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“Keep fighting for your dream”: Team Vitality MLBB pro Vivian on overcoming challenges and judgement to become a top esports pro
Team Vitality Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) player Vivi "Vivian" Indrawaty changed her life and...
Risk without reward: Counter-Strike 2’s new sticker system threatens the entire esports scene’s structure
There’s a lot of buzz in the Counter-Strike community right now, and it has to...
Forget the burrito bowl: Karmine Corp’s Blue Rising TCG is the future of esports monetization
Let’s be honest with ourselves for a second: the era of esports organizations begging mainstream...
Single-player games deserve more attention in esports
If you look at the top tier of competitive gaming, it feels like a total...
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves has an insane DLC schedule, but it may not be enough to bring the sauce
SNK is absolutely on one right now. They just pulled back the curtain on Season...
South American Dota 2 just got dealt one of its worst blows yet after PlayTime’s scandal at the Esports World Cup
South American Dota 2 just got dealt one of its worst blows in God knows...
The FGC has become too serious and we need more people like Hayao
In recent times, the Fighting Game Community (FGC) has been too serious for its own...
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GAMeS and rAGE present Africa’s first esports branding summit
GAMeS (Global Assembly Marketing eSports), in partnership with rAge, will launch Africa’s first Esports Branding Summit at the...
Electronicstars is back with a flashbang
Electronicstars, the CS:GO challenge platform, has gone live with a new and updated version of its site. On Electronicstars...
The Professional eSports Association promises fair pay for players
In North America seven organisations have teamed up to form the Professional eSports Association (PEA) in a bid...
Epsilon eSports join the ECS Development League
It has been announced that Epsilon eSports have taken the place of Natus Vincere in the ECS CS:GO Developmental...
Chris Kamara tries his hand at CoDcasting
What's Chris Kamara doing shoutcasting for Call of Duty? I'm sure he doesn't know, Jeff. The footballer turned everyone's...
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