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One common difference between esports and traditional sports stems from the fact that esports isn’t a physical activity. Given the nature of esports, some would go as far as mentioning how inferior it is to traditional sports. This is certainly not true as there are many aspects in sports that apply in esports and we’ve […]

Ghosts of Tsushima lost last year in The Game Awards 2020 but its fans have come together in a way that no other title could replicate. Fans of the PlayStation 4 exclusive came together in a crowdfunding effort to restore the Torii gate at the Watatsumi Shrine in Tsushima, Japan. The crowdfunding project reached 500% of […]

T1 revealed its bid for competitive Overwatch earlier today. The stacked new lineup features seven talented OW players as well as seasoned veterans in the coaching staff. T1 plans to field its new team in the upcoming season of Overwatch Contenders Korea. Activating the agents T1 오버워치 컨텐더스 팀에 새롭게 합류한 "ZEST" 김현우, "Belosrea" 황규태, […]

CD Projekt Red faces further scrutiny following the botched launch of Cyberpunk 2077. The Polish game developer now faces an investigation from Poland’s consumer protection agency. The agency in question wields the power to find CDPR up to 10% of its yearly income. Given the disastrous PlayStation 4 and Xbox One launch of its game, […]

Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 Online successfully continued the streak of raising over USD 1 million despite being completely online. The eight straight AGDQ raised a total of USD 2,759,815.03 after seven days of neverending speedruns. The event breached it’s USD 2.5 million goal thanks to the endless support of its viewers. As fast as […]

Epic Games develops its golden egg Fortnite relentlessly with a cavalcade of updates and game modes but they may have been overlooking certain aspects of the game. Professional Fortnite player, Benjy “benjyfishy” David Fish expresses concern over the future of the competitive scene. Recently, benjyfishy called attention to the dwindling prize pools of Fornite tournaments […]

There are few people outside tournament organizers that know the ins-and-outs of the competitive scene. Perhaps the only other group that could offer authentic assessments of the scene is the one group that directly competes in tournaments. Veteran player and former world champion Ian “Crimsix” Porter portended the potential decline of the competitive scene if […]

Samurai Shodown Season Pass 3 will be adding strongly requested characters Cham Cham and Hibiki to the roster in the upcoming new DLC. Cham Cham returns to Samurai Shodown Samurai Shodown Season Pass 3 will bring back Cham Cham to the series. Cham Cham, a boomerang-wielding feline-like girl, was first introduced in the 1994 game […]

The best-selling Star Wars: Battlefront II game by EA Games will be Epic Games Store’s free game next week. It will be yours to keep if you’re able to grab it within a limited period of time. Lead the Inferno Squad in Star Wars: Battlefront II Star Wars: Battlefront II follows the story of Iden […]

Whether you like it or not, there are a lot of similarities between esports and traditional sports. You could rant all day that esports shouldn’t be considered a sport because it doesn’t offer any form of physical activity but once you learn how the scene works, you’ll end up biting your tongue. Chess isn’t a […]

Microsoft successfully established itself as a pillar in the console wars despite its late entry into the fight. The conflict has been fought on three sides since the original Xbox released in 2001. Recently, the Microsoft side released a strong contender to the current generation. The Xbox has returned to the top of the battle […]

It seems the plague of sexual harassment issues in the esports scene is running amok. Notable esports reporter and consultant, Rod “Slasher” Breslau posted a Tweet revealing that he has heard numerous cases of sexual harassment from the Brazilian esports and gaming community. over the last 48 hours dozens of women in the Brazilian gaming, […]

The only reason why Xbox controllers still use AA-batteries is because of a long-standing agreement with Duracell. Or, at least that’s what a Duracell spokesperson will have you believe. Running on fumes Microsoft’s controllers for their consoles have always been highly-regarded as some of the best in the industry. They’re almost always ahead their competition […]

EHOME has released Song “Sccc” Chun from their roster, replacing him with Lai “Ahjit” Jay Son. EHOME says goodbye to Sccc After four months with the team, EHOME announced on weibo that they are releasing Sccc from his contract. EHOME acquired Sccc two weeks after he left Team Aster last September. However, it seems like […]

Monster Hunter Rise releases this March but Capcom has some surprises in store for loyal franchise fans. Rise marks the first main series entrant to the Nintendo Switch. Consequently, the game adopts many developments from the insanely famous Monster Hunter: World while adding several new game changes. A return to form The Nintendo Switch Monster […]

Jeffrey “Trump” Shih, a professional Hearthstone player announced on Twitter that he is receiving a lot of followers on his Twitter page. Though this is normally a celebratory moment, Trump was alarmed with the occurrence as he realized that people are assuming that he is former US President Donald Trump who is currently in the […]

ClutchPoints Gaming One of the most recognizable meme worthy emotes that has shaped the gaming scene will no longer be available as Twitch made their decision to remove the PogChamp emote. The violence that took place in the US Capitol riots is the main reason for its removal as the emote was used to encourage […]

Renowned LEC Jungler Kim “Trick” Gang-yun announced his retirement from the professional League of Legends scene. The Korean Jungler competed as one of the greatest Junglers in the region up until his announcement. Consequently, Trick is still officially signed on with SK Gaming but has been granted freedom to explore options with other organizations. A […]

North America’s League Championship series continues its brave venture into the new season by announcing its complete on-air cast. This follows the rebranding announcement from Riot Games yesterday. Former NA legend Hai “Hai” Du Lam leads the charge for the new on-air talents. New challengers We are excited to announce the on-air talent team that […]

