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Photo: Long Nguyen (Red Bull Content Pool)The fighting game community’s shift to online competition in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic has increased the scene’s vulnerability to problems that rarely proved serious in the past. Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament organizers learned this firsthand when a top player using a…

oof — Everyone has to decide if it's only a game or if it's a real sport. Jonathan M. Gitlin - May 4, 2020 3:10 pm UTC The finale of IndyCar's iRacing challenge was more action-packed than most races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Here, with nine laps to go,…

Valve has canceled its major Dota 2 event, The International, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The International 2020 was scheduled to be held at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm this summer. A new date has not been announced, but Valve expects the event to be delayed until 2021. “Given the…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The International in 2019 One of the world's biggest eSports events has been postponed until 2021. The International, which awards huge cash prizes to the winners, was due to take place in Stockholm in August.Last year's tournament was held in Shanghai's 18,000 capacity Mercedes…

Image: Blizzard EntertainmentJay “Sinatraa” Won isn’t just any Overwatch League player. After a stellar 2019 in which his team, the San Francisco Shock, took home championship gold, he was declared the league’s MVP. This means that the game’s developers at Blizzard will release an in-game skin to commemorate his exploits.…

Overwatch pro player Jay “Sinatraa” Won is ending his Blizzard career on a high, having won both the Overwatch League Cup and Overwatch World Cup (along with the MVP award). The 20-year-old is moving from the competitive Overwatch scene and jumping straight into Riot’s new first person shooter Valorant.Sinatraa will…

Apr 28, 2020Jacob WolfCloseESPN Staff WriterStaff Writer for ESPN.com Reports across multiple games, including League of Legends, Super Smash Bros., Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Call of Duty. Specializes in investigative reportingTyler ErzbergerCloseESPN EsportsStaff writer for ESPN.com Covered esports since 2011 Worked with biggest teams across titles like League of Legends…

Maddy Myers, deputy editor and undercover Samus clone, has wrangled her last blog and now prepares to take up a new position as weekend host for Here’s the Deal. As is tradition, we will now say mean things about her, only it’s hard, so we mostly said nice things. Who…

Andy Murray lifted the 2015 Madrid Open title by beating Rafael Nadal in the final - can the Scot beat him on the PlayStation?When Rafael Nadal claimed during an Instagram chat with Andy Murray that he had only begun preparing that day for the upcoming virtual Madrid Open, both men…

Charles Krupa/AP Sports betting firm DraftKings soared as much as 18% in its Friday trading debut. The company went public through a merger with Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp and SBTech, allowing shares to begin trading without an initial public offering or direct listing. DraftKings' first day of trading arrives as…