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Last night, Red Bull hosted its annual official after-party for the Evolution Championship Series at the HyperX Esports Arena, a venue at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas. This morning, two women have come forward to describe having been sexually assaulted while …

Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, the Fortnite gamer who rose to fame on Amazon's live-streaming platform Twitch, is moving exclusively to streaming on Microsoft's rival platform Mixer, per Bloomberg. Business Insider Intelligence The platform, which Microsoft acqu…

Respawn Entertainment producer Tina Sanchez appears to be teasing a new character for Apex Legends, according to Dot Esports. Sanchez posted two images to Twitter on August 1, showing her wearing a motion capture suit as well as holding a cane. Working on A…

This week saw Razer anticipate its sponsored squads to win more titles at various esports events, notably British-born Benjamin 'Problem X' Simon. There's also a rather large FIFA tournament going on. It has been quite the weekend for live esports events. Br…

MINNEAPOLIS -- Amid the settling dust from a recently finished Moto X Big Trick event and cheers from the skate park setup in US Bank Stadium, the only sound missing was the seemingly ubiquitous "TSM, TSM, TSM" chants that pepper their audiences during League…

Evo 2019 hosted a special panel titled The Women of the FGC, allowing female members of the community the opportunity to speak about their experiences within the competitive fighting game space. While the hour-long discussion would touch on a variety of topic…

Epic Games cemented Fortnite's king-making status this past weekend with its inaugural World Cup Finals, which was the most concurrently viewed esports event ever. With over 250 million players worldwide, Fortnite's popularity was well established even before…

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The Fortnite World Cup not only drew a sold-out crowd to Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York last weekend, it attracted 2 million people to live-stream the event to see who would win the $30 million in prize money. The 16-year-old winner Kyle Giersdorf took home …