eSports

Image credit: Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment has revealed the schedule for its 2026 Blizzard Showcase, with the Overwatch 2 joining the existing line-up of World of Warcraft, Diablo IV, and Hearthstone. This year’s edition will celebrate the developer’s 35th anniversary, and offer fans a look at the plans for its…

Image credit: Aurora Gaming Mobile Legends: Bang Bang‘s M7 World Championship has become the fourth most-watched esports event in history. The seventh edition of the mobile MOBA’s season-ending tournament recorded a peak viewership of 5.6m across its 128-hour airtime. According to esports analytics and viewership platform Esports Charts...Read More

Image credit: DRX Gaming hardware brand ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) has announced a two-year partnership DRX. The deal will see the brand equip the South Korean esports organisation’s VALORANT and League of Legends rosters with products from its Ace Esports line-up. Unveiled on January 26th...Read More

Image credit: Riot Games 2XKO is a free-to-play 2v2 fighting game developed by Riot Games. It’s been in several beta tests over the past two years, with the closed beta being well-received. 2XKO is now available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X, and PC. There are 12 characters to choose…

Riot Games has officially unveiled the full 2026 competitive roadmap for their new fighting game, 2XKO, outlining every Major and Challenger event that will make up the inaugural 2XKO Competitive Series. Following an earlier announcement confirming Riot’s support of 20 community-run tournaments across the year, the publisher has now locked…

Lawmakers in West Virginia have proposed increasing taxes on sports betting from 10% to 25%.  Del. Adam Burkhammer introduced HB4398, which would see sportsbooks in the state pay the additional revenue. In addition, he filed bill HB4397, which proposes increasing the tax on igaming in the state from 15% to…

Team Vitality have pushed back on growing speculation that they are planning to fully acquire Indonesian esports giant Bigetron Esports, after social media chatter reignited questions about the future of the Bigetron by Vitality partnership. The rumours picked up pace after a post from Bigetron hinted that “something’s cooking” with…

Image credit: Team Falcons Saudi Arabian esports organisation Team Falcons has announced its expansion into arcade racing title Trackmania. The organisation has signed Carl-Antoni ‘CarlJr‘ Cloutier as the first player of its roster, with the competitor set to compete in high-profile tournaments across the world. Unveiled on January 21st...Read More

Image credit: Tencent Esports Tencent Esports has announced a ten-year strategic partnership with the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). As a result of the deal, the esports branch of the tech conglomerate becomes the official esports technology partner of the OCA. According to a release, the partnership aims to ‘propel…

G2 Esports, one of Europe’s most prominent esports organisations, has announced a multi-year partnership with French betting operator Winamax.  The deal will see G2 promote Winamax primarily through its League of Legends European Championship (LEC) team and its King League Germany squad.  Winamax becomes the first betting sponsor to be…