Rounding out 2023 with a bang, Bleed Esports has announced the signing of former NRG and Evil Geniuses AWPer CeRq to its Counter-Strike 2 roster, now two members short of completion. Bleed has been working with head coach kass…
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VALORANT’s professional scene reached an entirely new level in 2023 with the official franchising of the tier-one circuit, making even more opportunities possible for the world’s best players. From historic rises to meteoric f…
2023’s competitive Dota 2 season was memorable for many reasons. From record-breaking title streaks to veterans hanging up the mouse and keyboard, pro Dota had it all. In many ways, it’s the end of an era—with the Dota Pro C…
League of Legends is a MOBA people either love or hate. Despite its reputation for toxicity, League has a huge fanbase and tons of beloved streamers. 2023 was a great year for League , so here are our picks for the eight best …
After a turbulent year of famous names withdrawing from the ALGS, the Apex Legends community finally extends its welcome to a new organization. Late on Dec 28th, Electrify Steel announced that they had signed the free agent ros…
On Dec 28, two voice actors from Baldur’s Gate 3 collaborated with one from Final Fantasy 16 to create a hilarious spoof commercial for a dating app. It isn’t uncommon for voice actors to double as fans of the games they lend…
The world number one has successfully won both his world rapid and blitz chess championship titles in Samarkand across two events, each featuring its own share of controversies. With these victories to follow up his Champions Ch…
As the excitement for the first Major in CS2 history heats up, PGL has released the list of teams that have qualified for the closed qualifier portions of the RMR. Some familiar names to Counter-Strike fans are there, along wi…
Valve’s zero-tolerance policy on toxicity has claimed another victim: Jake “SirActionSlacks” Kanner. The beloved Dota 2 host recently had his in-game communication privileges taken away after his behavior score tanked. Follow…
It’s been almost nine months since VALORANT’s last competitive map pool change, but next year, the player base might be headed back to the frigid temperatures of Russia on Alpha Earth. According to popular VALORANT leaker Val…
Destiny 2 remained one of Steam’s top sellers in 2023, despite massively missing revenue projections
Bungie laid off eight percent of its staff in October, and the blame was laid squarely at the feet of weak player retention and yearly revenue that missed projections by 45 percent. Yet as Steam’s top sellers of 2023 surprisingl…
It’s been a fast couple of months for Azure Ray’s Dota 2 roster. Losing three core members after TI 2023 didn’t sting as much since their replacements brought home a major trophy from ESL One Kuala Lumpur, but those names are …
The esports grind never stops, even during the winter holidays. Bleed Esports picked the time directly after Christmas to confirm its first official player signing—Swedish veteran IGL hampus, who’s braced to lead Bleed’s CS2 te…
As a live-service title with a sizable competitive and casual player base, VALORANT has done a fine job of adding content and features to keep its players satisfied. But there are some key features that shockingly still haven’t…
If you just got a Nintendo Switch for the holidays, you may wonder which games you should play to kick off your journey—and we’ve got you covered with our pick of five Switch games to play first . To ensure you get maximum valu…
This article is part of Dot Esports’ Game of the Year 2023 series. The Dot Esports team has voted for their favorite games this year across a range of genres, including sports, indie, and fighting games. You can check out the ot…
Dota 2’s upcoming competitive year is taking form and a new challenger has entered the arena in the form of BetBoom Dacha, who will host a $1 million prize pool tournament in Dubai, UAE when February rolls around. While Dota …
Just in time for Christmas, Epic Games is extending its generous hand to players by offering a free copy of The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition . Made by veterans of the Fallout franchise, The Outer World is a massive, c…
We don’t want to sour your Christmas spirit with bad news, but you may not be too happy by the latest Marvel’s Blade leak, which claims Blade won’t see the light of day for several years, possibly taking long enough to launch o…
This year was a big one for Soulslikes. Fans of the burgeoning subgenre ate spectacularly well in 2023, with more new Soulslikes launching than any year prior, and there were some absolute bangers in the mix. While some release…
Elijah Wood and Sean Astin, actors behind Frodo and Sam in the critically acclaimed The Lord of the Rings movies, have teamed up with Larian CEO Swen Vincke for a Baldur’s Gate 3 special. Wood and Astin, named by Swen as “the…
Are you ready for juicy, spicy Christmas rumors? According to a leak, the original God of War trilogy will get a PS5 remaster sooner rather than later, and it could be coming in 2024 or 2025. Nick Baker, who also goes by the a…
After a nine-year career in competitive League of Legends , a talented former World Champion has decided to hang up the keyboard and mouse. Korean AD carry Ghost announced his retirement in an interview with Korizon Esports’ As…
VALORANT’s long offseason after the end of the VCT 2023 campaign has only made us more excited for 2024, especially given the roster changes. Some teams kept their changes small while others made massive overhauls to their ros…
