Kyle “Bugha”Giersdorf takes home the esports player of the year award at this years Game Awards. Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf is responsible for one of the most impressive victories in competitive Fortnite history. In front of thousands in attendance and millions watching at home, Bugha systematically handled the competition at the Fortnite World Cup. He made […]
Eugene “Pobelter” Park has joined Team Liquid as a Positional Coach for the 2020 LCS Season. His focus will be on the top half of the match. Pobelter will use this new position to assist Team Liquid Head Coach Jang “Cain” Nu-ri and Assistant Coach Kang “Dodo” Jun-hyeok. The deal came about after Pobelter reached […]
DreamHack is jumping back into the Fortnite atmosphere with its second Fortnite Open in just over two months. This time around, DreamHack is making the journey into North America to the Anaheim Convention Center. From February 21st to the 23rd, Fortnite players of varying skill levels will fill the venue with hopes of walking away […]
Auto Chess takes down the competition to win 2019’s Best Innovative Game Award from Google Play. 2019 will probably go down in history as one of the best years for the Auto Battlers. After the custom game called Dota 2 Auto Chess exploded onto the scene, many companies rushed to make their very own Auto […]
Gen.G, who operates the Overwatch League team Seoul Dynasty, has revealed that it will play its 2020 Homestand games at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in South Korea. The location is a landmark representing Seoul, known for its involvement with the fashion and streetwear scene. This will mark the first time the DDP will host a […]
UK-based esports organizations Excel Esports, most notable for involvement in the LEC has partnered with Neosurf to introduce a brand new League of Legends preseason tournament. The 2020 Neosurf Cup will feature the full 10-man League of Legends rosters of both Excel Esports and Misfits Gaming, battling it out in a best-of-five at Excel’s London-based […]
The Overwatch League’s second season was a booming success both for teams and individual players. Through the ups and downs storylines were created, rivalries flourished, and most players shined at one point in the season. Today, we are going to be running down the top 10 Overwatch League Players of the year. 10. Young-seo “KariV” […]
Now that the qualifiers for the second DPC tournaments are over, the teams can now focus on one of the biggest non-DPC tournaments in the last couple of years. The One Esports World Pro Invitational will begin in just a couple of days from now. Despite not providing any points for TI 10, it will […]
DreamHack will run and operate the 2020 regional UK League of Legends series the UKLC. DreamHack will take over the operation of the UK event after LVP dropped out in November. The UKLC is the UK & Ireland’s regional League of Legends competition. The event will be run by DreamHack in partnership with Riot Games […]
DreamHack will bring the Nordic Championships League of Legends series back for 2020. The Nordic Championship is the regional LoL competition for the Nordic states (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden) which DreamHack will run in partnership with Riot Games. DreamHack has operated the event since 2018. The championship will feature six weeks of League play […]
Twitch has locked down DrLupo, TimTheTatman and Lirik. The three represent some of the largest streamers on Twitch currently. DrLupo has 3.6 million followers, LIRIK has 2.5 million, while TimTheTatman has 4.1 million followers. Twitch did not disclose the length of term nor compensation detailed in the contracts. The deals help Twitch retain the massive […]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has made some significant changes to the usual gameplay formula of the franchise. Preston “Prestinni” Sanderson has the sort of unique position of having played through a three-year development cycle of Call of Duty, starting his pro career with Black Ops 3, yet still a new enough player where he […]
Xiao8, EHOME’s coach, will stand-in for Faith_bian this month due to an injury. EHOME was considered as one of the most promising teams in China this year. However, their results so far have not been on as good as people wanted them to be. After a series of mistakes, the Chinese team failed to qualify […]
Erberk “Gilius” Demir is the final player to join the Schalke 04 LEC roster for 2020. Gilius’ signing also marks the final signing of the offseason for LEC and LCS sides, pending approvals and confirmations. Gilius most recently played for the German esports organization Ad Hoc Gaming but the 22-year-old has had a storied career […]
PUBG Esports has announced plans for the 2020 schedule. Featuring four global events, revenue sharing and partner events. Firstly, PUBG is looking to double-down the 2019 format for PUBG esports as they reveal four PUBG Global Series (PGS) events in 2020. The events will take place in April, July, October and November, each featuring 32 […]
