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Image Credit: Riot Games League of Legends’ 2025 First Stand Tournament, the game’s first cross-regional competition of the year, has concluded with 1.1m peak viewers. According to esports data platform Esports Charts, the event recorded 509,029 average viewers and 18m watch hours throughout its 35-hour air time. First Stand is…

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Fans at the Lpl Park arena for first Stand day 3 Photo by Christina Oh/Riot Games A new era of competitive League of Legends is dawning. | Published: Mar 16, 2025 02:30 am Riot Games has officially confirmed that Fearless Draft will remain in League of Legends esports for the rest of…

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Image credit: Christina Oh, Riot Games via Flickr Hanwha Life Esports ended the Round Robin Stage of First Stand with a tiebreaker win against Team Liquid, progressing through to the Knockout Stage. Han ‘Peanut‘ Wang-ho told Esports Insider that Hanwha Life Esports, comprised of former rivals turned teammates, are determined…

Image credit: Christina Oh, Riot Games via Flickr Team Liquid is the first to be eliminated from First Stand 2025, calling to question whether North America (NA) is falling behind in the League of Legends esports scene. Despite community sentiments, Sean ‘Yeon’ Sung is adamant that their performance doesn’t reflect…

Image Credit: Riot Games. First Stand‘s Group Stage is wrapping up, revealing inconsistent viewership for the inaugural international tournament so far. Day 4 saw new peak viewership, with 832,160 fans watching Hanwha Life Esports compete against Karmine Corp, according to data from Esports Charts. However, the overall viewership at First…

Image Credit: 100 Thieves via X After several teasers, 100 Thieves finally revealed its Marvel Rivals roster, which is comprised of the former Team Mutants players. The team has been invited to the esports organisation’s Los Angeles facility to bootcamp and prepare for the Marvel Rivals Invitational North America. 100…

Image credit: Liquipedia Former Counter-Strike player Danylo ‘Zeus‘ Teslenko recently shared his experiences with match-fixing during his time as a professional player. The Ukrainian, known for his time representing NAVI and Gambit Esports, reveals he was offered significant amounts of cash to throw matches. In an X post from CS2…