Ahead of the biggest tournament of the Dota 2 calendar, The International, Evil Geniuses and Team Secret have swapped players, forfeiting any direct invite that was going their way as well as any slot in the Regional Qualifiers. Read more on Splyce >>>
Read More »Top Three Overwatch Teams – June 14 2016
The Overwatch tournament scene is now in full throttle after the game’s official launch last month. With as little as three major tournaments and a few dozen weeklies and minors, some teams have already emerged as dominant forces in the rapidly growing competitive environment. Read more on Gamurs >>>
Read More »Microsoft adding tournament features to Xbox One, launching $100,000 Killer Instinct Tour
Microsoft has used E3 week to announce new eSports related features for the Xbox One and a $100,000 Killer Instinct competition. At its press conference on Monday the platform holder announced Xbox Arena, a new set of features coming to the Xbox One that will allow people to sign up …
Read More »Splyce picks up Overwatch team
Splyce, an organisation that has teams in some of the biggest eSports in the world, has signed an Overwatch team. The organisation has signed the former Fine, I’ll Go McCree roster, who have been competing together since the beta but are yet to post any top results in significant events. …
Read More »CLG: A story of plateaus
Bursting onto the North American scene as a team known as NetCodeGuides, the current four man core of Counter Logic Gaming, Tarik "tarik" Celik, Stephen "reltuC" Cutler, James "hazed" Cobb and Joshua "JDM" Marzano, rapidly rose through the ranks of the North American scene and, for brief periods of time, …
Read More »Kelsey Moser reviews the EU LCS Top 3: One of these is not like the other
In the first two weeks of the EU LCS, it’s dangerous to make assumptions about which teams will top the standings. Yet teams that sift to the top do so for a reason, whether it’s an easy early-season schedule or a head start at understanding their strengths and weaknesses. G2 …
Read More »Quas on returning to the LCS: "When I left the scene, I wasn’t planning on coming back immediately."
For only being gone for five months, the professional League of Legends landscape sure did change during the absence of Diego Quas” Ruiz. Four North American League Championship Series teams – including NRG, for which he now plays – didn’t even exist when Quas left Team Liquid last November, and …
Read More »SonicFox wins a third ESL Pro League title and takes home the largest cash prize in Mortal Kombat history
Saturday was supposed to be the day that Dominique "SonicFox" McLean’s reign as king of Mortal Kombat was supposed to end. There was just one problem: Someone forgot to tell SonicFox. Read more on Daily Dot >>>
Read More »The team builder of South Korea: Woong and Overwatch
Gun Woong Jang is a famously polarizing figure in South Korean esports. His sometimes controversial actions, epic plays and even more epic victory songs have gained him a healthy amount of fans and critics alike. More than anything else, though, "Woong" has been a builder. Read more on ESPN >>>
Read More »$100,000 Overwatch tournament to be held at Gamescom by ESL
ESL and Blizzard have teamed up to host a $100,000 Overwatch tournament at Gamescom later this year. The ESL Overwatch Atlantic Showdown will take place on August 20th and 21st on the main stage of ESL’s Gamescom booth in Hall 9. Eight of the best Overwatch teams in the world …
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