The 2023 DPC season is yet to start, but some European Dota 2 teams got an ahead start in the competition in BetBoom’s Xmas Show, including Quinn’s new team Gaimin Gladiators (GG). The new GG squad emerged victorious in the en…
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Former VALORANT Game Changers player Lara “Larischz” Gilardoni has reportedly died at the age of 27. Her cause of death is yet to be determined but she reportedly died earlier today during her vacation in Pinamar, a coastal c…
The Philadelphia Fusion is leaving Pennsylvania for good, officially moving all operations for the Overwatch League team to Seoul, South Korea, and rebranding as the Seoul Infernal prior to the start of the 2023 season. In it…
After a tumultuous start to the offseason for the Shanghai Dragons, with the entire player roster and coaching staff leaving while concerns about the Overwatch League’s future in China arose, the season four champions have brou…
Ukrainian CS:GO rifler Viktor “sdy” Orudzhev has parted ways with Natus Vincere today following a long stint as a temporary stand-in for former in-game leader Boombl4. Today we thank @somedieyoungCS for being a part of #na…
On Dec. 29, Liiv SANDBOX announced the signing of Jeon “DangMoo” Su-jin to its LSB Challengers team, which participates in LCK CL, the second-tier competition in South Korea. DangMoo is a support player and the first female to j…
There doesn’t seem to be anything slowing down VALORANT . And while League of Legends continues to be the top Riot Games-produced esport across the entire world, it’s clear that the company is forging a path for its tactical fi…
Over a month ago, Valve dropped a short but huge announcement for an update to CS:GO. While most fans were shocked to see the Active Duty map switch and the exit of Dust II, another huge change to the game was hidden further d…
Despite pushback from the Overwatch League community on its plans to build a roster around players of underrepresented genders, the New York Excelsior is seemingly moving forward with the plan—with a few key changes. Manageme…
Two North American teams have been putting in work ahead of the VCT Americas 2023 season, and 100 Thieves’ Asuna sees them as the strongest squads in the competition so far. The player pointed out Cloud9 and his team, 100 Thiev…
Sometimes League of Legends is all about smart plays that give you an edge in the early minutes of the game. One of the League’s subreddit users, Spha358, posted yesterday an incredible outplay that Teemo and Neeko did at the…
All LCK teams’ rosters for the 2023 seasons have been revealed, and Gen.G’s Chovy pointed out the strongest contenders in the upcoming year. The mid laner named four squads that “look strong” in an interview with Inven Global .…
Ranked matches in Dota 2 don’t always have to be toxic encounters. More often than not, players will stumble upon pleasant and funny teammates that make the game a better place. Popular Dota 2 streamer Janne “Gorgc” Stefanovs…
It’s not often that you see an esports organization willingly let go of a world champion, and especially one in an immensely popular title. But that’s the reality of the esports business right now, and that’s the case with Senti…
A day after many pros publicly complained about not being paid their promised Apex Legends Global Series winnings, it appears that many of those players have finally received their promised payouts. The payments didn’t come wit…
The P2020 is Apex Legends’ most underwhelming gun by some margin. Even at times when the Hammerpoint Rounds hop-up was in the loot pool, it felt like a chore to pick up a P2020 just because you had to waste a full weapon slot o…
Apex Legends player Jacob “HisWattson” McMillin recently provided roughly $25,000 in PCs, donated thousands for a BIPOC tournament, and helped fund other good deeds with his Twitch ad revenue this holiday season. In October, H…
It’s been a long time coming but standout Contenders DPS Kamden “Sugarfree” Hijada will now finally play in the Overwatch League. The Vancouver Titans rebuild is continuing with the team announcing today that Sugarfree will be…
With less than a month before the NA VALORANT Challengers League officially gets its qualifiers underway, Knights Arena has released several key details for one of the premier tier-two ecosystems, including format, qualifier d…
The first version of Dota was released 20 years ago on Dec. 27 by Kyle “Eul” Sommer. When Dota ’s founding father published what would become a global phenomenon, only a handful of players joined the servers to play the game…
Before the year ends, Respawn Entertainment is squeezing in one more store sale for Apex Legends . Some of the skins featured in the sale fall on Apex ’s list of rarer cosmetics, but there’s a bit of a catch. The End of Year Sa…
Across CS:GO’s illustrious history, a single roster move more times than not can unlock a team’s true potential, taking a squad from underperforming to word class. Sometimes the move adds the necessary leadership, sometimes it’…
There is no shortage of talented players in the Call of Duty League, but the 2022 Vanguard season highlighted some of the best and brightest talents that the CDL has ever seen. From players who brought it together at the end o…
The Overwatch League offseason has been exciting thanks to a record number of free agents on the market, but fans are still craving some competition in whatever form they can get. To spice up the dull winter, the San Francisco …
