Category: General

  • G2 Esports Enters Historic Deal with Ralph Lauren

    G2 Esports Enters Historic Deal with Ralph Lauren

    High fashion and esports collided today as G2 Esports announced a landmark deal with fashion label Ralph Lauren. The new partnership was announced across social media and in a promotional video on June 21. In a detailed post on their website, G2 outlined the partnership. Describing it as a collaboration, both brands explained that they’d be launching […]

  • Seven Call of Duty pros make the Top Ten Esports Players of 2020

    Seven Call of Duty pros make the Top Ten Esports Players of 2020

    The Top 10 Esports Players of 2020 have been listed by The Esports Observer with seven of them being Call of Duty professionals. An impressive amount of Call of Duty League players made the cut this year. Additionally, two Call of Duty teams, Dallas Empire and Atlanta FaZe, made it on The Top 10 Esports […]

  • TSM Chess? TSM Signs Grandmaster Hikaru Nakumura

    TSM Chess? TSM Signs Grandmaster Hikaru Nakumura

    Team SoloMid has always positioned itself at the cutting edge of esports, but their latest signing may still surprise you. The storied esports organisation yesterday (August 27) announced the addition of the prodigious chess player Hikaru “GM Hikaru” Nakaru to its lineup of talent. However, this isn’t the start of a TSM chess division. Instead, […]

  • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout takes the gaming world by storm

    Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout takes the gaming world by storm

    Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is the talk of the town in the gaming universe. Millions worldwide are addicted to this newly-released party game and it’s not hard to see why. With its bizarre characters, bright colours and surprisingly simple controls, Fall Guys brings a whole new meaning to the battle royale genre. The game is […]

  • Blizzard announces that Blizzcon 2020 is cancelled

    Blizzard announces that Blizzcon 2020 is cancelled

    Blizzard Entertainment has released an official follow-up statement confirming that Blizzcon 2020 has been cancelled. As sad as the news is, this recent confirmation was to be expected. The COVID-19 pandemic has many on edge, and countless events have been cancelled for public health concerns. At the beginning of April, Saralyn Smith, Executive Producer of […]

  • ESL Unveils ESL Pro Tour Events for SC2 and WC3: Reforged

    ESL Unveils ESL Pro Tour Events for SC2 and WC3: Reforged

    We’re only two weeks into the new year, and ESL is already making huge moves, revealing their latest endeavour, a series of ESL Pro Tour events for Starcraft 2 and Warcraft 3: Reforged. Announced in posts on made social media yesterday, the ESL Pro Tour will now feature – StarCraft II, and the currently in […]

  • The Best Mobile Esports in 2020

    The Best Mobile Esports in 2020

    Mobile esports in 2020 is on track to be bigger and better than ever before. Already across the world, millions use their smartphone and tablets to play titles like PUBG Mobile, Hearthstone, and Call of Duty. And while it isn’t nearly as popular in English speaking markets as it is in Asia, there is no […]

  • World of Warcraft prize pool controversy threatens to overshadow BlizzCon

    World of Warcraft prize pool controversy threatens to overshadow BlizzCon

    Blizzcon is just two days away, but the event, which some have heralded as Blizzard’s saving grace, is already embroiled in controversy over the prize pool in World of Warcraft tournaments. Yesterday evening, David “Dmachine” Hollings, the Associate Product Manager for World of Warcraft esports announced the prize pools for the Arena World Championships and […]

  • Blizzard’s PR crisis receives US Congress’ attention

    Blizzard’s PR crisis receives US Congress’ attention

    Blizzard is in a hell storm as of late, with no thanks to their not-so-delicate handling of a political whirlwind. The recent troubles with Blizzard have now become a global incident, sparking controversy from fellow game companies – and now, from the US Congress. And so it begins… On October 8th, Blizzard came down hard […]

  • Is Riot Games’ “Project A” the CS:GO killer?

    Is Riot Games’ “Project A” the CS:GO killer?

    Riot Games recently celebrated 10 years of League of Legends at their Riot Pls conference by announcing a raft of new games. Included were three games so new they have yet to be officially named; “Project F” – a diablo style RPG, “Project L” – A LoL fighting spin-off and “Project A” or “Project Ares”, […]