A week after disbanding their previous roster, Team Secret steps into the competitive Rainbow Six scene with an all-new German squad. More news in the EU R6 scene, as Secret announce a brand new roster. The squad is formerly Orgless team based out of Germany. Team Secret released their old European roster on May 5. […]
TIGER makes a move for international talents. Owen “Smooya” Butterfield and Marco “Snappi” Pfeiffer are close to joining the TIGER CS:GO roster, according to a report from DBLTAP. TIGER is a new Chinese esports organization that currently fields an all-Mongolian lineup, featuring former Grayhound member Erdenetsogt “erkaSt” Gantulga. AWPer Smooya joined Chaos early in 2020, […]
An uncertain time has ended for two former Vancouver Titans players this weekend as they join the Washington Justice. The Vancouver Titans have dominated the news for the past few weeks but not for positive reasons. The organization released all of its players and opted to sign a roster of Contenders players. On Saturday, the […]
Let’s take a look at some of the reasons why Tinker’s not so hot in the current Dota 2 meta. Dota 2 is a game where each new patch changes the way we play the game. This was especially true a few years ago where literally every new patch changed the game. However, Valve decided […]
Russian-based powerhouse Virtus.pro steps into Rainbow Six: Siege. Following a swift transfer process the current players, coach, and analyst from forZe are joining Virtus.pro. Rainbow Six Siege now becomes the fifth esports title where Virtus.pro are represented. Speaking about the deal, Sergey Ignatko, CEO of forZe, said “the priority was to find an organization that […]
With Prestinni not playing and the Huntsmen struggling, could it be time for the brothers to play together again? Alec ‘Arcitys’ Sanderson and Preston ‘Prestinni’ Sanderson are brothers who currently play for the Chicago Huntsmen and Florida Mutineers respectively. On Christmas Day 2016, eUnited gifted their fans the news of a new Call of Duty […]
Archmage Esports is bringing communities together with the power of esports. All over the world, its common for sports fans to gather in places like bars and restaurants to watch big events. Every weekend local establishments are filled with people watching sports matches. It’s such a common occurrence for the traditional sports world, yet not […]
Young Danish prospect Kristoffer “Kristou” Aamand will play under the banners of North due to state of health of Marcus “Kjaerbye” Kjærbye, who is taking a prolonged break from competitive CS:GO. Earlier this month, Kjaerbye missed North’s official matches without a real official announcement. Despite it, North made it to the play-off stage of ESL […]
After an unsuccessful run at ESL One: Road to Rio — CIS, pro100 are looking for changes. According to the information from a Russian insider, Alexey “OverDrive” Biryukov; pro100 have set their sights on former Natus Vincere player Denis “seized” Kostin and Ukrainian prospect Stanislav “Fostar” Ostashevskyi. Previously, there were rumors that pro100 were looking […]
Here’s all the latest on the drama surrounding one of the biggest Chinese Dota 2 organizations. Everyone who’s been following the pro-Dota 2 scene in the last couple of years knows who Newbee is. Even though they haven’t had the best year, this is one of the Chinese teams that won TI a few years […]
The Call of Duty League meet to discuss players and fans criticisms of the game mode Domination. After complaints from pros and fans all season, it seems that the CDL have listened, and had a meeting about the third game mode. Domination. CDL Intel revealed that the Call of Duty league held a meeting regarding […]
The former Team Vitality coach becomes the first Western coach to a League Champions Korea (LCK) side in that position. Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi, is most known for his role as the coach of Team Vitality and League of Legends European Championship (LEC) analyst, who will now move to a new role as coach of LCK […]
DreamHack moves Open events online for the summer. DreamHack will host an online circuit of Open CS:GO events across four different regions, the tournament organizer announced today. These events will take the place of CS:GO’s DreamHack Opens, many of which were canceled due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. #DHOPEN HYPE TIME! Announcing the newly reformed […]
Several popular European Fortnite players have formed new duos in the wake of the Fortnite Champion Series event. The once highly anticipated duo of Benjy “benjyfishy” Fish and Kyle “Mongraal” Jackson has seemingly come to an end. After linking up back in Season X, benjyfishy and Mongraal parted ways with their respective duo partners Martin […]
Somewhere, Team Xbox is shaking with unbridled console war fear. After weeks and weeks of rumors, Playstation finally decided to dip their toes into the 2020 console game yesterday with their PS5 Tech Demo. Check it out for yourself! Breaking Down The Beauty The demo showcased the indescribably terrific power of the next generation of […]
