eSports

Competitive gaming platform Nicecactus.gg has raised $5.5 million to build a platform that will enable amateur and semi-pro esports athletes to improve their skills and eventually win sponsors. Nice, France-based Nicecactus is creating a grassroots esports s…

Big Run Studios CEO Andrew Bell announced that his company will make new mobile games exclusively built for Skillz, the mobile esports platform. The Oakland, California-based Big Run Studios raised money from investors so that it can make Skillz-based games …

Enlarge/ Lee Shi Tian pumps his fist during an interview in which he highlighted the ongoing protests in his native Hong Kong. 3 with 3 posters participating Magic: The Gathering pro Lee Shi Tian used a major win at this weekend's Mythic Championship V even…

"If Blizzard wanted to keep politics out of its eSports scene, the Hearthstone publisher has failed miserably in just about every regard," reports Forbes.After suspending a player for his pro-Hong Kong protest, Blizzard faced a backlash which Forbes describes…

Riot Games’ 10th anniversary celebration was one of the most epic events we’ve seen in gaming. The company, which has been endlessly memed for only having produced one game, didn’t just reveal a second title during the event. A whopping four different games, …

October 18, 2019 12 min read This story originally appeared on PCMagIf your parents ever disparaged your video game obsession as a huge waste of time, they're either a) out of touch or b) lacking in vision. That may sound overly harsh, but there's some tr…

Following the success of the Call of Duty: Mobile (100 million downloads in first week), another PC game is on its way to your fingertips. Riot Games announced recently that their hit multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) title League of Legends (LoL) will …

Taking lessons from the success of the Overwatch League, Activision has revamped the structure of its esports competition in the newly re-christened Call of Duty League. The new league is now ready to share a lot about how it is reinventing the league for th…

Welcome to Replay, WIRED's weekly column devoted to everything gaming. This week, we've got a lot of big game announcements in one small package, and a lot of Fortnite. Fortnite never ends, my friends. Even when it does. You'll see what we mean. Riot Games W…

Virtual games are always loved. Children, youth, and also adults are found playing them. The gaming industry has become one of the biggest revenue generators over the years, and this shows the demand for virtual games. Companies like Sony, Nintendo have made …