2019
NA LCS Week 3 Day 1 – TSM and C9 go head to head!
100 Thieves vs. Clutch Gaming 100 Thieves have had a disappointing start, clearly lacking their flair shown in 2018 despite their star additions of huhi, Ryu as sub and particularly…
February 4, 2019
SIS pioneers a new way to bet on competitive gaming
The UK-based sports betting service, Sports Information Services (SIS), has announced that it is spearheading a new way to provide betting on competitive gaming for traditional bookmakers. This will feature…
February 1, 2019
DreamLeague Season 11 Qualifiers Preview
DreamLeague Season 11 is the 3rd Major of the Dota Pro Circuit for the 2018 – 2019 competitive season. It’s also one of the final 3 tournaments that really count…
February 1, 2019
New maps added to CS:GO competitive Map Pool
Valve just pushed out a new update to CS:GO that added two new maps to competitive matchmaking. We’ve taken a look at the new maps as well as other general…
February 1, 2019
Overwatch League’s Twitch just got a new feature
The countdown has begun – the new and much-anticipated Overwatch League Season is about to launch on Valentine’s Day aka February 14th. Just in time for that launch, and in…
February 1, 2019
Fortnite streamers caught cheating in Pop-Up Cup
The recent Fortnite Pop-Up-Cup has generated its fair share of controversy. The small in-game event has riled players up on multiple fronts. Most recently, two popular Fortnite streamers and aspiring…
February 1, 2019
LEC Week 3 and “Spam that static…”
We welcome the LEC Week 3 with mixed feelings. European fan favorites are underperforming and the general sense after two weeks of play is that the League is weaker than…