Dota 2’s biggest winners don’t play Dota 2 anymore, they trade it
The International brought together the top 16 Dota 2 teams in the world, with Team...
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Latest patch has FGC saying Nintendo can’t leave competitive Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players alone, bruh
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate hasn't had an update since June 2025, but Nintendo just had...
Stewie2K gets called out for old skin stealing scandal, but public shaming is the only solution in CS2 right now
Last week, a video of North American Counter-Strike trash-talk went viral, as SportsBetExpert’s Shane "shane"...
Pacific vs. Americas: Which VALORANT region is truly the strongest in VCT 2026?
The 2026 VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) season has already produced two very different international results....
League of Legends Team Voice could transform Solo Queue forever… with one condition
For 17 years, League of Legends has asked players to coordinate in-game solely on pings...
Counter-Strike 2 vs. Call of Duty: How does the meta determine which esport is best?
The most effective tactics (the meta) in esports heavily influence how certain titles are played....
LEC vs. LCS: Who leads League of Legends’ oldest regional rivalry?
Europe vs. North America has been one of the game’s defining regional rivalries since the...
“We’ve admittedly created an unintentional imbalance over the last few years”: VCT Pacific has an inclusivity problem, but can Riot fix it?
VALORANT Champions Tour Pacific has long positioned itself as a stage designed to unite talent...
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Tom Donegan – SpecialEffect – Every solution we find is a milestone
Tom Donegan is the Fundraising Events Coordinator at SpecialEffect. SpecialEffect is a UK based charity doing amazing things...
Kings of the Merch – Benoit Pagotto – Fnatic
Next up in our ‘Kings of the Merch’ series which looks at the merchandising and apparel opportunity in...
Esports recruitment and management platform DreamTeam to launch beta in September
Alexander 'ZeroGravity' Kokhanovskyy, founder of Natus Vincere and co-owner of ESForce has announced DreamTeam, an esports recruitment and...
ROX Tigers clinch Corsair sponsorship
American PC peripherals and hardware company Corsair has signed a deal with Korean League of Legends team ROX Tigers, it was announced...
Formula 1 races into the world of esports via Gfinity and Codemasters
Formula 1 has announced its entry into the esports arena with the launch of the Formula 1 esports...
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