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Blizzard
August 20, 2018

Blizzard announces the 2018 Arena World Championship Fall Season

World of Warcraft fans are exploring the new zones released when the Battle for Azeroth expansion rolled down. There is plenty of content to enjoy and dungeons to explore, but…
Call of Duty
August 20, 2018

Evil Geniuses win the 2018 Call of Duty World League Championship

2018 Call of Duty World League Championship started on August 16 and concluded four days later, on August 19. This is the sixth CoD championship organized by Activision with a…
Overwatch 2
August 17, 2018

Blizzard set to unveil new content for Overwatch and other Blizzard titles at Gamescom 2018

Blizzard has announced new content to be released for a variety of games with August dates for their Gamescom 2018 schedule. The announcement was first made public through Blizzard via…
Fortnite
August 17, 2018

Fortnite’s latest patch is late – 5.2’s release notes news

Traditionally, Tuesday is the day that Epic Games releases new patches and updates for Fortnite, but this week, it was curiously late. It appears that without a particular explanation, Epic…
Overwatch 2
August 17, 2018

Around the OWL: Neptuno quits the World Cup Spain squad, Australia getting Overwatch League team?

With the Overwatch World Cup still a few months away, Philadelphia Fusion Support Alberto ‘Neptuno’ Gonzalez Molinillo announced recently on his Twitter that he will be stepping down from participating…
PUBG
August 17, 2018

PUBG partners with FACEIT to offer new tournament platform

FACEIT and PUBG Corp. have teamed up to offer a brand new tournament platform for PUBG competitions. FACEIT is one of the leading tournament platforms on the internet, most known…
Dota 2
August 17, 2018

The International 2018 Standings and Predictions

The first two days of The International 2018 were full of surprises as the Bo2 format proved to be troublesome for most of the top contenders. No less than 19…
LoL Esports
August 17, 2018

Top 5 best (and worst) player transfers in League of Legends history

League of Legends has been a game known for having some of the most explosive and game changing roster moves with each and every offseason. As most teams reforge their…
Esports Industry
August 16, 2018

Banking or Gaming? The choice may be easier than you think

Quick, which job pays better – banker or pro gamer? It’s obvious isn’t it? After all, banking jobs are known to make insane amounts of cash for those talented enough…
Counter-Strike
August 16, 2018

CS:GO major update reintroduces the MP5-SD

Out of nowhere, Valve announced the return of the MP5-SD to Counter Strike by releasing a surprise update to CS:GO. The new MP5-SD has been confirmed to be a silenced…
LoL Esports
August 16, 2018

Nunu champion rework

As one of the oldest champions in the game, Nunu is finally getting some attention. Riot has revealed their plans for the new Nunu rework. While Nunu will certainly be…
Dota 2
August 14, 2018

The International 2018: Groups, Favorites and Predictions

The groups of The International 2018 have finally been decided and we now know who’s playing who in the Group Stage. The groups Group A Invictus Gaming PSG.LGD Evil Geniuses…
LoL Esports
August 14, 2018

EU LCS Game Analysis for Week 9, Day 1

H2k vs. Unicorns of Love – Game 1 H2k are by far the weakest team in the EU LCS, with only one win out of their sixteen games, they have…
Esports Industry
August 14, 2018

Tencent is coming – China wants to play

For the longest time, China was jokingly known for its cheap and low-quality knock-offs. ‘Made in China’ was all but synonymous with cheaply manufactured stuff created by labourers working in…
StarCraft Esports
August 14, 2018

Registration is open for Starcraft Remastered ASL Season 6

Starcraft Remastered has recaptured much of the former glory of the most popular real-time strategy game ever made. In South Korea, professional players compete for fame and decent prize pools,…
Blizzard
August 14, 2018

Login issues plague WoW Battle for Azeroth launch

Blizzard wanted to make sure that the latest expansion to the popular World of Warcraft series will be truly memorable. The decision to launch the game simultaneously in all regions…
Counter-Strike
August 14, 2018

Cloud9 sign Golden after great stand-in performance

After standing in for Cloud9 during the ELEAGUE 2018 Premier event, Golden has officially been signed as a permanent member for the North American team. This marks an important milestone…
LoL Esports
August 13, 2018

Most prospective NA LCS teams – Will OpTic enter playoffs?

Week 8 has just concluded, giving a strong indication of the teams to enter playoffs. While some may be extremely likely to enter playoffs, nothing is certain yet, allowing even…
StarCraft Esports
August 13, 2018

The StarCraft II 2018 WCS Montreal Group Stage Qualifiers have begun

The race for 2018 WCS Montreal has begun and StarCraft II players are actively engaged in qualifiers. On August 12, the action started in all three major regions and the…
HotS
August 13, 2018

Heroes of the Storm Eastern Clash begins on August 17th

Heroes of the Storm players prepare for the Eastern Clash, an epic tournament involving some of the best players from Asia. The event will take place at Paradise City in…
Overwatch 2
August 10, 2018

Lucioball returns! Summer Games back in full swing with Patch Notes 1.27.0.1

Another year, another edition of Summer Games skins and Lucioball in rotation. The Overwatch development team pulled out all the stops with new skins galore as a slew of heroes…
Overwatch 2
August 10, 2018

Seagull quits the Overwatch League for streaming: Will more pro players follow his path?

Earlier this week, the Overwatch world was shocked to hear that the most famous North American player to play the game has quit the Overwatch League in favor of growing…
Dota 2
August 10, 2018

Top 4 teams to keep an eye on at The International 2018

The International 2018 is quickly approaching and at this point we know who the main contenders are for this year’s Aegis of Champions. These are most likely the top 4…
Counter-Strike
August 10, 2018

3 year CS:GO IEM Chicago Tournament deal laid out

ESL has confirmed via Twitter that IEM will be choosing Chicago as the home for the next three years of North American IEM events. Starting in 2018, the events will…
Esports Industry
August 9, 2018

Sky TV launches a pop-up UK esports channel – but is that really a good thing?

It sounds pretty cool, doesn’t it? A pop-up esports channel backed by one of the biggest media companies in the country. From next week on, Sky will be broadcasting GINX…
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