Tfue and Ninja’s competitive history adds another chapter. In the age-old tale of Tyler “Ninja” Blevins versus Turner “Tfue” Tenney, we’ve seen each gain an upper-hand on the other. This rivalry started years ago, and it is one of the first of its kind in Fortnite. When these two players cross each other’s paths in-game, […]
The groups and format have just been announced for WePlay!’s Bukovel Minor. After the dust has settled from the intense qualifiers, the pro teams are slowly preparing for Christmas. With no big tournaments on the radar for December, they can take start preparing for 2020. As you know, the first big tournament of the year […]
Get ready to queue into the $15M USD Winter Royale 2019 tournament! Now that the Chapter 2 Season 1 Championship is over, it is time to move on to the next professional Fortnite event. That just so happens to be a three day $15M USD duo Winter Royale 2019 event. Epic Games announced the Winter Royale’s […]
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) will have a new category in this year’s Sports Emmy Awards that will celebrate esports for the first time as its own entity. The new award, “Outstanding Esports Coverage” will recognize the delivery & coverage of an esports’ end of season final or championship event. The […]
Sweden-based tournament organizer DreamHack is wrapping up the year by celebrating its 25th anniversary and looking ahead to 2020 – announcing its full line-up of events for 2020. The Swedish production company which specializes in esports tournaments and gaming festivals celebrated its 25th anniversary by revealing the 11 stops, spread over three continents that will […]
Results from the FNCS Finals are in, how did your favorite squad stack up against the competition? The second iteration of the Fortnite Champion Series came and went with a different format and somewhat surprising results. Player disconnects and missing points plagued the weekend of competition, but there were still some solid takeaways from the […]
Red Bull AdrenaLAN celebrated esports and gaming with tournaments, speedruns, hackathons, and live streams between Dec. 7 and 8. Call of Duty League team Toronto Ultra also attended AdrenaLAN and brought the first official Modern Warfare tournament to the city. Attendees met and greeted the players, as well as competed against each other. The ultimate […]
Red Bull AdrenaLAN showcased esports and gaming talent on the weekend of Dec. 7 and 8. One of the guests was League of Legends player and live streamer Kelsie “KayPea” Pelling, who hosted the 1v1 tournament and duked it out in matches outside of the bracket to showcase her skills. ESTNN met up with KayPea […]
WePlay! have announced that fans can grab free invites to attend the Bukovel 2020 Minor. Last week was packed with some high-quality Dota 2 games. After a couple of days of intense action, we now know the names of all teams going to the next Major and Minor. ‼️ WePlay! @DOTA2 Bukovel Minor 2020 Invites […]
Finland for the first time walked away from Nation Wars 2019 trophy in hand. In what was another impressive display of professional esports, Serral managed to lead himself and his Finnish teammates to victory over South Korea. Nationwars finally came to an end after 4 months of Starcraft. Twenty-four nations from around the world came […]
Mousesports have come out victorious at the ESL Pro League Season 10 Finals in Odense, Denmark. The European squad defeated Fnatic in the Grand Final, outclassing the Swedish side with a 3-0 scoreline in a best-of-five series. Fnatic had advanced to the Grand Final after taking down Natus Vincere, while Mousesports joined them after completing […]
Jacob “JAKE” Lyon, flex DPS with Houston Outlaws for over two years, just announced his retirement on Twitter. Jacob “JAKE” Lyon made a name for himself in the Overwatch League with some incredible plays as Junkrat and Soldier for the Houston Outlaws. After two years in the League and experience as team captain for the […]
CDEC Gaming announce the addition of Lai “Ahjit” Jay Son to their competitive roster. CDEC Gaming used to be one of the best Chinese teams, especially around TI 5. However, after the memorable second place there, they slowly started to transition into the tier two scene. That said, the team did some changes recently and […]
Day three is quickly shaping up for an exciting finish to Fortnite Chapter 2 – Season 1. Professional Fortnite player the world over competed in four heats across several regions on day two. These heats narrowed 96 teams down to 24, who will compete in a six-match Grand Final. At the end of those six […]
Red Bull AdrenaLAN celebrated Joseph “Mang0” Marquez’s birthday on Dec. 7 by giving players and fans a high-octane esports experience at Toronto’s Enercare Centre. Mang0’s Birthday Bash featured Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash. Bros Ultimate tournaments that drew in top competitors like Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma and Jason “ANTi” Bates. A birthday cake was […]
