eSports

Ed Thorn Contributor Ed is usually Metabomb's resident staff writer, but has suddenly found himself on Eurogamer studying the art of news. He swings a racket about in his free time, enjoys a bit of the old "esports", and Yakuza holds a special place in his …

Denmark-based Astralis, the world's top Counter-Strike team, plans a December 9 IPO on Nasdaq Nordic's Copenhagen exchange for SMBs, hopes to raise $18M-22M (Nick Rigillo/Bloomberg)

Mickey returns to Excel Credit: Excel Esports Excel Esports has announced that mid laner Son Mickey Young-Min has resigned with the team for the 2020 League of Legends competitive season, pending Riot Games approval.  Mickey joined Excel for the …

Sofia Kipi Ornelas of Mexico livestreams over 20 hours of every week on YouTube. Telemundo Telemundo Deportes, which launched the first-ever U.S. Spanish-language eSports channel earlier this year to tap into a rapidly growing luc…

Xiaomi's gaming-focused sub-brand, Black Shark, is holding a sales event today, very appropriately named Black Shark Friday. Amazing word association aside, this has the potential to save you up to €30 or £30 off the price of the Black Shark 2 Pro smartphone.…

The ability to constantly change and adapt will become increasingly important. For students, for people within corporates, and even for people working in tech. Its not enough anymore to just learn a tech skill. We will have to also develop open and curious …

Game streaming startup Genvid has secured $27 million in Series B funding to create new tools for its "developer-grade" broadcasting platform and hire more staff. As reported by VentureBeat, the funding round was led by Galaxy Interactive and means the compa…

Couriers have also been changed substantially. Everyone player now gets their own that will level up next to your hero and get upgrades as they do so. Couriers can place wards after hitting a certain level, and by the way, observer wards are now free. All of …

Saqib Lirik Zahid, who has 2.5 million followers on Twitch, is the last streamer to need a viewbot. Nevertheless, over the last couple of days, his fans and followers wondered whether hed somehow succumbedthis week, his average 27,000 viewer count for Novembe…

(Image credit: iBuyPower) Whether you are looking to replace your own battle rig or shopping for an aspiring esports pro, iBUYPOWER has some pretty sweet deals this Black Friday. With a 20-year track record of building reliable PCs, iBUYPOWER is one of the l…