A buffet, not a meal: Inside the Esports World Cup opening ceremony
Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was a diminutive silhouette as he sat at the end of...
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I’ve sorta hated Anime Expo for years, and it seems the anime community finally had enough this time
I am going to vindicate myself here. A few years back, I went to Anime...
Moving the Esports World Cup to Paris shouldn’t negate the concerns surrounding the event
Correction: The Esports World Cup reached out to state it's not funded by the PIF....
“Easy to learn, hard to master”: How Highguard plans to shake up the live-service scene
Despite its lack of marketing, aside from being the final trailer at The Game Awards,...
How Marvel Rivals’ first major esports event exposed the meta
Following the conclusion of Marvel Rivals Ignite Mid Season Finals, the game’s first LAN international...
Why MSI 2025 was exactly what League of Legends esports needed
Over the past few years, numerous international League of Legends tournaments have drifted into predictability. ...
OWCS 2025 Midseason Championship preview: Can Crazy Raccoon go back-to-back?
The Overwatch Champions Series (OWCS) Midseason Championship 2025 is just around the corner, with the...
Teamfight Tactics could bring Magical Girls, Stand Users and Mechs to Set 15
When Teamfight Tactics players log in later this month, they will find themselves thrown into...
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Age of Empires esports: where players compete in real-life castles
Age of Empires is truly one of the all-time greats, not just in the Real Time Strategy (RTS)...
OPINION: The current state of Call of Duty esports
The Call of Duty franchise continues to dominate the first-person shooter (FPS) genre with its annual releases and...
How Counter-Strike esports has changed since CS2’s launch
The announcement of CS2 was met with an unprecedented amount of hype, a titan in the esports space...
Opening up an esport: Overwatch’s resurgence after the Overwatch League closure
It’s incredibly rare to see a franchised esport abandon its previous business model in favour of a completely...
Esports degrees pros and cons: Are they worth the money?
James Fraser-Murison, ESI's Esports Education Advisor, weighs up the pros and cons of esports degrees in this column...
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