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January 17, 2023
Panda Global leaving Smash altogether? Can they survive in the wider FGC?
The collapse of Panda’s efforts in Smash Bros dominated the news at the end last year. We’re still seeing the ramifications of that scandal play out, with old tournament organizers…
January 17, 2023
France building ‘national esports ecosystem’ to support industry stakeholders
France is known for being a front-runner in the European scene and the government presented a strategy to build a national esports ecosystem, hoping to attract more events and support…
May 12, 2024
LPL Week 2 Preview – Action continues with electrifying match of the week
The LPL has just started but there’s no time for rest for the teams, as another six matches will be played in week 2. Let’s break down the most exciting…
January 16, 2023
24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual 2023 was a disgrace for Esports and Sim Racing
24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual 2023 had a really horrendous weekend plagued by DDoS attacks, player outrage and organizer incompetence. Professional drivers in both real-world and sim racing environments…
March 7, 2023
Do You Need Xbox Live to Play Fortnite?
Fortnite is one of the most popular Battle Royales on every platform, PC and console. But console versions of free-to-play titles can get complicated, they’re not always as free as…
January 13, 2023
Riot shares important fighter item changes for League
Riot Designer TheTruexy shared on his personal Twitter important fighter item changes that will be on the League PBE. While tuning is yet to be defined, he also mentions the…
January 13, 2023
Faker on stream: “SoloQ is not fun anymore.”
Recently T1 player and legendary mid laner Faker spoke about the current state of soloQ and why it’s not fun to play. Faker explains why SoloQ is no longer fun…
January 13, 2023
Fortnite competitive evolves with Majors and new Global Championship
Fortnite esports gets a major revamp in 2023, as Epic aims at reorganizing Fortnite Competitive this year. There’s a new structure built out around regular Fortnite Majors and a new…
January 23, 2023
Free Fire Esports map change: Nexterra replaces Kalahari
Garena has yet to announce the roadmap for Free Fire Esports in 2023, but it has confirmed one thing – the maps which are going to be used throughout the…
January 12, 2023
Ninjas in Pyjamas finally enter the LPL finalizing ESV5 merger
Almost two years after the intial announcement, Victory five (ESV5) complete the merger with Ninjas in Pyjamas (NiP) and enter the LPL in 2023. The merge was made through an…
January 12, 2023
100T hit with another of round layoffs including key staff members
100T layoffs have hit multiple staff members at the start of 2023, including its Chief Revenue Officer Matty Lee. According to Jacob Wolf, the layoff number is approximately 30 employees,…
February 6, 2023
Tundra Esports and Team Liquid clash in DPC 2023 kick-off
Word has been going around that the clash between Tundra Esports and Team Liquid will be legendary. Well, we can confidently vouch for that as we await the decisive series…
January 12, 2023
SSBMRank and UltRank new Smash rankings launching in 2023
Smash Bros is getting a brand-new ranking system this year, the SSBMRank and UltRank are launching to replace the Panda rankings. Ranking in fighting games can always be tricky, with…
August 2, 2024
LEC Kickoff Preview – Who’s is going to win?
The new League season is here, and fans will have the LEC Season Kickoff to get ready for the start of the new year! Who is your money on? Let’s…
October 28, 2024
Rocket League AI Bot Deployed By Cheaters In Ranked
On Reddit, posts have begun to surface that appear to show bots that have infiltrated ranked play. Reportedly, this is an AI-driven bot that was originally created by RLGym as…
April 24, 2023
Riot reveals massive MSI and Worlds format changes for League in 2023
League international events are set to receive a major revamp in 2023, with both Worlds and MSI changing their formats for this year’s competitive season. Let’s see what these changes…
March 27, 2024
Pokémon GO promo Codes: How to get Free Items and Promo Content
Pokémon GO is a game predicated on items. It forces players to be active and mobile, but they can’t do anything beyond hatch eggs if they don’t have the right…
January 10, 2023
Who’s striking first in LPL Spring Split 2023? – Week 1 Preview
The League of Legends season is back with the 2023 LPL Spring Split! After the two months break, Chinese teams will resume action on Jan. 14, with three matches per…
January 9, 2023
PMGC Finals 2022: S2G wins in dominating fashion
The PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) 2022 Grand Finals over the past weekend. Turkey’s S2G Esports were leading the points table as soon as kick-off, as both the Turkish and…
January 9, 2023
OpTic Texas Signs Huke as Pred’s ‘Massive Deal’ Fails
For a while, OpTic fans were left reeling from the news that Dashy would be dropped from the OpTic Texas starting line-up. This revelation then triggered a cacophony of rumours,…
January 9, 2023
How to make money with Web3 in 2023?
It was hard to escape the Crypto hype that flooded the Mainstream Media during the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. Normal everyday people were going all in with their…
January 9, 2023
How are traditional Banks making use of the Metaverse?
The concept of Crypto and the Metaverse is that it is decentralized and lacks much in the form of an overseer that controls what is happening. With that, when discussing…
January 8, 2023
Banger Games, PUBG and the nonexistent Krafton partnership
Some wildely circulated news about a partnership between PUBG and the NFT/Blockchain platform Bangers that was revealed last week isn’t happening. What happened? Some finessing attempts apparently. PUBG Battlegrounds and…
January 6, 2023
League 13.1 Patch Notes Preview – Incoming meta shift?
The League of Legends 2023 is finally here. After almost two months of break from the end of the competitive season 12, Riot Games have resumed work and will start…
January 6, 2023
Zain calls for Notches and Boxx ban in Smash Melee
Smash Bros has a very lively scene given the age of Melee, but there’s still room for development. Even in the last few months, we’ve had new characters rising to…