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The people responsible for running Dota 2 tournaments don't ever really get a day off. When they're done putting out fires, dealing with techincal delays, wrangling unruly casting talent, and herding flocks of pro gamers from green rooms to sound-proof booths,...

It's always fun to draw parallels between esports and traditional sports. Despite how different the games often look on paper, relevant concepts from physical sports can easily be translated to the digital plane. The nature of competition is fundamentally...

Editor's note: Welcome to Esports Edition's ongoing coverage of Path of Exile. We'll be the first to admit that it isn't exactly competitive--PoE is all about PvE, not PvP. Acronyms aside, Path of Exile has surged in popularity in recent months,...

Item betting is a murky legal gray area that provides a portion of Dota 2's viewership. The ability to bet on the outcome of matches of many levels--including the semi-professional scene--has, historically at least, helped drive viewer numbers up on smaller...

Any player who has been a part of the CS:GO community for a good amount of time will tell you that Valve does not take kindly to players accused of match-fixing. One of the most prevalent cases of this...

As of 5/1, the Wings Gaming lineup has disbanded. Four out of the five players will retire. Rumors suggest that only iceice will remain active. Wings Gaming might have been TI6 Champions, but bLink and company have found themselves in an unexpected...

Virtually every single article about performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) in esports takes the angle that these substances are inherently destructive and must be regulated heavily. This clear imbalance in literature leads to echo chambers of lazy thought. In modern esports...

Over the past year, Valve's updates to CS:GO have been few and far between, but while these patches lack in frequency, they've almost always been significant. In the time that's passed since the release of the R8 Revolver, Valve have...

Riot Games have concluded their ongoing investigation of Australian gaming organization Tainted Minds, and released a public statement with their findings and issuing a final verdict on the case. According to Riot, players on the team's roster informed Riot that their employer...

Stellar Overload is a "3D open-world, blocks-based, FPS, adventure" game from the developers over at Cubical Drift Studios, and it's currently in Early Access on Steam. The game employs elements of several other well-known games and genres, and adapts...

FaZe Clan’s recent victory at StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 3 was the organization's first CS:GO tournament victory, and, for many of the players on the team, their biggest tournmanet win to date. FaZe has gone through several different iterations...

Too lazy to read? Watch our review in less than 4 minutes. As a big fan of puzzle adventures and horror games, The Crow’s Eye by 3D2 Entertainment was definitely on my “must-play” list. The Crow’s Eye is a first-person...