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T1 unveils new coaches, introducing Lee “Zefa” Jae-min and Yang “Daeny” Dae-in as their new regular and head coach, respectively. The organization also introduced Choi “Polt” Seong-hun as the team’s new general manager. Both Zefa and Daeny were formerly the coaches of the most recent Worlds champions, DAMWON Gaming. The two switched roles in their […]

Harry Potter fans from around the world have been aching for a proper Harry Potter game since the novels and movies released in early 2000. The internationally successful franchise has numerous fans gripped by the fantastical world of magic. Unfortunately, most of the games to come out from the series have mostly been blatant cash […]

Imane “Pokimane” Anys is one of the most successful streamers and content creators in the world. The video game streamer currently holds around 6.2 followers on her Twitch channel as well as a combined 7 million subscribers across multiple YouTube channels. Pokimane is best known for content focused on League of Legends and Fortnite. She […]

The FIFA series has been ridiculed in recent times due to the repetitive unrealistic gameplay mechanics that it adapts from the previous entries. Though the trailers reveal some changes in the game’s overall approach with football, some have argued that none of the changes can mask the lack of creativity and innovation that the recent […]

The Xbox Series X/S just launched, and many people are already saying it’s having serious problems. It’s normal for a new console’s launch for people to claim all sorts of hardware problems. But Microsoft’s Xbox Series X/S was the subject of a very serious rumor. Based on some videos posted on social media such as […]

After more than four years of covering esports news, ESPN will be closing down its esports news division. ESPN Esports goes dark as part of massive layoffs ESPN will no longer have a dedicated esports division as part of a massive lay-off that saw more than 300 jobless. The company also leaves over 200 positions […]

Great plays lead to victories. Overwhelming victories lead to championships. These are the top plays in the Grand Finals of the DOTA Summit 13 made by the winning teams leading to their eventual championship. DOTA Summit 13 Online SEA Grand Finals, Game 2: Fearless’ Dark Rift outflanks Abed Motivate.Trust Gaming Among Us JaCkky inYourdreaM Fearless […]

CD Projekt Red first revealed Cyberpunk 2077 in 2012. They first announced its release date to be April 2020. However, it’s been delayed over and over again. So what is the actual release date? Cyberpunk 2077 development history CD Projekt Red started working on Cyberpunk 2077 when they finished Witcher 3‘s final expansion. While Witcher […]

League of Legends is one of the most volatile esports titles. Each year, the game receives massive changes at the start of its competitive seasons throughout various updates. The changes come in the form of game-shaking new mechanics or substantial changes to the map itself. This incoming 2021 season won’t be any different as heavy […]

Riot’s decision to implement strict protocols for streaming their European First Strike Valorant tournament has caused a massive uproar in the online community. A post by Wattsy, one of the administrators of the tournament, on discord revealed that streamers and content creators cannot co-stream the tournament, drawing intense criticism on the Valorant Reddit page. Some […]

The PlayStation 5 is set to release this week after a near-brutal marketing campaign against its competition at Microsoft. Regardless of all the brownie points, the new Xbox has achieved, the PS5 still hopes to make waves with the release of its fifth home game console. Let’s take a look at some of the game […]

When the developers mentioned that the eighth installment will feature more experimentation, they didn’t disappoint. First was the introduction of werewolves and witches which one can never imagine in a Resident Evil game. Some fans have expressed their dissatisfaction with the series veering away from its traditional zombie mutagen. However history has shown that Capcom’s […]

Assasin’s Creed: Valhalla launches today and fans are excited. The game brings players back to pseudo-historical England but in a vastly different time period from AC: Syndicate. If you’re still on the fence regarding the latest installment in the AC franchise, here’s everything you need to know before you get the game. What is AC: […]

The retirement age of professional sports athletes usually fall on the late thirties or early forties. Professional wrestlers enjoy decades-long careers, with some even competing at their sixties. Why then do professional esports athletes, whose peak physical activity only involves jumping up and down in victory, retire so early? What do they do after retiring? […]

Vikings are everywhere. Their impact can be easily found in books, TV shows, and films. We will never believe that “one ring will rule them all”  if it weren’t for the Vikings’ obsession with Norse Mythology which inspired J.R.R. Tolkien to produce his literary masterpiece. We might even ignore History Channel or Netflix if the […]

Insomniac’s decision to diversify their game portfolio has indeed paid dividends. If before the company was known to produce cartoonish child friendly games like Spyro The Dragon and Ratchet & Clank, things changed in 2016 when they announced the development of Marvel’s Spider-Man for the PlayStation 4. It was no easy task as Insomniac will […]

NA League of Legends squad, Immortals, is looking to make massive changes around their team ahead of the 2021 season. The team has already announced earlier this year that they will be declining the second-year option of their star Jungler Jake “Xmithie” Puchero. The management has already made the move to acquire a new head […]

Luka “Perkz” Perković, G2 Esports’ star AD Carry, is reportedly exploring options of playing in the NA region. The rumors circulated the web when ESPN reporter Jacob Wolf took to Twitter about the possible moves from G2 Esports management and Perkz himself. .@G2esports and @G2Perkz have been actively engaging the past two weeks with six […]

Lee “Rush” Yoon-jae announced during a live stream that he will be officially retiring from streaming. The Counter Logic Gaming streamer pointed towards his mandatory military service in South Korea as the primary reason. Rush is most famous for his extended stint playing for Cloud9 from 2015-2016. He played alongside other Cloud9 big names such […]

