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November 9, 2018
An uneventful end: Dafran’s career sabotage, and the future of Atlanta Reign
In a bizarre turn of events this week, Daniel “Dafran” Francesca committed career sabotage as he purposely started to lose games on his stream. The bad run of form only…
November 8, 2018
Could Diablo Immortal be the most hated game of 2018?
Diablo Immortal is Blizzard Entertainment’s latest venture into the mobile gaming realm, but what could have been a brave move to broaden the Diablo franchise looks as if it has…
November 8, 2018
The Kuala Lumpur Major: groups and top contenders
The Kuala Lumpur Major is about to start and the set-up for the Group Stage has been announced. Groups [trx_columns count=”2″] [trx_column_item] Group A Team Secret paiN Gaming Ninjas in…
November 8, 2018
Esports Summit in Japan will focus on new esports strategies for Asia
This December, the North Asia Esports Summit is taking place in Chiba, Japan. More specifically, on the 4th and 5th of December this year, experts and industry participants from all…
November 8, 2018
Catch up on IEM Chicago before the Playoffs this weekend
If you didn’t know already, IEM Chicago, one of the biggest international CS:GO events to take place this quarter, has been underway this week. As of writing, we are slowly…
November 7, 2018
ONE Championship is investing $50m into esports expansion
ONE Championship is the name of Asia’s largest martial arts sports media firm – and so far, it hadn’t had much to do with esports at all. The organisation wasn’t…
November 7, 2018
McDonald’s moves into the German esports scene
Competitive gaming and fast food have historically enjoyed a fairly close relationship, and that looks to get a lot closer as McDonald’s recently made the decision to focus their attention…
November 7, 2018
Washington DC’s bid to become an esports hotspot
Washington DC might be better known for being the US government’s seat of power, but the capital city has made impressive steps to take advantage of the competitive gaming phenomenon.…
November 6, 2018
Reinforce cut from Overwatch League analyst desk, Fusions signs with Boston Uprising
Last week, long time Overwatch professional player turned analyst Jonathan “Reinforce” Larsson announced his departure from the Overwatch League analyst desk via Twitter. This announcement marks the end of a…
November 6, 2018
Overwatch World Cup 2018 Recap: South Korea dominate for the three peat, China take second place
Over the weekend, the top eight Overwatch National Teams competed for international supremacy as South Korea won the World Cup for the third straight year. This year was more competitive…
November 6, 2018
BlizzCon 2018 was as good as fans had hoped
It’s over – the biggest event of the year for fans of any of Blizzard’s games and esports tournaments. Over 40.000 gamers gathered in person (and even more of them…
November 6, 2018
League partner chromas to be available for Blue Essence
Roughly a month ago, Riot decided to release the League of Legends Partnership program in an effort to grow the audience of Riot certified or approved streamers. This program granted…
November 5, 2018
Is this the rise of the Chinese teams?
For the first time since the Season 2 World Championships, a Chinese based team has taken out the title as the world’s best team. The finals of the 2018 League…
November 5, 2018
The Kuala Lumpur Major preview
The Kuala Lumpur Major is the first Major of the Dota Pro Circuit for the 2018-2019 competitive season. The tournament takes pace in Malaysia, brings together 16 of the world’s…
November 5, 2018
Why payments hold the key to the esports betting revolution
Esports betting has become one of the surprise spin-offs of the competitive gaming revolution. Whether it’s going to a traditional sports bookmaker to put down a real-money bet on a…
November 2, 2018
The StarCraft II Final 8 have been selected
As BlizzCon opens this weekend the StarCraft II World Championship Series is set for a blistering finish. The Opening Week matches have been taking place and narrowing the field considerably.…
November 2, 2018
Around the OWL: Paris team name leaked, Manneten resigns to Mayhem Academy
After some reddit sleuths uncovered a trademarking website with the possible future names of certain Overwatch League expansion teams, it was revealed that Paris OWL may soon be unveiled as…
November 2, 2018
Boston Uprising in controversy after alarming player conditions, multiple staff complaints
The Boston Uprising organization has been under the microscope recently as a report came out this week highlighting the dismal living conditions of players as well as a slew of…
November 2, 2018
Meet the lineup: Toronto Defiant reveal six man roster featuring Envy and Neko
The Toronto franchise have been busy with signings this week as they have added four new players to their lineup. The additions include a trio of players formerly of the…
November 1, 2018
Why bookmakers investing in the industry can be beneficial to esports
Most of us will be aware of how many sports betting companies have exclusive sponsorship deals with top football clubs, but it looks like bookmakers are also becoming increasingly interested…
November 1, 2018
DreamLeague Season 10 Playoffs
DreamLeague Season 10 is the first Minor of the new competitive season. The tournament offers a prize pool of $300.000, as well as 500 points for The International 2019 and…
November 1, 2018
Top 5 Esports Arenas in the US
Dedicated esports arenas are an incredibly recent thing. While bigger esports events themselves have been around for some time, they used to usually take place in rented spaces, sometimes even…
November 1, 2018
PUBG Corp. teases DC Villain outfits in ‘Prison Break’ event
PUBG Corp. just took to Twitter to tease an upcoming cosmetic content drop. The Twitter video showcased two players emerging from the prison on Miramar dressed as the Joker and…
October 31, 2018
Australian Esports company is angling to take the lead in Asia’s esports market
One of the biggest esports companies in Australia – esports Mogul – is shaping itself up to go bigger. After a recent operations review, the company put out a statement…
October 31, 2018
Setbacks for esports’ Olympic ambitions
The German Olympic Sports Federation (DOSB) dealt the nation’s gamers a bitter blow when it declared that esports couldn’t be considered to be a legitimate sporting activity. The announcement was…