Mirage’s rework makes him a great Legend to revive in Season 5, but there are a few ways to counter it. Apex Legends Season 5 has been out for several days now. But one of the more standout points of the latest season is the Mirage rework. Mirage’s new rework makes much better control of […]
Here’s all of the teams taking part in this awesome tournament. ESL One Birmingham 2020 Online is going to be a pretty interesting tournament. The event was first held two years ago and it became one of ESL’s biggest hits. However, since the COVID-19 pandemic took the world by a surprise, this year, ESL decided […]
Just as we thought they couldn’t get any better, Vikk and WarsZ won their third Warzone Wednesday in a row! As we reported last week, the British duo of Vikkstar123 and Itz_WarsZ won back to back Warzone Wednesday tournaments. This won them $40k in two weeks. Vikk and WarsZ couldn’t stop there though, they just […]
Seoul Dynasty strengthens its roster with former Vancouver Titans main support Sung-jun “SLIME” Kim. Seoul Dynasty adds a tenth South Korean player to its lineup by signing Sung-jun “SLIME” Kim. Kim is no stranger to the Overwatch League: he performed with Vancouver Titans from the creation of the team to its disband last week. Seoul […]
In a game which usually supports two AR’s as the meta, we take a look at why that’s changed in Modern Warfare. Call of Duty esports has usually supported two or even three Assault Rifles as the meta. However, in Modern Warfare, teams have resorted to running one Main AR with two Subs and two […]
Excel Esports welcomes Felix “Kryze” Hellström as the sides new top laner for the Summer Split. Kryze will also be joined by BTXL mid laner and former Excel LEC starter, Joran “Special” Scheffer. Joran’s previous time on the Excel main roster came during the side’s first LEC Split in 2019 when they joined the league […]
Fortnite will continue into the next generation of video game consoles. First released in 2017, Fortnite has stood the test of time in terms of its lasting power. Players the world over continue to play the game/s ultra-popular Battle Royale mode. Since its release, Fortnite has evolved significantly from where it once was three years […]
Thomas “brussen” Brussen, off-tank player for Boston Uprising, retires from competitive Overwatch. Thomas “brussen” Brussen retires from competitive Overwatch, six months after joining the Overwatch League with Boston Uprising. We thank @brussenn for his contributions this season and wish him the best as he retires from competitive Overwatch. 📰: https://t.co/xFkPyUm9MW — Boston Uprising (@BostonUprising) May […]
With no MSI this year, the LPL and LCK are set to give fans globally a competition before Worlds. The event will begin on May 28. The Mid-Season Cup will feature the top four sides from the the Chinese LPL and the South Korean LCK. This new event will take the place of the now-canceled […]
Here’s some of the most popular heroes from over the course of the event. After more than two weeks of amazing action, WePlay!’s Pushka League S1 D1 is finally over. We got to see the best European and CIS teams going head to head. Even though this event was held online, the teams played for […]
After benching him for Pandur, Enable returns to the starting line up ahead of Seattle’s home series event. A highly questioned roster change which saw Casey ‘Pandur’ Romano come in for Ian ‘Enable’ Wyatt made many turn their heads, even us. We took a deep dive into the situation previously and whether Enable should’ve been […]
Dota fans will be able to catch some of the top teams duke it out for charity from May 15. Since early on in the pandemic, the esports community has thrown their support behind organisations and charities helping fight COVID-19 on the frontline. The Gamers Without Borders International Elite series is a $10million USD COVID-19 […]
Fortnite players and community members have taken issue with the current state of Cash Cup tournaments. Despite Epic Games’ recent successes within the competitive Fortnite community, the current Cash Cup format is the center of attention. One week ago, the Fortnite developers seemingly switched up the Cash Cup format. The change devalued elimination points from […]
Apex Legends Season 5 adds Loba, questlines and tonnes of new features. Apex Legends Season 5 arrives May 12, which brings all new content to the game. First of all, this latest season boasts an all-new quest mechanic. A new season is not complete without a brand-new Legend for players to become the Champion on. […]
Sadly, one of the most interesting participants won’t take part in this event. The OGA Dota Pit Online tournament will take place across several regions. The first one that we saw a few days ago was China and now, we are just one day away from the EU and CIS competition. Nevertheless, just a day […]
