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July 25, 2018
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Corp. Unveils Huge 5 Year Esports Plan
If anybody ever doubted PUBG Corps.’ dedication to ensuring their game is a success as an esport, their recent 5 year plan announcement at a press conference in Berlin should…
July 25, 2018
Counter-Strike NIP take FACEIT EU Minor in emotional victory
Out of all of the FACEIT Minors so far, the European Minor was the one that we were the most unsure about who would come out on top in. There…
July 24, 2018
League of Legends EU LCS Match Predictions, Week 6 Day 1
Game 1 – Unicorns of Love vs. Misfits Gaming The Unicorns of Love are not having a good time, having lost five out of their past six games, placing them…
July 23, 2018
League of Legends League Championship Korea Match Predictions, Day 2 & 3
Day 2 Game 1 – SK Telecom T1 vs. bbq OLIVERS While by no means are SK Telecom dominating the LCK scene, currently placing around the lower to middle ranks…
July 23, 2018
Heroes of the Storm Global Championship Copa America 2018 Phase 2 begins this week
Heroes of the Storm Copa America is a major tournament for the popular hero brawler produced by Blizzard. The tournament started earlier this year and it has two stages, spanning…
July 23, 2018
The 2018 CWL Pro League Playoffs begin on Friday July 27
The regular-season for the teams playing in Division B of the 2018 CWL Pro League ended last week. They have joined the ones who advanced from Division A earlier this…
July 23, 2018
Starcraft 2 GSL vs the World starts on August 2
Players from South Korea have been dominating the Starcraft stage for two decades. They proved to be equally successful when playing the sequel and are more than a match for…
July 23, 2018
Blizzard Simplifies the World of Warcraft Pricing Model
World of Warcraft had its ups and downs over the years, but it remains the most popular MMORPG in the world. Blizzard intends to keep it that way and releases…
July 20, 2018
A Brave New OpenAI
It wasn’t that long ago that OpenAI, the company behind the scary Shadow Fiend bot that destroyed the best players in the world during The International 2017, had announced its…
July 20, 2018
Heavy Metal and Gaming – the perfect combo?
The world’s largest gathering for heavy metal music takes place every year in Wacken in Germany. The event draws visitors from all around the world and it’s pretty much the…
July 20, 2018
FACEIT Asia Minor Championship recap
The FACEIT Asia Minor championship has now come to an end. We can now look back and see which teams have won and who came out on top. At the…
July 19, 2018
Fortnite’s new tournament bombed – is the game really esports ready?
By now it’s pretty well-known that Fortnite’s makers Epic Games are hosting a tournament and that the prize-pool is worth millions of dollars – 100 million to be exact. People…
July 18, 2018
There’s a new force in the esports world and it wants to challenge China: India
Several Asian countries are esports-superpowers already – First and foremost, South Korea, but also Japan, China, even Taipei and Indonesia produce some extremely skilled players. Now there might be a…
July 18, 2018
Overwatch League semifinals Preview and Predictions: Can London Spitfire continue their miracle run?
After a monumental comeback series against Los Angeles Gladiators, London Spitfire looked like their vintage selves in a resounding two match sweep that saw London take six maps uncontested. In…
July 18, 2018
PUBG gets custom servers and more in latest patch
In PUBG’s latest patch, the developers have reworked the custom server system and brought the feature to all players. Currently, the patch is only available on the test server, but…
July 18, 2018
LoL Patch 8.14 – New cursor, SSW skins and much more!
Notable champion changes Fizz – Seastone Trident (W) has been updated, now refunding mana and reducing the skill’s cooldown by 1 second every time a minion is killed. The empowered…
July 18, 2018
Electronic sports competitions are coming to high schools because of start-up PlayVS
After decades of parents and teachers alike campaigning to keep video games and sometimes even devices like phones away from schools and classrooms, one start-up wants to head in the…
July 17, 2018
Top 5 teams to look out for during the FACEIT London Major
The FACEIT London Major will be taking place between September 12 and September 23. It will be one of the biggest CS:GO events in history and will be one of…
July 17, 2018
Massive Akali rework – Champion rundown
As one of the oldest champions in the game having been released in 2010, Akali will be getting some much needed attention. While she is a strong champ filled with…
July 17, 2018
StarCraft Remastered DanJJING SL Season 3 Enters Final Stage
DanJJING Star League Season 3 is the most important StarCraft Remastered online tournament in June and July. After more than a month of intense matches, the event is ready to…
July 17, 2018
Ten days left to qualify for Heroes of the Storm Horizon Clash
Heroes of the Storm fans prepare for the Western Clash while watching the games played in the HGC Open Division. Asian players have something special coming their way, as the…
July 17, 2018
World of Warcraft Battle For Azeroth Pre-Patch goes live today
Blizzard plans on launching the World of Warcraft Battle For Azeroth expansion on August 14. Nearly a month before that important moment for the fans of the franchise, the videogame…
July 17, 2018
Call of Duty Black Ops 4 Private Multiplayer Beta comes to consoles in August
Treyarch broke the news about Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 being released worldwide on October 12 more than a week ago. Fans of the first-person shooter are anxiously waiting…
July 16, 2018
League of Legends, Dark Star Cho’Gath – Support charities
Riot has unveiled a new skin for Cho’Gath, this time sticking with the Dark Star skin line. Dark Star Cho’Gath will only be available in shop for a limited time…
July 13, 2018
Overwatch League Quarterfinals Preview and predictions: Can Boston Uprising turn their season around?
With their backs against the wall in a classic east coast matchup, Boston Uprising are one series away from elimination after going down 3-1 in the Quarterfinals opener this week.…