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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
June 9, 2020
Is this the rise of the Chinese teams?
For the first time since the Season 2 World Championships, a Chinese based team has taken out the title as the world’s best team. The finals of the 2018 League…
November 4, 2019
Why payments hold the key to the esports betting revolution
Esports betting has become one of the surprise spin-offs of the competitive gaming revolution. Whether it’s going to a traditional sports bookmaker to put down a real-money bet on a…
July 9, 2019
Top 5 Esports Arenas in the US
Dedicated esports arenas are an incredibly recent thing. While bigger esports events themselves have been around for some time, they used to usually take place in rented spaces, sometimes even…
June 19, 2019
Ranked splits & rewards in 2019
Riot Games has recently unveiled new plans for the upcoming 2019 Ranked season through a fairly detailed official post. The ranked season as we know it has been left untouched…
October 30, 2018
FaZe win EPICENTER 2018
If you’re a FaZe fan, we’ve got good news for you. FaZe just beat NaVi in the EPICENTER 2018 grand finals. It has been a while since FaZe has come…
July 9, 2019
Long awaited Night Mode lands on PUBG Mobile
If you are a PC PUBG player, it might not exactly be the news you were hoping for, but PUBG Mobile has received a night time mode, along with a…
June 1, 2020
True potential: advertising in esports
Gone are the days where video games were created for a tiny niche market and relegated to the last shelf on the bottom right in the stores – now video…
November 4, 2019
Nike sponsors its first esports player
The sportswear company, Nike, are well known for their multi-million dollar sponsorship of top-level sporting stars, but the brand have recently made the surprise move to sponsor their first esports…
January 15, 2020
Why keeping fit is key to esports success
Whilst playing video games is commonly associated with junk food and bad posture, it seems that a new generation of esports stars are learning to take care of themselves. With…
July 24, 2019
NA competitive LoL player focusing too much in Fortnite
A few days ago, IWillDominate fired up an interesting discussion in a tweet, concerning the amount of time that a por League of Legends player from North America had spent…