After reaching the finals at CDL Florida, OpTic Gaming bid farewell to their Head Coach. On May 11 Jonathan ‘Pacman’ Tucker made the announcement on Twitter — he is no longer part of OpTic Gaming Los Angeles. I am no longer a part of @OpTicGaming. I will miss being with the team on a daily […]
The hero bans this week from the Overwatch League, Contenders, and competitive games above the Master rank are Mei, Tracer, Orisa and Moira. New week, new Overwatch hero pool! For the week of May 11, Mei, Tracer, Orisa and Moira will not be available for high-level and professional Overwatch matches. 👀 Hero rotation for #OWL2020 […]
We chat with the man behind the madness, Neal “tsunami” Khandheria, about his AI creation. If you’ve spent plenty of that time you’ve been killing in lockdown surfing social media, you may have noticed tweets from a brand-new twitter account pop up in your feed. But, if you didn’t notice; or perhaps didn’t realize those […]
A pick-axe exploit is sparking outrage and sweeping the Fortnite community. Professional player Dmitri ‘mitr0’ Van de Vrie has identified a new exploit with one of Fortnite’s purchasable pick-axes. The two players discovered that their character’s footsteps remain entirely silent when sprinting with the Star Wars Riot Control Baton selected. The Riot Control Baton pick-axe […]
The star European AD Carry is back on home turf. Today, Misfits Gaming revealed that Kasper “Kobbe” Kobbercup will be joining their LEC roster. This news comes shortly after Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng made the move to TSM, essentially taking the main ADC role for the team. When this move was announced, many questioned what Kobbe’s […]
The NBA 2K Conference Final is upon us. The 2020 Quarantine has changed the game, both on and off the court. Despite this, the NBA 2K20 League has persisted through these past two months, giving esports and NBA fans something to watch for the time being. Are these the Conference Finals matchups you were expecting? […]
The amount of Call of Duty leaks over the past year have skyrocketed. A new report shows that a remodeled version of TranZit, a Black Ops 2 map favorite, will be the latest of welcome COD additions. This shouldn’t be a surprise to fans of the shooter series. The community is continuously obsessed with the […]
Enterprise Gaming is new to the Fortnite scene and they’ve added two top European talents to their growing roster. European standouts Layton ‘Mexe’ Partridge and Jacob ‘Verox’ Gilbert have signed deals with up-and-coming organization Enterprise Gaming. The organization announced its most recent acquisitions on Twitter earlier today. After parting ways respectively with Team Secret and […]
The Boston Uprising has a new off-tank. Leyton “Punk” Gilchrist, a former member of the Uprising Academy and player for Team Australia, joins Boston Uprising as an off-tank player. Super excited to be in the @overwatchleague. Let's turn this season around boys😎 https://t.co/ZT775jwCci — punk (@punkinoz) May 11, 2020 Punk fell in love with Overwatch […]
Four players from Vega Squadron’s League of Legends team are now facing a ban from competition until July 2020. The administration of the Continental League has debarred 4 players from Vega Squadron. The decision comes after the Continental League became aware of rule violations committed by several players during the Spring Split 2020. During the […]
Atlanta FaZe take their second CDL Weekend victory against surprise finalists OpTic Gaming. OpTic Gaming Los Angeles 3-2 Toronto Ultra Two surprise Semi-Finalists in OpTic Gaming and Toronto Ultra faced off for a spot in the Final. This one was hard to call, but the superstar quality of the OpTic gaming players had many seeing […]
We’re breaking down the week one FNCS Invitational results. Week one of the FNCS Invitational concluded earlier this evening. The results across all seven competitive Fortnite regions are in. Although the week one competition narrowed 600 players down to 300, the games were intense as they could be. Despite some of the usual server kinks […]
TSM to kick-off Apex Legends Season 5 with an invite-only tournament consisting of popular pros and content creators. Team SoloMid (TSM) has announced that they will be hosting a $25K USD Apex Legends tournament. The tournament will be invite-only and feature 20 teams. Each team will be led by a team captain and their roster […]
Freakazoid joins Zellsis in the search for Valorant success. Former Swole Patrol member Ryan “Freakazoid” Abadir has revealed his decision to step away from competitive CS:GO just a day after teammate Jordan “Zellsis” Montemurro did the same. The 27-year-old announced this development in a Tweet, stating that he will instead focus on Riot Games’ new […]
Here is what the OGA Dota Pit Online has in store for Europe and the CIS. Usually, most Dota 2 fans love to watch the OGA Dota Pit tournaments. We’ve seen several in the last couple of years and all of them are amazing to watch. However, since the world is currently not functioning properly […]