Jon Ossoff (D-GA), senator-elect of Georgia, was jokingly outed by a Twitter user as a Dota player. Jon Ossoff “stayed up til 6am every night playing Dota” In a tweet, @handsome_pal insinuated that Georgia’s future senator “stayed up ’til 6am every night playing Dota”. He was retweeting the candidate’s post from way back 2014, where […]

It cannot be denied that the pandemic has ruined our plans in 2020. Some of the outdoor events that we’ve always dreamt to attend have been cancelled as the government encouraged us to remain indoors. Gone are those days when we can flood stadiums to watch the latest Super Bowl or Wrestlemania event or those […]

North American League of Legends is the latest region to get the new look treatment. Following LCK’s branding update, the League Championship Series receives a brand new look and direction. The announcement also followed the new LCS tournament format changes. LCS commissioner Chris Greeley shed insight on the plan behind the rebranding. “The main focus […]

Call of Duty: Warzone may be a free-to-play battle royale but developer Raven Software is keeping a close eye on things. The massively successful game enjoyed big updates in December 2020 along with the introduction of Rebirth Island. Subsequently, Raven addressed recent player concerns regarding overly dominant weapons in Warzone. New orders To clarify, these […]

Immediately following the rebranding announcement, LOL Champions Korea adopts a new format beginning in the 2021 season. The incoming season for the defending world champion region will be an exciting affair for all involved teams. The changes mostly apply to a brand new playoffs format that will give all qualified teams a chance to take […]

The Non-Playable Characters (NPC) in Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (BotW) are just Miis, Nintendo Switch modder @HeyimHeroic confirms. Clever way to diversify NPCs Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is one of the most highly-regarded video games of all time. It served as one of the flagship games of the […]

Cyberpunk 2077 may have set numerous commercial records when it launched last month. However, it seems like CD Projekt Red’s victories are short-lived. Steam’s player base for Cyberpunk 2077 has drastically dropped mere weeks after launch. Cyberpunk 2077 Steam player base dropped by 79% since launch Data aggregator GitHyp reports that Cyberpunk 2077 has been […]

League of Legends Championship Korea (LCK) team Griffin has officially disbanded their roster after a disappointing 2020 run. Falling action Griffin failed to capitalize on their 2019 Worlds run. The team’s results at the end of the 2019 season led to three of their players leaving the roster. The new team that Griffin worked with […]

Mika Daime first came to international attention for being called out for hacking in Riot Games’ Valorant. Pro Valorant players such as Matthew ‘WARDELL’ Yu said it was blatantly obvious she was using third party applications to easily flick to head shots in game. Keith Capstick of theScore esports even made a video of the […]

Vladimir “No[o]ne” Minenko aired his grievances towards the DPC format in a personal Tweet. The veteran CIS player is currently without a team after parting ways with Virtus.pro. Subsequently, no organization has approached him prior to the beginning of the 2021 Dota Pro Circuit. High and dry И так, если я пропускаю первый дпс сезон, […]

Former The International champion Peter “ppd” Dager announced his return to the competitive Dota 2 scene. The American Support and Captain just couldn’t stay away from the top stage of Dota. He returns to the reformed Sadboys lineup alongside fellow-TI champion Clinton “Fear” Loomis. Taking a step back Moving on – Retiring from competitive Dota […]

Riot Games works toward fixing the League of Legends chat system but it will take a few patches to kick in. Senior experience designer Jordan Checkman teased the impending changes to LOL’s chat window in a Tweet. Negative player feedback spurred the incoming changes to the game. On the horizon Planned changes for League of […]

Xiao returns in Genshin Impact 2.4 with a renewed conviction to rid Liyue of demons. This time, he’s getting some help from a powerful new 5-star Cryo character that gets mistaken for an Adeptus a lot – Shenhe. But if you’re pulling for Xiao instead of Shenhe, then you must want to know how to build Xiao. […]

Taking center stage, Yun Jin is a Geo character who is appearing in the first phase of Genshin Impact 2.4. She is a new face inside a patch that contains three rerun banners, and she’s sure to pique the interest of most players. She is well-known throughout Liyue, where people from all sorts of places […]

Usually, when a project’s not completed in time for the deadline, they’re left abandoned forever. That’s not the case for the 20-year-old PS1 game project by Japanese developers K. Matsunami and PIROWO, though. They made their project, Magic Castle, using the Net Yaroze development kit for the PlayStation One. After more than two decades in […]

Chinese powerhouse, Team Newbee, is barred from attending DOTA 2 tournaments after accounts of match fixing were revealed. The ban was officially made on January 1, 2021. Wykrhm Reddy, a trusted insider source of DOTA news, confirmed this via Twitter. The following have been permanently banned from participating in Valve events as of Jan 1, […]

The character creation feature of Cyberpunk 2077 has brought a lot of memes given that players are free to choose the size of their private organs. But it can also be a nuisance as players can only view their characters when they face a mirror or reflection. But this can be addressed as there have […]

Lance McDonald, a man known for his antics in finding game secrets, has now revealed on a Twitter post that he has finally discovered a cheat code in NieR: Automata. After hours spent on reverse engineering, he finally figured out a method in skipping the entire game to jump straight to the ending and unlock […]

Kim “Febby” Yong-min is making a return to the competitive stage after spending time as TNC Predator’s head coach. The South Korean legend has not competed for any team since he left Mineski in March 2019. The roster deadline was looming over TNC Predator prior to its decision to field their head coach as one […]

It’s a fresh start for all League of Legends teams and it’s no different for the region that reclaimed its top spot. South Korea’s LCK league revealed its brand new look a few hours ago and it’s very exciting. The LCK is the latest major LOL region to completely rebrand following the LEC’s creation and […]