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Earlier this week League of Legends players voted “overwhelmingly” to strike over plans to make rule changes that would cut the North American Challenger’s League—which only launched last year—from 16 teams to seven. The Week In Games: What’s Releasing Beyond Lara Croft The LCS Players Association, the body representing the…

The PS4’s big games often focus on story, but the console has loads of the best fighting games on here too. It’s even the console of choice for a lot of major fighting games esports events, so the best PS4 fighting games might be the definitive version of a lot…

Former skipper of Enyimba International FC, Tony Alegbe, is optimistic that Flying Eagles can book a passage to the quarterfinals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina if they remain brave and resolute against the host country on Wednesday. Alegbe who captained Enyimba to their first league title in…

The first post-Major tournament is underway with IEM Dallas 2023, and Heroic and G2 Esports find themselves already in the Playoffs after the opening day. We’re taking a deep dive into their openers to see how they made it through. Heroic’s Path to Playoffs A happy day for Heroic. Credit:…

CapcomCapcom's Street Fighter 6 isn't just another ho-hum entry in one of gaming's powerhouse franchises. Street Fighter 6 hasn't shied away from anything, really, not with multiple betas and other events letting the game flex its versatility and depth for players far before launch. That flexibility is Street Fighter 6's…

Combo Breaker 2023 took place over the weekend. In one of the biggest events on the fighting game esports calendar, we got tournaments for all of the major games, including one of the last tournaments for SF V. Over the weekend we had a few fun moments across games, a…

Players in the North American League of Legends esports league have voted to walk out in protest of Riot Games’ decision to no longer require franchises to field an amateur team. Since Riot’s announcement, many franchises have already dropped their amateur teams for the summer season, cutting off an important…

Esports company turned Wall Street laughing stock, FaZe Clan, is at the center of another controversy as its members fight over the recent signing of Stranger Things actor and Twitch streamer, Grace Van Dien. Loud members like Nordan “FaZe Rain” Shat criticized the signing as a money grab, while Van…

The initiative aims to combat and raise the awareness of women's harassment in online games Guild Esports, in partnership with Sky UK, has unveiled the No Room for Abuse initiative. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the gendered harassment women experience playing online games. With monetary support from Sky,…

Douglas, Isle of Man, May 26th, 2023, Chainwire After a half-month Beta period, the blockchain-based Riichi Mahjong esports project, Mahjong Meta, will launch the free minting of its first Pass NFT on the Ethereum network on May 27. Users holding this NFT will receive continuous rights and interests throughout all…