Fortnite Champion Series Chapter 2 – Season 1 is coming to a head, and teams are punching their tickets to the finals. On day one, we saw Europe, NA East, NA West, Brazil and the Middle East compete in the first round of heats. As previously determined, the top six teams from each heat in […]
Our attendees from the rest of our regions are now confirmed, we can expect to see RNGU, Geek Fam, Gambit and Nigma. This last week was full of Dota 2 action, as teams were battling out to claim the slots for DreamLeague Season 13, a.k.a the Leipzig Major. In the end, the usual suspects (with […]
An easter egg by Blizzard was discovered in Starcraft II’s multiplayer that gives a loving tribute to two of the most well known StarCraft personalities who unfortunately passed away recently, TotalBiscuit and iNcontroL. Reddit user Subsourian pointed out the easter egg on StarCraft’s subreddit. In multiplayer, Xel’Naga towers will occasionally display a plaque of either […]
Riot Games has announced it will support third-party developers via a new publishing group called Riot Forge. Riot Forge will be used to expand the League of Legends Universe, specifically into new genres and platforms. This is the first initiative of its kind at Riot, Riot Forge will enhance the Riot Games Research and Development […]
Fortnite Battle Royale’s competitive community can rest easy knowing that duos are coming back. Earlier today, Epic Games announced the return of the ultra-popular Winter Royale tournament. Fortnite’s official website states that: “Winter Royale is back in 2019 and bigger than ever! Three separate Duos tournaments on three different days in December with $5M prize […]
North America and South America finally have their representatives for the upcoming Leipzig Major. These regions are quite interesting to watch, with impressive performances over the last few months. North America We wrap up the DreamLeague NA Closed Qualifier with another 2-0! GGs to Fighting PandaS. Our spot in the DreamLeague Season 13 Major is […]
After announcing his retirement from professional play early last week, Maurice “Amazing” Stuckenschneider has already found a new home. He’s joined Misfits Gaming as the team’s new Strategic Coach. Amazing has had, well, an amazing professional career, with stints at TSM, Fnatic, Origen, FC Schalke 04 – and most recently in the NA LCS as […]
SK Gaming is due to sign former Ad Hoc Gaming support Dino “LIMIT” Tot to the team’s 2020 LEC starting roster. The Croatian will replace former SK Gaming support Han “Dreams” Min-kook, who SK Gaming sold to Schalke 04 Esports in November. LIMIT is the second signing that SK Gaming has made this offseason after […]
Another region is set and ready for the DreamLeague Season 13 Major. After a couple of days of intense action, two CIS representatives triumphed over their competition. As a result, Virtus.Pro and Natus Vincere have secured their spots at the Leipzig Major. After TI 9 came to an end and VP changed their roster, CIS […]
Just today, OG announced their introduction into CS:GO and released their roster. This move has been highly awaited for by fans for a long time and it has finally happened. There is only one change from what they were going to create initially, as Mateusz “mantuu” Wilczewski joins the European team instead of Elias “Jamppi” […]
Digitas is set to sign the former 100 Thieves support Zaqueri “Aphromoo” Black and buy the contracts for Golden Guardians mid laner Henrik “Froggen” Hansen and Team SoloMid jungler Jonathan “Grig” Armao, according to ESPN. The three now complete the Dignitas roster which has added AD carry Johnson “Johnsun” Nguyen and resigned Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon […]
The term “grief” in competitive gaming references the act of one player purposely sabotaging another player’s game. It’s something that can happen for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, at times, the competitive atmosphere in gaming breeds players who are willing to go to extreme lengths to ruin another player’s path to victory. Second place finisher, […]
Former Vitality mid laner “Jiizuke” di Mauro is set to sign for North American team Evil Geniuses. The report from ESPN comes as Evil Geniuses failed to sign former Griffin mid laner Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon, who will instead join DragonX. Jiizuke will join fellow new signing Bae “Bang” Jun-sik who joined from 100 Thieves earlier […]
Kotaku Australia has reported that Riot Games Oceania will downsize the Oceanic Pro League (OPL) ahead of its 2020 season. Riot Games Oceania have announced their intention to downsize the OPL. The majority of this will come from teams losing the operating subsidies provided by Riot. The subsidy was designed to help offset operating costs […]
Slowly but steadily, the qualifiers for the second roll of DPC tournaments are coming to an end. With that in mind, China and Southeast Asia are the first regions to have teams qualify for the Leipzig Major. Let’s take a look at what happened in China and Southeast Asia. China We're going to the #DreamLeague […]
