Team Liquid: It’s Time for a Change
Although Team Liquid was able to make deep runs at both majors last year, 2016 was fairly underwhelming for them. Despite some very high profile roster moves, Liquid was unable to win a single tournament throughout all of 2016....
Hearthstone: The Developers Have Spoken
Lately there have been a lot of criticisms of the Hearthstone developers for their lack of communication. I wrote an article on the subject just last week. However, since then, Ben Brode has commented on the forums and Reddit. He...
Digital Chaos Win ESL One Genting: Redemption Story
Digital Chaos are this year's ESL One Genting champions.
Detractors will say that this tournament lacked Evil Geniuses and OG, and therefore DC had an easier path to victory. Bull. Digital Chaos had to play up against TI6 champions Wings,...
Reunited Leaves Overwatch, Rocket League
After a year in esports, one of the first professional Overwatch teams, Reunited, will be ceasing all operations. In an ultimate news release, Reunited co-founders Frederik Kragh Christensen and Christian Jantzen announced the end of the player-owned esports...
Dota 2: The Best Talent Trees in 7.00
Now that we've all had a chance to experience Dota's massive 7.00 patch, with all its shrines and map changes, it's time to take a closer look at the newly introduced Talent Trees. Hero Talent Trees have proved to be a huge...
The First Esports Travel Agency: Another Milestone
The esports industry has grown in leaps and bounds in the past couple of years. We've come an incredibly long way, and aside from growing tournament prize pools and venue sizes, we're starting to see the creation of more businesses that...
New Overwatch Update: Changes to Hog’s Hook and More!
On January 5th, Blizzard shipped the first Overwatch update of 2017, and it included sizable buffs, nerfs, and general fixes to several heroes.
Roadhog's Hook
The most requested of these fixes is an update to Roadhog’s hook. Previously, players snagged by Roadhog’s hook were...
Hearthstone’s New Player Experience Sucks
Lately there have been a lot of people complaining about the new player experience. Players who have tried to get their friends to play, or are new themselves. They try and start new accounts, and quickly get frustrated and...
Team Vitality Announces 2017 EU LCS Roster
Coming into a new LCS split with a dynamically different format, Team Vitality has added some key pieces to its roster in the hopes of reinventing the team's identity.
Returning to the team are Lucas "Cabochard" Simon-Meslet (Top), Erlend Vatevik...
The Rock Paper Scissors Meta
I’ve talked a lot about my issues and concerns with the current meta lately. I feel it’s too fast, and your opening draw will often decide the outcome of the game. Today, I'm doing a different type of analysis: we’re going...
The Map Randomizer Misrepresentation
ESL One Cologne 2014 was the first time Valve had implemented a map randomizer at a Major, and they've been used at every Major that followed it. The random map draw was meant to add variety to the map pool...
ESL One Genting: New Year, New Meta
It's just about time for ESL One Genting, and the views look amazing.
https://twitter.com/PaulChaloner/status/816842789891620864
The talent is on their way to Malaysia and the organizers are setting up the arena.
https://twitter.com/WarriorsGamingU/status/816866835354128386
Participating Teams: Fnatic (Direct Invite) Digital Chaos (Direct Invite) Wings Gaming (Direct...