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Geoff Keighley and his production team officially announced the nominees for this year’s The Game Awards, selected by a jury that included Digital Trends. Among the biggest games nominated for major awards in the ceremony, which will air on December 12, are D…

Enlarge/ A new study by researchers at the University of Chichester in England found that Esports players who compete in major tournaments face the same level of stress as pro-athletes. 2 with 2 posters participating Professional athletes at the highest lev…

We're about a month away from The Game Awards' December 12 livestream, where Kojima Productions' Death Stranding is up against Obsidian's The Outer Worlds--and more--for Game of the Year. This year's nominees have been officially revealed and the competition …

Stress levels faced by top-level esports players are equal to those experienced by professional athletes. That's according to a new study from the University of Chichester, which looked at the psychological impact of major esports contests on those taking pa…

It's been over a month since World of Warcraft developer Activision Blizzard was thrust into the political realm following its suspension of Hearthstone player Chung Ng Wai, who had shouted support for protesters in Hong Kong during a live-streamed Blizzard i…

Despite the fact that backlash from fans last year caused Ubisoft to re-implement sex and gambling references in Rainbow Six Siege, the company is now working with Tencent in order to bring the game to China. According to an article from The Loadout, Ubisoft…

There was a time not too long ago when watching other people play games was, by and large, seen as an absurd idea for a pastime, but with video game streaming and esports as prolific as they are today, that perception has steadily changed. In fact, if a repo…

Profile of FaZe Clan, an esports and gaming lifestyle media org with 34 content creators, 15 pro esports players, 11 players/entertainers, and over 214M viewers (Taylor Lorenz/New York Times)

Millions of people around the world tuned in to see FunPlus Phoenix defeat G2 Esports in 3-0 at the 2019 League of Legends World Championships last weekend, but the real stars of this year’s premiere Esports tourney may have been a surprise musical group who …

With the League of Legends free-agency period opening Monday, North American and European teams are gearing up to bolster their teams in what is the busiest day of the game's annual calendar. Thirty-seven players who competed in at least one game in the Leag…