Beijing News has reported that Bilibili is set to pay $113 Million (800 million yuan) over three years to Riot Games for the exclusive Chinese broadcasting rights for League of Legends Worlds. Bilibili outbid Chinese streaming sites Huya and Douyu in the process. For context, Bilibili is one of many major streaming platforms in China […]
A popular esports organization has released three European Fortnite players from their roster. Misfits Gaming took to Twitter on December 2nd to announce the release of Joakim “Osmo” Osmo, Arun “Kylix” Swift and Musse “Ares” Salah. These three former Misfits members were part of the same Fortnite Champion Series squad along with Dino “Khuna” Smriko […]
We break down everything you need to know about the Leave of Legends All-Stars event for 2019. League of Legends All-Stars 2019 gets underway on December 5–7 and marks the final event of the 2019 League competitive calendar. While the events are full of the usual esports talent, the pro’s will also be joined by […]
Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios announced today that he will be leaving Twitch to stream exclusively on Facebook Gaming Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios will now dip his toes into the “Streaming Wars” by joining Facebook Gaming. Barrios has built quite a following during his 9-year professional career. Barrios will continue to post his video-on-demand (VOD) content to YouTube […]
The Los Angeles Times has reported that Riot Games has agreed to payout at least $10M to women who have worked at the company over the past five years. This comes as the company settles a class-action lawsuit over alleged gender discrimination, according to a court document filed Monday. The suit was first filed in […]
After a pretty awesome Day One in the qualifiers for the second Major of the year, it’s time to see which team managed to earn their spot in the Playoffs. Let’s take a look at what happened in some of the regions competing for glory – and an invite. CIS Ez for @dotaSolo😏 #GOGOVP pic.twitter.com/ttJKx6ZdoH […]
Misfits Gaming Group previously announced their entry into the Call of Duty League with the unveiling of their team known as the Florida Mutineers. With their team now officially on the books for the CDL, they’ve now revealed their full roster for the upcoming 2020 season, and they look formidable! The Mutineers have released a […]
Global Loot has announced its latest tournament on its platform that will host a $50,000 shared prize pool for Apex Legends. The tournaments will take place throughout December and will award $25,000 dollars per region. The esports events organization is previously known for their online tournaments in Autochess and PUBG. This marks their entrance into […]
The first season of ESL and DotaBuff’s new competitive platform, Reach, is set to start December 13. ESL and DotaBuff joined forces a couple of months ago to create a platform that aims at improving the quality of life of tier 2 and 3 players in Dota 2. It basically gives them an opportunity to […]
CS:GO powerhouse Astralis have taken the victory at the ECS Season 8 Finals in Arlington, Texas. The Danish squad took down North American side Team Liquid in the Grand Final, securing the series with a 2-1 scoreline. The two teams met in the Grand Final after beating Evil Geniuses and Fnatic in the semi-finals. https://twitter.com/ecs/status/1201305309488328704 […]
The closed qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 13, a.k.a the Leipzig Major, are now officially live. Day one was fantastic to watch as fans saw some interesting results. Even though it’s too early to tell what will happen in each group, we can already see some of the potential favorites. Let’s see some of the most […]
The Fortnite tournament at DreamHack’s Winter event featured some of the best players across the globe. Sweden’s own Elmia Convention Center played host to several hundred Fortnite competitors in a bring your own computer (BYOC) open event. There aren’t many LAN tournaments for Fortnite, so this would allow viewers a better look at the current […]
The University of California Irvine is hosting an SSBU tournament to help hospitalized children on Giving Tuesday. In case you don’t know what “Giving Tuesday” is, it’s a ‘holiday” of sorts after Thanksgiving. It is, of course, after the shopping madness of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The focus of this day is giving to […]
Misfits Gaming are due to sign former Furious Gaming AD carry Ju “Bvoy” Yeong-hoon and Fnatic Rising support Ronaldo “Ronaldooo” Betea who will return to the mid lane according to Esportmaníacos. Ronaldoo role swapped to support for Fnatic Rising in 2019, however, he will now return to his former lane for Misfits Gaming in 2020. […]
Excel Esports has announced that Son ‘Mickey’ Young-Min is renewing his contract with Excel for the 2020 season. Mickey joined the team in May and became the starting mid laner for the team to replace Joran “Special” Scheffer who is likely to play on the Excel UK regional roster for 2020. Speaking about the contract […]
