eSports

The LCS 2021 Mid-Season Showdown continues this weekend with two exciting Losers’ Bracket series. On Saturday, TSM takes on EG, while Sunday features 100 Thieves vs Dignitas. Both series are likely going to Silver Scrapes, especially considering the clash of styles in each match up. Here’s what you should expect,…

The much-awaited ONE Esports Singapore Major 2021 is finally kicking off the first Dota 2 LAN event. The first stop is the Wild Card group stage, where six teams compete for the top two seeds, guranteeing them a slot in the later stages of the event. What makes it exciting…

Raleigh-based FYX Gaming has entered a strategic partnership with esports betting operator Unikrn to launch new, next-generation iGaming products and technology for the betting community. FYX Gaming is a pioneering esports infrastructure and technology provider specializing in creating blockchain-based solutions. It has already developed innovative blockchain-based video game CryptoFights—a skill-based…

With the One Esports Singapore Major just days away, Natus Vincere and Neon Esports have been forced to make some last-minute roster moves. Two of Na’Vi’s players -- Bogdan “Iceberg” Vasilenko and team captain Andrii “ALWAYSWANNAFLY” Bondarenko -- tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the Ukrainian team to get creative. Na’Vi’s…

Sony has purchased the Evo brand this week, just ahead of Evo 2021 launching a new round of fighting games tournaments. The acquisition brings the biggest fighting esports event purely under Sony, but what exactly this means for cross platform games and the content of the tournament isn’t exactly clear.…

The end of the first Valorant Championship Tour Masters is soon approaching. VCT Masters Finals for Europe, CIS, North America and Korea are all expected to be played on the 21st of March. Performance in the VCT masters is critical, with teams being awarded VCT circuit points based on standings.…

PlayStation, in partnership with the esports biz RTS, has acquired the fighting game tournament organization Evo. Evo itself is a well-established force in the fighting game world, and notably the longest-running fighting game tournament. The event, typically held on a yearly basis in the pre-pandemic world, hosts global competitors for…

Fortnite’s latest Season 6 has arrived in-game. This time around the theme is primal, and things have been taken back to the wild. Usually the launch of a new season comes with map changes, weapon alterations, and some new content injected to keep things fresh. Chapter 2 Season 6 however…

Sony has announced that PlayStation has acquired the Evolution Fighting Games Tournament. Revealed on the Sony Interactive Entertainment blog, it was stated that EVO will be the beginning of the next chapter for PlayStation's efforts in esports entertainment, which will work in partnership with esports venture RTS. This reveal comes…

2021-03-18 15:40:00by Jordan Devore Evo Online 2021 will be held in mid-August and, oh yeah, Sony jointly acquired all of Evo with an esports venture called RTS After a particularly rough 2020, the annual fighting game tournament Evo is still hanging in there, in part, due to Sony Interactive Entertainment.…