A three day event, Return of the Legends, promises to pit former Legends of the League scene together in a face-off between Asia and Europe. For Europe, Enrique ‘xPeke’ Cedeño Martínez, Lauri ‘Cyanide’ Happonen, Kevin ‘Kev1n’ Rubiszewski, Peter ‘yellowpete’ Wüppen and Manuel ‘LaMia’ Mildenberger will be representing the former pros, …
Read More »Ginx Esports TV to run live all-night esports broadcast ‘Fight Night’ on June 16th
GINX Esports TV has announced that it’ll be showing three live international esports events back-to-back on Friday 16th of June. The event, dubbed Fight Night and claimed to be the first ‘all-nighter’ on television to feature exclusively live esports content, will start at 9pm BST with OGN APEX Season 3 …
Read More »Rocket League is coming to Nintendo Switch, and features cross-platform play
Rocket League, Psyonix’s car-based game of put the ball into the hole, has been announced for the Nintendo Switch, during a Nintendo Direct on Tuesday. Those of you looking to take Rocket League on the move have your answer in a version for the Nintendo Switch, which will be coming …
Read More »Sayed ‘Tekken Master’ Hashem, Bahrain’s most successful esports athlete, on why Americans have it easier
Sayed ‘Tekken Master’ Hashem got into games the same way as many of his generation: fighting for supremacy against his siblings. Hashem’s earliest memories of gaming are when he was six, embroiled in digital fisticuffs with his brothers in fighting games like Tekken. He’d play against his brothers every day …
Read More »Flash Wolves jungler Hung ‘Karsa’ Hau-Hsuan suspended for early disconnect
Hung ‘Karsa’ Hau-Hsuan, the star jungler of the Flash Wolves, has been suspended by the team for intentionally disconnecting early during a match. Riot Games’ rulebook says that players should not leave a match until either a victory or defeat message is shown on the screen. In a match between …
Read More »League of Legends 10 ban system has left Yasuo out in the cold
Since the introduction of League of Legends 10 bans system, allowing 10 champions to be banned in both normal and ranked games, one champion has spiked to a 40% ban rate. Yasuo is in a weird place in the meta right now, where he’s viewed as incredibly powerful and feared …
Read More »ESL and Intel announce extended partnership, Intel Grand Slam offering $1m to one CS:GO team
Intel and ESL have announced a new partnership that’s extending the pair’s cooperation, and also introducing a $1m Intel Grand Slam. The Intel Grand Slam is a new event that’ll award $1m to the first Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team that can win four out of the last 10 $200,000 events …
Read More »Marvel vs. Capcom trailer reveals new additions to the game’s roster
Capcom pushed out a new trailer for cross-universe beat-em-up Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite on Monday during Sony’s E3 press conference, showing off some of the story and a handful of new characters. The trailer is below, and features several new characters for your punching pleasure, in addition to a suitable …
Read More »PUBG introduces new weather, a new weapon, and the ability to climb, vault and leap
Brendan Greene, the PlayerUnknown behind PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, has just taken to the stage to show off upcoming changes to the game. Stability and server performance improvements are promised, but Greene also showed off a few big changes in the form of weather — with vision impairing fog to hamper snipers …
Read More »Quake Champions’ duel mode has the fresh ideas competitive FPS needs
I’m still on the fence about Quake Champions, and after several hours of playtime, I couldn’t tell you if I like it as a shooter or not. I adore the game’s duel mode, however. It’s a one on one contest, with two players cut loose in an arena , fighting …
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