ESports

The Kiev Major, Valve’s second big tournament of the season has started, and you can currently watch it live, if you’re into that. It’s starting slow: the first two days are the qualifiers for the Swiss group, which will work to determine the main event brackets for when that gets …

Another week, another clash regarding the ownership of multiple teams in esports contests. This week, ESL has taken a tough stance, banning academy teams from competing in its events. This has meant that the several academy teams registered for European qualifiers this weekend for ESL One Cologne are no longer …

Two individuals have been charged by South Korean authorities accused of match fixing in the wildcard qualifier finals for OGN’s Overwatch APEX Challengers Season 3. This comes fron an Inven report translated by ESPN Esports, who reported that the two have been charged without detention. Jin Seok-hoon and Baek Min-Jeh, …

Russian football club Spartak Moscow took a first tentative step into esports last September when they picked up FIFA player Sergei “KEFIR” Nikiforov, as part of the team. Now, their looking to expand into competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends and Dota 2 with the announcement made at a …

Twitch is planning to roll out a revamped subscription system for partnered streamers that could see a significant bump in revenues for popular streamers. This feature is due to roll out soon, and Twitch partners will be able to opt in later this month. This will add several new tiers …

Wings Gaming’s DOTA 2 team have announced that they have left the organisation, and intend to play under the name of Team Random at the Kiev Major, according to reports. Wings Gaming’s DOTA roster were responsible for winning The International 6, the biggest DOTA tournament of 2016, and so their …

After a win in April’s Overwatch Monthly Melee, Overwatch team Rogue, owned by Dj Steve Aoki, has announced that it will head to South Korea to compete in season three of OGN’s Overwatch APEX. The team, comprised entirely of French players but currently live together in a team house located …

Super Smash Bros. Melee player David “Kira” Kim has retired due to injury, claiming an ongoing problem with his left index finger as the reason behind his departure. Kim was ranked the 86th best Melee player in the world last year in the annual Top 100 Players list compiled by …

PLAYERUNKNOWN’s BATTLEGROUNDS is both obnoxiously capped and the best selling game on Steam right now, with Korean developers Bluehole claiming the title sold its first million copies just 16 days after launching onto Steam’s Early Access program. The game is already a success, but could it find itself joining the …

Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan has come forwards to say that nothing Overwatch related will be announced at E3. Overwatch fans have had a rough weekend, with the hype train getting underway after Terry Crews posted a video claiming he would be making an announcement at E3. In the video …