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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…
January 17, 2023
Can T1 go undefeated in week one? – LCK Spring Split Preview
The 2023 competitive season is here and this means that LCK Spring Split is back with some insane week one action for T1! Right off the bat, they will have…
January 16, 2023
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…
January 16, 2023
Crypto Markets build back momentum this New Year period
The New Year has so far proven interesting for Crypto as a whole. Coming out of 2022 many are glad to be seeing the end of last year as the…
January 16, 2023
Huge Upsets Scattered Throughout CDL Major II’s First Qualifiers
It was a trying first week of the Major II qualifiers for almost every team in the Call of Duty League. From unexpected losses to full-round replays, there was irritation…
January 15, 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
Riot addresses the state of new Tank Mythics
Riot Games recently published a post, sharing some thoughts on the current state of the Tank Mythics introduced during the preseason. RiotMadnessHeroo talks about the tank mythics of the new…
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
J Team will field a full new roster for the PCS in 2023
The Taiwanese organization J Team will play the PCS 2023 season with a completely new roster with a mix of veterans and rookies. J Team will have a new PCS…
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 13, 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 13, 2023
Ubisoft Cancels More Games And Delays Skull and Bones Yet Again
Following what was reported as ‘surprisingly slow’ sales, Ubisoft has revealed the cancellation of three unannounced games. As there was a wave of cancellations made last summer, this brings 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,…
January 12, 2023
Major Annie changes in 13.2 may make her viable again
With League Patch 13.1 hitting the live servers, the PBE servers will welcome new Annie changes that will be coming in Patch 13.2. Annie receives changes to abilities in League…
January 12, 2023
Darkside makes flashy Dota 2 debut in DPC 2023 EEU
The Eastern European portion of the Dota 2 DPC 2023 season is all the craze after two strong consecutive seasons in 2021/22. New teams are now challenging the established powerhouses,…
January 12, 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…
January 12, 2023
Gala Games Announce Partnership with Mark Wahlberg and The Rock
Gala Games is back in the headlines this week and its looking good for them as they seem to be onboarding some of the world’s hottest celebs into their marketing…
January 12, 2023
Virtual Influencers are about to take over in 2023
Technology constantly shapes the way we live our lives and with how frequently it is updated, sometimes you are left in the dust trying to keep up! Social media and…
January 11, 2023
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…
January 11, 2023
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…