Fortnite professional Benjy “Benjyfishy” Fish exposed two players for collusion in the ongoing $250K USD DreamHack Winter event, leading to their disqualification. Another group of players has been caught cheating in a sanctioned Fortnite tournament. This discovery was uncovered by Fortnite superstar, Benjy “Benjyfishy” Fish. Fish, who apparently works as a detective on the side, […]
The Mattamy Athletic Centre has been unveiled as the Toronto Ultra’s home venue for the 2020 Call of Duty League Season. OverActive Media (OAM) has announced that the Mattamy Athletic Centre (formerly known as the iconic Maple Leaf Gardens) will be the venue for all Toronto Ultra home matches in the 2020 Call of Duty […]
SEA team BOOM ID announce changes to their roster ahead of the Leipzig Major Closed Qualifiers. The qualifiers for the next set of DPC tournaments are in their peak right now as every region is “electing” their representatives in the events. One of those regions is SEA and it’s one of the most competitive regions […]
Florida Mayhem re-signs Sangbum “BQB” Lee, Seongjoo “Byrem” Lee, Junsoo “Kris” Choi, Jeongwoo “Sayaplayer” Ha and San-ha “Karayan” Choi. Florida Mayhem wants to start the 2020 season from scratch. On October 7, the team released five players and didn’t announce anything until over a month later. On November 20, Florida Mayhem signed former RunAway teammates […]
The Outlanders update has brought a lot of changes to Dota 2, we take an indepth look at the neutral items. The Outlanders update was released just a couple of days ago, after waiting for it for over three months. We all expected that there would be tons of changes but Valve & IceFrog definitely […]
Winstrike has always been a very dangerous team to play against. But after the recent changes to their roster, the CIS powerhouse becomes an even bigger threat as Arsenij “ArsZeeqq” Usov finally built his new team. Winstrike Team’s new era comes✨What does it mean? – New logo– New style– New Dota 2 roster– New partner […]
The Vancouver Titans started the week off pulling Baek “Fissure” Chan-hyung out of retirement, to only days later turn their roster on its head. Often talked about as one of the best teams in the Overwatch League, all bets are off for their 2020 play book with their newest editions. The team released Park “Bumper” […]
A shock elimination for PSG.LGD at today’s open qualifiers for the next DPC Major in Leipzig. After the dust from the MDL Chengdu Major has settled, it’s time to focus on the qualifiers for the second row of DPC tournaments. Unlike the previous one, nearly all top teams will take part in it, except for […]
The Premier League is one of the most prestigious football league’s in the world. With the rise of esports and games such as FIFA dominating the international sports games market, it’s no surprise that the Premier League partnered with FIFA to launch the ePremier League. Giving players a chance to compete and represent their favorite […]
The NA East Fortnite Champion Series Heats have been revealed, we break down the biggest teams in each four heats. Without a doubt, the North America East region includes some of the most recognizable names in competitive Fortnite. Popular streamers like Ninja and Tfue have gone to war with their respective teams against insanely talented […]
Dignitas has confirmed the signing of former TSM Academy AD carry Johnson “Johnsun” Nguyen. The signing comes after a report was released that said Dignitas was having a hard time signing talent for its 2020 LCS roster due to handing one-third of its budget to Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon by signing him to a new two-year […]
Just when we thought that the surprises for the day are over, OG announced a new roster. In an earlier tweet, OG hinted that Johan “N0tail” Sundstein would be taking over the coaching role. Naturally, we expected him to become a coach of OG, the two-times TI winning roster. However, that’s not going to be […]
Rocco “Saf” Morales Kicking off our top ten is Rocco “Saf” Morales. This Ghost Gaming competitor is a journeyman in competitive Fortnite. Alongside his duo partner Williams “Zayt” Aubin, they’ve achieved some impressive results since the beginning of competitive Fortnite. Saf and Zayt took second at WSOE 3, following that up with a win at […]
The Outlanders Update is finally here and, by the looks of it, it will change Dota 2 forever. As hype over the new patch continues, OG has managed to take some of the spotlight with some news of their own. Changes in OG #DreamOG pic.twitter.com/5L2UduUyC9 — OG (@OGesports) November 27, 2019 The two time […]
The first batch of seasonal offerings from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will be released on December 3rd. With nearly all of it being free across all platforms. Activision has even dubbed Season One “the biggest free content drop in Call of Duty history.” Season One will feature six multiplayer maps across a variety of […]