Toronto Ultra take the headlines as they advance to the Semi-Finals, while hosts Florida Mutineers are knocked out in the group stage. Atlanta FaZe 3-1 London Royal Ravens The first game of the day definitely produced some talking points. But not because of the gameplay. London’s Skrapz was AFK, awarding Atlanta FaZe a free map […]
The legendary roster of Natus Vincere is reuniting for one game only on May 11 at 16:00 CET. They’ll be going up against a team of famous CIS streamers, match format — best of 5. Natus Vincere will play as a full roster that was representing the organization from 2010 to 2013. Good old Na`Vi […]
Yet another CS:GO pro is making the move to Valorant; with Former Cloud 9 player, Jordan “Zellsis” Montemurro announcing the switch today. Former Cloud9 and Swole Patrol player, Jordan “Zellsis” Montemurro announced he’ll be quitting competitive CS:GO for the foreseeable future. The decision comes about as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the fact […]
Day one has come to a close for the FNCS Invitational. We take a look at the top performers. Players across all seven regions loaded into the Battle Bus for the first-ever FNCS Invitational. The competitors include past FNCS finalists, open qualifiers and multiple specialty invited players. Roughly 600 players will narrow themselves down to […]
Atlanta FaZe go 1-0 up against the London Royal Ravens after being awarded a free map one The first game of the Florida Mutineers home series saw the Atlanta FaZe take on the London Royal Ravens. Matthew ‘Skrapz’ Marshall was not seen on his player cam pre-game. Once map one started, the London Royal Ravens […]
The Hellraisers will have to raise hell somewhere else now. Even though the CIS team played pretty well in this event, they finally ran out of luck. This comes just one day after the team suffered a loss from Ninjas in Pyjamas. As a result, they had to fight for their survival against none other […]
As The Toronto Ultra rise, The Florida Mutineers fall. We take a look at Day 1 of CDL Florida, and how it went. Atlanta FaZe 3-1 Paris Legion In a game that was expected to be a 3-0 or 3-1 stomp by Atlanta FaZe, this was no surprise. Atlanta FaZe played Azhir Cave Hardpoint well, […]
The Thunder’s Roar is back with a vengeance. Riot Games live-streamed a Volibear rework reveal, where they showcased the champion’s new kit and looks. Throughout the stream, a background persisted with a snowy mountain background filled with sparks of lightning. At times, you could see a massive figure in the distance, rivaling the mountains themselves. […]
The Titans have completely revamped their roster. Only 24 hours before the Overwatch League was set to kick off week 14, the Vancouver Titans unveiled a freshly acquired roster. Earlier in the week, the Vancouver Titans announced that they had released their entire roster. This was not surprising considering the rumors circulating in the days […]
The community is torn at the state of solo queue. In recent days, Riot Games have been receiving a lot of flack for their flagship title League of Legends. Former professional player and content creator Joedat “Voyboy” Esfahani posted a YouTube video called “The Sad State Of Solo Q” and also shared it via Twitter. […]
With the release of the Valorant closed beta, Riot Games’ newest title has taken the gaming world by storm. With so many people looking to get involved in the game a lot of confusion and false information has spread. Here, we’ve included some guides and FAQs to help answer some of the questions we’ve encountered. […]
The European Rocket League Spring Series will be broadcast online from the BBC Sport website, app, and BBC iPlayer. BBC Sport will host the Spring Series finals which take place on Saturday, May 9 –10. The event will also be shown live on GINX Esports TV on Sky in the UK. Ben Gallop, BBC Sport […]
It seems like the COD community is cleaning up the shop. Earlier today, Infinity Ward announced that a brand new Call of Duty playlist update is now live for Modern Warfare and Warzone. This latest playlist makes adjustments to both games–namely re-adding helicopters back to the battle royale on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. […]
An analysis of the top players heading into the FNCS Invitational, where players will be competing for millions of dollars. The FNCS Invitational is less than 24 hours away. The world’s top Fortnite players are competing for a piece of the $2M USD prize pool that is up for grabs. There are seven competitive regions involved […]
Get ready for everything about the Florida Home Series. Today marks the start of the Call of Duty League Florida Home Series. Let’s take a look at who’s competing, and some ones to watch. Group A Toronto Ultra New York Subliners Florida Mutineers Minnesota Rokkr Group A is a tough group. Before last weekend’s CDL […]
A highlight Dota 2 event of the year is no more. Unfortunately, COVID-19 took the last glimmer of hope for the Dota 2 fans around the world. Even though people expected that it will prevail, the ONE Esports Singapore Major, which was scheduled to take place in June, is now canceled. This was going to […]
