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The Overwatch League As We Know It Is Dead
19.7.2023
Things are looking dire for the Overwatch League (OWL), the competitive esports scene built around Blizzard’s popular hero shooter, as the company laid off some 50 employees on July 18.Read more
Popular Former Fortnite Pro Tfue Retires From Twitch At 25
20.6.2023
Turner “Tfue” Tenney, a former Fortnite pro and ex-Faze Clan member who courted controversy after controversy during his time creating content online, announced his decision to retire from livestreaming at the age of 25.Read more
Gaming Just Isn't About You: Consoles Are Thrashed By Casual Games
19.6.2023
Gaming still isn’t all about you. New data released by PwC shows that “traditional” games make up only 26.7 percent of the revenue earned by the U.S. games industry, the vast majority of 2022's $54.1 billion coming from social or casual games. Esports, meanwhile, contributed just 0.8%. Added...
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Pro Dies In Russia-Ukraine War
15.6.2023
The war between Russia and Ukraine, which began in 2014 but ramped up in February 2022 as Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, has claimed yet another life. 21-year-old Counter-Strike: Global Offensive pro Ostap “0ni” Onistrat was reportedly killed in action defending his home country...
Another Call Of Duty Streamer's Skin Getting Removed Over Anti-LGBTQ Controversy
12.6.2023
Timothy “TimTheTatman” Betar is getting his wish. Activision will remove the streamer’s cosmetic bundle from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Warzone, a spokesperson for the publisher confirmed. Betar said he didn’t want the bundle to remain after friend and fellow streamer, Nicholas “Nickmercs”...
Call Of Duty Pulls Faze Member's Skin Over 'Anti-LGBTQ Dog Whistle'
9.6.2023
Activision has pulled a Call of Duty skin based on Faze clan member Nickmercs after he made what has been most accurately described as a “thinly-veiled anti-LGBTQ dog whistle during Pride Month”.Read more
League Strike Called Off After Riot, Player's Union Reach Agreement
9.6.2023
Two weeks ago it looked like League of Legend’s North American season was going to be thrown into turmoil when the player’s union called for a strike over Riot’s plan to make cuts to the North American Challenger’s League, and Riot responded by suspending the entire LCS. After negotiations between...
Stranger Things Twitch Streamer Dishes On Gamer Toxicity After FaZe Clan Fallout
7.6.2023
In Grace Van Dien’s first online appearance since her signing with gaming influencer crew FaZe Clan ignited a whirlwind of drama and misogyny, the Stranger Things actor turned Twitch streamer sat down with Call of Duty content maker Ashtronova to discuss toxicity in gaming. The conversation appears...
League Superstar Doublelift Does Not Understand What A Strike Is
6.6.2023
Last week the body representing professional League of Legends players in North America, the LCS Players Association, announced intentions to strike over Riot’s plans to gut the North American Challenger’s League. It’s a commendable stance over moves that will cost dozens of people their jobs,...
Massive FaZe Clan Drama Over Stranger Things Actor Turns Even Uglier
1.6.2023
Last week, the massively popular gaming esports and content creator group called FaZe Clan signed Stranger Things season four actor Grace Van Dien. Its community has been in shambles ever since, once again exposing the misogynistic underbelly of some of the organization’s fandom. Now Van Dien...
Riot Threatens To Cancel Entire Esports Season If Striking League Of Legends Players Can't Reach Deal
31.5.2023
Earlier this week League of Legends players voted “overwhelmingly” to strike over plans to make rule changes that would cut the North American Challenger’s League—which only launched last year—from 16 teams to seven.Read more
FaZe Clan Signs Stranger Things Streamer On Twitch Only To Spark Civil War
26.5.2023
Esports company turned Wall Street laughing stock, FaZe Clan, is at the center of another controversy as its members fight over the recent signing of Stranger Things actor and Twitch streamer, Grace Van Dien. Loud members like Nordan “FaZe Rain” Shat criticized the signing as a money grab, while...
Samsung delivers esports app for Galaxy phones
25.5.2023
Samsung has been successful in carrying out the deliverance of its latest mobile application, which is entirely for Galaxy smartphones. According to reliable sources from the company, the application was duly developed in collaboration with ONE Esports. It was just a short while back when Samsung...
Smash Bros. Pro Trash Talks 15-Year-Old, Gets Roasted By Kid's Mom
16.5.2023
At a recent video game competition in Texas, a pro Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player trash-talked a 15-year-old after winning an important match against the young player. The Smash community’s reaction was mostly negative, and things only got worse for the trash-talking pro when the kid’s mom...
Binance powers Alpine 2023 Esports Series
26.4.2023
The Alpine 2023 Esports Series has started, and the qualification round has already concluded. Thirty-five drivers have made it past the qualifying round, and they will now compete in Round 2 and Round 3 of the virtual race. What makes this event interesting is Binance enters into the picture as...
US Government Went After Activision Over Stingy Esports Salaries
4.4.2023
The Department of Justice has taken Activision Blizzard to court, alleging the publisher’s esports leagues had been grossly underpaying their workers/players via an exploitative “Competitive Balance Tax”.Read more
FaZe Clan Stock Price Too Embarrassing For Wall Street
27.3.2023
Less than a year into gaming content creator mega-brand FaZe Clan’s disastrous Wall Street experiment, the Nasdaq has said please, no more. The New York-based stock exchange sent a “Notice of Delisting” last week to the esports company threatening to drop it from trading if it doesn’t get its stock...
All-Women Pro Apex Legends Squad Won't Listen To Haters, Lets Gameplay Do The Talking
27.3.2023
Janey, Sabz, Avuhlie, and GuhRL are probably younger than you, but they’re definitely better at Apex Legends than you. The four young women, who range in age from 17 to 27, are esports organization TSM’s first all-women pro Apex squad—quite a feat when you consider the game’s notoriously high skill...
Major Super Smash Bros. Tournament Leaves Attendees Ill
15.3.2023
A major Super Smash Bros. tournament has come and gone, but not without some drama. After participating in the tournament, a bunch of Melee and Ultimate players found themselves “blowing chunks” due to a stomach bug.Read more
Esports Giant TSM Enters Into Web3 Gaming Partnership With Avalanche
7.3.2023
Avalanche will be its exclusive blockchain partner as it builds out its competitive gaming platform Blitz