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Dota 2
July 9, 2019

Reworked hero abilities

Patch 7.20 brought a lot of big changes and among them there are plenty of heroes whose abilities have been partly reworked. This brought about a completely new meta, with…
Counter-Strike
August 4, 2023

CS:GO goes F2P and gets Battle Royale

After teasing a big CSGO content drop on Twitter, Valve today pushed a brand new update to live servers that adds a new battle royale mode and brand new skins.…
Esports Industry
June 11, 2019

Female esports players numbers reach new record high

Sadly, getting women engaged in esports, to the point where they actively participate is till a bit of an issue. While progress is absolutely being made, and many games make…
Esports Industry
June 11, 2019

Tej Kohli launches esports arm with Rewired GG

Self-made technology billionaire Tej Kohli just announced a pretty big move into esports – a €50 million investment outreach to support esports in Europe. After Asia and North America, Europe…
Esports Industry
November 4, 2019

Challenges facing the mobile gaming revolution in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia’s gamers have taken mobile gaming to heart. With the region accounting for a staggering 49.1% share of the global mobile gaming market in 2018, it’s evident that Southeast…
LoL Esports
September 27, 2019

League of Legends Patch 8.24 rundown

Neeko will be arriving sometime in the middle of patch 8.24 along with her Winter Wonder Neeko skin and a handful of chromas. As expected, the patch contains a few…
Mobile Games
June 9, 2020

High hopes for mobile esports with the Clash Royale League finals

Last Saturday saw the finals of the Clash Royale League kick off in Tokyo, Japan. The finals featured six top-level Clash Royale teams who went head to head in a…
Dota 2
June 19, 2019

Dota 2 Patch 7.20 general changes

Patch 7.20 is one of the biggest patches we’ve had in recent years and the changes are substantial. The article offers a quick presentation of the general changes contained within…
LoL Esports
June 19, 2019

Major changes to come in the loading screen, including chat

As previously shown on the “Ranked 2019 video” by Riot Games, the loading screen will get a big makeover. The new loading screen will soon be hitting the Public Beta…
Esports Industry
November 5, 2020

Esports finally becomes a medal sport at the SEA Games

Next year’s SEA Games will see esports being included as a medal sport for the very first time. The announcement was made on Wednesday at a special conference in the…
LoL Esports
September 27, 2019

TSM gets two new members & Optic gets Crown!

Smoothie and Broken Blade join TSM Following a fairly disappointing year for Team SoloMid, failing to qualify for the 2018 League of Legends World Championship even after one of their…
Mobile Games
June 9, 2020

The Clash Royale World Finals come to Japan

Next weekend will see the culmination of an epic mobile gaming tournament when the Clash Royale World Finals take place in Tokyo, Japan. This highly anticipated competition will see six…
Fortnite
July 24, 2019

Fortnite gifting system may arrive in time for the holidays

‘Tis the season for giving – or at least it will be soon. With Thanksgiving just past, Christmas isn’t far off…and Fortnite, apparently, is already gearing up for everyone’s favourite…
Counter-Strike
March 27, 2024

Astralis smoke settings drama explained – Is Astralis cheating?

This week the CS:GO community has seen a lot of drama due to some accusations sent toward Astralis. The community has been split on whether Astralis may or may not…
Esports Industry
November 4, 2019

China unveils its first Esports Town

If there was any doubting the fact that China is set to become an esports superpower, then the news that the nation has just opened its first esports town should…
Overwatch 2
June 19, 2019

Vancouver Titans branding leaked for Overwatch League

The Vancouver OWL organization, owned by Aquilini Group, may have had their franchising logo inadvertently leaked by reddit sleuths this week. The Aquilini Group is a diversified family business with…
Esports Industry
June 12, 2019

Esports platform Plair completes $22 million ICO

If you’ve never heard of Plair, this is just the right time to learn a little more about this epic platform – it’s a decentralised gaming platform built on the…
Dota 2
June 19, 2019

Dota 2 Patch 7.20 new items

Finally, after many weeks of waiting, Valve has released a new patch for Dota 2. And it is absolutely massive. New and reworked items, nerfed, buffed and reworked hero abilities,…
LoL Esports
May 14, 2020

Neeko champion rundown

After so long, Riot has finally decided to release a new champion into the game (rewards don’t count!). Neeko, The Curious Chameleon will be the game’s newest mage that will…
Esports Industry
August 29, 2024

PayPal teams up with top Rainbow Six tournaments

Paypal is penetrating more and more into the export industry: besides using Paypal for esports betting, this popular online payment provider has partnered up with several esports tournaments for the…
LoL Esports
June 19, 2019

Jiizuke is Italy’s big hope at the League of Legends All-Stars event

The big LoL event starts on December 6th in Las Vegas, Nevada – that much League-fans probably already know. Most of the players that will be participating in the event…
Esports Industry
November 4, 2019

Can esports maintain its phenomenal growth?

There is little doubt that esports has been growing at a hugely impressive rate. The esports industry is expected to become a $1 billion dollar business in the next couple…
Esports Industry
November 4, 2019

McDonald’s moves into the German esports scene

Competitive gaming and fast food have historically enjoyed a fairly close relationship, and that looks to get a lot closer as McDonald’s recently made the decision to focus their attention…
Blizzard
June 12, 2019

BlizzCon 2018 was as good as fans had hoped

It’s over – the biggest event of the year for fans of any of Blizzard’s games and esports tournaments. Over 40.000 gamers gathered in person (and even more of them…
LoL Esports
June 19, 2019

League partner chromas to be available for Blue Essence

Roughly a month ago, Riot decided to release the League of Legends Partnership program in an effort to grow the audience of Riot certified or approved streamers. This program granted…
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