MrSavage discusses his split with benjyfishy and a possible reunion between the two in the future. Martin “MrSavage” Foss Andersen and Benjy “benjyfishy” Fish will go down in history as one of the greatest Fortnite duos of all time. Their short time teaming together produced outstanding results. The two were once part of the NRG […]
MyRepublic is engaging gamers through competitive achievement hunting. Growing Singapore-based company, MyRepublic, has created an esports program to try and engage gamers (as well as their audience). The program goes by the name “Achievement Unlocked,” and will revolve around recently released games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Monster Hunter World Iceborne, Legends of Runeterra, Final […]
There is growing concern surrounding Vanguard’s kernel-level access, is Riot doing enough to respond? Yesterday, we saw two very conflicting pieces of information surrounding Valorant’s Anti-Cheat software Vanguard. On the one hand, Valorant’s Reddit page saw an alarming amount of traction regarding a complaint from u/Hugometeo about Vanguard disabling user software without notifying the user. […]
Flex support Luís “Greyy” Perestrelo is leaving Paris Eternal. The Portuguese flex support of Paris Eternal, Luís “Greyy” Perestrelo, retires from Overwatch. The player fought for Paris Eternal since the Overwatch League Inaugural Season and competed in the Overwatch World Cup 2017. He is the third support player to leave the team, after Harrison “Kruise” […]
It seems that the past few years of conferences have not been kind to Xbox. And by Xbox, we mean the dedicated fans that worship the console titan. While the heads over at Microsoft have been hinting at revolutionary new mediums for Xbox to delve into, the Series X has yet to deliver. Granted, it […]
The Deadpool Dragacorn Glider has been disabled, and the developers are working on adjustments. Epic Games are on a roll with their ability to listen to the feedback from its competitive Fortnite community. In the past few weeks, they’ve adjusted the Solo Cash Cup format, laid out plans for competitive Fortnite’s future and have cracked down […]
Here is how Spectre fits the current meta. Nowadays, Dota 2 receives a lot of small changes, which is really different than before. As a result, there aren’t that many drastic meta changes. However, as small as they are, each new update brings something new to the table. Right now, many pro teams are trying […]
Popular YouTuber Vikkstar123 and former KFC Royale winner Itz_WarsZ are the first team to win back to back Warzone Wednesday tournaments. The British duo powered through the competition defeating Nickmercs and Swagg (previous winners) in game one. They went on to take down ex Call of Duty pro TeePee and his partner Ayden in game […]
With the recent signing of Elias “Jamppi” Olkkonen, ENCE instantly swept all the opponents at the Elisa Invitational to take a victory at the event without a single lost map — but can they keep it up? A 6-man roster, or possible constant player swaps. Will this have a positive effect on ENCE’s performance? We […]
FaZe Dubs explains his point of view on the cheating allegations. If you haven’t been following the story, footage surfaced over the weekend of FaZe Clan’s Danny “Dubs” Walsh allegedly teaming with another player named Waffleslul in a Fortnite Solo Cash Cup. The two players landed at The Rig point of interest during the competition […]
Following CDL Chicago and heading into Florida, we take a look at our power rankings, will Atlanta FaZe take the top spot? With CDL Chicago in the books, we breakdown the top twelve our CDL power rankings. 12. Los Angeles Guerrillas The Los Angeles Guerrillas ended their CDL Chicago run 5/6th after defeating L.A counterparts […]
With the amount of collaboration between professional leagues lately, real sports are pretty much esports now. In the fight against COVID-19, the Florida Mutineers, of Misfits Gaming Group (MGG), will bring together the worlds of traditional sports and esports with the $25,000 Wrecked Royale charity Warzone tournament. It will be presented by SoFi with all […]
Microsoft is laying out their plans leading up to the Xbox Series X release. With the Xbox Series X slated to be the name of the next-generation Xbox console, Microsoft has asked fans a new question. What will the Series X sound like? Just yesterday, the company uploaded that little meme, trying to stir the […]
After weeks of speculation and numerous roster cuts, the Vancouver Titans have released an official statement. It is no secret that something has been going on internally with the Vancouver Titans. The first to leave the team was tank player HyunWoo “JJANU” Choi, followed by coach Hwang “PaJion” Jisub. Players removed the Vancouver Titans from […]
