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Gather 'round the campfire, kids. It's time to tell some ghost stories. This episode of Are You Afraid of The Dark? is called The Tale of the Esports Extortionist and it's almost as scary as the episode with Zeebo... Almost. It's the harrowing...
The Quests for Warrior, Druid, and Mage have been revealed, along with the full list of cards to be included in Hearthstone's Journey to Un'Goro expansion.

Final Journey to Un’Goro Quests: Druid, Mage, and Warrior

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The cat is finally out of the bag, friends--the entire Journey to Un’Goro set has been revealed. This, of course, includes the legendary Quests for each class. For those who don’t know, Quests are one mana cards that start in...
Blue Mammoth's Brawlhalla features cute characters ready to fight one another to the death. Does the game have a future as an esport?

Brawlhalla: New Fighting Game Enters the Esports Arena

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Tired of playing Melee with your friends? Try picking up a copy of Brawlhalla, the latest title from developers Blue Mammoth Games, a Georgia-based independent game studio. Brawlhalla is a free-to-play 2D platform fighter game where players compete in various modes with a...
Journey to Un'Goro will be released on April 6th, and Blizzard has finally finished revealing all of the new cards from the expansion, including a pair of neutral legendaries: The Voraxx and Spiritsinger Umbra.

Journey to Un’Goro: The Final Two Neutral Legendaries

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The entire Journey to Un’Goro expansion has finally been revealed, and we've even got a release date on our hands: April 6th. Expect to see a ton of content over the next couple weeks, friends. Today, we’re going to cover...
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RumbleMonkey and Legal Grey Areas in Esports Betting

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As Esports Edition's resident betting and and gambling expert--on paper, not in practice--I'm always fascinated by the way that new companies try to monetize the esports industry. RumbleMonkey is the latest player to throw their hat into the ring, and the...
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DAC 2017: Best Support Players

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Support can be a pretty damn thankless role, and it takes a true captain to keep your carries in check. Support players are like stagehands in Dota, working tirelessly behind the scenes to allow the actors to truly shine. This...
The new legendary minions for Warrior and Druid have been revealed.

Hearthstone: New Legendaries for Warrior and Druid

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Blizzard continues to tease out information about the upcoming Journey to Un'Goro expansion, and we've finally seen the new legendaries for Warrior and Druid. Both of them are massive freaking dinosaurs, which is good, because dinosaurs are pretty cool. Warrior's new...
Ashley "Ashnichrist" Christenson is the founder of Desoladies, a group designed to unite and advocate for women in the Dota scene.

Ashnichrist Interview: Shattering the Esports Glass Ceiling

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I recently sat down with the founder of Desoladies, Ashley "Ashnichrist" Christenson. If you haven't heard of Desoladies yet, it's one of more tightly-knit esports communities on the internet. In their own words, the group is "a supportive, female-focused organization designed to...
The new Paladin Quest, The Last Kaleidosaur, relies heavily on the new Adapt mechanic.

Blizzard Reveals New Paladin Quest and Neutral Legendary

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The Paladin Quest in Journey to Un'Goro has finally been revealed. We've seen seven of the nine Quests so far, and the expansion's release is right around the corner. In case you're catching up on Hearthstone news, Quests are one...
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SEMPHIS: The Man with the Mouth

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Kory "SEMPHIS" Friesen is a well-known, albeit occasionally polarizing, North American CS:GO player. Although winning a large international tournament continues to elude him, there's no denying that SEMPHIS has an impressive competitive resume. He's been a staple of the NA Counter-Strike scene since...
Adapt is a new mechanic being introduced in Hearthstone's Journey to Un'Goro expansion.

Understanding Hearthstone Mechanics: What Is Adapt?

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  Adapt is one of the new mechanics coming to Hearthstone in the Journey to Un’Goro expansion. From what we've seen, the Adapt mechanic seems exclusive to Beasts, which makes sense--the dinosaurs in Un'Goro all have the ‘Beast’ tag, and all...
Puck is one of several heroes that players will likely see more of in Patch 7.04.

Patch 7.04: How Much Has the Meta Changed?

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Over the past couple weeks, Valve has released two gameplay updates for Dota 2--the dust from Patch 7.03 barely had time to settle before Patch 7.04 went live. Clearly IceFrog wanted to freshen up the the metagame before the Dota 2 Asian...

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