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2 decades after the initial eSports tournament, there have been a lot of improvements. These tournaments attract large audiences almost identical to the traditional sports. Giants from the business world such as Nissan and Coke are offering sponsorships. The numbers show increasing popularity and that eSports is growing considerably with each day. Research firm Newzoo revealed around 205 million people who viewed or participated in an eSports tournament in 2014. While most of these crowds were from Asia, there was […]

Commonly referred to as eSports, Electronic Sports has taken world by storm in the last couple of years. Dating back to the 70s, esports started gaining popularity and is today one of the most popular gaming cultures that have ever existed. With availability of high speed internet, eSports gained popularity from 2000 onwards. Let’s take a look at the hottest eSports gaming titles. League of Legends (LoL) This game proved to be the chart-topper for so long that RIOT Games […]

Sports leagues and casinos are giddy with excitement about the newly legalized sports betting industry the US Supreme Court struck down a federal law May 14th prohibiting gambling on individual sporting events. But what will follow is a mad dash to capitalize on the new billinon dollar industry. What does this mean for the future of sports entertainment?

Gold is a critical asset in Dota 2. Considering how precious gold is in its own right, it is clearly going to be an important asset in any kind of game. But that’s beside the point. The thing about gold in Dota 2 is that it is necessary for helping to do all sorts of things. With gold, a team can buy all kinds of items and defenses. It can instantly revive fallen heroes when it has enough gold. The […]

Intel Extreme Masters is the very final tournaments of the season before the big World Championship tournament which will take place in Katowice, Poland. This big tournament, in fact, marks the beginning of Inter Extreme Masters’ new North American flagship events taking place in Chicago. The competition features the usual prize pool amounting to $250,000 USD. As usual, there were sixteen teams competing all part of the Intel Grand Slam. Following the usual route, the competition’s sponsors are NEEDforSEAT, HyperX, […]

With a prize pool of $300 000 and a myriad of amazing CS:GO game moments, there is no wonder why EPICENTER 2018 attracted a massive audience cheering for their teams. This year’s EPICENTER 2018 CS:GO Tournament was held between October 27th and October 28th in the CSKA Arena previously also known as VTB Ice Palace located in Moscow, Russia. The group stage of the competition took place between October 22-25th. During the group stage of the competition, viewers enjoyed remarkable battles […]

The Dota 2 Kuala Lumpur Major is the very first major of the season as well as the sixth PGL’s Major. The event brought together sixteen teams from all over the globe, which are currently competing for their piece of the amazing $1,000,000 USD prize pool. In addition to this prize pool, there are also plenty of DPC points up for grabs for the next big competition which is The International 2019. Thanks to the collaboration between the ImbaTV and […]

The six PGL major for Dota 2 began in Kuala Lumpur as sixteen of the world’s top Dota 2 teams are competing for a grand prize of $350,000 plus 4,950 DPC points. The event is a Major event that will go on until November 18. The event is taking place at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur. The teams are competing to get in contention for The International next year. While many are looking into betting opportunities for the event, […]

The new Call of Duty season has just started and with the new title in the competition, many teams have been making changes in their rosters. Looking for the best possible rosters, many teams and players have opted to release a player or to terminate their contracts in order to be as prepared as possible for the WWII. Recently, two players announced that they have left their teams and become free agents and that they are looking for a new […]

With the release of the latest Call of Duty Title – World War 2, there have been many changes to team’s rosters for the upcoming Call of Duty World League. This game is a departure from the previous two titles which means that different skill sets are needed to be successful at this game. This means that we are going to see many changes to rosters as organisations try to find the best players at this game and team them […]

Information on the next Hearthstone expansion appears to have leaked through the Blizzard Korea channel on YouTube. The expansion is expected to be called the Brawl of Rastakhan. The name is based on the images found on the channel and how the Korean characters translate to English. The new expansion would be the last of the expansions to take place in the current Year of the Raven. The first images of the possible expansion were gathered from the YouTube channel […]