Call of Duty: Warzone is taking over the world. There are now more than 50 million players that have logged into Call of Duty: Warzone in the past few months since its debut just a little while ago. According to Activision/Blizzard, this now makes Call of Duty: Warzone one of the most popular titles in […]
Despite being in beta, Valorant’s competitive mode is the talk of the town. With the recent 0.49 Patch, Riot unveiled its Competitive Mode for Valorant. It’s been a few days now, so we did a deep dive to see how the competitive scene is reacting. You would think that with the success Riot had revamping […]
Here is the latest news about ESL One Birmingham. Unfortunately, another incredible LAN event that was scheduled for this month will be held online. ESL One Birmingham was one of the best ESL One events last year. It gathered a huge audience both online and in the Arena Birmingham. Although we really wanted to see […]
We answer some of the burning questions you might have about gaining Valorant beta access. With the release of the Valorant closed beta, Riot Games’ newest title has taken the gaming world by storm. With so many people looking to get involved in the game a lot of confusion and false information have spread. Here, […]
The first week of May opened up with intense competition between new Valorant squads from various organizations. Gen.g is PrepareD For Battle The Valorant roster announcements are pouring out from esports organizations as tournaments pop up weekly. Among those to announce rosters, recently was Gen.G, bringing Keven “PLAYER1” Champagne back into the esports spotlight. T1 […]
Next month, get ready. The games are about to begin in North America. Just yesterday, top gaming company Ubisoft announced the creation of a brand new American League for their popular title Rainbow Six Siege. This new league is set to start up at the very end of late June 2020. Rainbow Six North American […]
A new esports management company has been born from two influential esports businesses. ReKTGlobal, the parent company of Rogue and the London Royal Ravens, has just begun a new partnership with on the rise development company TalentX Entertainment… forming a new TalentX Gaming talent management company. We're thrilled to announce our partnership with TalentX today! […]
Changes are made to ESL One Cologne and IEM Melbourne due to COVID-19. ESL One Cologne 2020 will be played without a live crowd in accordance with Germany’s ruling on large gatherings, ESL announced today. In addition, IEM Melbourne, which was scheduled to take place this August, has been delayed by a full year. Tickets […]
A young professional Fortnite player received an outrageous ban for violating terms of service. Fortnite fans around the world might be wondering why #FreeZenon is trending on Twitter with over 200K mentions. A nine-year-old professional Fortnite player by the name of Zenon received a four-year ban for playing Arena matches. The clip of Zenon reacting […]
Dubs and Waffleslul disappeared from the Cash Cup leaderboard as a result of their cheating allegations. ESTNN reported over the weekend a story regarding an alleged cheating incident during the Platform Solo Cash Cup on Friday, May 1. The accused parties included Fortnite World Cup contender Danny “Dubs” Walsh of FaZe Clan and a player […]
Liquid STRETCH explains the reasoning behind his and Bugha’s split. Fortnite Solo World Cup Champion Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf and Liquid STRETCH are no longer a duo after the latter confirmed as much on Twitter early this morning. The two had begun teaming back in Season X along with Shawn “clarityG” Washington. Despite their fifth-place finish […]
After a dominant start in the Call of Duty Challengers, we take a look at whether Bidz and his team are ready to compete at the pro level. Luke ‘Bidz’ Biddle joined Team Singularity back in 2019 when they announced a whole new roster for the Black Ops 4 season. This Singularity team was competitive […]
Its official, Chino will be starting for OpTic over Jkap. OpTic Gaming LA has officially announced their first roster change of the season. They will be bringing in Martin “Chino” Chino to replace veteran Jordan “JKap” Kaplan. There has been plenty of speculation over the last few weeks around who would come in and more […]
A laundry list full of issues plagued the opening weekend of the F.N.C.S. Invitational. Fortnite players are not strangers to broken items in their game of choice. History is the best indicator of what Epic Games is capable of placing inside their polarizing Battle Royale title. When we think about broken items, some that come […]
Gen. G Esports, major esport organization, introduced its French Canadian Valorant team. One more major esports organization is betting on the future of Valorant. Gen. G Esports, owner of Seoul Dynasty on Overwatch, introduced their Valorant lineup. This esports organization based in South Korea is already present on main esports titles. Besides owning Seoul Dynasty […]