You may be used to team announcements by now. Boston Uprising signing Brussen or New York Excelsior picking up Hotba. But the news we have today is a bit more surprising: Philadelphia Fusion welcome Philip “ChipSa” Graham, a popular streamer and auto-proclaimed “greatest Doomfist in the world.” What it's like when an Overwatch League team […]
Epic Games has announced the first round of heats for the Fortnite Champion Series Season Finals. Europe’s competitive Fortnite scene is arguably the best top to bottom in terms of its talent. The overseas region possesses such high-tier players as Mongraal, benjyfishy, Stompy, aqua and many others. For that reason, the Fortnite Champion Series Finals […]
In June earlier this year, Baek “Fissure” Chan-hyung, main tank for the Seoul Dynasty, announced he would be retiring from professional Overwatch. In a surprise announcement, the Vancouver Titans have picked up Fissure for the 2020 season. It's official. Please help us welcome Fissure to the Vancouver Titans! We're excited to see some ground breaking […]
A report from Invenglobal has surfaced that implies that Dignitas has spent one-third of its 2020 budget on re-signing top laner Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon. With free agency well into its second week, Dignitas still only has one player on their roster. In addition, we don’t yet know if Huni will return to the top lane […]
LEC team Excel Esports has two substantial signings in their back office. Alex Parejo is joining Excel as their new Assistant Coach after leaving his role at Fnatic as Head Analyst. He’ll join fellow Fnatic college Joey “YoungBuck” Steltenpool who joined as the team’s new Head Coach. Excel also confirmed new hire Fabian Broich as […]
Maurice “Amazing” Stuckenschneider announced on Sunday that he won’t be competing in 2020 and will instead explore other options. Speaking on Twitter, Amazing said: “When you leave it all on the court/rift there is no point to being sad – I’m happy to have had a nice comeback to NA as a kind of send-off […]
ESPN is reporting that Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun will sign for China’s Vici Gaming with Kim Jeong-soo heading to South Korea to become SK Telecom T1’s coach. This marks a major change for kkOma, who’s only ever coached SK Telecom T1, after he retired from professional play. His time at SKT saw the side win eight […]
ESPN is reporting that Kim “Khan” Dong-ha is expected to sign for newly-crowned world champions FunPlus Pheonix. After receiving interest from teams in North America, South Korea and China, the top laner is set to join the world champions this month. Khan spent 2019 with SK Telecom T1, with the team falling to G2 Esports […]
With the first official season of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare league on the horizon, players and fans of the series are excited as ever. Well, at least most are. In an interview with The Loadout, Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag spoke about the upcoming COD League on The Mob podcast. Here is an excerpt from […]
Aydan “Ghost Aydan” Conrad and John “2Pac ThuGLorD” take home the first-place trophy along with $5K USD in the Code Red MW 2v2 Tournament. Yesterday, November 25, BoomTV and ZippoGaming hosted the latest Code Red tournament. This time, the game was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Teams of 2 faced off in the new 2v2 […]
Global entertainment platform Fandom has announced a partnership with Riot Games and State Farm to start a Teamfight Tactics tournament. Dubbed Fandom Legends: Teamfight Tactics, this tournament will start on December 1st and run over the course of four weeks. Every week there will be 16 competitors who will battle for a $2,000 prize pool. […]
Esports News UK is reporting that LVP, which runs and operates the regional UK League of Legends league the UKLC won’t return in 2020. Dom Sacco at ENUK reports that while it’s not clear at this stage whether UKLC will continue in its current form or not, it’s likely another company, event or Riot Games […]
EHOME have confirmed that Liu “Sylar” Jiajung is returning to the Chinese team’s roster. EHOME played pretty well during the previous DPC season and won a couple of important events. Although they couldn’t make it to TI 9, many people believed that they will be among the biggest contenders in the 2019-2020 DPC. Sadly, it […]
Legendary player Yeik Nai “MidOne” Zheng to join forces with Michael “ninjabooogie” Ross on newly formed SEA team, SEAMonkeys. Now the MDL Chengdu Major has come to an end, it’ss time to focus on the qualifiers for the next two DPC tournaments – WePlay! Bokovel Minor and The Leipzig Major. Yesterday, we announced that the […]
RImmortals have announced the signing of former Team LDLC mid laner Eika as they look to finalize their 2020 LCS roster. Immortals have confirmed the signing of former Team LDLC mid laner Jérémy “Eika” Valdenaire. Eika joins Immortals off the back of a 1st place finish in the LFL 2019 Finals and the 2019 Underdogs […]
