eSports

Anyone who visited the dormant Twitch channel of Fortnite legend Ninja this weekend may have gotten a lot more than they bargained for. The page, it turns out, was directing users to a livestream of hardcore porn on Sunday instead of videogame battles. Ninja,…

Overwatch League fans asked for change, and they got it. The seasons fourth stage kicked off three weeks ago with the introduction of a 2-2-2 role lock that requires teams to be made up of two tanks, two DPS heroes, and two supports. This change would finally…

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege has locked down the first teaser for its upcoming Operation Ember Rise expansion, soon headed to Ubisoft's hit tactical shooter. Maintaining its seasonal rotation of free content updates, the latest drop further strengthens its …

ESPN is a big name in the esports world, bridging the gap between old and new media (TV and online) by broadcasting esports events and covering the industry as a whole on its website. Unfortunately, for those expecting to see some intense action this weekend,…

The deal that would see Kroenke Sports & Entertainment acquire Echo Fox's League of Legends Championship Series slot fell apart on Friday, according to a statement from the team. "Due to circumstances unrelated to Echo Fox, Kroenke Sports and Entertainme…

After Mike Rufail graduated from college in 2001, he turned to video games as a cheaper alternative to nights out, buying an Xbox 360 paired with popular first-person shooter Call of Duty 2. “I realized I was one of the better players pretty quickly,” says Ru…

ESPN has postponed coverage of a competitive tournament for the popular shooter game Apex Legends scheduled to air this weekend. The EXP Invitational - Apex Legends tournament at X Games Minneapolis was held from August 2 to 3 during the X Games, but cover…

Apex Legends EXP Invitational tournament highlights will no longer be shown on ESPN 2 as they had previously been scheduled. According to an email obtained by Rod Slasher Breslau, the network decided to pull the broadcast due to the tragic mass shootings that…

Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images ESPN and ABC have decided to pull the Aug. 11 television broadcast of the XGames Apex Legends EXP Invitational in response to recent mass shootings, according to esports insider Rod Breslau: Rod Breslau@SlasherESPN and ABC has ma…

"When we finally did crack that, I was over the moon," Robinson Swink said. "And then, believe it or not, once the game is complete, there's still a ton of work to do." This time around, she hired a PR team to handle marketing and pass out review codes for…