Jatt is taking another step in his League of Legends career. Joshua “Jatt” Leesman is officially joining the LCS’ Team Liquid as Head Coach. The organization welcomed him on Twitter today where, in the video, Jatt explained the move and his expectations for the future. Many know him as a caster for the LCS broadcasts, […]
Call of Duty Mobile Season 6 is officially a go. The latest Season of COD Mobile is out. With the genius title, Once Upon a Time in Rust, the hype around Activision’s latest update will now be tested on Android and iOS. https://twitter.com/PlayCODMobile/status/1256013231719473152 What We Know Set in the Wild West, this prospective season features […]
Just when it seemed like life was finally going well for Call of Duty fans, our dire reality reloaded on them with full force. The latest COD game is doing fantastically across the boards, scoring record numbers for the game and Activision franchise. Call of Duty: Warzone is a definite hit, but it also is […]
Former E11 Gaming Fortnite player Stompy has signed with a new organization. Klaus “Stompy” Konstanzer parted ways with Canada-based organization E11 Gaming last month. He spent over a year with E11, and his decision to leave made him one of the top free-agents on the European scene. It took some time and searching for Stompy, […]
Gpk becomes the latest Gambit player who will be a stand-in. As you know, one of the hottest ongoing tournaments right now is the WePlay! Pushka League. Unfortunately, one of the big names here (Gambit Esports) decided to decline their participation in the event. This was very unexpected because Gambit didn’t have the best results […]
The T1 $25,000 looks set to be the most competitive Valorant esports events we’ve seen thus far. With Valorant still in the early stages of its closed beta, the hunger from the community to have tournaments has already been enormous. With ranked mode now live in Valorant, and tournaments dropping each week, it seems like […]
As we approach the midpoint of the season, we take a look at franchising; and if it was the right decision for the Call of Duty League. On October 9, 2019 the Call of Duty League was officially announced. This revealed the 12 locations that would have teams, and marked the start of the change […]
One of FaZe Clan’s youngest Fortnite stars is in even more hot water after cheating allegations surfaced. Fortnite has had a bad run of late with alleged cheaters. The most infamous incident of recent memory took place during the Chapter 2 Season 2 Fortnite Champion Series. Two separate duos received bans for teaming in week […]
The Call of Duty League ruleset enforces a respawn delay, but pros seem to have found a way around this. The Call of Duty League modes enforce a respawn delay, 2.5s in hardpoint and 5s in domination, this helps to slow the game down and make it less ‘run & gun’ which Call of Duty […]
Paris Eternal announced the signing of Joon “Fielder” Kwon. Paris Eternal has officially signed Joon “Fielder” Kwon to play as a flex support. He previously played with the Korean Contenders team GC Busan Wave. This new hire comes a few hours after the transfer from Paris formal main support, Harrison “Kruise” Pond, to Toronto Defiant. […]
Here’s what happened in one of the most anticipated series of the week. As you probably know, there is a pretty amazing ongoing tournament called WePlay! Pushka League Season 1: Division 1. It features some of the best teams in Europe and CIS, who have come together to play for a $250K USD prize pool. […]
Kruise is leaving the Paris Eternal to join its competitor in the Overwatch League, the Toronto Defiant. Harrison “Kruise” Pond, main support for Paris Eternal, now plays for Toronto Defiant. If Kruise has been with Paris Eternal for a year and a half, he has mainly been warming the bench this season. Since Brice “FDGod” […]
Epic Games earns another win with the community after quickly changing its Cash Cup scoring system. Fortnite recently received an overhaul for the often volatile Cash Cup tournaments. In the past, competitors would play Cash Cups over a four-hour window, and the person with the most points would claim a couple of thousand dollars. Epic […]
Hero pools will now use Overwatch League pick rates and no longer impact games below Masters and Grandmasters. Scott Mercer, Lead Designer for Overwatch, announced several changes for the hero pools: Hero pools will now use Overwatch League data Refined algorithm to prevent “hero pool ping pong” effect Hero pools only affect Masters and Grandmasters […]
Kristian “Kellex” Keller, main support player for Toronto Defiant, retires from professional Overwatch. Kristian “Kellex” Keller, main support player for Toronto Defiant, retires after three years in the Overwatch League. At 21 years old, the Danish player managed to place 5-6th in the Overwatch League with Boston Uprising, and 5-6th in the Overwatch World Cup […]
With the move to online, it has been revealed that all 12 CDL teams will now feature at the end of year championships The Call of Duty Championships is the biggest event of the year, featuring the best of the best playing for their part of the biggest prize pool of the year. Since 2013 […]