Northeastern University won the Boston Uprising’s Fall Overwatch Collegiate Cup Championship. Teams from all over Massachusetts competed for $5,000 for their school’s esports program. After two weeks of intense matches, Northeastern University took the win and money home. In case you missed the streams, we've got you covered with a recap of all the Collegiate […]
100 Thieves has announced that Cody “Cody Sun” Sun is joining their roster. The AD carry is returning to his former team after 100 Thieves agreed to buy out his contract with Dignitas. The deal is likely to follow hot off the heels of 100 Thieves confirming that the team’s Academy support William “Stunt” Chen […]
The long wait is finally over for fans of Team Liquid’s former Dota 2 squad! Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasom, Amer “Miracle-” Al-Barkawi, Maroun “GH” Merhej, Ivan Borislavov “MinD_ContRoL” Ivanov and Aliwi “w33” Omar have finally announced the name of their new organization – Nigma Esports. Nigma Esports The end of one journey is the beginning […]
Storied Dota 2 organization Team Secret has picked up their first male competitive Counter-Strike team. Team Secret announced their new venture into CS:GO on Twitter, revealing a European roster that previously played under the name M1x. Today's the day! We're excited to announce our #SecretCSGO team! Please welcome: 🇵🇱 @Secret_tudsoN 🇮🇱 @Secret_anarkez 🇽🇰 @Secret_sinnopsy 🇽🇰 […]
The current regular season of the Chapter 2 Season 1 Fortnite Champion Series has concluded with an additional round of qualifiers. Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 1 introduced a squad format to the competitive atmosphere. After four straight weeks of intense competitions, we have seen several dominant teams rise to the top. Teams led by the […]
The next qualifiers for the upcoming Minor and Major are about to begin. With that in mind, the teams are trying to finalize their rosters before the action begins. One of them is Chaos Esports Club (ex. Quincy Crew), one of the newest teams in North America. Summit 11 We've got a Dota Summit vlog […]
The sun has set on Homestory Cup XX, and what an epic way for a tournament to end than an all-out battle between two esport rivals. Serral after 8 games going back and forth with Reynor ultimately prevailed. After losing to Reynor in the Blizzard World Series, Serral has managed to avenge his loss against […]
mousesports have come out victorious at the 2019 CS:GO Asia Championships, defeating ENCE in the Grand Final of the Shanghai event. The European squad took down some big names in their road to victory, defeating Evil Geniuses and hometown favorites TyLoo before reaching the Final. They take home the lion’s share of the $500,000 prize […]
The first Dota 2 Major of the season – MDL Chengdu in a wrap, we look at how the finals played out. After a week full of fantasy series, clutch moments and epic surprises, it’s finally time to say goodbye to the first Major of the 2019-2020 DPC season. Although the absolute best teams in […]
The Sweet Sixteen of Homestory XX’s remaining Starcraft players kicked off their tournament this morning, as they went head-to-head to decide who would either be eliminated or get knocked down to the loser’s bracket and have to work their way back up to the championship. After two days of 32 players competing for a spot […]
London Spitfire announced its 2020 roster, featuring JMac, Highly, Fuze, Schwi, Bernar, Krillin, Sanguinar and Glister. London Spitfire Off-Season Trades The off-season is the theatre of many changes in Overwatch teams. London Spitfire, champions of the Overwatch League Inaugural Season, surprised their fans by releasing their superstar players. From the initial roster, only Yung-hoon “Krillin” […]
All the action from Chengdu as our Major draws closer to the Grand Finals. MDL Chengdu has provided us with plenty of fantastic Dota 2 over the last seven days. If you’ve missed out on any of it check out our daily recaps for all the latest highlights. With the final day of competition looming […]
One day after signing damage player Sang-Beom “Munchkin” Byun, Boston Uprising announces flex tank Thomas “brussen” Brussen. Boston Uprising did some major changes during this off-season. After releasing seven players, Boston recreates its roster with the addition of flex tank brussen one day after signing Munchkin. As a flex tank, brussen specialized in D.Va, Roadhog […]
At the Tropical Islands Resort near Berlin, the sun has set on Day 2 of the Homestory XX Cup, and the final combatants for the Homestory Cup Playoffs have finally been selected. In the domed resort the final two groups of 16 Starcraft players duked it out to see which ones would move onto to […]
Natus Vincere is one of the most well known CIS organizations in Dota 2. After a couple of years between the tier one and two scenes, they’ve made very important changes in their roster by bringing Pavel “9pasha” Khvastunov from VP to their roster. As a result, the team was able to win the WePlay! […]
