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September 3, 2018
Hearthstone 2018 HCT Fall Playoffs Europe Winners Unveiled
Hearthstone 2018 HCT Fall Playoffs Europe is one of the most important tournaments dedicated to Blizzard’s popular card game in September. The competition started on the first day of the…
September 3, 2018
StarCraft Remastered KSL Season 2 begins on September 17
Blizzard has just announced the date of the StarCraft Remastered KSL Season 2. Those who watched with interest the first season should know that the second one starts on September…
August 31, 2018
Top 5 best players NOT in the Overwatch League
The Overwatch League is home to some of the best and brightest talent the game has to offer. But with a limited amount of spots and roster situations not being…
August 31, 2018
DreamHack Masters Stockholm Playoffs viewing guide
DreamHack Masters Stockholm started earlier this week and it has already brought us many big surprises during the group stage. The playoffs will be starting tomorrow, on September 1 and…
August 31, 2018
Two New Heroes: Grimstroke and Mars
Year after year, the team behind Dota 2 keeps coming up with new hero concepts, expanding the game’s already large hero pool of more than 110. And at The International…
August 31, 2018
Security at esports events under scrutiny – some say massacre was only a question of time
The tragedy that happened in Jacksonville last weekend is still keeping the world in suspense – with new information about the killer surfacing as well as companies like EA making…
August 30, 2018
League of Legends NA LCS Semi-finals match predictions
Cloud9 vs. Team SoloMid – Day 1 Having defeated Echo Fox in an extremely close best of five series, Team SoloMid has moved on to the semi-finals of the 2018…
August 30, 2018
“Mobile esports” make their Asian Games debut
Even among gamers, one of the most diverse groups there is, there is a distinct gap between ‘real’ gamers and mobile gamers. The Candy Crush lot they’ve been called, or…
August 29, 2018
Around the OWL: Dallas Fuel eyeing new players this week, Seagull breaks Overwatch streaming record
In a rather surprising break of silence from Dallas Fuel management earlier this week, Team Owner Michaelangelo ‘Hastr0’ Rufail gave a slight teaser to fans of the organization of some…
August 29, 2018
League of Legends Patch notes 8.17
As part of the 8.17 patch, Riot has released the reworked Nunu. It is very likely Nunu will be nerfed considering his considerable pressure on the map, however, at least…
August 29, 2018
All details for PUBG’s PC training mode unveiled
A training mode for PUBG has been asked for by the community for months. PUBG Corp. has repeatedly said that some technical issues have prevented them from implementing it. Thankfully,…
August 28, 2018
Jacksonville gaming tournament shooting puts focus on the wrong thing
The most recent tragedy in Jacksonville, Florida has upset the whole world. A shooter entered a bar that was live-streaming a Madden NFL 19 tournament on Sunday. The gunman killed…
August 28, 2018
OG crowned champions of The International 2018
The International 2018 was arguably the best edition of this prestigious event, ever. Amazing matches, impossible comebacks and by far the most emotional underdog story since Rocky. OG’s TI 8…
August 28, 2018
Riot cutting back on esports spending
According to a Reddit post made by ParachuteIsAKnapsack, also known as “FearGorm”, Riot will be cutting expenditure on their League of Legends esports event. This was specifically mentioned for the…
August 28, 2018
DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018 starts this week
One of the biggest international tournaments of the year, DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018, will be taking place throughout this week. With the event starting on August 29 and ending on…
August 28, 2018
OWL All-Star Weekend Recap: Atlantic Division triumphs, Surefour crowned 1v1 champion
The Overwatch League’s finest from both divisions battled it out in an action packed 4-1 series where the Atlantic were able to seal the deal in just five maps. This…
August 27, 2018
Busy week for amateur and professional Starcraft Remastered players
Starcraft BroodWar fans are having a lot of fun since the Remastered version came along. In August and September, there are several tournaments for both amateur and professional players, with…
August 27, 2018
StarCraft II WCS Challenger Series Playoffs end in Europe and North America
The best StarCraft 2 players in North America and Europe played in the WCS Challenger Series Playoffs this weekend. The winners were decided on Saturday night for Europe and one…
August 24, 2018
Dota 2 The International 2018 – The Final 5
The International 2018 is getting close to the Grand Final and only 5 of the initial 18 teams are left in the tournament. Four of them are the usual suspects…
August 24, 2018
San Francisco Shock make roster cuts before free agency; Reinhardt’s Earthshatter gets rework on PTR
With just two weeks until the official free agency signing period for the Overwatch League, San Francisco Shock have made some offseason moves in an attempt to free up space.…
August 24, 2018
ESEA Gives effys and cardiac from Really Old People match-fixing bans
Really Old People is a North American Counter Strike team that has been on the come up during this season’s Mountain Dew League. It’s been revealed this week that two…
August 24, 2018
Overwatch World Cup Qualifiers: France talks tough, Finland impresses in nailbiter against South Korea
With the first installment of the OW World Cup qualifiers in the books, the prospects for a competitive tournament are higher than ever after Finland’s impressive showing over the South…
August 23, 2018
Lii takes the HCT Buenos Aires
Lii has defeated Monsanto in a thrilling best of five series, taking the set 3:2. Lii is fairly new to the professional Hearthstone scene, having first made his debut in…
August 22, 2018
PUBG at Gamescom – everything you need to know
PUBG Corp. has a strong presence at Gamescom this year and they have already announced a lot of new content for PC and Xbox in a short time span. Here…
August 21, 2018
The International 2018 Main Event Upsets and Predictions
The first day of The International 2018’s Main Event is over and for 4 of the 16 teams, the tournament has ended. The matches were absolutely spectacular with back and…