A prominent CS:GO player’s car had a rough run-in with some vandals. On the night of May 1, unknown miscreants heavily damaged Panamera of Aleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev’s Porsche. S1mple is a famous CS:GO player who currently plays under the Natus Vincere banner. The information came from the dtp.kiev.ua project that tells about traffic incidents in […]
One of the San Francisco Shock’s most prominent members is leaving to play Valorant professionally signifying serious concerns for Overwatch. He came, he saw and he conquered. Thank you and best of luck in your future endeavors @Sinatraa🧡 pic.twitter.com/XCyWSzN4UV — NRG Shock (@SFShock) April 28, 2020 Jay “Sinatraa” Won isn’t the first Overwatch player to […]
With the amount of time that the world has spent in quarantine, Twitch streaming has never been more popular. The videogame industry is doing surprisingly well right now, almost on a new high following this COVID pandemic. While other industries are getting hit harder than ever, gamers are getting by just fine by staying inside […]
Call of Duty popularity has been on the rise for the past few weeks. With fan hype growing for the CDL, there could not possibly have been a better time for Activision/Blizzard to drop their Modern Warfare 2 campaign remake. https://twitter.com/CallofDuty/status/1255965286601076736?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet Fans have been anticipating the latest revamp of classic COD for the past few […]
Team Secret explains their decision to leave Fortnite. Organizations within Fortnite have had a rough go as of late. Many highly recognizable esports brands have ultimately released their rosters, and thus, discontinued their interest and participation in competitive Fortnite. These continued trends have impacted players significantly. It forces a scenario on players where they have […]
The UK controller king has signed to an esports organization. After Lazarus Esports disbanded their entire Fortnite roster, many talented players became free agents at the drop of a hat. Players like Nate “Kreo” Kou and Jordan “Crimz” Herzog were just two of multiple Lazarus Esports members that no longer had an organization to represent […]
Was a roster change the right move for The Seattle Surge? After having a slow start in the Call of Duty League (CDL) The Seattle Surge seem to have turned it around, but was their roster change the right move? We take a closer look. Ian ‘Enable’ Wyatt The Seattle Surge started their CDL journey […]
We chat with David “Simo” Rabinovitch, an amateur esports commentator who’s recently been gaining some traction in Valorant. With its explosion in popularity during its recent closed beta release, VALORANT has been elevating many careers to new heights. It’s also been creating careers and giving the spotlight to otherwise unknown personalities; Among these rising stars […]
Dota fans will have to imagine their 2020, without TI 10. It’s been a rough year for the Dota Pro Circuit. Restrictions and regulations brought about by the spread of COVID-19 made it impossible for events anywhere to run as planned. And the DPC was no exception. Although many events pivoted to an all-online format, […]
We take a look at why the Overwatch MVP left for Valorant. Less than a year ago, Jay “sinatraa” Won was winning the Overwatch League and the Overwatch World Cup with Team USA. Today, he announced leaving Overwatch and San Francisco Shock for Valorant. Why did Overwatch 2019 MVP leave Blizzard’s game for Valorant? A […]
ImAPet may be on his way to 100 Thieves. 100 Thieves are set to add Chet “ImAPet” Singh as Head CS:GO Coach, as per a report from DBLTAP. The former Evil Geniuses coach was released from the organization earlier this month. He spent nearly two years with the roster’s core. 100 Thieves are in need […]
Coach Pajion mutually parts way with Vancouver Titans, the team we brought to the second place of the Overwatch League in 2019. Minutes after the departure of off-tank player Hyeon-Woo “JJANU” Choi, Vancouver Titans suffer a new blow: Head Coach Ji-Sub “paJion” Hwang is also leaving the team. Hello, Vancouver fans! Thank you all so […]
The Vancouver Titans announced parting ways with their off-tank player Hyeon-Woo “JJANU” Choi. Vancouver Titans and off-tank player Hyeon-Woo “JJANU” Choi agreed to mutually part ways. Choi was with the Titans ever since the team creation, back when Vancouver hired the Overwatch Contenders 2018 Season 2: Korea winning team, RunAway. With Vancouver Titans, Choi displayed […]
Fortnite developers have laid out a future landscape of what fans and players can expect from a competitive standpoint. Epic Games and, more importantly, competitive Fortnite received a clear picture of what fans and players can expect moving forward through 2020 and on into 2021. After some hiccups through the process, it appears that the […]