Misfits Gaming Group, owner of the Call of Duty League team Florida Mutineers, has officially launched “the newest company under the MGG umbrella,” MSF.IO. MSF.IO is an esports incubator and seed fund, aimed at supporting esports companies “looking to take their business or idea to the next level,” according to the organization’s official press release. […]
Call of Duty and Apex Legends are just some of the esports titles nominated in the Game Awards 2019. The Game Awards are being held in Los Angeles later this year and the nominees have now been announced. Founded by Geoff Keighley, the Game Awards aims to “recognizes… excellence in the global video game and […]
After another exciting day in Chengdu today we’re breaking down all the action from the lower bracket. The first Major of the 2019-2020 DPC is slowly coming to an end. Every single day of it had something fresh to offer and this one was no exception. Sadly, three more teams left the tournament after getting […]
Danil “Dendi” Ishutin announces his return to the professional Dota 2 scene. Danil “Dendi” Ishutin is one of the most recognizable names in Dota 2. The legendary mid-laner has been a part of the professional Dota 2 scene for over 10 years now, ever since he played for team DTS back in DotA. Natus Vincere […]
After acquiring two players from the London Spitfire earlier this month, the Seoul Dynasty is continuing their roster changes. Korean damage player Sang-beom “Munchkin” Byun has been signed to the Boston Uprising for the 2020 Overwatch League season. Enough teasing. Please welcome @MunchkinOW to #BostonUp! Full announcement: https://t.co/1uuWYY41Ow pic.twitter.com/LZ0pByO5WQ — Boston Uprising (@BostonUprising) November 21, […]
Fortnite Champion Series participants have recently fallen victim to a glitch in Fortnite’s tournament matchmaking system. This bug occurs when all four players from a qualified FNCS squad do not properly load into the pre-game lobby. Professional players Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, Benjy “Benjyfishy” Fish and Shane “EpikWhale” Cotton and their respective squads experienced this issue, which […]
On a tropical island near Berlin, 16 of the best Starcraft II players duked it out for a spot on the Homestory Cup XX bracket. Starcraft fans got more than their fill with over 112 matches taking place over a single day. Thirty-two players divided into Groups A, B, C and D, played against each […]
Earlier today, Esportmaniacos and ESPN reported that Kim “Trick” Gang-yun will be joining SK Gaming for the LEC 2020 season. Trick formerly played on Schalke 04, but most know him from his time on G2 Esports. At G2, he was an EU LCS MVP player and a serious force in European League of Legends. Trick […]
Just today, ESPN reported that FC Schalke 04 is signing Han “Dreams” Min-kook for the LEC roster. He will be playing alongside FORG1VEN, who Schalke picked up after his military service. Last year, Dreams played for SK Gaming. He made the playoffs in Spring but narrowly missed out in Summer. Before that, he played on […]
OverActive Media, the holding company for LEC side Splyce and Spanish LoL side MAD Lions has announced plans to rebrand the Splyce LEC team to its MAD Lions brand. The team will also make three new additions to the starting roster in former mousesports jungler Zhiqiang “Shadow” Zhao, support Norman “Gistick” Kaiser and former Berlin […]
Esportmaníacos has reported that Team Vitality has completed their LEC roster for 2020 after signing Vodafone Giants mid laner Aljoša “Milica” Kovandžić and former LDLC AD carry Markos “Comp” Stamkopoulos and promoting Academy jungler Duncan “Skeanz” Marquet. Vitality will retain Lucas “Cabochard” Simon-Meslet and support Jakub “Jactroll” Skurzyński to complete their 2020 roster with a […]
ESPN is reporting that FlyQuest will sign former Counter Logic Gaming mid laner Tristan “PowerOfEvil” Schrage to join its starting roster. The team is likely to confirm the deal in the coming days. If the deal is finalized, PowerOfEvil will spend his third year in a row in NA. Providing he plays an entire split […]
Team SoloMid is finalizing a deal to bring Immortals jungler Joshua “Dardoch” Hartnett to the team’s starting roster for 2020. Dardoch marks what is likely to be the final piece in the TSM puzzle with deals for AD carry Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup, support Vincent “Biofrost” Wang and signing mid laner Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg up to […]
Although EHOME looked very dangerous before the new DPC season, their results at MDL Chengdu proved otherwise. The Chinese team didn’t do anything significant at Chengdu and were eliminated in the Lower Bracket after a very mediocre performance during the groups. EHOMe decide on a change As a result, it seemed like EHOME realized their […]
Royal Never Give Up announce new roster shuffle ahead of the next regional DPC qualifiers. Royal Never Give Up was one of the most interesting Chinese teams last season. They played very well in nearly every single tournament they’ve been in. Unfortunately, the new season didn’t start all that well for then. After a couple […]