Ninja decks received support in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty earlier in the year with several creatures that have become archetype staples across formats and a great Ninja-themed planeswalker in Kaito Shizuki. The three-mana card fr…
Luke Doncic, a transcendent NBA basketball superstar for the Dallas Mavericks, has all the on-court tools and passion for the game to be an all-time great at the end of his career. But if something were to ever happen to the NBA…
VALORANT is continuing to grow heading into what’s expected to be an exciting 2023 for Riot Games’ tactical first-person shooter. The game is becoming a heavy-hitter on Twitch and VALORANT’s esports ecosystem is gaining more a…
Gorgc and OG are two of the most well-known names in the Dota 2 community. The star streamer and the organization joined forces in January 2020, but their partnership only lasted seven months as the parties decided to terminat…
Next year is shaping up to be the most exciting one of competitive VALORANT yet, with the start of the partnership era kicking off in grand fashion with February’s VCT 2023 Kickoff tournament in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The teams re…
While there was plenty of excitement following the initial announcement of the Apex Legends Global Series heading to London for the first LAN of the competition’s third year, it was quickly followed by confusion. London had bee…
The Houston Outlaws have been busy over the past few days, announcing several high-profile roster additions since the Overwatch League’s free agency window opened on Dec. 23. Who needs festive wrapped presents when you can have…
VALORANT Masters 2023 will be held in Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, as announced by Riot Games on the nation’s official VALORANT channel. In a video showcasing the growth of the esport scene in the land of the rising sun, …
The Open and Closed Qualifiers for the 2023 Dota Pro Circuit are over, and multiple regions are wrapped up with upsets. While Old G failed to go through, the North American region witnessed Arkosh Gaming falling apart in…
While the Overwatch League offseason has been full of wild roster announcements , nothing spices up the winter like a good old Texas team swap. Former Dallas Fuel tank and 2022 Overwatch League champion Lee “Fearless” Eui-se…
Overwatch League fans get to celebrate the holidays a bit early this year thanks to the opening of the free agent signing window, which finally kicked off on Dec. 23. Some teams, like the Boston Uprising, came out swinging as …
Team Vitality has at long last introduced its LEC lineup for 2023. As expected based on the offseason leaks, Vitality’s new League of Legends roster is built around one player from the 2022 squad: Perkz. The other four players…
Version1 has officially parted ways with VALORANT player member Loic “effys” Sauvageau today, who up until now was the final member of the team’s VCT roster still under contract. Effys officially enters free agency, and Versio…
For a long time, Apex Legends’ characters have been sorted into classes that didn’t mean much outside of being a general descriptor for how each character’s abilities fit into a team. Characters with shields or other objects de…
It’s the holiday season, and over the week encompassing Christmas, part of Hanukkah, and several other winter holidays, Apex Legends is giving away old skins as Twitch drops that players can earn by watching their favorite stre…
Despite starting the qualifiers with an explosive squad that injected hope into Dota 2 fans’ hearts, Arkosh Gaming are out of the 2023 DPC season’s first tour after a loss to Monopoly today. Faithful legionnaires of Arkosh s…
It was an ordinary morning for OG Dota 2 fans. The Old G squad featuring Topson, n0tail, and Ceb was scheduled to play in the final rounds of the Western European Closed Qualifiers . Many expected them to go through witho…
Ninjas in Pyjamas has already reportedly found a replacement for Patrick “es3tag” Hansen. The Swedish organization is interested in acquiring NAVI Junior CS:GO player, Danyyl “headtr1ck” Valitov, according to Dexerto’s Luis Mi…
The next major Apex Legends LAN is coming soon and fans got the news today where that LAN will take place. The Split One Playoffs, which will feature 40 of the best Apex teams from around the world, will be held in London, Eng…
ESL is introducing some major changes to the ESL Pro League starting with season 17, which is scheduled to begin in January 2023. The organizer is expanding the number of teams in the group stage from 24 to 32. In season 17, 11…
A development blog written by the Overwatch 2 dev team is shedding some light on recent improvements to the game’s MMR and matchmaking. Today’s blog is the first in a two-part series that aims to keep players informed on how …
The competitive Dota 2 world was shaken by Valve’s ban hammer on Dec. 18 . Following up on close investigations, the developer handed out 10 lifetime bans to players who were found guilty of account sharing in official matches,…
The Apex Legends limited-time mode Control may become permanent sometime in the future, according to a prominent leaker. Reddit user AnApexPlayer recently shared a list of leaks and upcoming updates to Apex that was “verified…
A respected Apex Legends leaker has suggested that a much-loved Titanfall feature may be coming to the battle royale in the future. Reddit user AnApexPlayer posted a list of future updates shared in a video by Thordan, a well…
Riot Games’ first-person shooter, VALORANT, was the most successful shooting game on the streaming platform Twitch this year, according to data accumulated by Stream Charts . The tactical FPS boasted a massive 1.126 billion t…
