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Rocket League, the vehicular game of kickball that took the world by storm when it launched on PlayStation Plus to little fanfare in July 2015 turns two this month. In two years, it has established itself as one of the breakout esports successes of this generation, a poster car both for …

Hearthstone’s latest expansion is just a month away, and until now it’s been kept in relative secrecy. Nothing lasts forever though, and the Chinese Hearthstone site has leaked assets which reveal a bit of information about what we can expect from the expansion, thematically. These images appeared on the official …

Kim ‘Effect’ Hyun, a damage dealer for Team EnVyUs’ Overwatch roster, took to Twitter on Tuesday to say that he’s looking to start practicing Overwatch.  The tweet, in Korean, is embedded below, but was translated by Slingshot Esports.  In English: “I decided to play CS:GO during the pockets of time …

Toshiba has partnered with esports team Panda Global, in a deal which will see Panda Global athletes using Toshiba technology both in tournaments and during streams.  “Toshiba understands the unique needs of gamers and we are constantly striving to deliver high performance SATA and NVMe solid state drives to empower …

The Overwatch exodus continues as Team-LDLC has announced it will be dropping its roster after they failed to impress in the Overwatch Contenders qualifiers.  In an update to their website entitled “Overwatch, the end of the story”, LDLC outline that the Overwatch players’ contracts have expired at the end of …

Noah Media Group has been announced as the production partner for Gfinity’s new Elite Series event. Noah Media Group are better known for their work in traditional sports, having created content for companies like UEFA and FIFA, in addition to work done for 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, and BBC’s Match …

The International, Dota 2’s biggest tournament, is just a month away and the crowdfunded prize pool is now at over $20m dollars.  According to the Dota 2 prize tracker, there’s currently a prize pool of $20,279,254, with just $491,206 to go until it eclipses last year’s prize.  This is almost …

It’s long been said that only two things are a constant in life: death and taxes. Since Dota 2’s pro scene has started to pivot around the gargantuan The International event in Seattle each year, you could add ‘Dota 2 teams disbanding in the wake of The International’ to the …

League of Legends fans in the UK are being hit with a price hike, after Riot has confirmed it’ll raise the price of Riot Points in the country as a result of Brexit. The price hike will kick into effect on 25 July, where people looking to escape the harsh …

Fnatic announced on Monday that it was parting ways with long-time Counter-Strike coach and manager Viktor ‘Vuggo’ Jendeby, who was currently serving as the manager of the Counter-Strike Global Offensive team. “My two and a half years in Fnatic have been an amazing time, a journey with a lot of …