Some have been calling for it for years. Some never thought they'd never see the day. Loda is out of Alliance. Here's a link to the official announcement from the organization. Alliance's history has been tumultuous. From their contentious decision to drop EternalEnvy in...

Solar Crest has been a go-to item in Dota in recent patches, making regular appearances in the inventories of both carries and supports alike. And why wouldn't anyone want to buy it? It's affordable, greatly improves your survivability and kill...

I've written several hundred articles about Hearthstone by this point, and I've ranted a lot. There's a lot to complain about, but there's also a lot that I could've done better as a journalist. One of the things I’ve...

With the advent of Siltbreaker, now is the perfect time to talk about rotating maps in Dota. When I explain Dota to non-esport friends, they usually ask if the layout of the map stays the same or if it changes each...

Hearthstone's June update featured a variety of fixes and a ton of new features. In fact, there are too many to properly discuss, so I’ll focus on the big ones for today. Before we get into it, I have to...

Feeding, at least in League of Legends, can be loosely defined as an avoidable death where the cost of your death exceeds any potential benefit to your team. Feeding is occasionally done intentionally to grief teammates, but for many newer...

The first CS:GO operation, dubbed Operation Payback, launched in 2013, and since then, Valve have mostly stuck to a predictable formula for these optional pieces of paid DLC. We've got community-made weapon skins, and, in Operation Vanguard, Valve introduced campaigns --...

Over the past decade, we've seen the rise and fall of many new social media platforms and communication apps. I'm old enough to remember when Facebook came and I remember how quickly people jumped ship from MySpace. Skype replaced MSN Messenger...

Last week, the Esports Edition team was delighted to hear about the Esports Bachelor's Degree that’s now being offered at Staffordshire University in the UK. The three-year academic program is the first of its kind, and is designed to...

Whether you're looking to raise your MMR or you play Dota for fun and you're in need of new gear, it's easy to find peripherals out there that promise to enhance your gaming performance. If you're not sure where to begin, we've...

If you've watched any popular Twitch streamers over the past couple months, you’ve heard of PLAYERUNKNOWN BATTLEGROUNDS. (We'll be calling it PUBG from here on out, because we don't hate you.) Here's how the game works. You join a lobby with...

The past four International prize pools have smashed records without fail. While TI1 and TI2 boasted identical prize pools of $1,600,000--at the time, this was unfathomably huge--every TI prize pool that followed these events has been larger than the one...