On June 30th and July 1st, we are bringing our signature esports networking event to an all-new virtual event format. Enjoy two days of esports panels, industry networking and exclusive insights into the every-day working world of competitive gaming.
Riot Games announced that there were 21 companies that applied for the 2021 League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) franchising. Among the companies that submitted an LOI, Griffin, NRG Esports, and FaZe
Late Wednesday, June 24th, Immortals announced they'd released head coach, Thomas "Zaboutine" Si-Hassen, and GM, Keaton Cryer. They've been temporarily replaced by LA Valiant GM, Mike Schwartz, and IMT assistant coach and analyst, GoToOne and Malaclypse, respectively.
Three weeks after the game's official launch, VALORANT's ranked mode finally went live. So get ready to find out where in the ladder you stand, but make sure to play a warm up game before you do! Radiant awaits, but so does Iron.
Women who work in the gaming industry are coming forward about the incessant abuse stories and gender discrimination haunting the ecosystem, featuring peers, colleagues, and public figures.
The Pokémon Company has teamed up with Tencent to create a 5-versus-5 mobile multiplayer online battle arena game, titled Pokémon Unite. Available for Nintendo Switch and mobile devices, featuring cross-platform play.
On the 24th (KST), in the 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) Summer Split, Team Dynamics played SeolHaeOne Prince and kt Rolster faced Hanwha Life Esports. It was the first day the LCK was
On the 24th (KST), the 10.13 patch was finally implemented to League of Legends. Summer's officially here, so with the introduction to the Pool Party skins, many balance changes were introduced to cha
Last week, ardiis was accused of purchasing a cheat and attempting to match fix in VALORANT. A recent report by 1pv claims that ardiis has been investigated and cleared of all accusations by Riot Games. Read more on his current status here:
On the 23rd (KST), Fnatic announced the partnership with the Italian luxury brand of fashion and leather goods, Gucci. Fnatic posted a nine second long video announcing the collaboration with Gucci on
Naturally, this change will spur on a whole new method of trash talk and mockery against teams who have no intention of forfeiting despite being behind.
For the first time in five weeks, Cloud9 did not win the NA Cup for the 2020 World of Warcraft Arena World Championship. That is not because another team won, but instead because the 2020 AWC has already concluded with C9 winning every all four NA Cups in dominant fashion.
Min Min will be the 6th DLC fighter added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate since the game's release in December 2018, and will come to the title alongside a new stage called Spring Stadium and new music tracks.
UPDATE 6/22: More members of the community have voiced their thoughts via Twitter on Mixer's shutdown and subsequent Facebook Gaming partnership.
The tournament that starts in June will mark the first step taken towards the organization’s objective of developing a legitimate ladder from amateur to pro in the North American League of Legends competitive scene.
In one month, on July 22nd, Microsoft will be shutting down their livestreaming platform, Mixer, and will move their viewers and partners to Facebook Gaming. Ninja and Shroud have become free agents, hinting at move back to Twitch. Read the story here:
Riot Games is reworking the Ranked Mode for VALORANT later this week, but Senior Producer Ian "Brighteyez" Fielding revealed what players could expect upon queueing up in a blog post on the official VALORANT website.
Santorin continued establishing himself as the Troll King of Summoner's Rift with a 2-0 week on Trundle to the tune of a ridiculous 90% kill participation in FlyQuest's wins over TSM and Dignitas.
BANDAI NAMCO'S Dragon Ball FighterZ, the fighting game based on the popular tri-canon of anime series Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball Super, surpassed 5 million copies sold earlier this week. Since its release in January 2018, DBFZ has become a success both in the upper echelon of the competitive Fighting Game Community as well as casual gamers who are fans of the IP.
On June 21st (KST), kt Rolster played Gen.G and SeolHaeOne Prince played DAMWON Gaming in the 2020 League of Legends Champions Korea Summer Split. In Game 1 of kt Rolster vs Gen.G, Lee “Kuro&rdq