Miami University in Oxford, Ohio is the latest college in the United States to get on the esports bandwagon. In particular, Miami University is supporting an esports team that competes in Hearthstone events. The team also competes in many other events although Hearthstone is the primary game that it is focusing on at the moment. The team is also expected to grow in size with more sports involved. The university has developed its own varsity esports team. This team is […]

The 2017 Heroes of the Storm competitive season will come to a head at the Global Championships. The event is also known as the Grand Finals. This is an event that will take place from October 26 to November 4 at the Anaheim Convention Center. $1 million is to be spread among the sixteen teams that will compete. The winning team will earn $500,000 while second place gets $200,000. It is expected to be the top event for Heroes of […]

In a move similar to what has been used in many Dota 2 competitions over the years, crowdfunding will be utilized in the upcoming Heroes of the Storm Global Championship event. Blizzard and Twitch have set up a new partnership called HGC Cheer. This is where people can send Cheer funds to the championship as a means of showing one’s support of an individual team. The teams that are the most successful in the program will get a part of […]

In another blow to the 2019 League of Legends Championship Series, the German team ROCCAT has announced that it will not participate in the coming season. This comes as many other European teams have left the series. The move also comes while Riot Games is planning some changes to how it will offer competitive events in the European Union segment of the League Championship Series or EU LCS. ROCCAT had been active in sponsoring various esports teams over time, although […]

Nexus Blitz has made its name in the League of Legends esports circuit as an intriguing gameplay mode. The format is expected to be popular for esports events as it adds a new range of competition to League of Legends. But while it was released by Riot Games a few months earlier, that game was made primarily with experimentation in mind to see how well such a format can work. Riot Games announced that the Nexus Blitz format is still […]

The Toronto Defiant, following the initial reveal of their branding, has announced six of the players that will be competing under their banner in the second season of the Overwatch League: Offtank Kang-jae “Envy” Lee Off-healer Se-hyeon “Neko” Park DPS Lee “Ivy” Seung-hyun DPS Lee “Stellar” Do-hyung Main tank Jo “Yakpung” Gyeong-mu Main support Go “Aid” Jae-yoon The team will be coached by ex-Spitfire coach Beom-joon “Bishop” Lee. Both Envy and Neko competed in the Overwatch League’s inaugural season for […]

Special merch. An all-Korean roster. Slick content production. During the inaugural season of the Overwatch League, it was to the New York Excelsior that such features were ascribed. Now, however, there seems to be a new challenger to what is essentially the clout throne, bearing similar attributes to the two-time stage champions: the Toronto Defiant. With a gritty introduction video, an intimidating style, and a talented roster to boot, the Defiant have established a solid presence in the scene before even […]

Once one of the richest countries in the world, Venezuela is well past its glory days. The deep economic crisis that’s been going on for a long time now has cast a large shadow over the country that had once enjoyed the prosperity ensured primarily by its rich oil reserves. Today, people of Venezuela are struggling to make the ends meet. An average citizen makes just around $25 a month, which is far from enough to make a decent living. […]

Even though it is clear to everyone that Heroic is currently one of the world’s best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams and that they are one of the biggest favorites for the win in almost all tournaments in which they participate, they still have certain problems in the organization like any other organization in the world of eSports. Not that long ago, one of the biggest shock this year came when it comes to CS:GO tournaments. The squad failed to qualify […]

SKT have defeated Samsung Galaxy and won $2,028,000 USD! They have also won this title last year. In Staples Center, Los Angeles, they made South Korea proud!  Here’s the full finals: A nice montage you should check out:  

League of Legends is one of the biggest games if eSports. There are many competitions of LOL and the biggest one is of course “The World Championship”. How big is this competition? Let’s find out: 2011, the first LOL World Championship ever. $1,400,000 USD prize tool, which is a lot. This year, 2016, the prize tool is $4,145,000 USD! One word to describe that: Madness! Only this shows how big does eSports game really is and how fast and far they are […]