MW3 players should consider carrying around the Stormender Launcher as a secondary weapon after community members unearthed a hidden talent that will save your life. Season one introduced the RAM-7 AR, XRK Stalker Sniper Rif…
The year is coming to a close, but one professional League of Legends team still has some offseason moves to announce, including the addition of a couple of well-known superstars. The CTBC Flying Oysters has signed experienced…
Insomniac Games put out an official statement today addressing the recent hacking incident, which saw confidential information related to its upcoming Wolverine game being shared online. While the studio is grateful for the su…
Heading into the holiday break, players are questioning whether serialized Magic: The Gathering cards can sustain their hype and profitability on the secondary market going forward. Wizards of the Coast changed MTG forever wi…
Over the years, Warzone has had plenty of odd glitches, but it’s tough to top the most recent hiccup that allowed players to rain down deadly snowballs from above onto unsuspecting Gulag participants. Modern Warfare 3 and War…
A new Hotfix is rolling out into Baldur’s Gate 3 fixing a frankly terrifying visual issue that has occurred in cutscenes, stripping characters of their human features. The Game of the Year winner is regularly treated to update…
Should Riot Games treat League of Legends streamers differently than regular players when deciding on punishments? That’s what players have been asking for today. On Dec. 20, a Reddit thread highlighted a game where lolmalice…
Team Spirit might have brought the Aegis of Champions to Eastern Europe, but the remainder of the region continues to struggle with roster instability as 9Pandas has been unable to lock its squad. Today, 9Pandas announced RAMZES…
World of Warcraft Classic Season of Discovery is all about experimentation, rediscovering, and testing. Blackfathom Deeps has been converted into a raid with fresh loot, but this might become a problem in future updates. Black…
Call of Duty’s holiday event, CODMAS, hasn’t been that big of a hit for some players in Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone. The event began Dec. 19 and features seasonal remakes of maps like Shipment and Highrise, a special Zombie …
Insomniac Games, the developer behind Spider-Man 2 , has been hit with a brutal hacking attack, with over a terabyte of company data leaked to the public. Rightfully, devs from Insomniac expressed their sorrow on social media, a…
In a shocking twist, team 40%Worse, made up of Mande, Shiv, and xeriffer, have qualified for the Apex Legends Global Series Pro League 24 hours after the EMEA Preseason Qualifiers concluded. Team THREE DRAGONS had its qualifica…
LEGO Fortnite has become a smash hit, working its way up the survival multiplayer game rankings brick by brick. And with yet another major quality-of-life improvement just before the holidays, players are getting more and more …
An unlikely Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair has doubled in price as products begin to ship, leaving the community confused as to why this drop is seeing a huge price spike. Every month, Wizards of the Coast pumps out a varie…
Pokémon Go players have been complaining about seeing only one-star Raids featured in December’s Community Days. They agree that those events were the perfect opportunities for players located in remote areas or without groups…
If you were wondering why there was no new Palworld trailer today, that’s because studio Pocketpair opted to delay it, with no word on when it’ll actually air. Pocketpair promised a new trailer for its “ Pokémon with guns” su…
HoYoverse once again proved it knows what it’s doing when it comes to creating new characters. Newly announced Genshin Impact characters bring a long-awaited addition to the roster and lots of memes. On Dec. 18, HoYoverse offi…
Just over a year after Amazon Studios secured the rights to the Warhammer 40,000 franchise, Games Workshop has provided an update to say that the full agreement between it and Amazon has been signed, meaning work can officially…
Vitality took home a dominating 2-0 victory over FaZe Clan to win the BLAST Premier World Final in Abu Dhabi. The tournament was the final big event of 2023 and featured the two best teams over the course of the year. It was a s…
Cloud9 has acquired Evil Geniuses’ CS2 BLAST Premier slot, accelerating EG’s apparent esports exit. According to a statement from BLAST, the bidding process for the slot was “competitive.” With the update in membership, these …
What started as an invitation for players to peer at upcoming goodies for new builds ended up as a deleted tweet from the official LEGO Fortnite account on Dec. 14, 2023. Despite deleting the tweet, the damage was already done.…
It only takes a cursory look at YouTube viewership trends across 2023 to discover the phenomenon of AI covers. Streamer Johnathan ‘jschlatt’ Schlatt has sensationally decided to fight back with a genuine cover of Frank Sinatra’s…
World of Warcraft Classic Season of Discovery has been making rounds through the gaming community, bringing many seasoned WoW players back to the revolutionary MMO. Its success was already evident, but it’s now been confirmed t…
On Dec. 15, the Feast of Winter Veil officially started in World of Warcraft Classic Season of Discovery. Like every year, players can complete Christmas-themed quests, but perplexingly, they haven’t been scaled down to level 2…
Sebastien Mitton, art director at Arkane Lyon, shared a few pieces of concept art today from the newly announced Blade video game as he invited people to apply for positions within the studio. There’s still a lot about the Bl…
