One of Riot Games biggest franchises and perhaps one of if not the biggest esports betting franchise in the world, the North American League of Legends Championship Series (or the LCS for short) has been a prime fixture in esports since its introduction in 2013. It has recently fallen under some scrutiny however following the […]
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Esports week in review: Club Brugge into CS:GO, CHRISLITO wins another eMLS title and more.
Club Brugge esports expands from just FIFA to Counter-Strike. Club Brugge esports will expand their scope of view, literally and figuratively, by including Counter-Strike : Global Offensive (CS:GO). The club also announced they will be targeting more games in the future besides EAsports FIFA, which they already supported for two full seasons of Proximus ePro […]
Esports and Streaming: Moving Hand in Hand
Our recent posts have taken a big focus on the games and titles that have made esports as big as they are today. Whilst each have had their role to play, one of the biggest factors in the success of esports has certainly been seen through the world of streaming, and the invaluable resource that […]
Esports week in review: AFC Ajax wins official Dutch FIFA championship called eDivisie, SuperGen Group creating esports city and more.
AFC Ajax wins official Dutch FIFA championship, eDivisie. Ajax is the new champion in eDivisie, the official Dutch FIFA21 championship with all the top flight football clubs competing. Dani Hagebeuk and Tjardo Paliama won the championship plate and will be splitting the 25.000 € prize awarded for clinching the first place. While Paliama, former Almere […]
How Franchising Helped Esports
Whilst esports has been around for nearly twenty years in its current, more recognizable form, the support seen today hasn’t always been there. In the early days, players often weren’t salaried under an organisation and if they were, the pay received was often extremely low. Similarly, the events that took place outside of very few […]
Esports week in review: Damwon Gaming wins Worlds 2020, Real Madrid star Casemiro announces esports team, and more.
Damwon Gaming wins Worlds 2020. The South Korean team Damwon Gaming have won the 10th anniversary edition of the League of Legends World Cup. After several years of Chinese dominance, the Summoners Cup will once again find it’s way to South Korea. Chinese Suning Gaming did manage to get to the final, but were beaten […]
The Biggest Organisations in Esports
From a group of friends coming together to play in a tournament, into the huge multi-million-dollar businesses we see today – esports organisations have come a very long way in a very short amount of time with many often forgetting that they had been formed by gamers, and not experience business men. Despite this, many […]
The Biggest Games in Esports
It can be difficult to truly discover what the biggest of the esports titles are as different fans will be the first to point out why their favourite game is the biggest – are viewer numbers the metric? How about the current popularity of the game? Or perhaps we look at other metrics such as […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]