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December 4, 2019
New Saudi-Arabian League of Legends Event has $2M in Prizes
The Middle East isn’t exactly the prime area when it comes to esports – where most of the time, the International esports scene is centred around North America and Asia,…
October 24, 2022
History in the making – Esports are debuting at the SEA Games
It’s been a long fight – fans and players alike have wanted to see esports included in the Olympics for years, but it hasn’t been going too well. Under significant…
October 16, 2024
LCS 2020: Evil Geniuses Scouting Report
The Evil Geniuses organization has been a notorious name in esports since their inception in 1999. Their inclusion and dominance over a variety of game titles has come as no…
May 13, 2025
Midnite
If you are a fan of esports and/or sports betting, then you will know what it takes to be recognised as a top site. Midnite is a site that offers…
November 21, 2023
League of Legend’s Wolf retires from professional play
Lee Jae Wan, more commonly known as Wolf by the League of Legends community has officially announced his retirement from professional play. This “retirement” means Wolf will no longer play…
October 20, 2021
Blockchain and Free-to-play Games to Drive Gaming Market Growth Worth $90 Billion
The integration of blockchain technology into the gaming market and the emergence of new blockchain based games, as well as free-to-play gaming models, is set to drive massive industry growth…
November 24, 2021
Thai-based MEGA Esports CEO banned from LoL esports until 2022 for not paying players
League of Legends is, hands down, the biggest esport in the world. It ranks first in viewership numbers; hours watched on streaming services and has some of the biggest tournament…
February 3, 2022
Blockchain-based F1 Delta Time ready to auction Formula 1 game collectibles
A Formula 1 licensed blockchain-based game, F1 Delta Time, has announced it will be running an auction for ten Formula 1 branded digital collectibles and in-game assets. These collectibles are…
November 25, 2019
Organizations fail to inform their players of third-party offers – Is this wrong?
ESPN Brazil recently made big revelations that multiple LoL clubs have kept their players in the dark by failing to inform them of offers that had been sent over by…
October 20, 2021
What are Nifties to Gaming and Why Are the Winklevii getting into Collectibles?
In fact, why should gamers care? Well, “nifties” actually refers to digital and blockchain-based collectibles like CryptoKitties, one of which was sold for $170,000 in 2018. In fact, by December…
November 18, 2019
100 Thieves Sign Two New Fortnite Players
100 Thieves have this weekend announced two more players that are coming on board their roster. This latest addition replaces the players that 100 Thieves lost back in September, but…
August 2, 2024
AMD’s Esports Growth Could See It Steal the CPU Market from Intel
Intel has dominated the CPU market for well over a decade. Now AMD is gaining ground and stealing market share from Intel and it could continue to do so via…
August 14, 2024
PUBG Global Championship Semifinals: who are the favorites this weekend?
The PUBG Global Championship (PGC) kicked off last weekend with 32 teams hungry for glory and share of $3M in prize money. The OGN Super Arena in Oakland featured the…
August 2, 2024
New Jersey Allows Esports Betting in Time for League of Legends Final
In a one-off move, the Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) for the state of New Jersey allowed betting on the League of Legends World Championship final this past weekend. Sportsbooks…
November 11, 2019
Are Fortnite’s Bots a Problem? Ninja Made His Opinion Clear
Ninja’s regular Fortnite streams are usually one of the few places you can look for positivity about the game. Throughout Mechs, Ballers, and whatever else Epic throws out there, Ninja…
November 11, 2019
G2 Esports vs FunPlus Phoenix, post LoL Worlds Final match discussion
The 2019 League of Legends World Championship is arguably the most exciting Worlds event to date, filled with multiple upsets. Unfortunately for Europe, 2019 was doomed once again to see…
October 24, 2022
Overwatch 2 – everything we know from BlizzCon
Blizzard made waves with their announcement of the Overwatch 2, the sequel of one of their most popular esports games. Conveniently happening right after the huge Hong Kong scandal, Blizzard…
September 16, 2020
LoL Worlds Finals – A new era for Europe dawns
Last week we asked: “Is this the fall of the super region Korea?“. The answer was a resounding yes after LEC & MSI champions G2 dominated SKT (3-1). The semifinal…
November 6, 2019
VKLiooon is the first female to be crowned Hearthstone Grandmasters Champion
Esports struggles with gender equality a lot more than it should. There are some fantastic players in just about every game out there, yet for some reason or another, few…
June 14, 2021
Gaming Industry Bodies Set Esports Principles for Fair Play
Five video game industry associations have joined forces to create a set of principles for “fun and fair” play for the esports industry. The collaborating bodies are America’s Entertainment Software…
November 5, 2019
Ninja thinks Fortnite Chapter 2 Updates need to happen more often
So far, Fortnite Chapter 2 has been pretty different. Alongside all of the new mechanics (with their new items such as the Mythic Goldfish), the new map, and the revamped…
June 30, 2020
EVO 2020 trailer released: the fighting games event returns to Las Vegas
By now a staple in every fighting games fan’s calendar. As we can see from the EVO 2020 trailer, the next iteration of the popular Evolution Championship Series or EVO…
October 6, 2020
Ubisoft Entrepreneurs Lab Adds Another Blockchain Gaming Startup
The French gaming company responsible for massive titles like Assassin’s Creed appears to have recognised blockchain’s potential in the gaming industry for some time. It has now selected another blockchain…
August 2, 2024
Discontent and a dozen cancellations setting the tone for upcoming Overwatch World Cup
Over the past few months we have kept a close eye on the Overwatch World Cup (OWWC). Ever since the Overwatch World Cup 2019 rosters were announced, the stage was…
September 24, 2021
New Wave Esports Lists on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE)
Earlier this year New Wave Esports hoped to become the first esports investment company to become publicly traded. The company provides capital and support services to the esport sector and…