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Apex Legends
June 2, 2020

‘Apex Legends’ is following in the footsteps of Fortnite and PUBG

There’s been plenty of accusations from fans of all three popular Battle Royale games about them stealing content and ideas from each other – Fortnite adopted elements from Apex, such…
LoL Esports
July 8, 2019

LoL MSI 2019 | Week 1 day 1 Main Event predictions

The Play-In stage of the Mid-Season Invitational 2019 just concluded and we are all waiting for the Main Event starting on the 10th of May and that will be held…
LoL Esports
June 26, 2019

Riot Games employees prepared to walkout

According to various reports, Rioters are preparing to walk off the job as a protest towards the higher management at Riot games. Earlier in the week, it was revealed by…
Overwatch 2
July 19, 2019

Blizzard’s biggest event is back and better than before!

Blizzcon, the most prestigious and biggest Blizzard event of the year is coming back around! As every year, Blizzcon is taking place in November – specifically, on November 1st and…
LoL Esports
October 6, 2020

MSI 2019: 13 Champions 1 Trophy

The League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational a.k.a “mini-Worlds” kicks off today at the GG Stadium (VCS Studio) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The Play-in stage of the event will…
LoL Esports
June 25, 2019

The Magical Cat, Yuumi: new LoL champion rundown

One of the more interesting champions Riot have added, a new never seen before mechanic on her Q, while also changing up the traditional support style. Yuumi is the first…
Esports Industry
October 28, 2024

Esports in the Sun – Spain and its place in the esports world

For most people not from Spain, the country is synonymous with lovely beaches and great summer holidays. Of course, that’s not all it has to offer – alongside wonderful sights,…
Overwatch 2
June 25, 2019

Overwatch World Cup 2019: new year, new format

After a recent announcement on their website, Blizzard Entertainment has now confirmed the return of one of their premier Overwatch competitions as the Overwatch World Cup gets set to return…
Hearthstone
June 24, 2020

Myths and Might – Magic: The Gathering’s Mythic Championship 2 is here!

Despite not being the most traditional ‘esports’, Magic: The Gathering is an incredibly popular game that draws leagues of fans much like Overwatch and CS:GO do – based on this…
LoL Esports
July 19, 2019

LoL player Kim “PraY” Jong-in retires from competitive scene

PraY, one of the longest standing veterans in the competitive League of Legends scene has finally announced his retirement following his absence from the 2019 Spring split. Kim “PraY” Jong-in…
Dota 2
June 25, 2019

OpenAI at The International 2019: Bots vs Champions

OpenAI, the company that develops cutting edge artificial intelligence tools, got involved into Dota 2 around two years ago. Initially, they developed a bot that was able to beat any…
Esports Industry
January 29, 2020

Chipotle teams up with the world’s biggest esports tournaments

All gamers will know that tacos and burritos make for some of the food best-suited to staying fully fuelled when gaming. Now Mexican food and esports are looking to have…
Fortnite
October 26, 2020

Fortnite World Cup begins hours after major update

The ever-changing nature of Fortnite can often leave pro players reacting to updates during the practice period for major events. This has never been more evident than now, as Epic…
Esports Industry
December 6, 2019

The Melbourne Esports Open is back for 2019

From August 31st until September 1st, the Melbourne Esports Open is going to be held at Melbourne Olympic Park – it’s set to be by far the biggest weekend for…
StarCraft Esports
June 25, 2019

The WCS Winter Champions have been crowned!

Last weekend, the StarCraft 2 World Championship Series Winter event took place, and over an action-packed two days, both the Americas and Europe found their respective Winter Champs! In the…
Esports Industry
December 6, 2019

Could the Wormhole app supercharge your enjoyment of esports?

Over the past few years, there has been no shortage of incredible software that helps you get much closer to your favourite esports tournaments. Whilst the achievements of Twitch’s live…
Rocket League
August 17, 2022

Rocket League is spicing things up – the new Rocket Pass 3 is coming!

Rocket League, the incredibly popular mix of soccer and racer that took the esports world by storm is far from resting on its glory – in fact, Psyonix, the publisher…
Esports Industry
August 3, 2020

Self-played Millionaires – when teens make it big with games

Who hasn’t dreamed about making it big in one way or another? Picking up a wallet on a train and returning it for half a million in reward money, winning…
Fortnite
June 25, 2019

Fortnite competitive players are frustrated with “Arena” ranked mode

Fortnite has a history of running in-game events as qualifiers for their major tournaments. This ensures a wide field of entry and allows surprising new players to get as much…
Fortnite
July 24, 2019

Tfue and Cloak beat Baller at Fortnite Luxe Cup

This weekend’s Luxe Cup had a few surprises. It comes after a few major updates from Fortnite that been unpopular, to say the least. Over the course of the event,…
Esports Industry
June 25, 2019

Asian Upstarts – China flew to the top

What do you think is the country with the biggest world-wide esports revenue? The US? Japan? Korea? No, not quite. China, with a staggering $37.9 billion of esports revenue in…
PUBG
June 25, 2019

Dive into competitive PUBG

“If you asked anyone a year ago about PUBG succeeding as an esports, most would say it’s an improbable or impossible venture.” About two years ago PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds brought the…
Dota 2
June 25, 2019

Vici Gaming wins the DreamLeague Season 11 Major

The 3rd Major of the Dota Pro Circuit is over and the winner is a totally unexpected team from China. Vici Gaming had to win the StarLadder ImbaTV Minor to…
LoL Esports
June 25, 2019

LEC Spring: Best and Worst

With playoffs a week away in the LEC, we take a look at the individuals that made greatness and great badness in the regular season part of the LEC Spring…
Esports Industry
August 4, 2023

HyperX steps up their esports ambitions

All gamers will know that HyperX are one of the best brands in the business of gaming hardware. The US-based company have earned a strong reputation for their gaming headsets,…
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