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Esports Industry
February 3, 2022

Will Gaming and Esports Startups Survive the Coronavirus Crisis?

The video game and esports industry was booming before the coronavirus crisis took hold. In 2019 the video game market likely achieved a value of $150 billion. Esports was worth…
LoL Esports
April 28, 2020

LPL 2020 Spring Playoff Finals Prediction – Who will be crowned new king of 2020 LPL?

The 2020 Spring Season for the League of Legends Pro League, also regarded as the LPL, is soon coming to its end. The third place match between IG and FPX…
Fortnite
April 27, 2020

$2 Million FNCS Invitational Announced – More Entertainment than Skill

Speculation about what comes next after the last season of FNCS wrapped out didn’t have to last very long. Just after the conclusion of the last event, Epic has announced…
LoL Esports
April 26, 2020

LPL Semifinal Preview – FunPlus Phoenix vs JD Gaming

With the conclusion of the match between Invictus Gaming and Top Esports, the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) 2020 Spring split now has its first finalist. Top Esports finally…
LoL Esports
October 6, 2020

LCK Finals Recap – T1 sweeps Gen.G to complete three-peat

T1 won the 2020 Spring League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) earlier today in a clean 3-0 sweep over Gen.G. In doing so, T1 earned the 100 million Korean won…
Dota 2
April 25, 2020

BTS Pro Series: Americas – Playoffs Day 2 Predictions

BTS Pro Series: Americas has entered its Playoffs Stage and on day 1, only one of the favorites won their match. The other one was bested by a determined and…
Call of Duty
December 4, 2020

Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship Announced

Mobile games have been up and coming for years – they’ve always quietly made up the majority of earnings when it came to video game sales, but now they’ve also…
Overwatch 2
April 22, 2020

Echo Ban in Hero Pools Baffles Fans and Players

Week by week, Overwatch’s hero pools continue to push boundaries and find innovative new ways to completely confuse players and fans. The system seems to lurch from weird decision to…
Dota 2
April 20, 2020

Virtus.pro – The Major Kings reclaim their throne at ESL Los Angeles 2020

Virtus.pro defeats two-time champion, team OG, in a gruesome 3-2 victory in a best-of-5 grand finals of ESL Los Angeles 2020. Along with the hefty 60,000 USD winnings, Virtus.pro also…
LoL Esports
April 20, 2020

LCS 2020 Spring Finals Preview

A champion from bygone days takes the stage to try for the trophy that slipped from their fingers so long ago and has yet to be reclaimed. Across from them,…
Dota 2
August 31, 2024

What’s Going on in the Group Stage of BTS Pro Series: Southeast Asia?

BTS Pro Series: Southeast Asia is the SEA twin brother of BTS Pro Series: Americas. The tournament started on April 10th, is taking place online and will last until April…
Esports Industry
August 31, 2024

BMW partners with top esports teams

Non-esports related brands investing in esports or partnering with esports teams isn’t anything new – there are plenty of partnerships with energy drink providers, hardware manufacturers and more. Car manufacturers…
Dota 2
April 16, 2020

Team Liquid – Poor ESL One performance showcases the Champions downfall

Team Liquid suffers a whopping 5 losses out of 6 series at the ESL Los Angeles 2020. It’s an unsightly outcome for fans as the org’s immortalized title as the…
LoL Esports
April 29, 2020

Teamfight Tactics: Galaxies Championship Announced

Riot Games is back with more good news – after continuously making headlines with their new games for weeks and months, With Valorant making noise on one side, they are…
Esports Industry
December 7, 2024

Uptick in Gaming and Esports spells good news for Bookmakers

Around the world people are distancing and spending more time home. Traditional sports events are cancelled, the Olympics has been postponed. Esports tournaments too have been cancelled but that’s less…
LoL Esports
October 5, 2022

LoL Playoffs around the World

The League of Legends Spring season has been pushed back in some regions, especially Korea and China in particular. The LEC and LCS Playoffs Finals will commence on the same…
Dota 2
April 13, 2020

Virtus.pro – The Major Kings are back

Virtus.pro, the CIS squad is on a 5-win streak at the EU & CIS regionals of ESL One Los Angeles 2020 online tournament. On top of that, Virtus.pro just took…
Dota 2
April 10, 2020

Why Cloud9 Will Win the Title at BTS Pro Series: Americas

BTS Pro Series: Americas promises to be a fun event to watch. And it’s a great chance for Cloud9 to prove its worth in this new and improved formula. Much…
Valorant
January 19, 2022

Why Are so Many Overwatch Pros Switching to Valorant?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock this last week, you’ve probably heard of the big new shooter game; Valorant. This new title is only in its closed beta, but…
Counter-Strike
August 4, 2023

Many Roads to ESL One Rio 2020

For the first time since the creation of the 2-Majors-per-year policy, the professional CS:GO scene will see a big change. The first Major of the year has been cancelled due…
Dota 2
May 13, 2020

A look at EternaLEnVy, DOTA2’s most infamous player

Jacky “EternaLEnVy” Mao is one of the most popular players in DOTA 2 pro scene, but always for the wrong reasons. Known for unjustifiably kicking teammates and his toxic behavior…
Sports Games
April 7, 2020

iRacing – the next big thing?

Given the current situation, a lot of events, esports and otherwise, are severely hampered. Amidst tons of cancellations and postponed events, it seems like nothing is happening anymore – but…
Sports Games
May 18, 2020

NBA 2K20 Players Tournament – Everything you need to know

In “normal” times the beginning of April would signal the NBA season coming to a close. Some end-of-season matches would be played across millions of TVs throughout the US and…
Fortnite
September 18, 2020

Does Fortnite Have a Pay to Win Skin?

Fortnite’s latest skin is a fun suit made of recycled cardboard. To some, this is just another light-hearted Fortnite skin, possibly made up to resemble how kids would make use…
LoL Esports
June 23, 2022

2020 LoL Wildcard regions – Lighting Recap

Wildcard regions have long been stigmatized as not standing a chance compared to teams from majors regions like the LCS, LEC, LPL and LCK. However, given the sharp rise of…
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