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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…
October 31, 2018
PBE 8.22 Patch rundown
This PBE patch is fairly significant mainly due to the reworked Dark Harvest’s changes, along with the usual champion and item tweaks. Champion LeBlanc – LeBlanc is extremely abusive in…
October 30, 2018
Can Fortnite break the gender deadlock in esports?
Whilst esports has traditionally been seen as being a bit of a boy’s club, a string of recent female signings to Fortnite teams could signal that the tide is set…
October 30, 2018
Hearthstone is back at BlizzCon
It’s been a tough battle for our Hearthstone teams who have been facing off against one another since July, trying to secure a spot at the Hearthstone Global Games Final.…
October 30, 2018
Ranked splits & rewards in 2019
Riot Games has recently unveiled new plans for the upcoming 2019 Ranked season through a fairly detailed official post. The ranked season as we know it has been left untouched…
October 30, 2018
FaZe win EPICENTER 2018
If you’re a FaZe fan, we’ve got good news for you. FaZe just beat NaVi in the EPICENTER 2018 grand finals. It has been a while since FaZe has come…
October 29, 2018
Why music stars are joining the esports revolution
Whilst esports tournaments tended to be focused on the on-screen action, it has become evident that music is set to play a larger part in how we enjoy these gaming…
October 29, 2018
Blizzard unveil their esports mobile app
The American games developer and publisher, Blizzard Entertainment, have recently unveiled their new mobile esports app. The app is available for iOS and Android mobile devices and it looks to…
October 29, 2018
Europe vs. China, LoL Worlds 2018 – Who will emerge victorious?
Fnatic and Invictus will be going head to head in the finals of the 2018 League of Legends World Championships. The winner’s prize pool will likely be lower than the…
October 26, 2018
StarCraft II is gearing up for the WCS Finals!
Yes you heard right, among all of the thrilling and exciting events at this year’s BlizzCon, StarCraft II will see it’s World Championship Series draw to a close with an…
October 26, 2018
Top 5 CS:GO Events to happen before 2018 ends
It has been an excellent year for Counter Strike, but if you still haven’t had enough of the action, you’ll want to take a look at the events we have…