eSports

The Smash Summit 4 Finals have just concluded, giving a promising player his first Major win for Smash Ultimate. The event is one of the biggest for Smash and fighting games as a whole. Sparg0 taking home the title was a bit unexpected, and likely had a decent win if…

Over the past year, streamers on Twitch have had to contend with a rise in “hate raids,” attacks by anonymous users flooding their stream chats with insults and harassment. In particular, the raids targeted women, streamers of color and other marginalized individuals, prompting Twitch to refresh and reinforce its safety…

Garena’s Battle-Royale juggernaut Free Fire has established itself as one of the most popular mobile esports titles out there. With over 800 million downloads since it was released in 2017, the game isn’t stopping to roll in terms of widespread success globally. A new version of the game was even…

FIFA Esports’ one of the most important tournaments, eChampions League 2022, put an end to its group stage. Starting on February 19, the group stage featured 64 top-rated players of FIFA 22 world. FIFA players all around Europe competed with each other to take part in the other step of…

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VALORANT Champions Tour 2022 continues to bring high-level competition to our screens. This weekend will host one of the most awaited matches of VCT 2022 Latin America South Stage 1 Challengers. Two undefeated teams of the league, KRÜ Esports and Leviatán, will face each other to taste their first loss.…

This week Capcom has announced a Community License Agreement for Street Fighter V. This would affect the way that esports events are organized for the community and really limit organization. The response to the Street Fighter community license was, frankly, brutal. People hated it, and for good reason. After the…

But individuals can play neutrally. In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, major esports organiser ESL has announced individuals or organisations "with apparent ties to the Russian government" will be barred from competing in its Pro League events, and that it will be pausing all competitions scheduled to run in the…

Ukraine plans to ask approximately 50 tech companies spanning gaming, esports and internet infrastructure to stop doing business with Russia because of the ongoing military action. The country requested companies like software giant Oracle and game makers like EA to stop doing business in Russia as part of a strategy…

It’s a tragic time to be in the Eastern European Esports scene right now. Like other industries, the rest of the world is cutting ties with Russia, due to the conflict with Ukraine. The situation is getting blurry in the Dota 2 Esports industry too. Valve postpones EEU DPC Spring…