Genshin Impact has been an unmitigated success since it has released across multiple platforms. Players just can’t get enough of the anime characters and the vast monster-infested world it offers. miHoYo, the games developers, clearly knew what they were doing in order to make a hit game. Arguably one of the game’s strongest selling points […]

We’re all excited to get our hands on the PS5 and Xbox Series version of NBA 2K21, especially us who have the Mamba Forever Edition (which pays great homage to Kobe, by the way). We’ve already played the current-gen version, and it’s been swell so far. But there are just some features that will make […]

As Lane “Surefour” Roberts took to Twitter to announce his plans of taking a break from competitive Overwatch. Surefour is a well-known DPS by OWL fans but he will be sorely absent in next year’s competition. He has been a consistent source of damage for the teams he has played for. Consequently, he often acts […]

Superstar NA Mid Laner Nicolaj “Jensen” Jensen has chosen to remain with Team Liquid. The official Team Liquid Twitter put the word out that Jensen will not be taking his talents to another team. "I genuinely believe this is the best chance I have at making it far internationally… so it was a pretty easy […]

In one of his recent streams, Cloud9 ace Tyson “TenZ” Ngo mentioned his thoughts about Icebox, a recent entry in Valorant’s battlegrounds. He admitted that he considers the map to be his favorite. His teammates on the other hand have varying opinions about the map, with his Reyna dubbing it as “weird” while his Raze […]

The moment when Tyler “Tyler1” Steinkamp dropped out of Central Methodist University, where he played for the University’s football team as a running back, was the moment that truly defined his career. It proved that Tyler1 was a risktaker, a personality that he embodied in his entire streaming career. He didn’t care if people loathed […]

Gabriël “Bwipo” Rau took to Twitter to nudge the fans into the right frame of mind regarding T1’s management change news. The Belgian League of Legends superstar found it necessary to reset fans’ kneejerk reactions towards the big news. He also offered a much-needed perspective on this monumental update. Had to fix a translation error. […]

Dota 2 remains the most lucrative esports title for any player hoping to make it professional as a gamer and Arteezy is one of the best at the game. The almost annual The International tournament has consistently broken records on the most awarded prize money for an esports event. It’s a surefire way for any […]

G2 Esports just recently announced on Twitter and on their official website, the arrival of 17-year old German prodigy Kevin “LeTsHe” Fedjuschkin to bolster their Fortnite squad. He was introduced in G2’s announcement video as an antihero and troll mocking kids playing Fortnite. https://twitter.com/G2esports/status/1325164290827939846 LeTsHe is known to be one of the best Fortnite players […]

The results that G2 Esports accumulated in their entire 2020 campaign in the competitive Counter-Strike scene revealed that the team has made headlines for their progress as proven by their 2nd places finishes in the Intel Extreme Masters XIV – World Championship and the DreamHack Masters Spring 2020: Europe. Though they have shown some glimpses […]

Halo Infinite is having serious development issues, especially now that lead director Chris Lee has left the project. Bloomberg was the first to report on Lee’s departure. Lee said upon leaving: “I have stepped back from Infinite and I am looking at future opportunities. I believe in the team and am confident they will deliver […]

Amer “Miracle-” Al-Barkawi is everything his name suggests – a complete miracle in his ability to play the way he does. Becoming the first to reach a prestigious goal easily makes you one of the best in the game. For Miracle-, his claim to fame is becoming the first player to reach 9,000 Matchmaking Rating […]

The arrival of VTubers is like watching that scene from the horror film Poltergeist, a young girl approaches the TV screen witnesses a strange phenomenon and ends with one of the most iconic quotes in horror cinema. “They’re here!” One can imagine VTubers saying this line since majority of them have high-pitched voices and the […]

Overwatch, Blizzard Entertainment’s FPS team shooter, captured the attention of millions following its 2016 release. The game has steady evolved with the addition of new characters and their own esports league. Overwatch was riding comfortably on the tides of its success, which is why it came as a shock when Blizzard announced the game’s sequel […]

Evil Geniuses has officially moved Roman “RAMZES666” Kushnarev to an inactive position on the roster. EG broke their months-long silence with the announcement on their official Twitter account stating the roster adjustment. Players moving to the inactive roster usually means a massive lineup change for any Dota2 team.   Effective immediately, we are moving Roman […]

If there’s one esports athlete who is well known by everyone regardless of the game they play, it has to be Johan “N0tail” Sundstein. From a relatively unknown player, N0tail became an esports celebrity. As the captain and leader of OG, he led his team to win two years in a row in The International […]

VTubers are here to take over the streaming world. The financial viability of online video game streaming is no longer in question as many choose to take up the webcam and keyboard. Unfortunately for the many struggling streamers still trying to make a mark, a new titan seems to be making a move on the […]

EA Games have recently made their announcements on their 2nd quarter financial results the projected release of their Apex Legends Mobile game. Based on their quarterly reports, it was mentioned by Blake Jorgensen, the company’s Chief Finance Officer and Chief Operating Officer, that the game is expected to be released in the latter periods of […]

Modern AAA games have done a great job of slowly encroaching as much of our storage space as they please. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, the latest installation in the insanely famous team shooter, is set to release later this month. Fans are already anticipating just how much storage space they need to […]

Hush your credit cards for now and wait for these entries to be released. Some can already be played this month giving the player a way to alleviate the anxiety caused by the boredom from repetitive gaming experiences. Don’t worry if you can’t purchase these games this month as you can always pray that the […]