Esports week in review: FazeClan wins IEM New York, FIFA21 released, TSM winless at Worlds 2020.
FazeClan wins IEM New York versus OG in dominating fashion. FazeClan played their first event with former Astralis talent Markus “Kjaerbye” Kjaerbye, and fueled by a confident Nikola NiKo Kovač managed a strong 3-0 victory over OG. FaZe took down Team Vitality in the Semi Finals and OG in the grand final to claim the…
David Beckham and Esports
David Beckham, a famous soccer star, has invested heavily in Esports? He assumed a co-owner position in a respected esports company. The company, Guild Esports, had plans of floating an esports academy program for young players, and the sports star would help in mentoring and coaching the young esports players. Guild Esports aimed to raise…
TSM Recapture LCS Title
In a series marred with technical issues, TSM have been able to capture their first LCS title since the 2017 summer split after what many have considered to be quite a rocky season, or few seasons for the previously very dominant team. The best-of-five series against Flyquest, who had previously knocked TSM out of the…
The Biggest Players in Esports
Prize pools continue to increase and additional exposure means teams can afford to pay their star players bigger salaries – with this career winnings are increasing at a rapid rate, here we take a look at some of the biggest players in esports from a range of different games, and just how they’ve reached where…
A Big Opportunity for Blizzard
Activision Blizzard are probably most well known for their huge MMORPG title of World of Warcraft with little movement into the esports space until Overwatch came along – hitting a huge franchised market Overwatch League didn’t live up to expectations for many and whilst gaining a huge fanbase it never really took off in the…
Esports week in review: FIFA21 released, Iesf PES contestants.
More Iesf World Cup Israel PES players qualified. Finland has completed their national championship, where 34 year old PES veteran Jussi Aalto delivered on his promise to play his heart out. The man from Tampere cruised to a win without losing a single game, and will no doubt be a feared opponent in the Euro…
The CS:GO vs Valorant Debate Continues
Ever since the initial beta previews earlier this year and the release in June, there has been a lot of debate around whether or not Riot Games title of Valorant could take the top spot in the competitive first-person shooter genre, or whether the seasoned veteran of Counter-Strike could rely on its storied history in…
Esports week in review: Virtua Fighter esports, PES Champions.
Falcaovscr7 crowns himself Luxembourg contender for Iesf WC Eilat, Israel. Saturday the 26th of September we saw another contender for the title Iesf World Champion PES emerge. After Dutchman Johnny Beumer and Portuguese former World Champion Christopher Maduro Morais the third man to qualify is the champion of Luxembourg, Claudio “Falcaovscr7” Matos. Lesf (Luxembourg Esports…
The Biggest Events in Esports
As the popularity of esports continues to grow, so do the big events that are hosted each year – some are limited to one big event at the end of the year with regular seasonal play throughout, whereas others host a number of different events during the year. As bigger sponsors become evolved, and online…
Esports week in review: Halo 5 Pro Series, Mercedes links with Riot.
Halo Championship Series announces Halo 5 Pro Series. Halo Championship Series announced the next installment of its Pro Series this week, introducing a competition format for Halo 5: Guardians, called Halo 5 Pro Series. Running from September 26th and played online, across the event series Halo 5 Pro Series will dish out over 53.000 €…
A History of Esports Betting
It’s often easy to forget just how young esports in its current form is – whilst many suggest that it has been around since the late ‘80’s and early ‘90’s, the scale and scope is much different from what we see today, with the past decade really being the big mover in the scene. And…
Esports week in review: COD crossplay, RL free to play date, and more.
Call of Duty League Season 2021 Call of Duty League announced they’re going crossplay, and the professional gamers in the league will have to play on PC, but with controllers. The season schedule and prize purse are to be detailed at a later date. An excerpt of their site read the following ; “For the…
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